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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…

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 …

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…
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…