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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…

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 …

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…

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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…

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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…

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…

How to Sample Gases and Volatile Liquids Properly

Added: 14 Jun 2023

Gases and volatile liquids used in your industrial fluid system must be of the highest quality and …

The clock’s ticking for WES2023: Register now for The Water Equipment Show

Added: 5 Apr 2023

There’s just a few weeks till the return of one of the UK’s leading water industry exhibitions, the…

 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…