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20/10/2014 Hine Renovables selects Eaton hydraulics for South African solar plants Spanish hydraulics experts Hine Renovables has chosen hydraulic valve and hose technology from Eaton for power packs being used at two large concentrated solar power (CSP) plants in South Africa. » Read More

20/10/2014 Advanced diagnostics to cut machine downtime New diagnostics on ABB's variable speed drive range are being claimed to reduce machine and process downtime by speeding up investigation times. » Read More

17/10/2014 Danish sewage plant chooses fixed VOC to track hydrocarbons In a bid to avoid costly and time consuming sludge clean-up, Danish sewage treatment plant Frederikshavn Renseanlaeg has installed a fixed total volatile organic compound (TVOC) detector from Ion Science. » Read More

17/10/2014 Romax Technology takes top BEEAs prize for design engineering "Can you do it better?" That was the question asked by Peter Poon, co-founder of Romax Technology, as he accepted the Grand Prix trophy at the recent British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs). » Read More

16/10/2014 Demand for problem solving training rockets There has been a 200% hike in demand for practical problem solving training, according to new figures from EEF. The year-on-year surge in interest comes as manufacturers and engineering firms shift up a gear post-recession, with many now ... » Read More

16/10/2014 Multi-million-pound innovation competition launched New product development business Pera Technology has announced the second stage of its multi-million-pound innovation competition. » Read More

15/10/2014 Million litres of diesel saved by hybrid power generator Hybrid power generators specialist Firefly, which supplies the construction sector with temporary power, says its Cygnus HPG has saved more than 1 million litres of diesel since its launch in April 2013. » Read More

14/10/2014 Manufacturing Champions Awards deadline extended The entry deadline to nominate your star factory employees for Works Management's all-new Manufacturing Champions Awards has been extended to 24 October. » Read More

14/10/2014 Plad pressure-boosting pumps turn to ABB PLCs Specialist pump manufacturer Plad Equipment says it has become easier to customise systems for boosting water pressure in high-rise buildings since changing to ABB's AC500 PLC range. » Read More

14/10/2014 Full steam ahead for Robey-Wellman Boilers Industrial boiler and furnace manufacturer Wellman Group is now Robey-Wellman Boilers and Furnaces, following a management buyout. » Read More

14/10/2014 Skills policy flip-flops damaging industry – C&G Group Constant change over the past three decades has damaged the UK's skill system, according to the City & Guilds Group. » Read More

10/10/2014 CBI warns ‘march of the makers’ could be halted The opportunities for a renaissance in manufacturing, which could create 500,000 extra jobs by 2025, could be undermined if the UK's industrial strategy is not cemented for the long-term, the head of the CBI has warned. » Read More

09/10/2014 No volume control at Keighley company A firm specialising in foam and feather furnishings has been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £4,457 in costs after failing to protect its workforce from excessive noise levels made by production machinery. » Read More

09/10/2014 Veolia designs 1.5MWe CHP plant for Crisp Malting Crisp Malting Group's Great Ryburgh plant is replacing two ageing 600kWe Cogenco CHP (combined heat and power) units with a single 1.5MWe CHP system, under a turnkey design, supply, installation and maintenance contract with Veolia. » Read More

08/10/2014 Tap dancing robots powered by pneumatics A troupe of eight tap dancing robots, controlled by the public, is proving one of the most popular events at the Merge Arts, Music and Performance Festival, on London's Bankside. » Read More

08/10/2014 Engineering Heritage award for Coalbrookdale Old Furnace The Old Furnace, in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, is to receive the IMechE's (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) 100th Engineering Heritage award this Friday (10 October 2014) for its place in the Industrial Revolution. » Read More

08/10/2014 Copa-Data seminar to explain IEC 61850 for plant and electrical engineers Industrial automation specialist Copa-Data is staging a one-day workshop on the electrical substation automation standard IEC 61850, on 30 October 2014 at Hampton Manor, Solihull. » Read More

07/10/2014 Recycling firm fined £118,000 after worker loses arm Ayrshire waste recycling firm Lowmac Alloys has been fined £118,000 for serious safety failings that left an agency worker with a severed arm. » Read More

07/10/2014 New Explosives Regulations 2014 now in force New Explosives Regulations (ER 2014) came into force on 1 October 2014, consolidating and modernising the earlier regulatory landscape. » Read More

07/10/2014 IET names 2014 Achievement Award winners This year's IET Achievement Awards winners include: personalised medicine pioneer Professor Christofer Toumazou, leading broadcast engineer Keith Hayler; and Alexander Bennett – a BAE Systems chief engineer at the age of 29 working on jet ... » Read More

06/10/2014 Cable to bolster apprenticeship pay Plans to boost pay for thousands of apprentices have been unveiled by business secretary Vince Cable (pictured). » Read More

06/10/2014 Energy from Waste industry set for expansion Demand is growing for intelligent and innovative EfW (energy from waste) plant solutions, according to Mitsubishi Electric, which recently returned from the EfW hall at the September's RWM 2014 (Resource Efficiency and Waste Management) ... » Read More

03/10/2014 Schneider expands manufacturing software with Invensys Automation and operations management systems giant Schneider Electric has revealed an expanded software portfolio, building on its acquisition of Invensys systems earlier this year. » Read More

03/10/2014 Firm fined after unguarded drill causes worker to lose fingertip West Midlands fabrications firm H&H Alloy Sales has been fined £13,000 plus £1,391 costs in court after an employee lost the tip of his finger in an unguarded drill. » Read More

03/10/2014 The future’s bright, the future’s L’Orange exhaust after-treatment What's claimed to be a new concept in exhaust after-treatment for large marine, offshore, land-based power plant and railway engines has been launched by L'Orange, a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power Systems. » Read More