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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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

Sheffield claims 3D antibacterial breakthrough
Added: 21 Jan 2020
University of Sheffield scientists have claimed a scientific and manufacturing breakthrough with th…

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 …

WMFTG pumphead rises to the waste water challenge
Added: 13 Jan 2020
Watson-Marlow’s polymer dosing pumphead proved its worth when dealing with a brewery’s waste water …

Upgrading sewage works for rapid population growth
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Rapid population expansion doesn’t just put pressure on a town’s schools and housing stock. There a…

BVAA chief Findlay is new Severn Glocon CEO
Added: 7 Jan 2020
British Valve and Actuator Association chairman Colin Findlay is the new CEO of Severn Glocon, succ…

The hazardous limits to bringing your own device to the workplace
Added: 11 Dec 2019
Sophie Hand of EU Automation, assesses whether personal devices are equipped for hazardous environm…

Charles honours the GPS Four at Buckingham Palace
Added: 10 Dec 2019
Four individuals who played a key part in the creation of GPS have been awarded the 2019 Queen Eliz…

It’s make or break for UK automation warns FANUC UK chief
Added: 10 Dec 2019
The UK is the only G7 country that has an industrial robot density below the world average – a fact…

Edwards’ mega-installation is one of Scottish engineering’s largest
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Edwards Engineering has completed a £4.5 million installation of a new furnace building at the Supe…

Valves association announces first winner of new leadership trophy
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Rotork’s Dave Godfrey is the first ever winner of the British Valve and Actuator Association’s Futu…

Strathclyde AFRC helps transform manufacturing insurance for 4.0 era
Added: 4 Dec 2019
The University of Strathclyde Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has teamed up with a leading …

UK businesses ‘ignoring the savings to be found by cutting energy waste’
Added: 3 Dec 2019
Nearly three times as many small to medium business in the UK fail to measure energy losses compare…

Control strategies are vital for rapid temperature changes
Added: 27 Nov 2019
Manufacturing processes that rely on rapid temperature change can easily result in bottlenecks in a…

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…

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…