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14/10/2014 Manufacturing Champions Awards deadline extended The entry deadline to nominate your star factory employees for Works Management's all-new Manufacturing Champions Awards has been extended to 24 October. » Read More

14/10/2014 Plad pressure-boosting pumps turn to ABB PLCs Specialist pump manufacturer Plad Equipment says it has become easier to customise systems for boosting water pressure in high-rise buildings since changing to ABB's AC500 PLC range. » Read More

14/10/2014 Full steam ahead for Robey-Wellman Boilers Industrial boiler and furnace manufacturer Wellman Group is now Robey-Wellman Boilers and Furnaces, following a management buyout. » Read More

14/10/2014 Skills policy flip-flops damaging industry – C&G Group Constant change over the past three decades has damaged the UK's skill system, according to the City & Guilds Group. » Read More

10/10/2014 CBI warns ‘march of the makers’ could be halted The opportunities for a renaissance in manufacturing, which could create 500,000 extra jobs by 2025, could be undermined if the UK's industrial strategy is not cemented for the long-term, the head of the CBI has warned. » Read More

09/10/2014 No volume control at Keighley company A firm specialising in foam and feather furnishings has been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £4,457 in costs after failing to protect its workforce from excessive noise levels made by production machinery. » Read More

09/10/2014 Veolia designs 1.5MWe CHP plant for Crisp Malting Crisp Malting Group's Great Ryburgh plant is replacing two ageing 600kWe Cogenco CHP (combined heat and power) units with a single 1.5MWe CHP system, under a turnkey design, supply, installation and maintenance contract with Veolia. » Read More

08/10/2014 Tap dancing robots powered by pneumatics A troupe of eight tap dancing robots, controlled by the public, is proving one of the most popular events at the Merge Arts, Music and Performance Festival, on London's Bankside. » Read More

08/10/2014 Engineering Heritage award for Coalbrookdale Old Furnace The Old Furnace, in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, is to receive the IMechE's (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) 100th Engineering Heritage award this Friday (10 October 2014) for its place in the Industrial Revolution. » Read More

08/10/2014 Copa-Data seminar to explain IEC 61850 for plant and electrical engineers Industrial automation specialist Copa-Data is staging a one-day workshop on the electrical substation automation standard IEC 61850, on 30 October 2014 at Hampton Manor, Solihull. » Read More

07/10/2014 Recycling firm fined £118,000 after worker loses arm Ayrshire waste recycling firm Lowmac Alloys has been fined £118,000 for serious safety failings that left an agency worker with a severed arm. » Read More

07/10/2014 New Explosives Regulations 2014 now in force New Explosives Regulations (ER 2014) came into force on 1 October 2014, consolidating and modernising the earlier regulatory landscape. » Read More

07/10/2014 IET names 2014 Achievement Award winners This year's IET Achievement Awards winners include: personalised medicine pioneer Professor Christofer Toumazou, leading broadcast engineer Keith Hayler; and Alexander Bennett – a BAE Systems chief engineer at the age of 29 working on jet ... » Read More

06/10/2014 Cable to bolster apprenticeship pay Plans to boost pay for thousands of apprentices have been unveiled by business secretary Vince Cable (pictured). » Read More

06/10/2014 Energy from Waste industry set for expansion Demand is growing for intelligent and innovative EfW (energy from waste) plant solutions, according to Mitsubishi Electric, which recently returned from the EfW hall at the September's RWM 2014 (Resource Efficiency and Waste Management) ... » Read More

03/10/2014 Schneider expands manufacturing software with Invensys Automation and operations management systems giant Schneider Electric has revealed an expanded software portfolio, building on its acquisition of Invensys systems earlier this year. » Read More

03/10/2014 Firm fined after unguarded drill causes worker to lose fingertip West Midlands fabrications firm H&H Alloy Sales has been fined £13,000 plus £1,391 costs in court after an employee lost the tip of his finger in an unguarded drill. » Read More

03/10/2014 The future’s bright, the future’s L’Orange exhaust after-treatment What's claimed to be a new concept in exhaust after-treatment for large marine, offshore, land-based power plant and railway engines has been launched by L'Orange, a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power Systems. » Read More

03/10/2014 Drivers Direct helps find agency work for heroes Commercial vehicles drivers agency Drivers Direct has launched a campaign with the BFRS (British Forces Resettlement Services) to help find work for ex-service men and woman as they look to return to civilian lifestyle. » Read More

02/10/2014 Game changer for CCS: Boundary Dam, Canada plant unveiled SaskPower has today (2 October 2014) launched its flagship CCS (carbon capture and storage) project, finally unveiling the much anticipated addition to its Boundary Dam power plant in Saskatchewan, Canada. » Read More

02/10/2014 Macclesfield firm in court over worker’s drill injury A Macclesfield manufacturer has been fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £4,377 in prosecution costs for safety failings after a worker's hand became entangled around a factory drill. Stormguard, which produces a range of drainage products, ... » Read More

02/10/2014 Semta launches STEM initiative Employers and educators are joining forces in a bid to improve the quality of teaching and training in subjects essential to engineering and the future of the UK economy. » Read More

02/10/2014 Firms to fall short on ISO 14001 upgrade: warning Companies, plants and factories are in danger of falling short next year (2015) when the main environmental management standard ISO 14001 will be upgraded – and some could potentially lose out as a result. » Read More

02/10/2014 New dimension for moving bed biofilm reactors Veolia Water Technologies has launched what it describes as a new generation of biofilm carriers for MBBRs (moving bed biofilm reactors). » Read More

01/10/2014 Siemens Financial Services to cover manufacturing systems Siemens Financial Services is extending its asset financing to the company's full range of industrial automation and management software. » Read More