Latest Viewpoints
Compressed air: Take a deep breath
Added: 20 Sep 2012
Compressed air users to take a deep breath and wake up to the benefits of using clean air in the ma…
Training barriers can be overcome
Added: 14 Sep 2012
?At PPMA 2012, Process Engineering is hosting a debate titled Barriers to training & achievement. I…
Call to halt 'low-value' apprenticeships
Added: 14 Sep 2012
Rotherham, UK – Yorkshire-based AESSEAL plc, globally the fourth largest manufacturer of mechanical…
Renewable group responds to Industrial Strategy
Added: 13 Sep 2012
The Renewable Energy Association’s head of external affairs Leonie Greene comments on BIS Secretar…
Red tape "blitz" must not worsen health and safety
Added: 11 Sep 2012
The Government’s announcement that low risk businesses such as shops, offices, pubs and clubs will …
Report: Oil refinery on Teesside – Comment added
Added: 11 Sep 2012
London – GE Oil & Gas is planning to build a new oil refinery on Teesside in the north east of Engl…
Prepare for the Internet of Things
Added: 4 Sep 2012
Viewpoint from Mike Lees, business manager of HardwarePT:
Every year the world of enterprise IT deli…
Condensates require careful management not 'box-ticking'
Added: 4 Sep 2012
More attention must be focused on one of the less glamorous areas of the compressed air business, b…
Cloud computing offers silver lining
Added: 4 Sep 2012
Growth plans shouldn’t be put on the backburner despite a difficult economy, according to Chris Pap…
Student placements make business sense
Added: 15 Aug 2012
KCA Deutag, one of the world’s largest international drilling contractors, has just commenced its f…
Oil & gas cyber threat
Added: 8 Aug 2012
Livingston, UK – Information security breaches at businesses, government agencies and industrial co…
"Lacklustre" approach to apprenticeships
Added: 31 Jul 2012
Silsoe, UK – The Government’s campaign to recruit apprentices lacks both commitment and investment,…
Too few female role models in engineering
Added: 25 Jul 2012
The following viewpoint, which was supplied by a reader (contact details provided) in response to o…
Recover heat from compressors
Added: 25 Jul 2012
Nearly all of the energy that is used to power an air compressor gets converted to heat, so that a …
Compressors need care and caution
Added: 19 Jul 2012
Frankfurt, Germany – ?Lack of awareness about the cost of generating compressed air and the amount …
Britvic recall a lesson to UK manufacturers
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Britvic Soft Drinks has recalled all Robinsons Fruit Shoot and Fruit Shoot Hydro packs, featuring t…
Turn up the heat on energy from waste
Added: 4 Jul 2012
London – Energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities must use their heat potential to maximise efficiency an…
Compressors: Q&A with Andy Jones of Mattei
Added: 24 Jun 2012
Process Engineering will include a feature on Compressors and related equipment in the July/August …
UK industry must plug field communications gap
Added: 15 Jun 2012
Experts from Siemens, HMS Industrial Networks and Schneider Electric give their views on why field …
University is not the only career path
Added: 12 Jun 2012
Debbie Mellor, MD of Keighley Labs and one of relatively few female chief executives in the enginee…
