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22/09/2014 Siemens UK chief executive appointed to BIS board Business secretary Vince Cable has announced the appointment of Siemens UK head Juergen Maier as a non-executive board member at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). » Read More

22/09/2014 BAE company sentenced over worker’s firing range injury BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions has been fined £80,000 for a serious safety breach after a worker's leg bone was shattered while test firing a gun on a range in Northumberland. » Read More

19/09/2014 £250 PPE prize for Safe Workplace Manufacturing Champion Arco is offering a £250 voucher to spend on PPE to the winner of the Safe Workplace Champion Award at WM's Manufacturing Champions Awards. » Read More

18/09/2014 Atlas Copco VSD compressors save 240m kWh in 20 years Atlas Copco Compressors, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its variable speed drive (VSD) air compressor technology, claims that UK industry has saved around 240 million kWh of electricity in that time. » Read More

18/09/2014 ClydeUnion Pumps takes long distance runner award An SPX ClydeUnion Pumps advanced class boiler feed pump FK3C44 has run for more than 14 years equivalent without an overhaul at the Matimba plant, making it the longest running unit across all Eskom's power stations in South Africa. » Read More

17/09/2014 Wiring regulations update due out in January 2015 The IET Wiring Regulations BS 7671:2008, incorporating Amendment 3:2015, will be available in January 2015 in print and online. » Read More

17/09/2014 Atlas Copco offers Belgium factory tour prize to Manufacturing Champions winner Atlas Copco is offering young manufacturing employees the chance to win a trip to the world's largest compressor factory in Belgium at WM's Manufacturing Champions ... » Read More

16/09/2014 UK’s first digital factory demonstrator launched The UK's first digital factory demonstrator has been launched at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, designed to showcase how a 'fourth industrial revolution' could shape the future of British manufacturing. The launch ... » Read More

16/09/2014 Royal Academy of Engineering celebrates its first female president Professor Dame Ann Dowling has succeeded Sir John Parker as president of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Fellows of the Academy elected Dame Ann as their first female president. » Read More

12/09/2014 Simpler explosives and acetylene regulations New laws on working safely with explosives and compressed acetylene gas will take effect next month. » Read More

12/09/2014 Ford produces three millionth low-carbon engine Ford has reached its landmark three millionth low-carbon diesel engine to be produced at the company's manufacturing centre in Dagenham. The site produces over 30,000 engines a month, and has been building the small-capacity diesel engines ... » Read More

11/09/2014 Exploding vessel leads to court A Kidderminster carpet company and a Surrey-based firm have been fined after a large pressure vessel, in which carpet fibres are dyed and processed, exploded, propelling the vessel's quarter-tonne lid 6m into the air. » Read More

11/09/2014 Students sign up for the UK’s first ‘faculty on the factory floor’ More than 20 students are set to take part in a new approach for delivering industry-ready graduates. » Read More

10/09/2014 TMI renews Shingo contract The Manufacturing Institute (TMI) in Manchester has renewed its contract to deliver education for companies wanting to achieve the highest levels of excellence, recognised by the prestigious Shingo Prize. » Read More

10/09/2014 MPs pledge to boost school-industry links MPs have pledged their support to help fix the engineering skills shortage by encouraging employers in their constituencies to work with schools to give young people work experience opportunities and inspirational information about the ... » Read More

09/09/2014 Semta’s Sarah Sillars stands down in December Sarah Sillars OBE is to stand down as CEO of the engineering skills service Semta at the end of December this year (2014) as chief operating officer Ann Watson steps into her shoes. » Read More

09/09/2014 English manufacturers set for growth boost Small manufacturers in England are set to make the most of a strengthening UK economy by focusing on domestic markets for future growth, according to the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS). » Read More

09/09/2014 Baileys toasts Brammer for 16 per cent cut in maintenance costs Baileys, of Irish Cream fame, is reporting a 16% cost reduction at its manufacturing plant in Dublin since starting a partnership agreement with MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) specialist Brammer. » Read More

08/09/2014 Fears over investment in capital expenditure Britain's manufacturers are stepping up their expenditure on a wider range of more sophisticated investments to determine their business strategies, according to a report published today by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation and Lombard ... » Read More

08/09/2014 DSME orders first high-pressure gas fuel valves from Bestobell Marine Bestobell Marine has secured its first order to supply its new range of cryogenic high-pressure globe valves – to DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd) in South Korea. » Read More

08/09/2014 Crowcon gas detection completes move to Milton Park Gas detection specialist Crowcon has officially opened new facilities in Milton Park, built to "improve customer access to Crowcon's knowledge and expertise". » Read More

05/09/2014 Fee for Intervention is effective and should stay, says report The HSE's controversial 'Fee for intervention' scheme, designed to shift the cost of regulating workplace health and safety from the public purse to businesses who break the law, is effective and should stay, according to an independent ... » Read More

05/09/2014 Britcon completes £20m ReFood anaerobic digestion plant Building and civil engineering contractor Britcon has handed over the new £20 million anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at food waste recycler ReFood, in Widnes. » Read More

04/09/2014 Enfield firm fined for faking forklift truck safety record A North London meat wholesalers has been sentenced for operating a faulty forklift truck and attempting to deceive safety inspectors by forging a good examination report. » Read More

04/09/2014 Belzona repairs massive water pumps at historic reservoir Massive centrifugal pumps at the historic Queen Mary reservoir in Littleton, which serves much of London and surrounding counties, has been restored using Belzona polymers. » Read More