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Modern mandrels create faster factory flow
Added: 14 Sep 2018
Manual coil changes can be time consuming, not least when a plant is alternating production between…

Food sector's waste management proves its adaptability
Added: 12 Sep 2018
The Food and drink industry has reason to view the immediate economic future with trepidation.

When you invest in pumps, you invest in industry's future
Added: 12 Sep 2018
Beyond the sectors in which they operate, pumps have a profile so low that they might as well be no…

Manufacturer survey shows concern mounting over Brexit no-deal
Added: 11 Sep 2018
More than four out of five UK industrial product manufacturers surveyed want Britain to continue re…

Aim later to recruit more female engineers, says report
Added: 11 Sep 2018
New Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) research suggests the key to recruiting more young…

Winning apprentice seeks a double
Added: 11 Sep 2018
An award-winning apprentice who saved nearly £140,000 from his company’s production costs has been …

Fatberg fighters face opposition from baby wipers
Added: 11 Sep 2018
Process industry leaders in the waste water and sewage sectors’ efforts to secure tougher laws desi…

UK firms dominate IChemE process safety shortlist
Added: 10 Sep 2018
The UK offices of AstraZeneca, Esso, Fluor and Sellafield, together with trade organisation the Che…

New role to spearhead OPITO’s global expansion
Added: 4 Sep 2018
Energy industry skills organisation OPITO has appointed its first director of strategic development…

Like football, pumps expertise requires thinking outside the box...
Added: 3 Sep 2018
“A competent pump supplier is somewhat like a competent coach, they should be able to offer more th…

Multi-million investment to establish Scotlands’ role in global hot forging
Added: 13 Aug 2018
The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has secured £16.5 million t…

Laser cutting firm sale to ARC Group saves all jobs
Added: 26 Jul 2018
Administrators of Blackburn-based Laser Shapes NW Ltd have secured the sale of the company to ARC G…

Thickness profile measurement system provides Liberty from manual approach
Added: 18 Jul 2018
Liberty Speciality Steel produces high value, precision-engineered alloy and stainless steel produc…

Brexit must maintain access to import and export markets, demands FDF’s Wright
Added: 4 Jul 2018
Food and Drink Federation (FDF) chief executive Ian Wright has repeated his warning to Government t…

BPMA urges government to act on CE mark issue
Added: 25 Jun 2018
British Pump Manufacturers Association head Steve Schofield has welcomed the recent top level meeti…

How holistic analytics saved a company from losing business worth millions
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Honeywell expertise helped save one client business worth $20 million a year by rapidly identifying…

Monitor wins Frost & Sullivan 2018 new product award
Added: 4 Jun 2018
Membrane technology expert Modern Water has won global industry analysts Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 ne…

Kent Introl’s OEM valve diagnostics service benefits major European oil refinery
Added: 31 May 2018
A leading European oil refinery had suffered long term operational issues with a poorly performing …

Innovate UK awards top rating to Huddersfield radiation detector project
Added: 30 May 2018
Innovate UK has awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership top rating to a collaboration that has pio…

One in three manufacturers report EU worker losses
Added: 22 May 2018
Nearly one in three UK companies surveyed in a new report say they have suffered a slump in EU appl…