News

Recruits lack work ethic to succeed in industry

Lack of practical skills among apprentices and graduates holds back companies, says survey

Today @ 11:34 am
Firms line up for initial share of £20bn new nuclear contracts

Supply chain events for Wylfa nuclear power station attracts 400 firms

23 May 2013 @ 3:30 pm
EEF invests in apprentice training centre

West Midlands facility aims to set the standard for world-class manufacturing education

23 May 2013 @ 12:41 pm

Features

Flight to the future

One day airliners could be fitted with scores of small engines. PE reports on British research being funded by Nasa
Growth industry

Enormous deposits of potash could be mined from beneath the North York Moors to make fertiliser if planners give the go-ahead
Phyllis forges ahead

PE follows the adventures of giant machines as they burrow beneath London for the Crossrail project

A simple solution

It is in our UK and EU legislation to cut carbon so let’s just get on with it
Nuclear alarm

Despite the problems and challenges renewable technologies are way forward
Renewable circuits

I do not think the Severn Barrage should be sunk. We need every non fossil fuel energy going

Royal Academy of Engineering invests in electrotechnology

Two research projects are set to benefit from £40,000 of funding
Underwater device could store energy on seabed

System could be used with windfarms and solar installations to overcome problems of intermittent supply
Electrical thruster propulsion technology used in offshore vessels

Pump jet system 'more efficient' in both transit and dynamic positioning operations