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Nestlé unveils youth employment initiative
Added: 15 Nov 2013
Nestlé UK & Ireland today announced it will create 1,900 jobs and 300 paid work experience placemen…
Honeywell wins Chinese petrochemical deal
Added: 15 Nov 2013
Chinese national oil company Sinopec has selected process optimisation software by Honeywell for th…
Bosch opens UK engineering support facility
Added: 15 Nov 2013
Bosch has opened a single facility in the north of England to consolidate its industrial drives and…
BASF donates €300,000 to Philippines appeal
Added: 14 Nov 2013
German chemicals giant BASF today announced it was donating €300,000 to relief efforts in the Phili…
AMEC wins North Sea platform contract
Added: 13 Nov 2013
AMEC has won a hook-up and commissioning contract at four GDF Suez platforms at its Cygnus gas fiel…
UK needs North Sea regulator
Added: 12 Nov 2013
The UK needs a new dedicated regulator for the North Sea if a potential extra 24 billion barrels of…
UK oil recycling deal agreed
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Oil recycling firm Hydrodec has announced it will collaborate with Essar Oil UK to develop a re-ref…
Technique to cut nuclear waste "by 95%"
Added: 11 Nov 2013
Engineers from the University of Sheffield have developed a technique to reduce the volume of highe…
Cargill to upgrade UK process plant
Added: 7 Nov 2013
Cargill is currently upgrading its poultry processing plant in Hereford with a £35m phased-investme…
Process industries “ignoring” cyber threat
Added: 5 Nov 2013
Owners and operators of process plants are failing to take the threat of system software hacking se…
Energy sector growth despite uncertainties
Added: 4 Nov 2013
The UK energy sector has contributed £102bn to the UK economy since 2012, despite many power plant …
Review calls for young engineers
Added: 4 Nov 2013
The Perkins Review will highlight the need to attract more young people to careers within the engin…
BP to invest in oil & gas research
Added: 4 Nov 2013
BP announced last week it is to invest £2.5m ($4m) into leading-edge energy research and shale gas …
Lords to hear shale extraction evidence
Added: 1 Nov 2013
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will hear evidence next week from companies wanting t…
Surge in combined heat & power use
Added: 31 Oct 2013
Combined heat and power (CHP) energy generation has seen an increase in its share of the UK supply,…
UK & US to work on water projects
Added: 30 Oct 2013
Engineers from UK & US universities will collaborate on the ‘clean water for all’ projects to devel…
DuPont to spin-off performance chemicals arm
Added: 29 Oct 2013
DuPont announced last week that it is to spin-off its performance chemicals segment to shareholders.
Grangemouth petrochem to reopen
Added: 25 Oct 2013
Chemicals firm Ineos today confirmed it was reopening the Grangemouth petrochemicals complex and pr…
BASF closes UK pigment plant
Added: 23 Oct 2013
German chemicals giant BASF today announced it was closing its pigment plant in Paisley, Scotland.
Grangemouth petrochem closes
Added: 23 Oct 2013
Ineos this morning announced it was permanently closing its Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Scot…
