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Welcome
As part of the transition into the new year, International Process Engineer's cover story (page 14) is a state-of-the-market piece on the UK's engineering manufacturing sector. Called Digital driver, the piece is based on research from members organisation Make UK, which presents a rather mixed picture for the industry with a drop in the global league table for output from eight to 12. However, on the up side there is signifi cant positive sentiment around the government’s 'Net Zero by 2050' targets, with 92% of fi rms seeing this as a priority for their business, over two thirds have already made investments, and 22% plan to make investments in the next 12 months. As usual food manufacturing
makes an appearance in the issue and ‘Rising automation’ on page 16 provides in-depth insight into how automation on bread baking production can improve eff iciency and redue costs. A second piece, Eff icient fi sh food on page 10, looks at the overhaul of an extruder at a well known food manufacturer. Similarly, page 22's Speed up your analysis looks at a new technology for fi nding contaminants in food. On a completely diff erent topic,
Positive pumps on page 28 and 29 looks at how pumps are helping with regeneration and sustainability across a variety of sectors including transport and public services. There has been a spate of new
product releases in the last quarter of the year, and combined, these contribute to a bumper Process Engineering Update section of the issue, starting on page 5,.
Nicola Brittain Editor
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Digital driver A look at the challenges and opportunities facing the sector
PROCESS EQUIPMENT
Profi net actuator retrofi t The installation of modern actuators into a power plant
A versatile measuring gauge A new pirani/piezo sensor gauge for use in industrial environmentsPL
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A leap forward A new technology promises mass production of AM parts
PLANT MANAGEMENT
Rising automation How automation has impacted bread baking production
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Superb sorting How one sorting product will reduce sorting system costs
Effi cient fi sh food An upgraded extruder increases fi sh food throughput
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Accelerated access A high-speed access point aff ords improved temperature tolerance
Speed up your analysis Near infrared composition analysers provide immediate testing
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