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Industry analysis: unleashing the potential of the IIoT
Rob Smith | Added: 3 Oct 2016
Technologies that connect us to the Internet of Things already exist, but don’t expect everyone to …

Meet the next generation of tech innovators
Louisa Hearn | Added: 5 Sep 2016
A new wave of graduate entrepreneurs are being helped on their way to deliver highly disruptive tec…

Apprenticeship levy sparks funding fears
Added: 27 Nov 2015
Clarification over the funding of apprenticeships has created confusion throughout industry, though…

Micro-generation: a new frontier
Added: 4 Nov 2015
The UK’s rapidly growing waste-to-energy market is catching the eye of control technology firms.

Teesside bids to secure industrial future
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Process companies hand government detailed plans for industrial carbon capture and storage network …

In demand
Added: 9 Jul 2015
With plant closures outstripping the supply of new electricity generating capacity, last month saw …

Offshore uncertainty is raising safety concerns
Added: 10 Jun 2015
Low oil prices and a major slump in production are creating major safety concerns within the UK’s o…

New hazards: COMAH 2015
Added: 3 Jun 2015
The introduction of new COMAH regulations will see many smaller firms affected by the rules for the…

Vital degrees will challenge industry and universities
Added: 6 May 2015
Although the government’s degree apprenticeships scheme looks highly attractive, industry and acade…

Sea Change
Added: 22 Apr 2015
Plummeting oil prices have added further impetus to the Wood Review’s call for greater production e…

Muted march of the makers
Added: 1 Apr 2015
This government came into power promising that it would rebalance the economy towards manufacturing…
Sensors hold the key to oil & gas survival
Added: 13 Feb 2015
With politicians demanding monitoring of shale sites and offshore platforms relying on data to rema…

Industry ignorant of efficiency deadline
Added: 4 Feb 2015
Companies risk fines of up to £50,000 if they fail to comply with new Energy Savings Opportunity Sc…

Shale college launch: premature or necessary?
Added: 7 Jan 2015
With so little known about the skills it will target and the courses it will offer, the launch of t…

Pure play
Added: 12 Nov 2014
As global water regulations tighten, filtration technologies are evolving to help process industrie…
Shale shapes Siemens' ambitions
Added: 30 Sep 2014
The $7.6 billion acquisition of Dresser-Rand is Siemens’ latest move in its bid to enter the boomin…
Service in the sky
Added: 17 Sep 2014
Does the future of the computerised maintenance management system reside in the Cloud?

Precision pumping
Added: 3 Sep 2014
A thirst for accuracy is driving demand for metering and dosing equipment, while at the same time t…
Remote control
Added: 3 Jul 2014
As technology costs come down and engineering skills get stretched, an increasing number of offshor…

Market slowly picking up after downturn
Added: 20 May 2014
Pump manufacturers publish mixed results for 2013, but many are optimistic about business in the ye…