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First woman chair for IET council

Added: 8 Oct 2021

Members of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Council have selected engineer Dr …

PIA Awards show pumps industry is back in business

Added: 28 Sep 2021

The best known brands in the UK pumps sector were back in force for the long-awaited Pumps Industry…

Cyber threats at record levels in UK warns report

Added: 22 Sep 2021

New data on cybersecurity trends by a leading expert in the field claims the private and public sec…

IMechE safety engineering guide promises to lower working risk

Added: 22 Sep 2021

A new guide from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (ImechE) aims to update safety guidance fo…

New £0.425 million funding to boost UK’s quantum manufacturing

Added: 22 Sep 2021

Ionoptika Ltd and the University of Surrey have been awarded project grants worth a total of £425,0…

National Apprenticeship Week

More than two thirds of UK engineering design firms say sector has recruitment problem

Added: 22 Sep 2021

A total of 68 per cent of engineering design firms polled by organisers of the Engineering Design S…

Applications open for £50k grant prizes for UK women innovators

Added: 1 Sep 2021

More than 20 female entrepreneurs will be able to benefit from the £1million-plus prize pot on offe…

AES Engineering firms achieve 12th RoSPA Gold Awards

Added: 31 Aug 2021

Two AES Engineering Group subsidiaries have both received one of the most sought-after global accol…

Look to robotics but don’t ignore the human factor in UK recovery urges ProGlove spokesman

Added: 31 Aug 2021

UK manufacturers looking to achieve a post-Covid industrial recovery were cautioned not to place al…

World renowned Scottish forging and forming centre opens office in ‘steel city’

Added: 31 Aug 2021

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), part of the National Manuf…

Graduates

IET tells employers to look beyond A-level grades for engineers

Added: 12 Aug 2021

An Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) spokeswoman said the uncertainty over A-level gr…

New £2 mill specialist welding machine will cut scrap waste by two thirds vows manufacturer

Added: 12 Aug 2021

Brighouse-based Siddall and Hilton has hailed the launch of its new £2 million specialist welding m…

University and business collaboration produces 24 hour turnaround

Added: 12 Aug 2021

Mersen UK Teesside’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) venture with Teesside University has decr…

Biogen AD plant

York hails pioneering £1.2 million AD Centre of Excellence

Added: 12 Aug 2021

York University and Yorkshire Water are establishing a Centre of Excellence for anaerobic digestion…

Valve repair

Met Police data reveals London tool theft hits £57k per day

Added: 27 Jul 2021

Almost £57,000-worth of tools were stolen in London every day in 2020, according to data from the M…

£18.27 million investment boosts Midlands’ advanced ceramics ambitions

Added: 26 Jul 2021

Midlands Industrial Ceramics Group has secured £18.27 million in government funding provided throug…

Public pressure ‘helping improve UK environmental performance’

Added: 26 Jul 2021

The rise of citizen science is placing increasing pressure on water companies to improve their envi…

Industry calls for end to isolation for fully vaccinated as production begins to stop

Added: 25 Jul 2021

Britain’s manufacturers are calling for the August 16 date to mark an end to self-isolation for tho…

FANUC produces 750,000th robot

Added: 25 Jul 2021

FANUC Corporation has produced its 750,000th industrial robot, claiming it as an industry record.

Heriot-Watt vows £0.6 million laser beam award will transform UK industrial capabilities

Added: 13 Jul 2021

Researchers at the National Robotarium based at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University have secured a £…