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Food processing faces salmonella risk
Added: 22 Jan 2014
Salmonella biofilms have been found to show significant resistance to powerful disinfectants, a stu…
Compressed air supply upgrade
Added: 22 Jan 2014
Packaging company opts for Atlas Copco energy-saving compressor.
Quality comes first in gas detection market
Added: 17 Jan 2014
Quality is rated as the most important attribute when it comes to sourcing gas safety suppliers, ac…
Energy costs limit aluminium growth
Added: 17 Jan 2014
The high price of energy is limiting investment in the UK aluminium sector, industry representative…
Food industry must be “more effective”
Added: 15 Jan 2014
A year on from the horsemeat scandal, there are still lessons to be learned for the food industry, …
Fracking boost for local councils
Added: 13 Jan 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron will today announce a major boost to UK fracking as local councils are…
Shell confirms tank fire
Added: 10 Jan 2014
Shell today confirmed that a storage tank at its Cologne-Godorf site in Germany caught fire yesterd…
Atlas Copco completes Edwards acquisition
Added: 9 Jan 2014
Atlas Copco today announced it had completed its acquisition of UK vacuum pump manufacturer Edwards…
Explosion at Shell refinery
Added: 9 Jan 2014
German media is reporting an explosion at Shell Chemical’s Cologne-Godorf refinery.
Chemicals and pharma research funding boost
Added: 9 Jan 2014
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council has announced £3.6m funding for manufacturing …
Plan to pay process plants to use electricity
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…
Wylfa nuclear reaches milestone
Added: 6 Jan 2014
Wylfa Newydd proposed nuclear facility receives boost as assessment of its nuclear reactor progress…
Vitrification plant to open at Sellafield
Added: 6 Jan 2014
The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) today said it will develop a waste disposal test facility …
Westinghouse enters Sellafield
Added: 24 Dec 2013
US nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse joins up with GDF Suez to build 3.6GW plant at Sellafield.
Brewers hit emissions target early
Added: 23 Dec 2013
The UK brewing sector has reached its 2020 carbon emissions reduction target eight years early, a n…
Ofgem approves demand response scheme
Added: 23 Dec 2013
The energy regulator Ofgem has approved National Grid’s plans to introduce a demand side scheme to …
Grangemouth staff agree pension deal
Added: 20 Dec 2013
The majority of employees at the Grangemouth petrochemicals facility have agreed to sign up to new …
Energy Bill gains Royal Assent
Added: 19 Dec 2013
The government’s Energy Bill containing its long-running electricity market reforms yesterday becam…
Shale drilling considered for bulk of UK
Added: 18 Dec 2013
The government is considering over half of the land across the UK as potential areas for shale gas …
Tees Valley process funding agreed
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday a deal to boost the process industries on Teesside.
