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Food sector will have a substantial diet of change to digest
Added: 14 Jan 2019
If every process firm in the UK food and drink sector qualified as a so-called ‘top quartile perfor…

Avoid generator fuel tank contamination and unnecessary downtime
Added: 14 Jan 2019
The introduction of bio-content in fuel creates potential for generator contamination issues. Steve…

The year ahead – five tech trends that will define manufacturing in 2019
Added: 10 Jan 2019
It is perhaps an understatement to suggest that 2018 has been marred by uncertainty – from the ling…

Predict and solve bulk materials handling problems with the Wolfson Centre
Added: 8 Jan 2019
The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, based at the University of Greenwich, has r…

North East companies pump up training provision
Added: 8 Jan 2019
Pumps companies in the north east have joined forces to help improve facilities at one of the secto…

The food waste menace in our factories… human beings
Added: 7 Jan 2019
The second biggest cause of food loss in manufacturing has been revealed in a new study to be human…

Top engineering figures honoured for their contribution
Added: 3 Jan 2019
Leading figures in the process engineering sector are among those who received New Year honours for…

Chemical engineering pay dips but gender gap closes among young
Added: 20 Dec 2018
Chemical engineering salaries dropped slightly over the last year in Britain but there are signs th…

Alderley's £10 mill development to address UK's lab space shortage
Added: 17 Dec 2018
The UK’s largest single site bioscience campus, Alderley Park, is to be expanded by 50,000 sq ft af…

Cooperation and engagement promote ongoing safety improvements for Dow
Added: 17 Dec 2018
Covering some 550 hectares, Stade is Dow Chemical Company’s largest German production site. Every y…

How an industrial setback produced a heat transfer solution
Added: 10 Dec 2018
An industrial accident caused serious damage to a plant but opened the way for a redesign of proces…
London domination of STEM jobs ‘could threaten regions’ ability to benefit from tech growth’
Added: 10 Dec 2018
Nine of the 10 fastest growing occupations in the UK during the period to 2024 will be tech jobs, s…
Wood wins Dungeness A contract
Added: 10 Dec 2018
Leading engineering and project consultancy Wood group has been awarded the contract to remove radi…

AR and VR are the key to 21st century process training
Added: 6 Dec 2018
Our workforce is increasingly tech savvy so it makes sense, says Honeywell’s Sudhir Kamath, to inco…

Anglian trounces Google, Apple and Ikea as best firm to work for
Added: 5 Dec 2018
It's official: the best large firm to work for in Britain in 2019 is a process industry company.

University of Leeds course provides broad overview of air pollution monitoring
Added: 4 Dec 2018
Air pollution is now a global issue that regularly makes headlines. No surprise then that monitorin…

EEF report warns of plunging manufacturing export balance
Added: 4 Dec 2018
British manufacturing’s export balance has halved in the last quarter of 2018, reports the latest E…
Materials degree gets go-ahead
Added: 4 Dec 2018
The proposed new degree apprenticeship for materials science supported by an alliance of UK univers…

BSC helps launch safety drive for India’s 465 million workforce
Added: 4 Dec 2018
The British Safety Council has announced the creation of a forum of international leaders in health…

Valves industry chief calls for more focus on training existing workforce
Added: 29 Nov 2018
Valve and actuator businesses employ 9,000 people and the industry contributes £3bn to the UK econo…