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Step change for heat exchangers
Added: 11 Jan 2016
The transition from shell-and-tube to plate heat exchangers is gathering pace, writes Michelle Knot…

RFID tags reduce maintenance costs
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Endress+Hauser has launched a range of RFID tags that are designed to ease the identification of me…

Outlook remains bleak for manufacturing
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Manufacturers in the UK are expecting 2016 to be fraught with tough decisions and risks, one indust…

UK launches IoT research hub
Added: 6 Jan 2016
A £23 million Internet of Things (IoT) Research Hub led by University College London (UCL) has been…

SICK launches 3D vision sensor
Added: 6 Jan 2016
SICK has launched the TriSpector 1000, its first ‘plug-and-play’ 3D vision sensor in the UK.
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Cleaning service for condenser tubes
Added: 6 Jan 2016
Corroserve is offering a dedicated condenser tubes cleaning service performed by its team of engine…

Clean screens
Louisa Hearn | Added: 6 Jan 2016
Self-cleaning filters are making steady inroads into production processes, writes Louisa Hearn.

Critical care
Added: 17 Dec 2015
There are real advantages to be gained from renting specialist equipment, writes Will Russell of As…

Online calculator combats grit costs
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Hydro International has launched an industry tool to help assess the full operating cost impact of…

Eclipse to showcase magnetic solutions
Added: 9 Dec 2015
Eclipse Magnetics will be at the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics exhibition 2016, showcasing…

Billionaires' club to fund clean energy
Added: 3 Dec 2015
Tech billionaires Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have joined a cast of high-profile executives in a…

CBI calls for global climate plan
Added: 30 Nov 2015
British businesses have joined the call for world leaders to forge a global action plan at the UN C…

Government scraps CCS funding
Added: 27 Nov 2015
The UK government rocked the industrial sector this week with the news that it had scrapped its £1 …

Research boost for ready-meals
Added: 26 Nov 2015
Industrial gas supplier BOC has begun a two-year project to develop a cooking and cooling system ai…
Small and potentially mighty
Added: 20 Nov 2015
Big data, the industrial internet of things, smart integration and the cloud are all buzzwords we c…

UK coal-fired plants to close
Added: 18 Nov 2015
The UK’s coal-fired power stations will be shut down within the next ten years, energy secretary Am…

Amec Foster inks graphene deal
Added: 9 Nov 2015
Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed the preferred engineering partner to Applied Graphene Materi…

Utility combats odour issues
Added: 9 Nov 2015
Yorkshire Water has developed a £30 million action plan to tackle odours from its Saltend wastewate…

South West Water hit with sewage fine
Added: 4 Nov 2015
South West Water was fined £214,000 by Plymouth Crown Court last week after sewage leaked into the …

Food workshop envisions future
Added: 28 Oct 2015
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) will host a workshop next month that aims to deliver a step-cha…