Oil & Gas

Most sustainable companies The capacity of offshore windfarms nearly doubled over 2018. Among the new offshore wind farms was the Walney Extension, the largest offshore wind farm in the world - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Britain goes 114 continuous hours without using coal to generate electricity

Traffic Jam Road Works Motorway - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Micro-robotics research could solve traffic problems

Most sustainable companies The capacity of offshore windfarms nearly doubled over 2018. Among the new offshore wind farms was the Walney Extension, the largest offshore wind farm in the world - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Manufacturing helps the UK reach record levels of renewable energy production

A commitment to develop carbon capture and storage technology, which stops greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere, was made ahead of a summit in Edinburgh - image courtesy of BSCSP

UK’s first carbon capture usage & storage project to be commissioned by mid-2020s

Gauging the mood of UK Manufacturing: The Manufacturer’s Annual Manufacturing Report 2019

The MTC is aiming to recruit nearly 100 apprentices to start work in September 2019.

People & Skills

Coventry’s Manufacturing Technology Centre aims to attract 100 future engineers

Oil refinery factory - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Digital Transformation

IIoT is helping to build the ‘Refinery of the Future’

Gaslight cylinders are almost half the weight of traditional LPG cylinders, but with very similar volumes – image courtesy of Flogas.

Clean growth in manufacturing: The case for LPG

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - MHI’s H-IIA launch vehicle completed its first 100% commercial mission in 2015 - image courtesy of MHI.

Digital Transformation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: From ships to satellites

A GE gas turbine under construction. Image courtesy of GE Power.

GE cuts 12,000 jobs as renewable energy hits business

Polluting factories in China are being shut down in an air quality crackdown. Image courtesy of Flickr - Leo Fung

China shuts down factories in pollution purge