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Decontamination equipment: the importance of staff training
Added: 18 Sep 2017
You can’t handle hazardous materials without the right tools but managers need to ensure the people…

CBI and EEF reports reveal upturn in UK manufacturing performance
Added: 25 Jul 2017
Reports from the CBI and EEF published this week suggest that manufacturing output in the UK is imp…

SPX Flow joint venture workshop to service Iraq’s ‘super giant’ oil fields
Added: 5 Jul 2017
SPX Flow has signed a joint venture agreement with the WTE Wajdi Group Group to service all rotatin…

UKOOG – Government must act to protect gas reserves
Added: 22 Jun 2017
The UK will become increasingly reliant upon imported gas if it does not embark on a strategy to bo…
Industry leaders call for UK to lead on energy transition after Trump pull out
Added: 2 Jun 2017
Industry bodies reacted with dismay to US president Donald Trump’s intention to withdraw his countr…

More than £0.3 mill in R&D on offer to engineering innovators
Added: 30 May 2017
Seven engineering innovators will have the chance to share £350,000 of R&D support in a competition…

Oxford Uni spin-off secures valves deal with Middle East water company
Added: 30 May 2017
Oxford Flow has won its first Middle Eastern contract, with an agreement to supply valves technolog…

Better ways to calibrate at Hazardex 2017
Beamex | Added: 23 Dec 2016
New and more advanced technology brings new challenges and better ways to calibrate, whether it is …

North Sea oil and gas decommissioning to soar by 2025
Added: 16 Nov 2016
North Sea decommissioning in the UK and Norway will continue to grow over the next decade with more…

Case study: single pipework system prevents corrosion fears
Added: 12 Sep 2016
A flexible pipework system has been crucial in protecting assets from corrosion at a multi-million …

EEF steps up to industrial energy challenge
Added: 25 Aug 2016
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has rebundled all of its energy savings solutions under one u…

Paroc provides insulation for pipework in high temperatures
Added: 16 Aug 2016
If pipelines channelling steam and other hot fluids in industrial plants are not insulated correctl…

Case study: maintenance management upgrade improves efficiency
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Better maintenance management methods transform efficiency levels and work behaviour at a Belgium-b…

EEF enlists Oracle for next ‘industrial revolution’
Added: 2 Aug 2016
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has teamed with cloud application specialist Oracle, to help …

Yoghurt recall hits UK retailers
Added: 1 Aug 2016
Yeo Valley has recalled a number of chilled yoghurt products over fears that they may contain piece…

Smart plastics to ‘sense’ equipment failure
Added: 14 Jul 2016
Igus, a German developer of specialist plastics, has unveiled new products to add Industry 4.0 capa…
Mars sinks £23m into Norfolk food plant
Added: 12 Jul 2016
Mars Food has announced plans to invest £23 million into food processing facilities at its King's L…

Viewpoint: the great cloud computing migration
Added: 20 Jun 2016
Manufacturers need to embrace cloud computing if they are to reap the benefits across all their pro…

Food waste firm fined for toxic gas hazard
Added: 16 Jun 2016
A food waste disposal and recycling company has been fined £250,000 after three employees were over…

Yorkshire Water ordered to pay record £1.1m fine
Added: 4 May 2016
Yorkshire Water was fined £1.1million last week for a pump failure in 2013 that caused pollution to…