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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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

Quality pumps extract the best from hazardous by-products

Added: 22 Oct 2019

In the aluminium refining process, scrap is melted in rotary or reverberating furnaces under a bath…

Seal solution sustains pump reliability for dairy firm

Added: 22 Oct 2019

Sustaining pump reliability was a challenge for an environmentally conscious dairy until AESSEAL ex…

Full steam ahead as Spirax Sarco marks 30 years of driving accreditation

Added: 22 Oct 2019

Steam solutions provider Spirax Sarco is celebrating three decades of providing City & Guilds cours…

AEMT announces 2019 finalists shortlist

Added: 22 Oct 2019

A total of 25 finalists have been chosen for the six categories in the annual Association of Electr…

Severn Glocon valve technology aims for maritime safety advance

Added: 22 Oct 2019

Extreme technical demands associated with a critical safety system on an offshore platforms are bei…