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North Sea offshore oil and gas

Mokveld acquires meter maker

Added: 19 May 2015

Dutch valves manufacturer Mokveld Valves has acquired Norwegian flow measurement specialist Abbon f…

Food machine

Carbon Trust cooks up savings

Added: 13 May 2015

Results from industry trials conducted by the Carbon Trust demonstrate that improved ventilation in…

Lontra founder Steve Lindsey

Lontra wins grant for ‘BladeAir’ project

Added: 13 May 2015

Midlands firm Lontra has secured a £250,000 grant from Innovate UK to develop a prototype of its Bl…

Annandale Distillery: self-sufficient water supply

Waste money

Added: 29 Apr 2015

The financial rewards for managing plant waste are beginning to stack up, writes Louisa Hearn.

Dust explosion short course at the Wolfson Centre

GexCon buys into 3D market

Added: 1 Apr 2015

GexCon, a supplier of dispersion, explosion and fire modelling software, has announced the acquisit…

Ineos Grangemouth

Funding for Grangemouth CCS

Added: 27 Mar 2015

The UK and Scottish governments today announced joint funding for a proposed Carbon Capture and Sto…

Chocolate manufacturing plant

Manufacturing orders fall, says CBI

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Manufacturers’ order book levels have fallen this month, according to a survey by the CBI.

LED lighting

Industry wasting £1.4bn on lighting

Added: 24 Mar 2015

An estimated 75% of UK industrial lighting installations don’t meet current industry design standar…

Spraying system

Improved performance through spraying

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Spraying coils with water can significantly improve the performance of finned heat exchangers, says…

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturers to boost technology spend

Added: 24 Feb 2015

More than half of all small and medium sized (SME) manufacturers in England are planning to invest …

Bionic handling assistant

Manufacturers voice ‘Industry 4.0’ concern

Added: 23 Feb 2015

Manufacturing trade body EEF has published research which suggests that 80% of manufacturers in the…

Gas giants

Gas giants

Added: 18 Feb 2015

New gas analysers help Enviropower meet ambitious operational targets.

European Automation Jonathan Wilkins

Why motors break down

Added: 11 Feb 2015

There are many reasons why electric motors fail, but some are much more common than others, says Eu…

Stan Higgins

Gone from the wind – industrial CCS

Added: 4 Feb 2015

Almost half of the emissions that need to be captured to battle climate change come from the proces…

Atlas Copco Systems Hemel Hempstead compressor workshop

Upgraded global oil & gas facility unveiled

Added: 3 Feb 2015

Compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco last month unveiled its upgraded and expanded global production…

Bosch conveyor

Bosch launches latest conveyor system

Added: 30 Jan 2015

Bosch Rexroth has launched its latest conveyor system, VarioFlow Plus, in a bid to reduce productio…

The Rosemount 3D Solids Scanner

Solid state

Added: 26 Jan 2015

Measuring solids is a key challenge when moving to a continuous processing operation.

Age concern

Age concern

Added: 21 Jan 2015

Who decides when older plant equipment is no longer safe to operate?

Bulk-Out BFC-X bulk bag discharger

In the bag

Added: 14 Jan 2015

Dutch compounder cleans up with new bulk bag discharger.

AVT Reliability Davina Reilly

Safe hands

Added: 7 Jan 2015

Replacing run-to-fail strategies with condition-based maintenance is an investment in health and sa…