Forgemasters say they are aiming to produce twelve of these ingots a year, with the next due to be cast in February 2008..

Student athletes at Stanford University are to wear high-tech mouthguards equipped with pressure sensors to record impact data on the field of play.  

Researchers at Nottingham University are developing BeeSave, an eco-friendly alternative to pesticides against the varroa mite, one of the biggest threats to honeybees in the UK.

Sheffield Forgemasters is to work with US small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) specialist NuScale Power to develop manufacturing techniques for its reactor technology.

ETH Zurich spinout Synhelion has inaugurated what is claimed to be the world’s first industrial-scale solar fuels plant, using sunlight to produce synthetic fuels.

Sewage pumping stations are used by waste water utility companies to transport raw sewage from residential and commercial areas to the central treatment works.

UK political uncertainty, particularly around Brexit, has dented British manufacturing’s appetite to invest in new plant and machinery, according to a study published by EEF and Santander.

Yorkshire Forward has invested £165k in the Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute to allow researchers there to pursue the development of a novel fabric.

Alcoa announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with SMW Automotive Hong Kong to form an alliance to produce cast aluminium chassis and suspension components and modules.

E.ON is to construct a 400MW wind farm situated 13km off the Sussex coast following financial commitments to proceed with the project.