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Company claims a UK first with lead-free galvanising
Added: 18 Feb 2019
Leading corrosion protection firm Wedge Group Galvanising is celebrating the end of its 10-year pro…

If you want to get ahead, be a chemical engineer…
Added: 15 Feb 2019
Chemical engineering provides a significant boost to social mobility, according to a survey of youn…

Voting opens as PIA awards finalists revealed
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Nearly 40 nominees have been shortlisted for this year’s Pump Industry Awards, with the largest num…

Ensuring your diesel-fuelled generators are compliant
Added: 13 Feb 2019
Emissions legislation doesn’t spell the end of the diesel-fuelled generator, says Jason Harryman of…

Swansea to lead multimillion steel research initiative
Added: 12 Feb 2019
Wales is to host a £35 million new initiative between research bodies, universities and business to…

Parliamentary water group chair calls for end to five-year focus
Added: 12 Feb 2019
The chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Water Group has criticised the focus on five-year plans, s…

Pump choice enables a tougher approach to waste processing
Added: 11 Feb 2019
When recycling rules got more demanding, one waste management firm decided on a tougher approach to…

British Safety Council awards 500-plus global winners
Added: 11 Feb 2019
More than 500 organisations worldwide have been honoured in the British Safety Council’s Internatio…

Revolutionary’s influence on UK manufacturing unbroken 140 years on
Added: 11 Feb 2019
The company which helped revolutionise manufacturing with the invention of the bush-roller chain th…

Minister hails Drax carbon capture breakthrough
Added: 11 Feb 2019
Energy minister Claire Perry said the new Drax Power station’s pilot bioenergy carbon capture and s…

Landmark BPMA agreement with Lancaster University
Added: 7 Feb 2019
British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) representatives have signed a co-operation agreement …

Chester to offer UK’s first IChemE-accredited degree apprenticeship
Added: 1 Feb 2019
The University of Chester’s Faculty of Science and Engineering and major employers in the region ha…

Process industry lies at the heart of a leading UK attraction
Added: 1 Feb 2019
Pumps don’t only have to perform in plants and factories. Process sector work can be taking place i…

Report warns of ‘scant progress’ in UK engineering education after five years
Added: 31 Jan 2019
The author of the first Government-commissioned review into engineering education has warned that “…

Conservation-focused project gives maximum effectiveness for minimum visibility
Added: 30 Jan 2019
Processing waste is hard enough when there is no mains sewerage available but what about when the p…

IET re-engineers its brand with website relaunch
Added: 29 Jan 2019
Rebranding is a phrase more common to the world of marketing and PR but even august engineering bod…
Engineering is No 2 preference for male undergraduates says report
Added: 28 Jan 2019
Engineering is the second most popular undergraduate course among men in the UK in this academic ye…

Wright appointment boosts distributor presence on BCAS board
Added: 28 Jan 2019
Managing director of Thorite Stephen Wright has been elected to the board of trade association the …

Tremors could be three times stronger before fracking halts, suggests study
Added: 23 Jan 2019
British Geological Society researchers have suggested that limits on seismic exploration on frackin…

Lords demand more from Whitehall on future of UK chemicals sector
Added: 22 Jan 2019
Peers have told the Government to provide further detail on its plans for safeguarding the UK chemi…