All Control & Instrumentation

Alarm trip from Moore Industries reduces installation and maintenance costs
Added: 27 Nov 2019
Facilities in the chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas extraction and refining and pharmaceutical i…

Application submitted for National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Added: 25 Nov 2019
A planning application has been submitted for the development of the National Manufacturing Institu…

IQE’s Nelson wins 2019 Bessemer Award
Added: 25 Nov 2019
The Bessemer Society has presented its Lifetime Fellowship Award to Dr Drew Nelson, co-founder and …

Landia helps Stornoway scoop top environmental prize
Added: 25 Nov 2019
A Landia pasteuriser that processes waste salmon for an AD biogas plant on Stornoway has helped the…

UK chemical sector R&D spend hits a high for yet another year
Added: 25 Nov 2019
The UK chemicals sector has increased its annual spending on research and development by 3.4% - its…

Company reaps the real-time benefits of IT-OT convergence
Added: 20 Nov 2019
Companies understand the need for IT and OT convergence but can be thwarted by their fragmented inf…

Instrumentation is still vital to process advancement
Added: 20 Nov 2019
Industry 4.0 and instrumentation have a symbiotic relationship, with both enhancing one another. It…

Trust’s port plan provides new process industry ‘road’ for Yorkshire
Added: 20 Nov 2019
The Canal and River Trust has won planning permission for from Leeds City Council for its proposed …

Clean steam provides a green option to counter contamination
Added: 13 Nov 2019
The Natural Fruit & Beverage Co. embarked on a project to transition to clean steam generation for …

Don’t let your efficiency evaporate, warns Magnetrol
Added: 13 Nov 2019
Steam production is responsible for up to 60% of firms’ energy consumption. Which means any ineffic…

Optimising your control system’s potential with Spirax Sarco
Added: 6 Nov 2019
Process managers could be making improvements to increase efficiency and product quality by paying …

Retrofit saves Wessex Water recycle site from population overload
Added: 5 Nov 2019
When a fast growing West Country town put a strain on the water recycling plant, it was an opportun…

Oil & gas leaders commit to industry-wide competence measurement
Added: 5 Nov 2019
Leading oil and gas engineering companies have helped embed a Government-sponsored system of compet…

Sustainable water pioneer wins WES Burt accolade
Added: 5 Nov 2019
Mandy Lester has won the 21st winner of the Women’s Engineering Society’s prestigious Karen Burt Aw…

‘Food manufacturers must take the lead on salt and sugar levels’
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Calls for manufacturers to do more to address public health concerns around salt and sugar are righ…

UK engineering firms 'could be missing out on £10 billion R&D funding annually'
Added: 30 Oct 2019
New research claims that UK engineering companies are potentially missing out on more than £10 bill…

Magnetrol instils confidence with reliable level measurement
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Magnetrol prides itself on understanding all the ways that level matters to a business.

Prince Albert provides £80k for ex-soldier’s pioneering materials PhD work
Added: 30 Oct 2019
PhD student Shaun Smart has been awarded £80,000 to fund his research into a vital area of material…

Make UK conferences spell out impending Brexit implications
Added: 23 Oct 2019
Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK staged two conferences in three days to provide emergency guida…

AFRC and Siemens seal deal to make Scottish factories smarter
Added: 23 Oct 2019
Strathclyde university’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has officially agreed a collaborat…