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MIT moves closer to creating biodegradable plastics
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have determined the structure of a bact…
Autumn Statement: EEF makes its case to the Chancellor
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to use next week’s Autumn Statement (23 November) as a mea…
Sheffield launches degree-level apprenticeships
Added: 12 Nov 2016
Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam universities have launched a degree-level apprenticeship programme t…
Chemical firm incurs £3m fine following fatal toxic leak
Added: 9 Nov 2016
Cristal Pigment UK has been fined more than £3 million following the release of a toxic vapour clou…
Trump win could unsettle European chemicals market, says Cefic
Added: 9 Nov 2016
Chemical businesses within the European Union face a short-term period of uncertainty following the…
Oil and gas industry calls for investor confidence ‘help’
Added: 7 Nov 2016
Oil & Gas UK, the trade body representing the UK’s oil and gas industry, has called on Chancellor P…
Post-Brexit manufacturing investment to slow, report finds
Added: 7 Nov 2016
Research conducted by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and banking group Santander reveals man…
UKOOG calls in Community to promote onshore oil & gas
Added: 3 Nov 2016
UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG), the trade body representing the UK’s onshore sector, has joined for…
Manufacturers ‘capitalising’ on weaker pound, says report
Added: 3 Nov 2016
Just over half (51%) of UK manufacturers see the falling pound as a key benefit for their business …
Engineering institutions join forces to promote careers in the industry
Added: 1 Nov 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institu…
Physics focus ‘can help’ food & drink manufacturing post-Brexit
Added: 26 Oct 2016
The president of the Institute of Physics (IOP) has said a focus on physics could help UK food and …
£5m skills development facility opens in Huddersfield
Added: 25 Oct 2016
Projex Solutions, which specialises in the development of project management solutions for the proc…
Scottish Water fined for valve failure
Added: 25 Oct 2016
Utility Scottish Water has been fined £7,500 for pollution of the Caaf Water and River Garnock, Kil…
Emerson pumps $3.1bn into valves
Added: 25 Oct 2016
Emerson Process Management has signed an agreement to acquire Pentair’s valves and control arm in a…
Safety Council supports healthy workplaces campaign
Added: 24 Oct 2016
The British Safety Council has leant its support to the 2016 European Week for Safety and Health at…
‘Nuisance’ polymer becomes biomass breakthrough
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A team of scientists at Swiss research institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) …
Challenge to Government to strengthen industrial strategy
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF and banking group NatWest calls on government…
Report suggests UK reliant on unproven emissions technologies
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A perspective published in the journal Science suggests the Paris Agreement and the carbon-reductio…
EEF launches campaign to develop manufacturing talent
Added: 19 Oct 2016
A new leadership and development programme launched by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is des…
Industry ‘vigilant’ over Brexit negotiations
Added: 19 Oct 2016
A report published by Engineering the Future looks at the impact leaving the EU could have on the w…
