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Carbon capture breakthrough

Making carbon pay

Added: 17 Oct 2022

Process industries must reduce carbon emissions and improve supplies of usable carbon. Networks of …

Robotarium to be UK's largest AI site and make Edinburgh ‘data capital of Europe’

Added: 12 Oct 2022

The opening of the National Robotarium in Edinburgh has established the UK’s largest and most advan…

Wanner wins patent case in China with second in pipeline

Added: 12 Oct 2022

Court in China have upheld a claim by Wanner International against local firm Shanghai Nikuni for i…

Made Smarter gets £6 mill-plus grant for SME digitalisation

Added: 12 Oct 2022

Made Smarter, the digital roll out scheme for small to medium enterprises, has secured a further £6…

Pharmaceutical industry must focus on manufacturing

Pharma leads on radical plans to save on energy and boost R&D

Added: 29 Sep 2022

The world energy crisis has ramped up cost cutting in the pharmaceutical industry while increasing …

New right to work checks loom for British manufacturing and engineering workers

Added: 20 Sep 2022

Lockdown-inspired rules designed to make right to work checks easier will cease on 1 October.

‘Manufacturing accounts for two thirds of UK R&D, but a quarter of tax claim value’ claim

Added: 20 Sep 2022

UK manufacturing firms are investing heavily in research and development yet failing to make full u…

Process safety engineer

PSM safety standards celebrate 20,000 signups 

Added: 20 Sep 2022

The UK Process Safety Management Competence Programme has celebrated reaching 20,000 participants s…

Petition demands better sanitary disposal provision for women engineers onsite

Added: 10 Sep 2022

The engineering profession is being challenged to support a petition that calls for better sanitary…

Tech spin-out targets thin film market potential

Added: 24 Aug 2022

A new Scottish university-inspired venture is combining academic and commercial know how to target …

ONS figures spell problems for manufacturing pay

Added: 22 Aug 2022

Latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) employment details suggest manufacturing is performing a…

Biopharma boost

Biopharma struggles to keep up with process industry digitalisation

Added: 22 Aug 2022

Biopharmaceutical companies in the UK reveal wide variety in their adoption of digitalisation accor…

Siemens hits carbon deadline eight years early

Added: 22 Aug 2022

Siemens has beaten its target to achieve carbon neutrality for its Congleton factory by nearly a de…

Lorien confirms new MD

Added: 10 Aug 2022

Phil Colquhoun has been appointed as the new managing director at Lorien Engineering Solutions.

Award-winning NMITE chief to quit next month

Added: 10 Aug 2022

The high-profile president and chief executive of NMITE, the New Model Institute for Technology and…

Businesses urged to enter Innovate UK competition as deadline looms

Added: 10 Aug 2022

Process companies are being invited to take part in an Innovate UK programme designed to boost comp…

Schaeffler to cut 4k jobs in major ‘transformation’ scheme

Schaeffler purchase heralds drive for growth in linear tech 

Added: 10 Aug 2022

Schaeffler has signed an agreement to acquire global manufacturer and supplier of linear technology…

Antipodean collaboration to kick cybercrime off shop floor

Added: 26 Jul 2022

Technology and manufacturing innovators from the UK and Australia are creating a map of security ri…

Supply chain issues ‘fuelling multiple pressure-points for manufacturers’

Added: 26 Jul 2022

Nearly four in 10 medium sized UK firms suffered supply chain problems in the last year, states a r…

digital factory

Made Smarter highlights need for manufacturers’ digital drive

Added: 26 Jul 2022

The organisation set up to boost manufacturers’ take up of digital tools is urging small to medium …