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Improving food contaminant detection: dual energy X-ray and photon counting
Added: 7 Sep 2025
Mettler-Toledo’s Mike Pipe explains how dual energy x-ray detection and advanced photon counting te…

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…

Six pointers that identify linear actuator quality
Added: 23 Jul 2025
Linear motion systems are used in processes the world over. Central to these systems is a linear ac…

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 …

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 …

Thermal fluid heaters: buyer, be aware
Added: 8 Feb 2025
Babcock Wanson’s Etienne Fourie on why quality matters in a thermal fluid heater and how to discern…

Emissions gases for scalable R&D: real versus synthetic
Added: 31 Jan 2025
Approximately 50,000 litres of synthetic emissions gases, such as nitrogen oxides (NOX) and carbon …

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…

The top ten questions to help understand food safety
Added: 17 Nov 2024
In a world where food safety is non-negotiable and consumer expectations are at an all-time high, f…

Improving scalability and efficiency of production in process chromatography
Added: 12 Oct 2024
Pharma manufacturer Sanovaskale Technologies’ Dr Smita Kale discusses how her company improved scal…

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…
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…

Pioneering UV pasteurisation aims to cut cost with greener approach
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Dairy pasteurisation has traditionally been a costly business for manufacturers, involving intricat…

Viewpoint: X-ray inspection – quality assurance for pharmaceuticals
Added: 24 Jan 2024
In the highly-regulated pharmaceutical industry, product safety and quality is paramount. While man…

Doomsday alert: engineers are here to stay
Added: 29 Nov 2023
New technology has been replacing manual labour for millennia but even AI’s not going to be sidelin…

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 …

Instant access to critical tank data
Added: 31 Jan 2023
Mobile software solutions are enabling more stakeholders to gain immediate, secure access to invent…

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…