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Projects to address UK's material dependency
Added: 4 Dec 2012
The EPSRC is funding four new projects to address the UK’s limited resources and high material depe…
Reducing bulk solvents in the process industries
Added: 3 Dec 2012
Bulk solvents used in the process industries can pose a serious threat to human and environmental h…
Energy Bill still holds threats for UK chemicals manufacturers
Added: 3 Dec 2012
London – UK chemicals makers need more details of measures to protect energy-intensive industries f…
Invensys to 'focus more' on process automation
Added: 30 Nov 2012
London – Invensys will invest more heavily in its industrial software, systems and control equipmen…
BP still on the back foot over Deepwater Horizon
Added: 29 Nov 2012
London - Announcing its recent £4,5-billion settlement with US authorities, BP noted that companies…
Invensys selling rail unit to Siemens for £1.74bn
Added: 29 Nov 2012
London - Invensys plc is selling its rail business to Siemens for £1,742 million as part of a strat…
Business can't afford new green measures
Added: 28 Nov 2012
London – Many businesses will struggle to afford a three-fold increase in charges to pay for the go…
Further education colleges "a real concern"
Added: 28 Nov 2012
London – The standard of training provided by further education colleges in the UK is well below th…
EDF granted nuclear site licence for Hinkley Point C
Added: 28 Nov 2012
London – The UK’s independent nuclear regulator has granted EDF Energy a nuclear site licence (NSL)…
Skills Show attracts over 70,000 people
Added: 27 Nov 2012
London – The first ever Skills Show, held at the NEC in Birmingham from 15-17 Nov, attracted 70,738…
Aerial inspection 'saves £5m' on N Sea platform
Added: 26 Nov 2012
Aberdeen, UK – The first offshore inspection in the North Sea to have been carried out using a remo…
Lack of skills puts engineering industry's growth plans on hold
Added: 26 Nov 2012
London – While almost three quarters of engineering firms in the UK report plans for growth, 60 % o…
Engineers listening for pipeline leaks via phone line
Added: 26 Nov 2012
Farnborough, UK - Pipeline and maintenance engineers are at the forefront of a battle to prevent oi…
Tata Steel to axe 900 jobs, restart blast furnace
Added: 23 Nov 2012
London - Tata Steel is to cut 900 jobs under a major restructure of its UK operations. The proposed…
Eni taps Honeywell for pioneering Venice project
Added: 23 Nov 2012
Venice, Italy – Eni will employ the Honeywell UOP/Eni Ecofining process for its innovative project …
BP appoints new upstream leader
Added: 23 Nov 2012
London – BP has appointed Lamar McKay, currently chairman and president of BP America, as chief exe…
Virtual look to Rockwell automation release
Added: 23 Nov 2012
London - Current demands on operators to improve productivity and safety, and on engineers to strea…
Carbon capture innovators to give UK the edge
Added: 22 Nov 2012
London – The UK government has announced 13 winning projects in a £20-million competition intended …
Prince Charles in biogas-to-grid first
Added: 22 Nov 2012
Poundbury, UK – The Prince of Wales will today open the country’s first full-scale anaerobic digest…
Improved detection of hazardous chemicals
Added: 21 Nov 2012
Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a system to quickly detect trace amounts of ch…
