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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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02/09/2014
Green industrial technology ‘set to boom’
The UK's manufacturing sector is rapidly turning to energy efficiency technologies to reduce costs and cut emissions, with 79% of those polled in a survey by Siemens Industry reporting energy as a business critical issue in the year ahead.
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