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Biogas boost for food processors
Added: 11 Sep 2014
Food and drink processors with anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities were yesterday given a boost by …
£60m graphene centre announced
Added: 11 Sep 2014
Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced plans to build a second graphene research centre at t…
Engineers against Scottish independence
Added: 9 Sep 2014
More than 60% of chemical engineers in Scotland will vote against independence, a new survey has re…
Summer bounce for manufacturing
Added: 9 Sep 2014
Manufacturing and in particular process industries like pharmaceuticals returned to growth this sum…
Fieldbus-HART merger confirmed
Added: 5 Sep 2014
The Fieldbus Foundation and HART Communication Foundation will merge to form a new body called Fiel…
Food & Drink investment to rise
Added: 5 Sep 2014
After several years of low spending, the majority of food & drink manufacturers now expect to inves…
Energy efficiency spend to rise, says Siemens
Added: 3 Sep 2014
More than two thirds of UK manufacturers are planning to increase investment in energy management o…
BP seeks future leaders in recruitment drive
Added: 2 Sep 2014
BP today launched a two-month recruitment drive to hire up to 30 potential new leaders of its globa…
IGas nears fracking in North West
Added: 2 Sep 2014
Shale developer IGas yesterday revealed it was ready to design a fracking programme for its license…
Cavendish Fluor to run 12 nuclear sites
Added: 1 Sep 2014
A joint venture of Fluor and Babcock subsidiary Cavendish Nuclear was today formally awarded the co…
GE launches oil & gas technology centre
Added: 27 Aug 2014
GE Oil & Gas yesterday officially launched its new $5 million technology centre in Norway.
Slick solution for machine downtime
Added: 27 Aug 2014
Bosch Rexroth has launched a new oil analysis service to help service and maintenance engineers to …
Reform engineering GCSE, industry urges
Added: 21 Aug 2014
On GCSE results day, industry body calls for the reform rather than the removal of engineering qual…
KSB invests in valves factory
Added: 19 Aug 2014
The new building will accommodate test facilities for the production of KSB’s triple-offset butterf…
Rotork buys Xylem oil & gas valves
Added: 19 Aug 2014
Xylem has sold its UK oil & gas valves business to Rotork for $30 million (£18 million).
Ineos buys majority shale licence
Added: 19 Aug 2014
Chemicals firm to become “major player” in the UK onshore gas production sector.
UK oil estimates “incredibly pessimistic”
Added: 18 Aug 2014
North Sea oil & gas estimates could be far higher than economic watchdog forecasts, according to a …
Honeywell to upgrade offshore platform
Added: 12 Aug 2014
Honeywell Process Solutions is set to upgrade safety and process systems in the Sakhalin shelf.
DECC contradicts fracking poll
Added: 12 Aug 2014
Figures released by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) contradict yesterday’s poll th…
Majority of UK supports fracking
Added: 11 Aug 2014
Public opinion poll suggests ’widespread backing’ for shale gas production to go ahead in the UK.
