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Carlsberg seals deal for consumer test of PEF bottles

Added: 28 Jun 2022

Brewing giant Carlsberg has signed a deal with a renewable chemistry company to trial the use of PE…

Senseye acquisition boosts Siemens’ predictive presence 

Added: 28 Jun 2022

Southampton-based AI solutions provider Senseye has been bought by Siemens, in a move that will fur…

COP president Sharma hails Africa cold chain initiative

Added: 26 Jun 2022

Cabinet minister and COP26 president Alok Sharma has voiced his support for a UK-backed African ini…

Red light as global supply chain index hits high risk level for first time

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Global supply chain resilience has reached the ‘high risk’ threshold on the Achilles Index for the …

Felixstowe powers a course to net zero

Added: 13 Jun 2022

The UK’s largest container port has awarded a contract for electrical technology designed to reduce…

Smurfit Kappa Nechells plant hit by massive blaze

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Europe’s biggest producer of packaged paper, Smurfit Kappa, suffered colossal damage as fire ripped…

Digital Process Manufacturing Centre targets Scotland process leaders

Added: 13 Jun 2022

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) Group, will open a new technology centre in Ay…

Appointments: New IMechE president and key roles at Schneider, BCAS, Ashtead and ABB

Added: 31 May 2022

Phil Peel has been elected as 137th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as it cele…

New visa rules ‘create door to global manufacturing talent’ claim

Added: 31 May 2022

Two newly introduced work permit routes could help allow employees of overseas businesses to work i…

Clean air specialist cleans up on international orders

Added: 31 May 2022

Specialist clean air and containment manufacturer Envair Technology has reported an 18% year-on-yea…

Valve that just keeps going secures new site contract 

Added: 31 May 2022

A pressure reducing valve installed at King’s College Hospital, London has operated on a daily basi…

North East gas/electricity networks lag on info says watchdog

Added: 30 May 2022

Some 84 percent of all digging projects now preceded by a search for underground pipes and cables, …

Tetra Pak claims fibre-based alternative is a packaging first

Added: 30 May 2022

Tetra Pak is testing a fibre-based barrier that it claims as a first for food carton packages distr…

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JM pairs up for green hydrogen ambitions

Added: 29 May 2022

Johnson Matthey is to partner Enapter, a pioneer and commercial leader in electrolyser technology t…

Nuclear engineers

Investigation reveals which engineers are most in demand

Added: 28 May 2022

Development, technical and software engineers can look forward to burgeoning employment prospects, …

Update: Metso to open rubber parts plant in Lithuania 

Metso Outotec signs €33 mill Omani deal

Added: 28 May 2022

Metso Outotec has signed a €33 million agreement for the delivery of engineering and key equipment …

Nokian expects to pay more for raw materials, logistics

Ukraine effect could offset food and drink export boom

Added: 28 May 2022

Food and drink statistics for March suggest the sector enjoyed its strongest export levels since Oc…

Energy bosses expect more cyber-attacks but slow to act, warns report

Added: 20 May 2022

More than four-fifths of global professionals working in the power, renewables and oil and gas sect…

Stark Make UK/Infor supply chain survey suggests globalisation has peaked

Added: 17 May 2022

Two years of disruption to global supply chains has transformed the nature of UK manufacturing, sug…

UK companies attract nearly one fifth of Europe’s total investment in cleantech

Added: 17 May 2022

The UK has established itself as a leading nation in so-called ‘cleantech’ in a record year for the…