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28/11/2014 First triad warning of the season from npower npower has issued its first winter Triad warning in a season where energy demand peaks have become increasingly hard to predict. » Read More

27/11/2014 Nestlé Fawdon plant saves 200kW on Clearfleau AD bioenergy Industrial anaerobic digestion (AD) plant firm Clearfleau – which specialises in on-site renewable energy and won this year's Waste Treatment Project Award at the Sustainability Leaders event – has revealed the scale of energy savings that ... » Read More

27/11/2014 EU MEPS extended from 1 January 2015: more efficiencies available On 1 January 2015, EU MEPS (the European minimum efficiency performance standard) comes into force, and all 7.5—375kW motors bought in Europe must meet IE3 efficiency levels, or IE2, but only if fitted with a variable speed drive (VSD). » Read More

27/11/2014 Genie super boom shines Swedish windows fast Swedish contractor V Städ is reporting success using a Genie SX-180 self-propelled telescopic super boom lift, instead of a truck-mounted platform to clean windows on the Lindholmen building in Citadellen. » Read More

26/11/2014 Bituchem solves latex pumping with sealless DP pump Bituchem Building Products is reporting success with pumping latex – well known for its difficult pumping characteristics – on a production line producing bituminous road materials. » Read More

26/11/2014 Siemens teams up with Ben Ainslie Racing Siemens PLM Software in the UK has teamed up with Ben Ainslie Racing to announce a technology and innovation partnership ahead of the team's plan to compete in the world renowned America's Cup, to be held in 2017. » Read More

26/11/2014 Fine for Rotherham company over worker's severed fingers A Rotherham manufacturing firm has been was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £687 in costs for safety breaches after an employee's fingers were crushed and severed in an unguarded machine. » Read More

25/11/2014 Babcock Wanson completes Moy Park regenerative thermal oxidiser Babcock Wanson has completed commissioning the regenerative thermal oxidiser at food giant Moy Park's Grantham, Lincolnshire facility. » Read More

24/11/2014 Gulf of Mexico gas pipeline valve upgrade complete Pipeline services specialist TD Williamson (TDW) is reporting the successful upgrade of valve systems at an unnamed operator's gas export pipeline offshore New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. » Read More

21/11/2014 Siemens pledges £4m for future of UK glass industry Siemens has extended its partnership with the British Glass Manufacturers' Confederation, pledging a five-year, £4 million investment in a new technology partnership. » Read More

20/11/2014 Scottish Archimedes screw pumps get ECS treatment ECS Engineering Services has started working with contractor WGM Engineering to maintain and extend the service life of Scottish Water's 200-plus Archimedes screw pumps. » Read More

19/11/2014 Mechan secures future of historic London Underground bogies Sheffield-based Mechan is using its engineering skills to breathe new life into railway equipment still serving London almost a century after its introduction. » Read More

19/11/2014 Unguarded danger at East Yorkshire firm A chemical company in East Yorkshire has been fined a total of £28,000 and ordered to pay £1,813 in costs after an employee lost the ends of three fingers in an unguarded part of a machine collecting calcium oxide dust. » Read More

18/11/2014 ABB e-book offers best motors maintenance tips ABB has published an e-book that reveals the most common causes of failure and offers tips on how to resolve them. » Read More

14/11/2014 Warning over UK’s poor automation record The UK's failure to embrace the benefits of new technology and 'robotics' has seen it fall behind its European neighbours and contributed to factories closing and jobs being lost, according to Tony Hague (pictured), managing director at PP ... » Read More

14/11/2014 Campaign to cut work cancer deaths launched An industry-wide campaign to cut the number of deaths from occupational cancer has been launched. » Read More

14/11/2014 ‘Industry wastes £1.5bn annually on outdated energy sources’ The British industrial sector wastes £1.43 billion year by using outdated off-mains energy sources, according to a report from liquefied petroleum gas (lpg) supplier Flogas. » Read More

13/11/2014 TÜV SÜD warns machinery makers to watch wireless Product compliance specialist TÜV SÜD Product Service is warning manufacturers integrating wireless modules into their products that they may be selling non-compliant equipment. » Read More

13/11/2014 Sawmill selects Saxlund for biomass combustion Swedish sawmill Hilmer Anderson has selected bioenergy specialist Saxlund to provide fuel handling and biomass combustion technology for its latest 12MW hot-water boiler project. » Read More

12/11/2014 Portable infrared gas detector shines for oil and gas industry Gas detection specialist Crowcon has added the Gas-Pro IR infrared sensor to its Gas-Pro range, to cover methane, pentane and propane. » Read More

11/11/2014 Rapid HV rotor repair saves Italian refinery downtime When recent maintenance checks on a high voltage 60MW generator at a large unnamed Italian oil refinery signalled a potential rotor earth fault, Sulzer prioritised repairs and had the plant back up within eight weeks. » Read More

11/11/2014 WEG launches world’s most energy-efficient flameproof motor Automation and control technology firm WEG is launching its W22Xd super premium efficiency range of hazardous area motors – said to be the world's most energy efficient flameproof motors. » Read More

10/11/2014 Energy providers launch flexible renewable energy offer LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) supplier AvantiGas and renewable energy technologies specialist Duncan Renewables have partnered to launch AvantiRenewables, a joint venture supplying multi-fuel energy solutions. » Read More

10/11/2014 Smurfit Kappa saves £60,000 on energy with ABB drives Food packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa reckons it will cut £60,000 from its energy bill following the installation of ABB variable speed drives (VSDs) on its shredder fans. » Read More

08/11/2014 Emerson launches process reliability management service Emerson is launching a process reliability management consulting service, which, it says, could save global companies more than $50 billion a year in costs while also increasing capacity by more than 5%. » Read More