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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…

Europe on course to circular source plastics goals
Added: 25 Mar 2024
Europe is almost half way towards its goal of using a quarter of its plastics from circular sources…

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…

Chemicals and renewables’ lack of appeal leaves recruitment headache
Added: 26 Feb 2024
The renewables and chemicals sectors could be short of thousands of the skilled workers they need u…

2024 Pump Industry Awards Finalists Revealed
Added: 26 Feb 2024
Fifty finalists across eight categories are squaring up for the hotly contested honours at the 2024…

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…

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…

Made Smarter 4.0 adoption is vital ingredient for manufacturing investment
Added: 24 Jan 2024
Industrial mentoring organisation Made Smarter reports that small to medium sized manufacturers (SM…

Catch up on the science that impacts the process factory floor…
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Lab Horizons, our new sister site and publication, is at the cutting edge of science and industry, …

Days left to join MacRobert’s engineering hall of fame
Added: 11 Jan 2024
The deadline is fast approaching for the final chance this year to enter one of UK engineering's mo…
Scientists tackle thermoset polymers recycle challenge
Added: 20 Dec 2023
Thermoset plastics such as polyurethane, bakelite, silicone and epoxy resin have long played an ess…

Trust for engineers nearly on a par with healthworkers
Added: 20 Dec 2023
A massive 85% of people surveyed say they trust engineers to tell the truth, says the latest Ipsos …

BCAS appoints Rohan as new president
Added: 20 Dec 2023
The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) has appointed Steven Rohan as its new president in succes…

Agreement seals work on advanced materials innovation centre
Added: 20 Dec 2023
Global giant Tata Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK’s national centr…

Industry applauds Autumn Statement support but seeks coherent plan
Added: 28 Nov 2023
Manufacturing and process industry chiefs have welcomed in principle the commitments made by Chance…

HSE issues stern warning against falsifying NDT records
Added: 15 Nov 2023
The Health & Safety Executive has issued a warning against attempting to falsify records for non-de…

Element makes a bid for dominant role in European clean energy market
Added: 15 Nov 2023
Global testing, inspection, and certification services company Element Materials Technology signall…

Manufacturing’s big guns urge pre-Election stand on industry future
Added: 15 Nov 2023
Leaders of the UK’s five most dominant manufacturing sectors are demanding UK political parties ple…

NMITE relaunches 30 bursary offer for engineering students in local region
Added: 15 Nov 2023
The New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering is offering up to 30 non-means tested cash bur…