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Back to Basics: checkweighing in food production lines
Added: 19 Nov 2025
Checkweighing plays a role in food manufacturing, meeting regulations, upholding product quality, b…
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…
Beyond predictive maintenance: unlocking AI value
Added: 17 Oct 2025
Process industry consideration of AI’s potential tends to focus on predictive maintenance but often…
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…
How AI can transform legacy oil and gas operations
Added: 3 Aug 2025
The oil and gas sector is undergoing seismic change. As part of the broader transition toward susta…
Unravelling those digital buzzwords for the food sector
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Artificial Intelligence has become a buzzword but is often misunderstood and misrepresented in its …
Wasteful packaging – industry’s Achilles heel
Added: 3 Jun 2025
To mark the recent World Environment Day, ABB’s Stefan Floeck called for less headline grabbing and…
Fighting wars on factory settings
Added: 23 Mar 2025
Critical industries’ emergence as a target for hostile states reflects the increasingly digital asp…
Integrating legacy data in the pharmaceutical sector
Added: 12 Mar 2025
Pharmaceutical companies transitioning to electronic records need to be mindful that, convenient or…
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 …
Electrification: a powerful path to decarbonising cement production
Added: 27 Jan 2025
Coolbrook CEO Joonas Rauramo explains how even the most carbon-intensive of process sectors can cut…
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…
AI’s got your back
Added: 21 Nov 2024
Artificial intelligence isn’t after your job, only the mundane and time- consuming element you’d be…
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…
Reality check
Added: 13 Aug 2024
Augmented reality technology features increasingly within manufacturing’s AI arsenal.It’s important…
Managing data, combatting costs
Added: 15 Jul 2024
Not for nothing is data referred to as the ‘new oil’. Just as it can reshape the world on a grand s…
Artificial Intelligence, real world benefits
Added: 22 May 2024
There’s pressure on manufacturers to incorporate AI. You need to know how to make it work for you, …
Managing process safety in the round
Added: 1 May 2024
High hazard process safety needs a holistic approach that acknowledges competencies degrade over ti…
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…
