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UK Manufacturers embrace digital technologies to achieve Net Zero
Added: 23 Jul 2023
UK manufacturers are making significant strides in their digital transformation journey to achieve …

PE ROUNDUP 24 July – Post-Brexit trading, extending AI, innovation, collaboration and appointments
Added: 23 Jul 2023
A potential structural shift in the UK's trade patterns is emerging as English regions and Wales wi…

Clean energy leader wins top UK engineering award
Added: 16 Jul 2023
Ceres Power, a leader in clean energy technology, has been awarded the 2023 MacRobert Award, hosted…

PE Roundup 6 July – Challenging stats, major investment, mixed family firm fortunes and more...
Added: 5 Jul 2023
UK manufacturing jobs experienced growth in multiple regions and nations. Make UK's Annual Manufact…

PE Roundup 1 July – Steel warning, sustainable progress, young winners, new contracts, appointments
Added: 29 Jun 2023
DG of UK Steel Gareth Stace warned that almost 23 million tonnes of non-EU steel could flood the UK…

Geothermal: our ultimate energy source
Added: 21 Jun 2023
While we cast around for alternatives to fossil fuels that satisfy ethical principles and industria…

Process Engineering magazine relaunches in new ‘agile’ format
Added: 20 Jun 2023
Process Engineering magazine has relaunched this week in a new and more modern digital-friendly for…

Science department fires £2 million award for Digital and HVM Catapults
Added: 13 Jun 2023
The new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has awarded £2 million jointly to …

UK dependence on European hazardous waste disposal ‘could hamper growth’
Added: 13 Jun 2023
Industrial growth in the UK could be threatened by over-dependence on other countries to deal with …

Make engineering more visible in school, demand academics
Added: 13 Jun 2023
Academics say more visibility for engineering in schools is needed to tackle labour shortfalls and …

Green engineering roles increased 55% in five years says report
Added: 24 May 2023
Demand for engineers is likely to grow faster than for most professions, thanks to the UK’s increas…

PE Roundup 24 May: Is falling manufacturing employment a benefit?
Added: 24 May 2023
Falling manufacturing employment numbers could be a positive rather than a negative sign suggested …

EPO stats show UK patent filers reverse two year decline
Added: 18 Apr 2023
UK companies recorded a stronger than expected rise in the number of European patent filings after …

PE roundup 18 April: output, appointments, orders, certification, awards
Added: 18 Apr 2023
Lontra’s new 60,000sq ft smart factory manufacturing centre in Doncaster (see pic) has manufactured…

#CHEMUK 2023: CIA innovation chief to outline impact of 4.0 on the industrial lab
Added: 17 Apr 2023
Chemical Industries Association (CIA) Head of Events and Innovation Mike Lancaster has been reveale…

Drone pioneer flies a kite for targeted spend on commercialised R&D
Added: 29 Mar 2023
UK drone company chief Robert Garbett has accused Government funded organisations of wasting invest…

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…