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Lorien confirms new MD
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Phil Colquhoun has been appointed as the new managing director at Lorien Engineering Solutions.

Award-winning NMITE chief to quit next month
Added: 10 Aug 2022
The high-profile president and chief executive of NMITE, the New Model Institute for Technology and…

Businesses urged to enter Innovate UK competition as deadline looms
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Process companies are being invited to take part in an Innovate UK programme designed to boost comp…

Schaeffler purchase heralds drive for growth in linear tech
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Schaeffler has signed an agreement to acquire global manufacturer and supplier of linear technology…

Antipodean collaboration to kick cybercrime off shop floor
Added: 26 Jul 2022
Technology and manufacturing innovators from the UK and Australia are creating a map of security ri…

Supply chain issues ‘fuelling multiple pressure-points for manufacturers’
Added: 26 Jul 2022
Nearly four in 10 medium sized UK firms suffered supply chain problems in the last year, states a r…

Made Smarter highlights need for manufacturers’ digital drive
Added: 26 Jul 2022
The organisation set up to boost manufacturers’ take up of digital tools is urging small to medium …

Aniline breakthrough promises cleaner, greener production
Added: 24 Jul 2022
A ‘cleaner, greener’ method of producing anilines – frequently used in the production of manufactur…

Quanta’s dialysis system wins 2022 MacRobert Award
Added: 13 Jul 2022
Quanta Dialysis Technologies’ compact dialysis machine that helped revolutionise kidney treatment h…

UK launches first centre to boost critical materials supply chains
Added: 10 Jul 2022
Britain’s inaugural data centre for critical material supply has been launched at the British Geolo…

Search on for successor as IET interim president takes over
Added: 10 Jul 2022
Interim Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) chief executive and secretary Ed Almond has…

Rolls-Royce unveils nuclear SMR site shortlist
Added: 10 Jul 2022
Six areas in the north of England, East Midlands and Wales are in the running to house Roll-Royce’s…

IET unveils six finalists for prestigious Harvey research prize
Added: 28 Jun 2022
Six leading figures in research engineering have made the shortlist for one of the world’s most pre…

Carlsberg seals deal for consumer test of PEF bottles
Added: 28 Jun 2022
Brewing giant Carlsberg has signed a deal with a renewable chemistry company to trial the use of PE…
Senseye acquisition boosts Siemens’ predictive presence
Added: 28 Jun 2022
Southampton-based AI solutions provider Senseye has been bought by Siemens, in a move that will fur…

COP president Sharma hails Africa cold chain initiative
Added: 26 Jun 2022
Cabinet minister and COP26 president Alok Sharma has voiced his support for a UK-backed African ini…

Red light as global supply chain index hits high risk level for first time
Added: 13 Jun 2022
Global supply chain resilience has reached the ‘high risk’ threshold on the Achilles Index for the …

Felixstowe powers a course to net zero
Added: 13 Jun 2022
The UK’s largest container port has awarded a contract for electrical technology designed to reduce…

Smurfit Kappa Nechells plant hit by massive blaze
Added: 13 Jun 2022
Europe’s biggest producer of packaged paper, Smurfit Kappa, suffered colossal damage as fire ripped…

Digital Process Manufacturing Centre targets Scotland process leaders
Added: 13 Jun 2022
The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) Group, will open a new technology centre in Ay…