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International Women's Day: inspiring young minds with engineering

Added: 7 Mar 2023

International Women’s Day once again throws the spotlight on the lack of female representation in t…

 More than a foot of rain fell in Houston on Aug. 27 alone, causing massive flooding.

Combating flooding with automation

Added: 17 Feb 2023

Owing to the predictability of seasonal flooding, automation systems are vital investment to keep a…

Instant access to critical tank data

Added: 31 Jan 2023

Mobile software solutions are enabling more stakeholders to gain immediate, secure access to invent…

Industry can solve a major health problem by not taking a stand

Added: 12 Jan 2023

Is it time to revisit the laws on time being spent on our feet during active work hours, wonders Wi…

Straightforward steps to put carbon cutting ideals into practice

Added: 14 Dec 2022

Few process firms are unaware of the importance of tackling their carbon footprint but for many the…

Purpose-built units ensure risk limitation

Added: 14 Dec 2022

Purpose-built units reduce the risks with hazardous process development and remote R&D scaling says…

Vigilant monitors ensure continuous power

Added: 23 Nov 2022

Deteriorating transformers can undermine power output. To prevent this, one biomass plant found a s…

On site generation switch saves manufacturer potential £72k annually

Added: 23 Nov 2022

A precision sheet metal manufacturer claims a rethink on nitrogen generation saved £6,000 a month.

Digital analytics’ crucial role in water management

Added: 8 Nov 2022

COP 27 puts the focus on climate change and with it water shortage. It’s vital we make more efficie…

A guide to optimising pump efficiency

Added: 8 Nov 2022

The global rise in energy costs means this is the time to review and assess the efficiency of your …

Energy crisis increases pressures on oil and gas

Added: 26 Oct 2022

Fluctuating cost and supply is affecting not only industry consumers but also oil and gas from upst…

Carbon capture breakthrough

Making carbon pay

Added: 17 Oct 2022

Process industries must reduce carbon emissions and improve supplies of usable carbon. Networks of …

Climate change is shifting process safety parameters

Added: 12 Oct 2022

It is becoming increasingly difficult for sceptics to argue against not only the existence of clima…

Digitalisation is crucial for oil and gas as the industry moves to a new era

Added: 12 Oct 2022

Data is eclipsing oil as the global economy’s prime resource. In the meantime, though, it’s the ver…

Replacement mixer yields productivity benefits

Added: 28 Sep 2022

With Landia input, a state of the art energy-from-food waste operation has upped its yields by near…

High level solution keeps vibration at bay

Added: 23 Aug 2022

The demanding levels of isolation required for sensitive scientific equipment required an innovativ…

New approach to data analytics provides the way forward for UK chemicals

Added: 10 Aug 2022

The chemicals sector can look forward to a boom period if it adapts to new-era analytics and finds …

Looking for further efficiencies in your company’s pumping systems

Added: 27 Jul 2022

The relationship between pump system efficiency and effective use of energy is well documented but …

Automation enables firm to drive contract storage ambitions

Added: 13 Jul 2022

Britain’s largest bottling and storage independent wanted to ramp up its customer supply. Automatio…

In-situ tech makes big improvement in field measurement

Added: 13 Jul 2022

Accurate measurement in field conditions is difficult, says guest contributor Dr Bruno Pinguet, yet…