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Smart robots switch from pipe inspection to tackle coronavirus hotspots
Added: 21 Jul 2020
Tests have begun using intelligent robots to prevent the spread of coronavirus in busy public space…
Engineering vacancies plummet by three quarters year on year
Added: 21 Jul 2020
Advertised vacancies in the UK engineering industry plummeted by nearly 75% in the second quarter o…

Supply chain highlights need for water firms to embrace innovation
Added: 21 Jul 2020
British Water’s annual survey of leading utility company performance reveals widespread frustration…

BPMA launches into virtual world
Added: 21 Jul 2020
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has held its first-ever virtual technical committ…

NEBOSH leads way with post-COVID remote assessments
Added: 15 Jul 2020
NEBOSH – The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health is staging its first ‘ope…

Yorkshire Water awards technical services contracts worth over £50 million
Added: 7 Jul 2020
Yorkshire Water has awarded technical services contracts with a combined value of £51.4 million.
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Furlough skews figures but historic low productivity remains an issue
Added: 7 Jul 2020
Office of National Statistics figures for the first three months of the year reveal a fall in UK pr…

Struggling nurses prompt student engineer’s DIY cooling visor
Added: 7 Jul 2020
School sixth former Toby Weymouth has created his own fan-assisted face visor, inspired by the caps…

Process Industry leaders line up to support Women in Engineering Day
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Chair of Make UK Dame Judith Hackitt has marked this year’s International Women in Engineering Day …

Xylem/Scottish Water deal aims to cut Caledonian footprint
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Scottish Water subsidiary Scottish Water Horizons has signed a deal with technology company Xylem W…

Lockdown coincides with surge of LinkedIn interest
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Months of global lockdown has produced a surprise boost to Process Engineering’s LinkedIn platform,…

How one industry leader is redressing engineering’s gender imbalance...
Added: 23 Jun 2020
As pressure builds on engineering and manufacturing companies to boost the number of females in the…

Bilfinger's Hinkley £350 million deal creates a matching 350 jobs
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Bilfinger UK has won two contracts worth £350 million for work at EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear pow…

Pandemic demand spurs Zidac’s £5million expansion and 80 new jobs
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Manufacturer Zidac Laboratories is to invest £5 million on expanding its Portsmouth facilities, cre…

Oxford Flow secures £8.45 million to target utilities and industrial sectors
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Flow control equipment specialist Oxford Flow has secured £8.45 million to fuel the company’s expan…

Engineering and manufacturing ‘lag behind’ for post-COVID flexible working
Added: 9 Jun 2020
UK manufacturing and engineering firms were among the sectors least prepared to offer flexible work…

Bühler honours memory of 'father of optical sorting' Fraenkel
Added: 27 May 2020
Global processing leader Bühler Group paid an official tribute this week to pioneering engineer, th…

NMIS appoints Michelin’s Reid as new CEO
Added: 26 May 2020
The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has announced that former Michelin executive J…

Honeywell to produce 70 mill UK face masks in 18 months
Added: 21 May 2020
Honeywell has launched a new production line in the UK to produce 70 million face masks to support …

Strict safety measures enable RPI to achieve ‘90% production’
Added: 21 May 2020
Specialist inspection systems develop RPI UK says its production capacity is back to 90% since reop…