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05/06/2020

Gregory Distribution introduces Freeway mobile devices

Gregory Distribution has equipped its fleet engineers with mobile devices to replace a significant amount of paperwork in workshops.

The move, which has been introduced at five sites across the UK, is part of a group wide fleet management system from Freeway Fleet Systems, providing real time, 24/7 information for centralised management, ... » Read More

05/06/2020 Eng partnership extended Engineers Without Borders UK, part of an international movement putting ... » Read More

04/06/2020 Senseye & InVMA alliance Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology specialist InVMA has ... » Read More

04/06/2020 Electric nation project Western Power Distribution (WPD), in partnership with CrowdCharge, has ... » Read More

03/06/2020 WFS-SES partnership WFS Technologies (WFS) and Subsea Energy Solutions (SES) have joined ... » Read More

03/06/2020 Coronavirus: BCAS course The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) is offering a new training ... » Read More

02/06/2020 Contract award: NMIS facility The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has awarded the ... » Read More

01/06/2020

A national effort

The UK, like many parts of the world, has been constrained by the on-going Covid-19 pandemic. However, in such a time of need, UK industry has stepped up once again and continues to play a key role in the fight back

At the end of February and beginning of March growing media reports started to come out of Europe and Asia warning that Covid-19 was ... » Read More

01/06/2020 Lifting (global) standards The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association published the ninth edition of its guide to lifting safety last year. Who is it aimed at and what has changed? » Read More

25/05/2020 Bouncing back from Buncefield Almost 15 years on from the Buncefield disaster, Operations Engineer looks back at what went wrong, why and the steps taken to try to ensure such an incident never happens again » Read More

25/05/2020 Cold comfort Air conditioning is not the only way to provide a comfortable indoor environment. And some of the alternatives have benefits of their own » Read More