Oil & Gas

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’

Utilising 3D printing to create jigs and fixtures - image courtesy of Formlabs

Replacing machined jigs and fixtures with 3D printing

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

Sproule participa del mercado de petróleo y gas en Centro América

Sproule participa del mercado de petróleo y gas en Centro América

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

Smart factories are set to improve productivity and labor cost hugely over the next 5 years - image courtesy of APS

Smart factories set to contribute up to £1.13 trillion to the global economy

Robust fire safety measures are a must for manufacturers. Image courtesy of Wikipedia

Fire Prevention and Response for Manufacturers