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Hydraulic equipment makers up their game
Added: 21 Feb 2013
London - A slump in capital investments in the European hydraulic equipment market is prompting equ…

Call for clarity on low carbon vision
Added: 19 Feb 2013
The government is being urged to set out a low carbon vision for industry by the end of 2013

More engineering jobs for migrants
Added: 18 Feb 2013
London – The number of specialist UK jobs which need to be filled by workers from outside the Europ…

Chemical makers more upbeat
Added: 18 Feb 2013
London – Chemical businesses are now upbeat about the prospects for sale volumes over the next 12 m…

Report outlines negative emissions plan
Added: 18 Feb 2013
A new climate report highlights the importance systems that combine biomass energy generation with …

Brakes off oil & gas investment
Added: 18 Feb 2013
London - The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved a field de…

Air Products taps Tolent for Tees Valley project
Added: 18 Feb 2013
London – Air Products has awarded Tolent Construction the civil engineering contract for its Tees V…

Shale could raise GDP by £50 billion
Added: 14 Feb 2013
London - Shale oil could revolutionise the world’s energy markets by significantly lower oil prices…

Skills shortages threaten UK cyber security
Added: 14 Feb 2013
London - Efforts to protect the UK against cyber crime are being hampered by skills shortages in th…

Nemesis project to improve energy harvesting
Added: 12 Feb 2013
The Nemesis project aims to advance piezoelectric and ferroelectric systems

REACH 'minefield' concerns chemicals makers
Added: 6 Feb 2013
London – A European Commission announcement detailing a promised review of the REACH (Registration,…

IChemE launches revised Forms of Contract
Added: 6 Feb 2013
London – The IChemE has launched revised editions of the UK Forms of Contract – the product of seve…

Centrica exits nuclear new build race
Added: 5 Feb 2013
London - Centrica has decided not to proceed with its plans to invest in the UK’s new build program…

Sulzer, FMC to advance subsea pumping technology
Added: 5 Feb 2013
Winterthur, Switzerland – Sulzer Pumps Ltd and FMC Technologies Inc. are to collaborate in the supp…

Sellafield clean-up costs out of control
Added: 4 Feb 2013
London – The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear site is now approaching the £70-billion mar…

Small dip in energy prices, but trend is upwards
Added: 4 Feb 2013
London - Energy costs are set to rise despite a slight drop in average energy costs for business us…

Big increase in engineering and manufacturing apprentices
Added: 29 Jan 2013
London – The number of people starting engineering and advanced manufacturing apprenticeships in En…

BP names victims of Algeria terrorist attack
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Identities of three workers confirmed. Another also thought to have died.
London – BP has officially…

Manufacturing firms braced for tough times ahead
Added: 29 Jan 2013
London - Manufacturers worldwide are bracing themselves for more challenging times ahead, but are c…

Seneca, ENER-G in three landfill gas projects
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Salford, UK – UK renewable energy generation company ENER-G Natural Power has partnered with Hartle…