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TV food scientist reinforces call for better UPF regulation ahead of annual lecture series

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Warning labels and “carefully considered taxes” would provide a start on the improved regulation of…

Kenya initiative paves the way for a more secure process cold chain

Added: 4 Dec 2024

More than 130 Kenyan farmers have signed up for a new scheme set up with help from the University o…

Lead, don’t follow in the robotics revolution

Added: 3 Dec 2024

From the laboratory to the factory floor, it is possible for the UK to lead in the use of autonomou…

The top ten questions to help understand food safety

Added: 17 Nov 2024

In a world where food safety is non-negotiable and consumer expectations are at an all-time high, f…

Improving scalability and efficiency of production in process chromatography

Added: 12 Oct 2024

Pharma manufacturer Sanovaskale Technologies’ Dr Smita Kale discusses how her company improved scal…

New hub aims to fast-track UK digital supply chain

Added: 4 Aug 2024

Digital Catapult has launched its Digital Supply Chain Hub platform designed to enable strategic co…

Managing data, combatting costs

Added: 15 Jul 2024

Not for nothing is data referred to as the ‘new oil’. Just as it can reshape the world on a grand s…

Manufacturing fall is ‘blip’ not reversal insist commentators

Added: 6 May 2024

A disappointing fall in the latest CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index should not be t…

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Managing process safety in the round

Added: 1 May 2024

High hazard process safety needs a holistic approach that acknowledges competencies degrade over ti…

Government award to power up industry’s cutting edge computing

Added: 16 Apr 2024

The Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) has been awarded £2.4 million of funding from the De…

Petrochem woes compounded by spare parts shortage, claims report

Added: 16 Apr 2024

Spare parts sourcing for cooling, heating, steam and compressed air equipment is becoming more prob…

Inspection tech keeps wet pet food production safe, compliant and optimised

Added: 12 Apr 2024

Wet pet food manufacturers understand the importance of meeting high standards while safeguarding t…

UK tops peers in EPO patent applications

Added: 25 Mar 2024

UK innovators their increased year on year European patent applications by a larger percentage than…

Climate, skills and environment top another successful PIA Awards

Added: 25 Mar 2024

Global climate change, the skills gap and environmental regeneration all featured among this year’s…

Viewpoint: Working safely with heat transfer fluids in plastics manufacture

Added: 13 Mar 2024

Plastics and polymers are vital materials in manufacturing. Global Heat Transfer’s Clive Jones expl…

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Pioneering UV pasteurisation aims to cut cost with greener approach

Added: 12 Mar 2024

Dairy pasteurisation has traditionally been a costly business for manufacturers, involving intricat…

AMRICC opening cements Staffs role as UK materials science centre

Added: 26 Feb 2024

Staffordshire has sealed its centuries-old reputation as the UK’s ceramics capital with the officia…

Tomorrow’s big process ideas start in the lab…

Added: 29 Jan 2024

Many of the biggest technological advances in the process industries begin with R&D in the lab. Fin…

Viewpoint: X-ray inspection – quality assurance for pharmaceuticals

Added: 24 Jan 2024

In the highly-regulated pharmaceutical industry, product safety and quality is paramount. While man…

Sensor offers new hope to counter ‘forever chemicals’ contamination

Added: 24 Jan 2024

New methods to combat the prevalence of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) could provide a v…