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Royal stamp of approval for Tomlinson Hall's century

Added: 24 Sep 2019

Pump distributor and manufacturer Tomlinson Hall celebrated its centenary in business with a visit …

ProGlove investment cites UK as Europe’s biggest growth market

Added: 24 Sep 2019

Industrial wearables giant ProGlove has identified the UK as the key growth market for its European…

Siemens puts its money where its mouth is with Digital Academy pilot launch

Added: 17 Sep 2019

Six undergraduates have won £3,000 annual sponsorship and the chance of a three months paid placeme…

Process innovators win Queen’s Awards for breakthroughs and exports

Added: 17 Sep 2019

Three process industry firms are celebrating this week being among 200 companies to receive a Queen…

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Engineering salaries show rise despite business uncertainty

Added: 17 Sep 2019

Engineering pay increased year on year for August, with salaries for new roles in the industry up 1…

Ion Science stays on target to achieve £20 million turnover in anniversary year

Added: 10 Sep 2019

The world’s largest manufacturer of volatile organic compounds (VOC) monitors, Cambridge-based Ion …

Schaeffler supplies its largest-ever spherical plain bearing

Added: 10 Sep 2019

Schaeffler has produced the largest spherical plain bearing in the company’s history  – a monster w…

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Financial jargon a ‘brake on manufacturing growth’

Added: 10 Sep 2019

Small to medium sized manufacturing enterprises are missing out on access to better finance because…

Company claims another first for automated gas filling plants

Added: 3 Sep 2019

The company that created the first full automated gas filling plant has launched a rival site now b…

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Nominations launch for IChemE 2020 medals including new Clean Energy award

Added: 2 Sep 2019

The Institution of Chemical Engineers has added a Clean Energy category to its annual array of meda…

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Manufacturing unprepared for supply chain legal changes, warns consultancy

Added: 2 Sep 2019

Nearly two thirds of engineering, manufacturing and tech business responding to a survey say they a…

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Nearly 40 key bodies back new engineering manifesto demands

Added: 28 Aug 2019

The body representing key professional organisations and almost half a million UK engineers, has pu…

Manufacturers report turnover fall and recruitment squeeze, claims survey

Added: 27 Aug 2019

UK manufacturers are developing their own workforces to counter a chronic shortage of suitable recr…

North West hatches scheme for ‘smart’ eggs and a digital-led boom 

Added: 19 Aug 2019

A company planning to use Big Data and analytics to produce more efficient and happier egg-laying h…

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First UK training course for fast-growing industrial drones market

Added: 19 Aug 2019

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched the UK’s first training c…

ABB secures key Central Asian digital refinery project

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Global technology leader ABB is to play a strategic role in the transformation of Central Asia’s ma…

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Assystem’s Fouin becomes first female to chair Nuclear Institute in North East

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Global engineering organisation Assystem has announced that its senior mechanical engineer has been…

Schneider joins world cybersecurity watchdog

Added: 30 Jul 2019

Schneider Electric has become a founder member of the new Global Cybersecurity Alliance formed by t…

Only one in 20 manufacturers surveyed are happy with apprenticeship levy

Added: 30 Jul 2019

A survey by manufacturers’ organisation Make UK has revealed that 95% of respondents who expressed …

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UCL joins list of universities offering degree apprenticeships

Added: 30 Jul 2019

University College London has joined the growing list of British universities offering degree appre…