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Boosting staff awareness prompts process efficiencies

Added: 28 Nov 2018

People are the most important asset in a business, so when it came to promoting process efficiency,…

Bedford knowhow secures a multimillion entry to a new global market

Added: 28 Nov 2018

When one of the world’s biggest fertiliser companies turned to Bedford Pumps for help, it opened up…

Saudi calibration centre creates opportunity for Endress+Hauser

Added: 27 Nov 2018

Endress+Hauser has opened a calibration and training centre in Saudi Arabia’s industrial heartland …

North East manufacturing project releases £0.8 million for SMEs

Added: 27 Nov 2018

More than £800,000 worth of collaborative projects fund money is on offer to manufacturing firms in…

Combat work stress and boost productivity says EEF report

Added: 27 Nov 2018

The government has been urged by manufacturers to improve employee access to occupational health pr…

Engineering award winner chips in with solution built on food waste

Added: 26 Nov 2018

A 23 year-old company co-founder has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Launchpad Competition f…

Using new energy technologies to transform business efficiency

Added: 21 Nov 2018

New technologies will allow businesses to better control energy use in order to reduce cost and dri…

Students

Trust me, I’m an engineer… (and 87% of the public does)

Added: 19 Nov 2018

When it comes to trustworthiness, you would be hard-pressed to beat an engineer, reckons a survey o…

Beth Thomas 23 Reactor Chemistry Engineer at EDF Energy

Chemistry: it’s a man’s world and that needs to change, reveals RSC findings

Added: 19 Nov 2018

The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched a campaign to combat bullying and prejudice after its n…

north sea

Ineos chief eyes further North Sea growth

Added: 19 Nov 2018

Ineos chief Jim Ratcliffe looks set to extend his firm’s role in North Sea offshore oil and gas, fo…

Diligent duty holders are the key to utility safety

Added: 14 Nov 2018

Ryan Robinson of Bureau Veritas examines the role of duty holders and how improving due diligence i…

Doncasters tackles UK skills shortage with double digit graduate hires

Added: 13 Nov 2018

Metallurgical engineering company Doncasters has struck graduate gold with a rich seam of 10 entran…

Anglian to spend £40 million on leak detection deal

Added: 13 Nov 2018

Utility company Anglian Water has awarded one of the first contracts for the next asset management …

Kids Schools Skills2

EEF launches guide for manufacturing and schools engagement

Added: 13 Nov 2018

The EEF has launched a guide designed to help manufacturers and schools to engage with one another,…

Chemical engineering research pilot

UK chemicals regulation ‘on cliff edge’ say Lords

Added: 7 Nov 2018

The chairman of the House of Lords group monitoring UK chemicals regulation has warned that Britain…

Energy Institute outlines its latest wide-ranging training programmes

Added: 6 Nov 2018

Those who attend the Energy Institute’s Energy Management training programmes can gain quality guid…

DuPont safety equipment

Industry and academia pair up for health and safety qualifications offer

Added: 6 Nov 2018

Manufacturers' organisation the EEF has teamed with Portsmouth university to launch two new persona…

National Apprenticeship Week

Massive increase in number of youngsters who view apprenticeships as career enhancer

Added: 6 Nov 2018

The number of young people who view apprenticeships as ‘career building’ has increased dramatically…

Wolfson Centre’s latest courses focus on additive manufacturing and pneumatic conveying systems

Added: 31 Oct 2018

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, based at the University of Greenwich, has r…

Latest community awards bring energy giant’s grants to nearly £1 million

Added: 31 Oct 2018

Nearly 20 community groups will share £0.2 million in grants from energy giant Ørsted’s East Coast …