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Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…
Smart plastics to ‘sense’ equipment failure
Added: 14 Jul 2016
Igus, a German developer of specialist plastics, has unveiled new products to add Industry 4.0 capa…
Graduate innovators given helping hand
Added: 13 Jul 2016
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has awarded four enterprise fellowships to graduate entrep…
Mars sinks £23m into Norfolk food plant
Added: 12 Jul 2016
Mars Food has announced plans to invest £23 million into food processing facilities at its King's L…
Ineos expands chemical manufacturing plant in Hull
Added: 12 Jul 2016
Chemicals manufacturer Ineos has announced plans to expand its ethyl acetate manufacturing facility…
Engineering innovation campus opens in Cheshire
Added: 11 Jul 2016
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has opened a Campus Technology Hub for advance…
Report calls for technical skills upheaval
Added: 8 Jul 2016
A report of the Independent Panel of Technical Education has called for major reform of technical e…
‘Uncertainty’ clouds UK shale future
Added: 7 Jul 2016
A report published by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) reveals there is major uncertainty over…
Engineering institutions join forces over Brexit
Added: 6 Jul 2016
All 38 engineering organisations in the UK have united under one banner to advise the government on…
Scientists make ‘low-cost’ carbon capture breakthrough
Added: 6 Jul 2016
Scientists from the University of York have developed a low-cost, efficient method for capturing ca…
Cloud to drive next-gen automation systems
Added: 6 Jul 2016
The adoption of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) within the process industries is set to grow …
Unions call for Hinkley Point decision
Added: 1 Jul 2016
Trade unions in the UK have urged EDF Energy to make a "timely" final investment decision over the …
UK and France sign nuclear agreement
Added: 30 Jun 2016
The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and the French Nuclear Society have committed to work togeth…
Biomass to power science park
Added: 27 Jun 2016
Construction of a new £140 million biomass plant has begun at science and technology innovation cen…
Brexit: Industry bodies call for ‘clear’ exit strategy
Added: 24 Jun 2016
A vote in favour of the UK withdrawing from the European Union has prompted industry trade bodies t…
Brexit branded a ‘gamble’ for UK manufacturing
Added: 22 Jun 2016
The head of the national trade union centre (TUC) and the chief of Britain’s manufacturing employer…
BASF splashes $3.2bn on Chemetall
Added: 21 Jun 2016
BASF has bought a German-based surface treatment business from US specialty chemicals company, Albe…
‘Brexit’ no silver bullet warns UK Steel
Added: 16 Jun 2016
The director of UK Steel, Gareth Stace, said this week that Britain would be better able to prevent…
Food waste firm fined for toxic gas hazard
Added: 16 Jun 2016
A food waste disposal and recycling company has been fined £250,000 after three employees were over…
'Gaping hole' in Industry 4.0 knowledge
Added: 16 Jun 2016
There is a gaping hole in UK manufacturers’ understanding of Industry 4.0 as only 8% are confident …
