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PE roundup 27 March: BCAS, Schneider Electric, Avantium, Engineering UK, Wood, AMRC

Added: 27 Mar 2023

Digital collaboration, key appointments, contracts, new builds, anniversaries, contracts... process…

Process roundup: Endress+Hauser, TÜV SÜD, Unibloc, Siemens, MTC

Added: 9 Mar 2023

The Super Deduction Tax Break introduced in April 2021 to help kickstart the post-Covid economy and…

HVMC’s million pound push for 4.0 product testing

Added: 7 Mar 2023

Manufacturing hub the High Value Manufacturing Catapult has launched a near-million pound project t…

UKAEA funds 18 organisations to help make fusion reality

Added: 3 Mar 2023

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded feasibility contracts for 18 organis…

Process roundup: Thales, Confederation of British Metalforming, Sparck Technologies, MHA

Added: 3 Mar 2023

Global company Thales announced it will be hiring 12,000 new employees internationally, including m…

Process roundup: Bühler, Celeros, AEMT, Tesvolt, Sulzer and more

Added: 20 Feb 2023

An update on some of the latest process industry and manufacturing developments including new build…

Pay disparity likely to hinder companies' manufacturing staff search says RSM UK

Added: 16 Feb 2023

UK industry must tackle ongoing concerns over the lack of availability of skilled labour, warns Mik…

Endress+Hauser celebrates strong growth in sales ahead of 70th anniversary

Added: 15 Feb 2023

Measurement and automation tech specialist Endress+Hauser increased its consolidated sales by almos…

Teesside process industry cluster CCS

UK industrial clusters gain from £6 mill award’s raft of decarbonisation projects

Added: 9 Feb 2023

Britain’s largest industrial clusters are the focus of a £6 million award to accelerate decarbonisa…

Sunak shuffle: strategic sense or rearranging the deckchairs?

Added: 8 Feb 2023

From a political perspective, prime minister Rishi Sunak’s predicted mini-reshuffle is either far s…

QE Prize for Engineering goes to record breaking energy pioneers

Added: 8 Feb 2023

The 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been shared between four academics for their dev…

New academy offers utilities employees digital training

Added: 8 Feb 2023

UK Power Networks has launched a new Digital Academy for the utilities sector offering up to 400 sp…

Boom in entries for new project management degree apprenticeships

Added: 8 Feb 2023

Project management degree apprenticeships have increased 125% in the three years following their in…

Divert ‘wasted’ Apprenticeship Levy to plug digital skills gap says IET

Added: 6 Feb 2023

Two billion pounds of “wasted” Apprenticeship Levy payments should be diverted to engineering firms…

Heat pumps could reduce biogas carbon footprint more than a third, claims research

Added: 17 Jan 2023

Using air-source heat pumps for anaerobic digestion could slash the carbon footprint of the process…

Apprentices

Labour and Tory ex-ministers launch engineering apprenticeships inquiry

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Former Labour and Tory ministers Lords Knight and Willetts have launched an inquiry with support fr…

Clock ticking to join UK engineering greats with MacRobert Award win

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Time is running out to enter one of the most sought-after prizes in engineering, the annual MacRobe…

IET veteran Almond becomes new chief executive

Added: 9 Jan 2023

Ed Almond is the new Chief Executive and Secretary (CES) of the Institution of Engineering and Tech…

Solvay chemicals plant, US

CBA announces regulatory and supply chain role appointment

Added: 13 Dec 2022

The Chemical Business Association (CBA), has announced the creation of the role of Regulatory and S…

Kids Schools Skills2

Calls for school engineering curriculum to fight skills shortfall

Added: 13 Dec 2022

A new report endorsed by more 150 engineering leaders and celebrities, led by the Institution of En…