Industry news

Polytag integrates its technology in four plastic detection units processing 146,000t of waste.

R-Tech Materials claims to be the only independent UK lab accredited for composite rebar testing in Europe.

The Rosalind Franklin rover will explore the red planet in 2030 for signs of life on Mars.

The First Part of the 30th Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) wrapped up at the end of March.

A cathode active material (CAM) plant is to be built in Kotka, Finland, while Europe’s largest battery site in Blackhillock, Scotland, commences operations.

They will collaborate to improve the way polymers-in-liquid formulations (PLFs) are made, used and disposed of by 2040.

Vishay Intertechnology intends to invest in their Newport plant in Wales.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is investing £3.5mln in sensor technology.

The projects are intended to secure and diversify access to critical materials.

The closures would affect two blast furnaces, steelmaking operations and a reduction in steel rolling-mill capacity.

Injectable hydrogel works with medication to treat osteoporosis.

Quantum interference and symmetry dictate molecular behaviour in gold-surface collisions.

The programme will match companies with UK academic experts to accelerate technology development.

Plastics Recyclers Europe highlights a sharp decline in domestic production, increased imports and rising economic pressures.

An AIRBUS-led project will assess contrail formation, and the impact of fuel composition on particle emissions.

The process could make aluminium production more efficient while reducing hazardous wastewater from the manufacturing process.

Emerging and developing economies accounted for over 80% of the increase, despite slower growth in China.

An EngineeringUK survey of 800 teachers finds that only 4% cite vocational or technical qualifications as the best route.

Researchers in Germany claim to have harmonised alloying with dealloying.

Winter tyres with cobalt-free studs do significantly less damage to the roads, say scientists in Sweden.