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Enzyme breakthrough could revolutionise plastic recycling
Added: 17 Apr 2018
Scientists experimenting with an enzyme that helps bacteria digest plastic have engineered a faster…

Manufacturers say UK can exploit global process industry equipment demand
Added: 16 Apr 2018
The UK’s specialist mechanical equipment industry is well placed to exploit its sector’s continued …

Process leader Austin replaces retiring Valente as TUV SUD UK chief
Added: 16 Apr 2018
TUV SUD has appointed Brian Austin as its new CEO for the UK and Ireland, succeeding Michael Valent…

Industry 'champion' wins Motion Control lifetime award
Added: 16 Apr 2018
The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) has presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Rodney St…

UKCS operators could save on more than ‘£240 million cost and deferred revenue’
Added: 9 Apr 2018
UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) oil and gas operators are overlooking innovations that could be worth i…

Emerson Global Users Exchange EMEA 2018, The Hague
Added: 9 Apr 2018
Size, as they say, isn’t everything. Yet, with 1600 attendees from more than 50 countries and aroun…

Lifetime award for AESSEAL founder
Added: 6 Apr 2018
Founder and managing director of AESSEAL, Chris Rea has won the British Pump Manufacturers Associat…
Storage specialist Plasticon UK put into administration
Added: 4 Apr 2018
Plasticon UK Limited, the Hull-based storage tanks and industrial piping manufacturer, has gone int…

EnviroChemie purchases Clearfleau
Added: 4 Apr 2018
German water brand EnviroChemie has taken control leading UK effluent treatment firm Clearfleau.

The new face of oil & gas – recruiting for 2020
Added: 4 Apr 2018
The future of oil and gas depends upon recruiting more millennials as engineers. The sector’s failu…

UKOOG says shale announcement will help secure domestic gas supply
Added: 3 Apr 2018
UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) chief executive Ken Cronin has hailed completion of the country’s fi…

Gas engineer awards aim to address recruitment dilemma
Added: 3 Apr 2018
Leading engineering body the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) has launched a raft o…
New sustainable food MOOC pinpoints jobs of the future
Added: 3 Apr 2018
The first ever MOOC – massive open online course – on the use of sustainable food systems in the Me…

Netzsch tackles an ATEX pumps challenge for chemical manufacturer
Added: 29 Mar 2018
European commercial and industrial companies must comply with strict regulations regarding manufact…

How Watson-Marlow boosted recycling plant uptime by 25%
Added: 28 Mar 2018
Montello SpA, a specilaist in sorting, recovery and recycling of post-consumer plastic packaging, a…

Javid refusal for open cast mining bid prompts angry response
Added: 27 Mar 2018
Communities secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to overturn a ruling by the government planning inspec…

FDF welcomes Brexit deal on EU workers
Added: 27 Mar 2018
Food and Drink Federation director general Ian Wright has welcomed guarantees provided in the Brexi…

Brand new age for STEM recruitment
Added: 22 Mar 2018
Words such as branding and marketing are, one suspects, anathema to the average engineer.

Mixed report for UK oil and gas ‘shows need for transformative change’
Added: 21 Mar 2018
Average unit operating costs in the UK continental shelf have halved since 2014, while the average …

Nuclear industry lauds ‘outstanding quality’ apprentices
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Urenco UK’s multi-award winning Benjamin Crane has scooped the heavily contested UK Nuclear Apprent…