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05/03/2019 National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Daniel Hoult National Apprenticeship Week, 4-8 March, shines a light on future technicians and engineers, and the courses, teachers and employers that prepare them for success. Daniel Hoult is a junior technical installations engineer at Blue Logic. » Read More

05/03/2019 National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Isabel Mead National Apprenticeship Week, 4-8 March, shines a light on future technicians and engineers, and the courses, teachers and employers that prepare them for success. Isabel Mead is a former apprentice and full time design engineer at ... » Read More

05/03/2019 National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Conner Evans National Apprenticeship Week, 4-8 March, shines a light on future technicians and engineers, and the courses, teachers and employers that prepare them for success. Conner Evans is a building services engineer for Steven Hunt & Associates. » Read More

04/03/2019 National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Jack Miles National Apprenticeship Week, 4-8 March, shines a light on future technicians and engineers, and the courses, teachers and employers that prepare them for success. Jack Miles is a goods lift engineer apprentice at Penny Hydraulics. » Read More

04/03/2019 National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Ryan Green National Apprenticeship Week, 4-8 March, shines a light on future technicians and engineers, and the courses, teachers and employers that prepare them for success. Ryan Green is a mechanical senior apprentice at SPIE UK. » Read More

04/03/2019 National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Daniel Soden National Apprenticeship Week, 4-8 March, shines a light on future technicians and engineers, and the courses, teachers and employers that prepare them for success. Daniel Soden is a former trainee and now a program nesting technician at ... » Read More

04/03/2019 National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Josh Schofield National Apprenticeship Week, 4-8 March, shines a light on future technicians and engineers, and the courses, teachers and employers that prepare them for success. Josh Schofield is an instrumentation engineer apprentice at the National ... » Read More

01/03/2019 Huber installs screenings press at Heineken apple milling plant, Ledbury Huber Technology’s new installation, comprising a WAP L6 screenings wash press compactor and Ro8 T screw conveyor, provides a reduction in disposal volumes by removing excess water and compacting the loose screenings removed from the ... » Read More

28/02/2019 INEOS announces £1 billion investment in UK oil and gas industry Oil and gas processor INEOS has announced plans to invest £1 billion in three UK projects: £500m to extend the life of the North Sea Forties Pipeline System, £350m at the Grangemouth refinery, and £150m to build a new vinyl production ... » Read More

27/02/2019 MOD Sealand is site of new defence plant collaboration The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), which develops science and technology, has opened an office within the Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) at the MOD Sealand site in North Wales. » Read More

26/02/2019 Oil analysis reveals crane's secrets At the Palm paper factory in Wörth am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, everything centres around recovered paper. Nine paper machines in five factories annually produce approximately 2.2 million tons of newsprint and corrugated base ... » Read More

25/02/2019 Mitsubishi releases MAPS 4 SCADA platform MAPS 4, the latest SCADA solution from Mitsubishi Electric for control and visualisation, extends connectivity options, adds user tools and increases the scope of its built-in functionality. » Read More

22/02/2019 Level switch copes with yeast head Danish brewer Carlsberg has resolved a production problem in a recently-built production centre in Fredericia, Denmark, thanks to a special sensor from Baumer. » Read More

21/02/2019 New chocolate pump designed for leak resistance The latest addition to the Viking CHC range of internal gear pumps, available through Michael Smith Engineers, features a seal modification that has been developed specifically for pumps used on chocolate processing and other similar ... » Read More

20/02/2019 Siemens establishes binding cybersecurity requirements for suppliers New Siemens suppliers must comply with minimum binding cybersecurity requirements. » Read More

19/02/2019 Creamery invests in second MasoSine pump A E Rodda and Son, which dates back to 1890, is the largest Cornish clotted cream brand in the UK. When it installed a new depositing machine at its factory, the company sourced a second MasoSine pump from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology ... » Read More

18/02/2019 Gardner Denver publishes free guide on improving compressor efficiency Industrial compressor and vacuum specialist Gardner Denver has released a new guide exploring how businesses can improve their compressors’ energy efficiency, overall performance and total cost of ownership. » Read More

14/02/2019 HSE campaign aims to improve health and safety in the construction industry Members of the public are being encouraged to share messages and acts of kindness for those working in the construction industry. » Read More

13/02/2019 Collaboration brings cost and carbon savings at RAF Marham RAF Marham, home to the UK’s F-35 multi-role combat jets, is said to have become the first military airbase to be powered by green energy. » Read More

12/02/2019 JCB puts safety in focus with new films JCB is heading an industry-wide initiative aimed at improving health and safety within the waste and recycling sectors. » Read More

11/02/2019 BPMA & Lancaster University sign Mutual Co-operation Agreement The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has signed a Mutual Co-operation Agreement (MCA) with Lancaster University. » Read More

08/02/2019 Electricians told to watch out for automatic gates Electricians who supply power to activate automatic gates become in effect the installer, writes Richard Jackson, founder of charity Gate Safe, in a post on the website of the electrotechnical association Joint Industry Board. » Read More

07/02/2019 Vaisala launches combined methane, CO2 and humidity sensor for biogas producers Measurement equipment supplier Vaisala has introduced a combined multigas measurement instrument that provides continuous readings of methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor directly in the biogas process pipeline. » Read More

06/02/2019 Selectronic: LEDs close to actual sunlight UK LED specialist Selectronic, along with its Chinese partner HongliTronic, has introduced ‘Sunlight Spectrum 2835 SMD packages’, which it says is artificial lighting with LEDs producing close to actual sunlight. » Read More

05/02/2019 Uni partners with employers to offer UK’s ‘first’ chemical engineering degree ... The University of Chester’s Faculty of Science and Engineering and major employers in the region have partnered together to offer what they say is the first degree apprenticeship in the UK to be based upon an IChemE accredited chemical ... » Read More