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CHEMUK 2024: A focus on the process
Added: 17 Apr 2024
Process engineering has always been a strong element of the annual show but this year, for the firs…
Finding answers for those energy saving questions
Added: 12 Apr 2024
Just when you thought pressures could not get any greater, in comes another top-down mandate to red…
Inspection tech keeps wet pet food production safe, compliant and optimised
Added: 12 Apr 2024
Wet pet food manufacturers understand the importance of meeting high standards while safeguarding t…
Patents pending
Added: 28 Mar 2024
Exciting advances in agritech will impact the food and drink sector. They also open up new regulato…
News Analysis: Pinch points
Added: 28 Mar 2024
In today’s joined-up world, far-away conflicts impact business at home. As with critical industries…
Retrofitting ageing pump systems offers energy savings and compliance
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Retrofits to outdated heating, cooling and water systems enable cost savings on the road to sustain…
Pioneering UV pasteurisation aims to cut cost with greener approach
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Dairy pasteurisation has traditionally been a costly business for manufacturers, involving intricat…
A positive charge
Added: 27 Feb 2024
Although seen as a negative if essential investment, is it time to view cyber protection as a busin…
Not tomorrow but now
Added: 27 Feb 2024
Though much talk about AI is in the future tense, it is already embedded in many areas, including i…
Viewpoint: X-ray inspection – quality assurance for pharmaceuticals
Added: 24 Jan 2024
In the highly-regulated pharmaceutical industry, product safety and quality is paramount. While man…
Doomsday alert: engineers are here to stay
Added: 29 Nov 2023
New technology has been replacing manual labour for millennia but even AI’s not going to be sidelin…
Permanent evolution, not revolution
Added: 16 Nov 2023
Digitalisation requires process control architecture that allows production units to adapt to chang…
Geothermal: our ultimate energy source
Added: 16 Nov 2023
While we cast around for alternatives to fossil fuels that satisfy ethical principles and industria…
Sigh or relief?
Added: 19 Oct 2023
Mixed blessings from Downing Street now that CE marking looks here to stay but R&D spend takes a hi…
Case Study: ABB drive provides the vital ingredient for food mixing plant
Added: 7 Oct 2023
Condiments and soups mixed at Baxters Food Group’s Colchester mixing plant are all now back on the …
A perception gap
Added: 13 Sep 2023
Our chemicals industry has an image problem when it comes to recruitment. Why, when it’s key to ach…
Case study: Aeration investment in wastewater treatment reaps cereal returns
Added: 24 Aug 2023
Investment in new wastewater treatment equipment has enabled a leading producer of cereals and cere…
Adding up sustainably
Added: 1 Aug 2023
Manufacturers may see the need for sustainability improvements but they don’t always know how to ha…
Methane leaks: overlooked offender faces a regulatory crackdown
Added: 1 Aug 2023
Its contribution to global warming might be dwarfed by that of carbon dioxide but the relative impa…
Case study: Waste contractor brings in the Beast to transform Cornwall’s provision
Added: 27 Jul 2023
Proving that investment in innovation pays off, a Cornish liquid waste disposal company has increas…
