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Atlas Copco completes Edwards acquisition
Added: 9 Jan 2014
Atlas Copco today announced it had completed its acquisition of UK vacuum pump manufacturer Edwards…
Explosion at Shell refinery
Added: 9 Jan 2014
German media is reporting an explosion at Shell Chemical’s Cologne-Godorf refinery.
Chemicals and pharma research funding boost
Added: 9 Jan 2014
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council has announced £3.6m funding for manufacturing …
Plan to pay process plants to use electricity
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…
Wylfa nuclear reaches milestone
Added: 6 Jan 2014
Wylfa Newydd proposed nuclear facility receives boost as assessment of its nuclear reactor progress…
Vitrification plant to open at Sellafield
Added: 6 Jan 2014
The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) today said it will develop a waste disposal test facility …
Westinghouse enters Sellafield
Added: 24 Dec 2013
US nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse joins up with GDF Suez to build 3.6GW plant at Sellafield.
Brewers hit emissions target early
Added: 23 Dec 2013
The UK brewing sector has reached its 2020 carbon emissions reduction target eight years early, a n…
Ofgem approves demand response scheme
Added: 23 Dec 2013
The energy regulator Ofgem has approved National Grid’s plans to introduce a demand side scheme to …
Grangemouth staff agree pension deal
Added: 20 Dec 2013
The majority of employees at the Grangemouth petrochemicals facility have agreed to sign up to new …
Energy Bill gains Royal Assent
Added: 19 Dec 2013
The government’s Energy Bill containing its long-running electricity market reforms yesterday becam…
Shale drilling considered for bulk of UK
Added: 18 Dec 2013
The government is considering over half of the land across the UK as potential areas for shale gas …
Tees Valley process funding agreed
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday a deal to boost the process industries on Teesside.
Ineos considers UK shale production
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Chemicals firm Ineos is considering plans to begin shale production in the UK.
Siemens launches cyber security platform
Added: 12 Dec 2013
Siemens yesterday launched a new cyber security service for industrial customers, rolling it out fi…
Food industry targets innovation for growth
Added: 12 Dec 2013
Greater use of sensors across processing plants and the simulation and modelling of new facilities …
Pump guidance “misleading”
Added: 11 Dec 2013
Firms trying to use electric motor efficiency ratings to sell wastewater pumps are guilty of mislea…
Müller opens £17m butter plant
Added: 10 Dec 2013
The £17 million butter plant located in Shropshire will initially manufacture 10kg and 25kg blocks …
Drax CCS wins FEED funding
Added: 9 Dec 2013
The firms behind a planned £2.2bn coal-fired plant fully equipped with Carbon Capture and Storage (…
Skills sector must maintain support
Added: 6 Dec 2013
Engineering bodies have welcomed the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement but have urged the UK government…
