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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 ... » 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

03/09/2014 Gwyr wins EESW award for Schaeffler cooling tower project A-level physics students from Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr School, in Swansea, has won the Airbus Award for Best Innovative or Adaptive Design, in the Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) scheme. » Read More

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. » Read More

02/09/2014 Precision engineering firm fined for putting workers’ health at risk Precision engineering firm Brooks Crownhill Patternmakers has been fined £7,000 plus £1,379 costs for five health and safety breaches at its Andover factory. » Read More

02/09/2014 Split bearings slice stoppages for Belgian food processor Roeselare, Belgium-based food processor D'Arta has solved problems with its spinach slicing machine by installing split plummer block bearings, from Revolvo. » Read More

01/09/2014 Variable speed drives shave £15,000 off hospital energy costs Bedford Hospital is reporting savings of £15,000 a year on air handling costs since installing variable-speed drives (VSDs) from ABB partner Inverter Drive Systems (IDS). » Read More

01/09/2014 Thermal fluid heaters keep Total UK bitumen flowing Total UK has installed two Babcock Wanson high-efficiency thermal fluid heaters at its Preston-based Bitumen division in a bid to improve operating costs and cut emissions. » Read More

29/08/2014 ECS completes penstock sluice installation in flooded river ECS Engineering Services has completed installing a new three-gate sluice as part of local improvements to the flood prevention scheme at at Constant Spring, near Emsworth, Portsmouth. » Read More

28/08/2014 Seminar to explain power of robotics for smaller sites ABB Robotics is to run a seminar and workshop at its Milton Keynes offices on 5 November 2014, aimed at helping smaller manufacturing operations appreciate the potential of current robotic automation. » Read More

28/08/2014 Super precision bearings at Engineering Design Show Super precision ball bearing manufacturer Barden Corp will be among exhibitors at this year's Engineering Design Show, from 22—23 October 2014 at the Jaguar Exhibition Hall, Ricoh Arena, Coventry). » Read More

27/08/2014 Energy chain fires up massive Felixstowe rail traverser An igus energy chain system has been designed into the Port of Felixstowe's new North Rail Terminal, which includes the largest capacity rail traverser in the UK. » Read More

27/08/2014 Control Techniques’ new engineering lab is underway Work has started on Control Techniques' new hi-tech engineering laboratory on land adjacent to its headquarters in Newtown, Mid Wales. » Read More

26/08/2014 Manufacturing pay runs ahead of wider economy The average pay settlement in manufacturing industry in the six months from February to July was 2.6%, according to the EEF. » Read More

26/08/2014 Compact re-design for Atlas Copco’s energy recovery units Atlas Copco has re-designed the retrofit energy recovery units for its GA series air compressors, claiming improved performance from a smaller footprint. » Read More

26/08/2014 Neilson Hydraulics goes ‘back to new’ with Bosch Rexroth Yorkshire based Neilson Hydraulics, which supplies hydraulic components, systems and electronic controls, is now offering a 'Back to new' service through Bosch Rexroth. » Read More