UK manufacturers in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) should review their CO2 strategies ahead of political intervention which could triple the market price of carbon, experts have warned.
|
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg took questions from 100 employees at Siemens, Newcastle last Friday (14 June 2013) in an informal session organised by the alongside the Local Economic Partnership.
|
The Coventry-based engineering firm RDM Group is planning to cut energy usage by 20% per year and take £75,000 of waste out of its manufacturing and operational process after securing ISO 14001 environmental accreditation.
|
Rockwell Automation has announced a series of summer dates for its Automation University EDGE series, which provides business improvement advice for senior engineers and manufacturing managers.
|
Taking the cheapest option on compressor maintenance will only end up costing you more in the long run according to an Atlas Copco white paper.
|
A £750,000 investment in a new glass beneficiation plant (pictured) is set to boost sales and create 10 new jobs at Middlesbrough-based Ward Recycling.
|
Energy-intensive manufacturers are calling for urgent government intervention to protect industry from gas shortages, warning that UK supplies of gas have been running perilously low and that the consequences of this are harming firms and stifling employment.
|
Numatic International - which manufactures the iconic Henry vacuum cleaner - has installed a solar energy system that will reduce its carbon emissions by more than 120 tonnes per year as it helps to power the company's computer-controlled injection-moulding machines.
|
Manufacturers have endured another year of rocketing energy bills, with nearly half of sites hit by hikes of 5% or more, according to WM's Energy report.
|
Britain remains "still some years away" from adopting electric vehicles despite a £37m funding package announced by the government for home and on-street charging for plug-in vehicles.
|
The UK's position as the sixth largest producer and provider of low carbon goods and services is faltering, with manufacturing output contracting. That's according to a report from the manufacturers' organisation, EEF.
|
Blackpool-based Tangerine Confectionery has cut its energy bill through the installation of combined heat and power (CHP) systems, funded through a pay-as-you-save scheme with no upfront investment.
|
Up to £2,512 million of energy cost savings could be made in the UK within five years, if industry fully implemented variable speed drives (VSDs) on electric motors, according to a new report from Siemens Financial Services.
|
The world's first IE4 synchronous reluctance motor and drive package (SynRM) from ABB has replaced an induction motor-based variable-speed drive (VSD) package at South Staffs Water in the UK – and made waves in the industry.
|
Kodak's new energy centre, which is based on a Babcock Wanson UK ESM8000 steam generator, is now delivering 18% energy savings at its Harrow plant in NW London.
|
British variable speed drives manufacturer Invertek Drives has secured new contracts with two unnamed international automation companies to supply a range of Optidrives (E2, P2 and HVAC) for global use.
|
Ricardo has acquired the UK operations of AEA Technology, which was spun out of the Atomic Energy Authority in 1996, from the administrators for £18 million.
|
Idhammar Systems has launched an energy monitor that provides live information on a plant's Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) performance.
|
A £2.25 million business support programme for manufacturing start-ups and SMEs has been launched by IfM Education and Consultancy Services (), part of the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge.
|
Atlas Copco has launched a mobile app for site-wide remote monitoring of compressor systems.
|
Grangemouth-based decommissioning specialist Masterton is dismantling four liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks and associated plant at National Grid's Heath Farm Lane storage facility at Partington, Manchester.
|
Academics, government officials and industry executives will meet at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 2 October to kick off a programme aimed at harnessing liquid air to deliver a zero carbon economy and boost British business.
|
Power resistor manufacturer Cressall has been awarded the ISO14001 environmental accreditation for its green processes and systems.
|
Colin Hood is ne new chairman of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult centre, which is to focus on nurturing technologies to improve offshore wind, tidal and wave power in the UK.
|
Complex, costly and incoherent climate and environment policies are hindering the ambitions of Britain's manufacturers and "doing little but adding to costs and burdens", according to the manufacturers' organisation EEF.
|