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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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 …

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 “…

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…

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 …

Make UK launches cyber protection pilot for members
Added: 11 Mar 2019
Manufacturers’ association Make UK has signed a partnership with cyber security experts Vauban Grou…

UK manufacturing celebrates engineering apprentices as NAO releases damning Levy report
Added: 6 Mar 2019
As manufacturing firms and trainers are marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the UK'…