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Dyson Awards and RAE leaders programme invite applications for 2019

Added: 8 Apr 2019

Inventor James Dyson announced the launch of the 2019 version of his annual global award scheme for…

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Bank says better finance would help generate £180 billion-plus for SME manufacturers

Added: 8 Apr 2019

Small to medium-sized manufacturing firms in the UK would boost revenue by an extra £183 billion if…

Honeywell celebrates a hat trick of design wins

Added: 8 Apr 2019

Honeywell has scored wins in three separate design awards for products created for industrial safet…

City airport awards three-year electrical and drainage contract to Dyer & Butler

Added: 8 Apr 2019

Engineering services specialist Dyer & Butler has secured a major contract with London City Airport…

RAE unveils Seven Wonders of the engineering world to spur recruits

Added: 2 Apr 2019

Clean Water, Gore-Tex fabric and 3D printed bone implants have been listed by a poll of young UK pr…

Renishaw co-founder hailed as one of Ireland’s great inventors

Added: 29 Mar 2019

Renishaw co-founder Sir David McMurtry might be associated with his company’s Gloucestershire home …

Aramco's SABIC purchase signals Saudi intention to lead in petrochemicals

Added: 27 Mar 2019

Leading oil producer Aramco has purchased a 70% stake in its fellow Saudi enterprise, SABIC, the wo…

Young engineers aim for the world stage

Added: 26 Mar 2019

Four teens from Worcester have made it to the World Finals of a global engineering challenge for yo…

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Manufacturers’ Brexit wariness offset by China’s economic woes, suggests global survey

Added: 26 Mar 2019

Despite concern over the effect of Brexit on supply chains, manufacturers have shown a growing pref…

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Retiring engineers more than double the number of new recruits, reveals data

Added: 25 Mar 2019

Large numbers of engineering workers close to retirement, coupled with a growth in the number of jo…

Pump Industry Awards crown 2019 winners

Added: 22 Mar 2019

Xylem’s Flyght concertor won the Process Engineering-sponsored Product of the Year category at the …

Hydro “making progress” after attack as experts call for more cyber cooperation

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Renewable energy and aluminium supplier Norsk Hydro, whose holdings include several UK sites, said …

Electronics drives manufacturing growth says Make UK

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Britain’s electronics sector fuelled nearly two thirds of the country’s manufacturing growth last y…

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SAS invests £750 million in AI over three years

Added: 19 Mar 2019

SAS has committed to invest the equivalent of $1 billion (£750 million) in artificial intelligence …

Babcock launches £2.4 million composite test facility with Edinburgh university

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Babcock international is partnering the University of Edinburgh to launch a £2.4 million engineerin…

Non-Destructive Testing apprenticeships win national recognition

Added: 19 Mar 2019

Skills Training UK has been shortlisted for its pioneering work in the development of non-destructi…

UK European patent applications leap for fifth year, thanks to pharma and pumps

Added: 12 Mar 2019

The number of European patent applications from UK firms and inventors has increased for the fifth …

Kumar award-wining postgrad briefs MPs on chemical threat

Added: 12 Mar 2019

Jeni Spragg, the Leeds university winner of the Ashok Kumar Fellowship, has presented her report on…

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Lords' concern for Government lack of clarity over chemicals risk assessment

Added: 12 Mar 2019

Chair of the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, Lord Teverson has said it is “…

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UKOOG raises its estimate for British shale yields

Added: 12 Mar 2019

UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) has claimed that the well production capacity from UK shale is more …