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The best approach to achieve sustainable manufacturing
Added: 24 Mar 2023
Measurement is the key to reducing carbon footprint, explains Novotek’s Sean Robinson.

PE roundup 20 March: Collaborations, approvals, appointments and sales across the process sectors
Added: 19 Mar 2023
Birmingham University has launched a research collaboration with global specialty chemical firm Inn…

BUDGET 2023: R&D, AI, tax relief, energy and skills loom large
Added: 15 Mar 2023
While the focus of news headlines has been on the plight of taxpayers and consumers, with child car…

UKAEA funds 18 organisations to help make fusion reality
Added: 3 Mar 2023
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded feasibility contracts for 18 organis…

Process roundup: Thales, Confederation of British Metalforming, Sparck Technologies, MHA
Added: 3 Mar 2023
Global company Thales announced it will be hiring 12,000 new employees internationally, including m…

Strohm scales up operations as it completes plant expansion and plans recruitment drive
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Strohm, the world’s first producer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipes (TCP), has completed its plant…

Combating flooding with automation
Added: 17 Feb 2023
Owing to the predictability of seasonal flooding, automation systems are vital investment to keep a…

UK industrial clusters gain from £6 mill award’s raft of decarbonisation projects
Added: 9 Feb 2023
Britain’s largest industrial clusters are the focus of a £6 million award to accelerate decarbonisa…

Sunak shuffle: strategic sense or rearranging the deckchairs?
Added: 8 Feb 2023
From a political perspective, prime minister Rishi Sunak’s predicted mini-reshuffle is either far s…

QE Prize for Engineering goes to record breaking energy pioneers
Added: 8 Feb 2023
The 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been shared between four academics for their dev…

New academy offers utilities employees digital training
Added: 8 Feb 2023
UK Power Networks has launched a new Digital Academy for the utilities sector offering up to 400 sp…

Interest rises as unattended operating systems increase their endurance
Added: 1 Feb 2023
Unattended boiler systems are now longer lasting – a boon in times of onsite staff shortages explai…

Heat pumps could reduce biogas carbon footprint more than a third, claims research
Added: 17 Jan 2023
Using air-source heat pumps for anaerobic digestion could slash the carbon footprint of the process…

Clock ticking to join UK engineering greats with MacRobert Award win
Added: 16 Jan 2023
Time is running out to enter one of the most sought-after prizes in engineering, the annual MacRobe…

Manufacturers welcome energy discount but point to Germany
Added: 9 Jan 2023
Industry leaders have responded with relief to the announcement of the Government’s new year-long E…

Straightforward steps to put carbon cutting ideals into practice
Added: 14 Dec 2022
Few process firms are unaware of the importance of tackling their carbon footprint but for many the…

Purpose-built units ensure risk limitation
Added: 14 Dec 2022
Purpose-built units reduce the risks with hazardous process development and remote R&D scaling says…

Vigilant monitors ensure continuous power
Added: 23 Nov 2022
Deteriorating transformers can undermine power output. To prevent this, one biomass plant found a s…

Top manufacturers looking at US$1.5 trillion unplanned downtime costs for 2022 warns report
Added: 22 Nov 2022
Unplanned manufacturing downtime is on course to cost 500 of the top global industrial companies a …

Sector relief at Budget statement but warning bolder action needed
Added: 20 Nov 2022
Manufacturing and engineering leaders have responded with a degree of relief to Chancellor Jeremy H…