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Wasteful packaging – industry’s Achilles heel
Added: 3 Jun 2025
To mark the recent World Environment Day, ABB’s Stefan Floeck called for less headline grabbing and…
Ofwat winners share £42 million for innovative projects
Added: 27 May 2025
Sixteen technology pioneers will share Ofwat funding of £42 million to aid development of their inn…
Balancing efficiency with safety in hazardous environments
Added: 22 May 2025
Electrical equipment used in hazardous chemical, oil and gas and processing environments must be de…
Why do we measure surface energy?
Added: 22 May 2025
Wettability is a prerequisite for adhesion and bonding, so understanding surface energy is critical…
Survey reveals why pharma chiefs prefer US to Europe
Added: 14 May 2025
New research from Bayes Business School urges greater cooperation and better incentives from EU mem…
Blackburn opens defoamer plant to take on the world
Added: 13 May 2025
Specialty chemicals company Blackburn Chemicals Limited has opened its new £14 million defoamer fac…
Pharma sector suffers longest downtime disruptions says report
Added: 2 May 2025
UK and European pharmaceutical firms suffer the longest downtime disruptions of any industrial sect…
Europe accused of trailing Middle East on sustainable plastics policy
Added: 10 Apr 2025
The European Union is “stuck in the past” in its attitude to so-called oxo-biodegradable plastics, …
Entrepreneur Jackson is new Digital Catapult chair
Added: 10 Apr 2025
Entrepreneur and academic professor Keith Jackson is the new chair of deep tech accelerator Digital…
Trump tariffs add 10% for imports from UK but avoid 20% levied on EU
Added: 3 Apr 2025
Manufacturers and government have reacted with concern to the imposition of a 10% tariff on imports…
Endress+Hauser level and pressure centre chief killed in car crash
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure centre managing director Dr Dirk Mörmann has been killed in a car acc…
Closing the gate on criminality
Added: 30 Mar 2025
Richard Hilson argues that while every effort can be made to prevent attacks and burglaries on plan…
Fighting wars on factory settings
Added: 23 Mar 2025
Critical industries’ emergence as a target for hostile states reflects the increasingly digital asp…
The keys to keeping emissions in check
Added: 21 Mar 2025
Monitoring systems have been central to the substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in th…
PFA rules drive massive increase in testing demand says TÜV Rheinland
Added: 20 Mar 2025
Stricter rules on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) use worldwide has led to a 30% rise in …
Balancing supply and demands
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Pharmaceutical manufacturing is becoming subject to greater disruption says Aggreko’s Craig Akers, …
Tomlinson Hall leads the pack at 2025 Pump Industry Association awards
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Tomlinson Hall led the field at the 2025 Pump Industry Association awards, winning two out of 10 ca…
Global woes keep UK manufacturing PMI under 50 for fifth month
Added: 13 Mar 2025
UK manufacturing suffered a fifth disappointing month in February with the CIPS UK Manufacturing Pu…
Vetter expands storage for temperature-sensitive meds demand
Added: 12 Mar 2025
Manufacturer Vetter is on course to expand storage plant capacity at its Ravensburg facility in Ger…
Integrating legacy data in the pharmaceutical sector
Added: 12 Mar 2025
Pharmaceutical companies transitioning to electronic records need to be mindful that, convenient or…
