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Petition demands better sanitary disposal provision for women engineers onsite
Added: 10 Sep 2022
The engineering profession is being challenged to support a petition that calls for better sanitary…

Tech spin-out targets thin film market potential
Added: 24 Aug 2022
A new Scottish university-inspired venture is combining academic and commercial know how to target …

ONS figures spell problems for manufacturing pay
Added: 22 Aug 2022
Latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) employment details suggest manufacturing is performing a…

Siemens hits carbon deadline eight years early
Added: 22 Aug 2022
Siemens has beaten its target to achieve carbon neutrality for its Congleton factory by nearly a de…
Biopharma struggles to keep up with process industry digitalisation
Added: 22 Aug 2022
Biopharmaceutical companies in the UK reveal wide variety in their adoption of digitalisation accor…

Schaeffler purchase heralds drive for growth in linear tech
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Schaeffler has signed an agreement to acquire global manufacturer and supplier of linear technology…

Award-winning NMITE chief to quit next month
Added: 10 Aug 2022
The high-profile president and chief executive of NMITE, the New Model Institute for Technology and…

Businesses urged to enter Innovate UK competition as deadline looms
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Process companies are being invited to take part in an Innovate UK programme designed to boost comp…

Antipodean collaboration to kick cybercrime off shop floor
Added: 26 Jul 2022
Technology and manufacturing innovators from the UK and Australia are creating a map of security ri…

Made Smarter highlights need for manufacturers’ digital drive
Added: 26 Jul 2022
The organisation set up to boost manufacturers’ take up of digital tools is urging small to medium …

Aniline breakthrough promises cleaner, greener production
Added: 24 Jul 2022
A ‘cleaner, greener’ method of producing anilines – frequently used in the production of manufactur…

UK launches first centre to boost critical materials supply chains
Added: 10 Jul 2022
Britain’s inaugural data centre for critical material supply has been launched at the British Geolo…

Search on for successor as IET interim president takes over
Added: 10 Jul 2022
Interim Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) chief executive and secretary Ed Almond has…

Rolls-Royce unveils nuclear SMR site shortlist
Added: 10 Jul 2022
Six areas in the north of England, East Midlands and Wales are in the running to house Roll-Royce’s…
Senseye acquisition boosts Siemens’ predictive presence
Added: 28 Jun 2022
Southampton-based AI solutions provider Senseye has been bought by Siemens, in a move that will fur…

Carlsberg seals deal for consumer test of PEF bottles
Added: 28 Jun 2022
Brewing giant Carlsberg has signed a deal with a renewable chemistry company to trial the use of PE…

COP president Sharma hails Africa cold chain initiative
Added: 26 Jun 2022
Cabinet minister and COP26 president Alok Sharma has voiced his support for a UK-backed African ini…

Digital Process Manufacturing Centre targets Scotland process leaders
Added: 13 Jun 2022
The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) Group, will open a new technology centre in Ay…

New visa rules ‘create door to global manufacturing talent’ claim
Added: 31 May 2022
Two newly introduced work permit routes could help allow employees of overseas businesses to work i…

Appointments: New IMechE president and key roles at Schneider, BCAS, Ashtead and ABB
Added: 31 May 2022
Phil Peel has been elected as 137th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as it cele…