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Water

Produced water is unpredictable, effective treatment shouldn’t be 

Added: 22 Mar 2026

Produced water exposes the fragility of treatment systems built around steady state assumptions, ca…

Sewer plant

Tackling water I&I with 'hifi' data

Added: 10 Mar 2026

Following publication of the Environment Agency’s stringent new requirements for reporting on sewer…

Assessing options for electrifying industrial heating

Added: 10 Mar 2026

Industrial heat demand amounts to more than 20 per cent of global energy consumption, therfore deca…

Take the circular approach to thermal fluid management

Added: 15 Dec 2025

In an era of tightening regulations, rising energy prices and sustainability targets, manufacturers…

The growth of electric boilers in UK industrial process heating

Added: 19 Nov 2025

Driven by government policy, market forces, and the urgency of decarbonisation, industry is rethink…

Fifty years of VSDs — and we’re just getting started

Added: 25 Oct 2025

Fifty years ago, an innovation quietly emerged that would go on to transform the way we power moder…

From Paper to Predictive: overcoming cultural barriers in process industry digitalisation

Added: 24 Sep 2025

The technology’s already here, the legislative framework is encouraging process firms to endorse di…

Balancing efficiency with safety in hazardous environments

Added: 22 May 2025

Electrical equipment used in hazardous chemical, oil and gas and processing environments must be de…

Industry collaboration: The key to tackling supply chain disruption

Added: 24 Feb 2025

The critical role played by companies in the UK chemical supply chain is being hampered by a range …

Lead, don’t follow in the robotics revolution

Added: 3 Dec 2024

From the laboratory to the factory floor, it is possible for the UK to lead in the use of autonomou…

Shining light on the vital global role performed by pumps

Added: 13 Nov 2024

In the drive to ensure energy efficiency and sustainability in industry and beyond, says Luboš Mich…

Boldly inspiring: National Engineering Day 2024

Added: 13 Nov 2024

The Pirbright Institute is renowned for its role as the UK’s leading centre for the study of viral …

Offshore oil rig

How to Boost Natural Gas Vapour Recovery

Added: 22 Oct 2024

Oil-free reciprocating gas compressors help facilitate compliance with product recovery and emissio…

Börger's Brown on 20 years in the UK hot seat

Added: 18 Jul 2024

Twenty years ago David Brown quit his job to start at pumps giant Börger, developing the German fir…

Revising for the regulators

Added: 22 May 2024

Air quality rules are getting tougher and so is budgeting for equipment upgrades, says Finning’s Ke…

Process safety engineer

Managing process safety in the round

Added: 1 May 2024

High hazard process safety needs a holistic approach that acknowledges competencies degrade over ti…

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…

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…

Geothermal: our ultimate energy source

Added: 16 Nov 2023

While we cast around for alternatives to fossil fuels that satisfy ethical principles and industria…

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…