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Process industry highlights amidst COVID-focused honours list

Added: 31 Dec 2020

While much of the STEM focus for the Queen’s New Year Honours list has been on scientiists battling…

Lorien MD Slater to retire after three decades at company

Added: 14 Dec 2020

Lorien Engineering Solutions group managing director Steve Slater is to retire after more than thre…

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‘Four in 10 parents believe kids will not consider engineering career’ 

Added: 14 Dec 2020

Almost 40% of parents polled in a survey of more than 1,300 parents say their children will not con…

UK utilities’ R&D spend plummets by more than 11%

Added: 30 Nov 2020

R&D spending in the UK utilities industry has fallen 11.1% year on year, reveals tax specialist Cat…

The most trusted profession – nurse, doctor… and then engineer 

Added: 30 Nov 2020

Engineers are Britain’s third most trusted profession, according to one of the most comprehensive a…

Yorkshire’s pioneering digital role recognised with award

Added: 17 Nov 2020

Yorkshire Water’s has been named as Digital Initiative of the Year at the British Construction Indu…

ABB wins monitor and control contract for world’s largest membrane bioreactor

Added: 17 Nov 2020

Singapore has granted ABB the $30 million contract that will ensure the security of its massive Tua…

Yorkshire sewage tests offer COVID early detection hope

Added: 30 Oct 2020

Yorkshire Water is sampling sewage at 10 wastewater treatment works across the region as part of tw…

NEBOSH confirms Payne as new chief executive

Added: 28 Oct 2020

Global provider of health and safety qualifications and courses NEBOSH has announced Dr Chris Payne…

Stratford student wins prestigious Arkwright scholarship

Added: 20 Oct 2020

Stratford-upon-Avon may be famous for Shakespeare and the arts but one female student has bolstered…

Biffa is latest recruit to Poseidon PET recycling initiative

Added: 20 Oct 2020

Leading waste management company Biffa has become the latest recruit to a new cross-industry initia…

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Call for drone test sites to boost UK ports' efficiency

Added: 14 Oct 2020

Investment in drone testing could provide a substantial boost for UK ports' efficiency and process …

West Country manufacturer bucks trend with 50% year on year growth claim

Added: 7 Oct 2020

Components manufacturer Rockwood Composites is celebrating a 50% year on year growth despite the CO…

Make UK tells Government it’s time to get organised for export drive

Added: 6 Oct 2020

British business needs a national advice platform and database to achieve the Government’s  target …

UK-India water deal hailed as boost to trade

Added: 6 Oct 2020

British Water chief executive Lila Thompson has hailed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betw…

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Engineering job applications up more than a fifth in UK, claims site

Added: 6 Oct 2020

Applications to engineering posts on jobs platform CV-Library were up by 22.2% across the UK last m…

BPMA postpones Pump Industry Awards till next year

Added: 6 Oct 2020

The Pump Industry Awards has been postpoined for a second time following the Government’s recent ex…

Chinese firm seeks European opportunity with ‘game-changing' robot sorting solution 

Added: 22 Sep 2020

Chinese firm LiBiao is seeking to penetrate the European market with what it claims is a gamechangi…

Students’ helping hand charity nets inaugural engineering award

Added: 22 Sep 2020

A Glasgow University student-led society, which creates 3D printed prosthetics free of charge for a…

Process equipment specialists scale up for new demand with huge new premises

Added: 22 Sep 2020

Two leading process equipment companies have opened massive new manufacturing facilities in order t…