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It’s make or break for UK automation warns FANUC UK chief
Added: 10 Dec 2019
The UK is the only G7 country that has an industrial robot density below the world average – a fact…
Edwards’ mega-installation is one of Scottish engineering’s largest
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Edwards Engineering has completed a £4.5 million installation of a new furnace building at the Supe…
Valves association announces first winner of new leadership trophy
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Rotork’s Dave Godfrey is the first ever winner of the British Valve and Actuator Association’s Futu…
Strathclyde AFRC helps transform manufacturing insurance for 4.0 era
Added: 4 Dec 2019
The University of Strathclyde Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has teamed up with a leading …
UK businesses ‘ignoring the savings to be found by cutting energy waste’
Added: 3 Dec 2019
Nearly three times as many small to medium business in the UK fail to measure energy losses compare…
UK chemical sector R&D spend hits a high for yet another year
Added: 25 Nov 2019
The UK chemicals sector has increased its annual spending on research and development by 3.4% - its…
Landia helps Stornoway scoop top environmental prize
Added: 25 Nov 2019
A Landia pasteuriser that processes waste salmon for an AD biogas plant on Stornoway has helped the…
Application submitted for National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Added: 25 Nov 2019
A planning application has been submitted for the development of the National Manufacturing Institu…
BPMA and European pumps industry urges EU to heed water directive advice
Added: 20 Nov 2019
More than 30 European trade associations are urging the EU to include their recommendations within …
Water sector group appoints corporate comms chief as new head
Added: 20 Nov 2019
Water UK has appointed a top utility industry corporate communications figure as its new chief exec…
Edwin James Group reports £140 million turnover
Added: 20 Nov 2019
Edwin James Group has achieved an annual revenue of circa £140 million for the 12-month period endi…
Trust’s port plan provides new process industry ‘road’ for Yorkshire
Added: 20 Nov 2019
The Canal and River Trust has won planning permission for from Leeds City Council for its proposed …
More than 0.6 million manufacturing jobs gone since crash says GMB union
Added: 13 Nov 2019
A total of 620,000 manufacturing jobs in the UK have disappeared since the 2008 financial crash, th…
Automation’s coming but we don’t need new skills, say 1 in 3 UK workers
Added: 13 Nov 2019
More than one in three UK workers surveyed don’t feel they need to learn new skills, even though ne…
‘Makers’ Manifesto’ demands less squabbling, more vision from parties
Added: 13 Nov 2019
Manufacturers are calling on Britain’s political parties to focus on delivering their vision for th…
Wind technology to gain multi-million pound training centre
Added: 5 Nov 2019
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a new multi-million pound national Floati…
Oil & gas leaders commit to industry-wide competence measurement
Added: 5 Nov 2019
Leading oil and gas engineering companies have helped embed a Government-sponsored system of compet…
UK engineering firms 'could be missing out on £10 billion R&D funding annually'
Added: 30 Oct 2019
New research claims that UK engineering companies are potentially missing out on more than £10 bill…
AFRC and Siemens seal deal to make Scottish factories smarter
Added: 23 Oct 2019
Strathclyde university’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has officially agreed a collaborat…
Make UK conferences spell out impending Brexit implications
Added: 23 Oct 2019
Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK staged two conferences in three days to provide emergency guida…
