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Compressed air or blowers – what’s best in the long run?

The use of air flows to dry, cool or clean product lines is a common application in many industries. Sometimes blower systems are used to get air moving with the desired force and volume. However, there is an alternative and that is using the factory’s compressed air line.

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Brexit puts brakes on manufacturing investment

Britain’s manufacturers have sharply applied the brakes to their investment plans in response to growing political uncertainty at home and rising fears of the impact of global trade tensions, according to a major survey by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and Santander.

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UK urged to back EU safety rules post Brexit

Britain’s manufacturers are calling for the current health and safety landscape to be maintained when the UK leaves the European Union, with existing worker production and legislative requirements continuing to be transferred into UK law to avoid cost and disruption to business.

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EEF calls for Brexit transition extension

Failure to agree terms with WTO means UK needs more time to prepare for EU withdrawal, says the manufacturer’s organisation. Its CEO has called the Government’s hope of the easy ‘cut and paste’ of existing deals as “naive”.

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Upskilling essential according to new research

Manufacturers will have to raise their game to use their shrinking workforce better and smarter to cope in an ever-changing world of automated technologies, according to new research by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation.

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Manufacturers stalked by Brexit fears as clock enters final countdown

The spectre of Brexit is looming large as a source of business risk for manufacturers in 2019 which, together with a cocktail of protectionism and looming global slowdown is producing a more pessimistic outlook for growth prospects in the coming year according to a major survey released by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and the global insurer AIG.

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