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Oil & Gas suppliers suffering
Added: 12 Feb 2015
Suppliers to the oil & gas industry are already beginning to suffer the impact of low oil prices, w…
Water utility tackles skills shortage
Added: 12 Feb 2015
Water firm United Utilities has invested £1.5 million in a new technical training centre located at…
China set for robotic future
Added: 11 Feb 2015
More industrial robots will be operating in China’s production plants in next three years’ time tha…
Eaton seals ‘smart’ supply deal
Added: 11 Feb 2015
Waste disposal company hires technology supplier for control of digester systems.
Green light for Roseacre Wood shale site
Added: 6 Feb 2015
Shale gas firm Cuadrilla has today been granted the environmental permits it needs to carry out exp…
Follow your heart, says prize winner
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Winner of the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Robert Langer has advised students to foll…
New life for PLC market
Added: 4 Feb 2015
The global programmable logic controllers (PLC) market has reversed a downward trend, with positive…
Chemical engineer wins Queen's prize
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Chemical engineer and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Robert Langer has today…
Corrosion testing facility expanded
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Growing demand for asset life extension solutions in the oil and gas industry has led Intertek to i…
Upgraded global oil & gas facility unveiled
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Compressor manufacturer Atlas Copco last month unveiled its upgraded and expanded global production…
MPs reject shale ban as Lancashire decides
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Parliament has rejected calls for an outright ban on shale gas development, although projects will …
Biofuel processing 'improved'
Added: 27 Jan 2015
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Rice University have developed a computational scree…
Ineos slams MPs’ call to ban shale gas
Added: 26 Jan 2015
Ineos has attacked politicians calling for a ban on shale gas development in the UK, describing a r…
Teesside industrial CCS plan launched
Added: 26 Jan 2015
Firms including BOC and Amec Foster Wheeler gathered in Westminster yesterday to launch their plans…
Honeywell leaps to next level
Added: 26 Jan 2015
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has launched a new addition to its SmartLine industrial transmitt…
Robots set sights on food sector
Added: 26 Jan 2015
The UK food industry has finally woken up to the importance of robotics to the sector, says plant a…
MPs call for fracking ban as Cuadrilla blocked
Added: 22 Jan 2015
MPs from all major political parties have submitted proposals against hydraulic fracturing as part …
Dungeness nuclear plant life to be extended
Added: 20 Jan 2015
EDF Energy today announced plans to extend the operational life of Dungeness B nuclear power plant …
Data study fuels nuclear safety
Added: 20 Jan 2015
Engineers at the University of Huddersfield are using electron microscopy to ensure the safety of t…
Petroleum testing lab reopens after flood
Added: 20 Jan 2015
Product testing firm Intertek has reopened its Immingham Docks Laboratory after a tidal surge and w…
