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Sensor offers new hope to counter ‘forever chemicals’ contamination
Added: 24 Jan 2024
New methods to combat the prevalence of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) could provide a v…

Made Smarter 4.0 adoption is vital ingredient for manufacturing investment
Added: 24 Jan 2024
Industrial mentoring organisation Made Smarter reports that small to medium sized manufacturers (SM…

Days left to join MacRobert’s engineering hall of fame
Added: 11 Jan 2024
The deadline is fast approaching for the final chance this year to enter one of UK engineering's mo…

Case study: New cleanrooms prompt search for better monitoring system
Added: 11 Jan 2024
During preparations for the construction of two new cleanroom facilities, NorthX Biologics, a leadi…

Viewpoint: Working safely with heat transfer fluids in plastics manufacture
Added: 10 Jan 2024
Plastics and polymers are vital materials in manufacturing. Global Heat Transfer’s Clive Jones expl…

Case study: Pumps prove vital to decarbonisation and environmental materials
Added: 9 Jan 2024
Peristaltic pumps help decontaminate water at Cornish Metals’ new treatment plant in a former mine …

Trust for engineers nearly on a par with healthworkers
Added: 20 Dec 2023
A massive 85% of people surveyed say they trust engineers to tell the truth, says the latest Ipsos …

BCAS appoints Rohan as new president
Added: 20 Dec 2023
The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) has appointed Steven Rohan as its new president in succes…

Agreement seals work on advanced materials innovation centre
Added: 20 Dec 2023
Global giant Tata Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK’s national centr…

Doomsday alert: engineers are here to stay
Added: 29 Nov 2023
New technology has been replacing manual labour for millennia but even AI’s not going to be sidelin…

Industry applauds Autumn Statement support but seeks coherent plan
Added: 28 Nov 2023
Manufacturing and process industry chiefs have welcomed in principle the commitments made by Chance…

HSE issues stern warning against falsifying NDT records
Added: 15 Nov 2023
The Health & Safety Executive has issued a warning against attempting to falsify records for non-de…

Element makes a bid for dominant role in European clean energy market
Added: 15 Nov 2023
Global testing, inspection, and certification services company Element Materials Technology signall…

Manufacturing’s big guns urge pre-Election stand on industry future
Added: 15 Nov 2023
Leaders of the UK’s five most dominant manufacturing sectors are demanding UK political parties ple…

NMITE relaunches 30 bursary offer for engineering students in local region
Added: 15 Nov 2023
The New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering is offering up to 30 non-means tested cash bur…

Poll reveals shift in public attitudes towards manufacturing careers
Added: 13 Oct 2023
A recent UK poll suggests public perception of careers in manufacturing has become markedly more po…

King Charles Presents 2022 and 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Engineering
Added: 13 Oct 2023
King Charles III has presented the 2022 and 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Engineering (QEPrize) r…

A perception gap
Added: 13 Sep 2023
Our chemicals industry has an image problem when it comes to recruitment. Why, when it’s key to ach…

Two handed touchy-feely robot can pick a peck of pickled Pringles
Added: 10 Sep 2023
Scientists at the University of Bristol say their AI enhanced, bi-manual robot has achieved ‘near-h…

Wood secures SSEN preferred bidder status
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Global consulting and engineering company Wood has been selected as a preferred bidder on Scottish …