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Big increase in engineering and manufacturing apprentices
Added: 29 Jan 2013
London – The number of people starting engineering and advanced manufacturing apprenticeships in En…
BP names victims of Algeria terrorist attack
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Identities of three workers confirmed. Another also thought to have died.
London – BP has officially…
Manufacturing firms braced for tough times ahead
Added: 29 Jan 2013
London - Manufacturers worldwide are bracing themselves for more challenging times ahead, but are c…
Seneca, ENER-G in three landfill gas projects
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Salford, UK – UK renewable energy generation company ENER-G Natural Power has partnered with Hartle…
Research to develop chemical supplies for industry
Added: 24 Jan 2013
Grants from the EPSRC and BBSRC are aiming to advance sustainable processes in industry
Orange peel could deliver valuable chemicals
Added: 24 Jan 2013
A UK group is planning to industrialise a process that turns orange peel into valuable chemicals
Forgemasters secures major Russian deal
Added: 22 Jan 2013
Sheffield Forgemasters has won a £3m contract with Russia’s largest steel company, Severstal
BP concern over fate of Algeria hostages
Added: 18 Jan 2013
London – BP has been informed by the UK and Algerian governments that the Algerian army is still at…
Horsemeat scandal points to data failures
Added: 18 Jan 2013
London – The discovery of horse and pork meat in beefburgers sold by supermarkets Tesco and Iceland…
Flat expectations
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Despite an increase in total order books for the third month running, UK manufacturers remain cauti…
REACH remains 'elephant in the room' warns EEF
Added: 16 Jan 2013
London – UK manufacturers’ awareness of the implications REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Author…
GE nets $500m Petrobras contract
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Petrobras has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract worth over $500 million to supply tu…
A modular nuclear reactor design
Added: 15 Jan 2013
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has unveiled a new nuclear reactor design
Sulzer subsea pumps challenge
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London – Sulzer Pumps is working with a number of major oil companies to develop pumping solutions …
Tanker drivers' passport to safety
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London – A safety passport for petroleum tanker drivers is the focus of a new initiative, jointly a…
Honeywell more wireless ‘agnostic’
Added: 15 Jan 2013
Istanbul – End users are now less concerned about wireless standards than in what the technology ca…
Time pressures compromising maintenance safety
Added: 10 Jan 2013
London – Pressure to reduce UK plant downtime is threatening health and safety during maintenance, …
Roll-out of fourth generation industry concept
Added: 10 Jan 2013
London - ‘Integrated industry’ has been dubbed the fourth industrial revolution, following on from …
Dyson: Video games killing interest in engineering
Added: 9 Jan 2013
London – The UK is allowing the “glamour of web fads and video gaming” to undermine interest in eng…
TAQA confims deal to buy BP assets
Added: 9 Jan 2013
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. (TAQA) has confirmed an agreement to buy from BP oil…
