Despite a renewed focus on the importance of apprenticeships, completion rates have tumbled in recent years. In this week’s poll we’re asking whether your company has employed an apprentice who failed...

Whilst UK researchers are at the forefront of efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, domestic manufacturing capacity for vaccines is limited.  Professor Nilay Shah, Head of Chemical Engineering at...

Computerised processes and AI are now at the front and centre of manufacturing. Yet this digital revolution is making location a key consideration for companies looking to digitise their operations,...

A recently completed project to solve the onerous maintenance problems of the sewage and waste water system at a hospital in Wales, has involved theinstallation of a Mono Series ‘A’ Muncher in the...

A new three-axis slide module has been launched by Somex to expand their range of multi-axis machining units available in the UK from JS Bruce Engineering. Designatedas Triax 2 module, this has been...

Sentec, the metering technology specialist, has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The award was given in the International Trade category in recognition of Sentec’s exceptional growth over...

Engineers at Ford have revealed details about the liquid heating and cooling system that will be used to regulate the temperature of the lithium-ion batteries in its Ford Focus Electric, which debuts...

Approximately 700 million households, including the poorest half of the world’s population, rely on fire and simple stoves for cooking. However, smoke and exposure from these stoves are responsible...

Skyonic Corporation, an Austin-based carbon-capture technology company, is to receive $3m (£1.9m) in US funding administered by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Energy Technology...

As part of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />British Land’s Biodiversity Programme, Arup is conducting an experimental ‘green roof’ design trial with a...