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VSDs to lose exemption from tough new Euro motor efficiency rules
Added: 3 Mar 2020
Variable speed drives will be included for the first time in stringent new rules for electric motor…

Expert warns coronavirus impact will heighten need for Industry 4.0 solutions
Added: 3 Mar 2020
The economic disruption caused by global disasters such as the coronavirus outbreak would be tackle…

Nature offers key to producing sustainable chemicals
Added: 25 Feb 2020
Industrial products that currently depend for their creation on chemicals from hydrogen and fossil …

Bilfinger awarded multi-million Hinkley Point C contract
Added: 25 Feb 2020
Hinkley Point C owner EDF has awarded Bilfinger a £58 million contract from for the execution desig…

Scaling up efficiency and sustainability with AkzoNobel
Added: 18 Feb 2020
Siemens has helped ensure the entire manufacturing process at paint giant AkzoNobel’s state-of-the-…

Steel industry decarbonisation project secures £1.26 million
Added: 14 Feb 2020
The UK Research and Innovation-funded Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS), has…

Electrification is spreading and that will increase the focus on power quality
Added: 12 Feb 2020
Electrical engineers can expect substantial challenges in the years ahead, warns REO UK’s Steve Hug…

Voting set to open for finalists of Pump Industry Awards 2020
Added: 11 Feb 2020
Nearly 40 finalists in eight categories will go forward for the vote to decide the winners of the 2…

Assystem wins contract for final phase 1 design of ITER project
Added: 11 Feb 2020
Assystem, has won the contract for the final design of phase 1 as well as prototype testing for the…

Pumps ensure Severn Trent renewables strategy yields greater results
Added: 5 Feb 2020
Severn Trent was already a leader in harnessing renewable energy but had ambitious plans to do more…

Women recruits ‘put at risk by PPE clothing designed for men’
Added: 4 Feb 2020
Personal protection equipment (PPE) is failing to adapt to the needs of the growing number of women…

University innovators harness bat power for new pipeline leak solution
Added: 3 Feb 2020
While Bruce Wayne did it in fiction, university engineers and their partners have harnessed the nat…

UK slashes oil imports by a fifth in five years
Added: 3 Feb 2020
Britain succeeded in reducing its dependence upon foreign oil by 21% between 2013 and 2018.

North West calls on Government to develop region as low carbon cluster
Added: 29 Jan 2020
North West industry leaders say £4 billion of investment and 33,000 jobs could be created if Govern…

Boosting productivity? Then look to your fluid system
Added: 29 Jan 2020
Maximising your fluid system efficiency is a must if you want to boost productivity and reduce cos…

KSB unveils a Chinese record breaker
Added: 21 Jan 2020
KSB stepped into the record books with the delivery of what it claims is the world’s most powerful …

Schneider scores two repeat wins for sustainability once again
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Schneider Electric has once more made it on to two of the most prestigious ‘clean company’ lists in…

Food and drink SMEs have chance of £20k worth of tech and innovation facilities
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Lincoln University’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) is offering small business the c…

Pumps industry says its Euro proposal could boost electricity savings 600%
Added: 14 Jan 2020
European pumps manufacturers are pressing the EU to adopt their proposals for a new directive they …

Watson-Marlow expands international reach with Eastern Europe offices
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG), has launched direct sales and technical support in th…