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09/12/2014 Cautious welcome for ISO 14001 revised draft standard News that the revision to the ISO 14001 international environmental management standard has been approved for final draft has been given a cautious welcome by Cedrec. » Read More

09/12/2014 Timken acquires Revolvo from Eriks UK Maintenance, repair and overhaul engineering specialist Eriks has signed an agreement with Timken, which will purchase the trade and business assets of Revolvo for an undisclosed sum. » Read More

09/12/2014 Brian Holliday joins High Value Manufacturing Catapult board Siemens' Brian Holliday has been appointed non-executive director at the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult, set up to stimulate the commercial application of new manufacturing technologies and processes. » Read More

08/12/2014 Manufacturers missing out on £11 million energy savings With just under a year until large UK organisations must comply with ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) legislation, energy consultancy Utilitywise is warning that manufacturers may be missing out on more than £11,574,040 of savings. » Read More

08/12/2014 Report warns Government over remanufacturing opportunities The government has been warned that it must do more to lift the regulatory burden on UK remanufacturing if the sector's "enormous economic, social and environmental potential" is to be realised. » Read More

08/12/2014 Engineering Council withdraws IDGTE license The Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers (IDGTE) has had its licence withdrawn by the Engineering Council with immediate effect, "due to a number of concerns". » Read More

08/12/2014 Tameside firm in court over dangerous saws A Tameside gate manufacturer has been fined £10,000 after it ignored a formal warning about installing guards on two circular saws. » Read More

05/12/2014 Looking to the future with young engineers at SOE The Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) is offering free membership to engineering students and apprentices in full-time study, plus discounted membership for graduates – and a competition, with prizes for novel ideas. » Read More

05/12/2014 Plants and factories warm to asset finance: Siemens Manufacturing firms worldwide are increasingly using asset finance to fund new equipment and technology upgrades, according to a study by Siemens' Financial Services Division (SFS). » Read More

04/12/2014 Too many plants still in the dark about ESOS deadline A "significant proportion" of Britain's largest companies are still in the dark about the government's Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) and may be risking penalties of up to £50,000 if they fail to comply by 5 December 2015. » Read More

04/12/2014 UK's Manufacturing Champions honoured for the first time The people behind Britain's manufacturing renaissance have been honoured for the first time at Works Management's Manufacturing Champions Awards in Manchester. » Read More

04/12/2014 Nuclear apprentice to address national conference A young, Warrington-based nuclear apprentice has secured a speaking slot alongside senior industry leaders at this week's Nuclear Industry Association's annual conference. » Read More

04/12/2014 Meat firm fined for FLT thorough examination failure Following the prosecution of a north London meat company for failing to carry out inspections, CFTS (the national body for the thorough examination of forklift trucks) chairman Mike Mathias is warning that thousands of trucks may be ... » Read More

04/12/2014 Dräger celebrates 125 years of safety technology Safety equipment specialist Dräger has marked 125 years in business with a celebratory event the National Motorcycle Museum for customers, business partners and staff across the UK and Ireland. » Read More

04/12/2014 Control and efficiency improve after Tata Steel blast furnace rebuild Tata Steel has confirmed that a major refurbishment of its Blast Furnace No 4 at the Port Talbot works in South Wales has improved the plant's control and efficiency – notably due to the installation of ABB variable speed drives (VSDs). » Read More

03/12/2014 Giant valves for sustainable energy at Tata Steel Port Talbot Valvestock, Pipe Center's specialist industrial valves operation, has supplied three giant 48in butterfly valves for the new sustainable energy storage system at Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant. » Read More

03/12/2014 Ropeless lift technology set to transform elevator operations The era of rope-dependent elevator is almost over, 160 years after its invention, according to ThyssenKrupp, which is now developing elevator cabins with linear motors. » Read More

02/12/2014 Bhopal Union Carbide India remembered: 30 years on It is 30 years to the day since the Bhopal tragedy, when a major leak of methyl isocyanate gas from Union Carbide India's facility in Madhya Pradesh, India, killed 3,000 and injured hundreds of thousands more, many very seriously, in the ... » Read More

02/12/2014 Artificial intelligence detects tool problems early Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have developed an artificial intelligence system claimed to detect problems with cutting tools on production lines with 100% accuracy. » Read More

02/12/2014 Windscale nuclear fire final reminder set to go out Fifty seven years after the UK's worst nuclear incident, the skyline in West Cumbria is set to change forever as Sellafield tackles the task of bringing down the second and final ventilation chimney of the Windscale Piles. » Read More

01/12/2014 Shanks AD waste processing plant up and running Shanks Waste Management anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, located on the Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire, has been completed. » Read More

01/12/2014 Schaeffler UK plant open days see a rise in female attendees In support of the UK Government's 'See Inside Manufacturing' (SIM) Initiative, Schaeffler UK opened its factory doors for the fourth consecutive year to welcome local secondary school pupils to its plant in Llanelli, South Wales. Of the 57 ... » Read More

01/12/2014 Jedburgh firm fined after worker seriously injured in fall A Jedburgh firm has been fined £3,000 for safety failings after a worker was severely injured when he fell down a lift shaft as he was transporting a loaded cage trolley that landed on top of him. » Read More

28/11/2014 Fairford energy recovery wins Best Business Innovation Award Fairford Electronics has won the title of Best Business Innovation at the South West Green Energy Awards for its iERS intelligent energy recovery system. » Read More

28/11/2014 Spanish Magallanes launches scale tidal turbine plant Spanish tidal turbine specialist Magallanes has successfully deployed its floating turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), which is supported by the EU-funded Marinet project. » Read More