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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

03/10/2014 Drivers Direct helps find agency work for heroes Commercial vehicles drivers agency Drivers Direct has launched a campaign with the BFRS (British Forces Resettlement Services) to help find work for ex-service men and woman as they look to return to civilian lifestyle. » Read More

02/10/2014 Game changer for CCS: Boundary Dam, Canada plant unveiled SaskPower has today (2 October 2014) launched its flagship CCS (carbon capture and storage) project, finally unveiling the much anticipated addition to its Boundary Dam power plant in Saskatchewan, Canada. » Read More

02/10/2014 Macclesfield firm in court over worker’s drill injury A Macclesfield manufacturer has been fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £4,377 in prosecution costs for safety failings after a worker's hand became entangled around a factory drill. Stormguard, which produces a range of drainage products, ... » Read More

02/10/2014 Semta launches STEM initiative Employers and educators are joining forces in a bid to improve the quality of teaching and training in subjects essential to engineering and the future of the UK economy. » Read More

02/10/2014 Firms to fall short on ISO 14001 upgrade: warning Companies, plants and factories are in danger of falling short next year (2015) when the main environmental management standard ISO 14001 will be upgraded – and some could potentially lose out as a result. » Read More

02/10/2014 New dimension for moving bed biofilm reactors Veolia Water Technologies has launched what it describes as a new generation of biofilm carriers for MBBRs (moving bed biofilm reactors). » Read More

01/10/2014 Siemens Financial Services to cover manufacturing systems Siemens Financial Services is extending its asset financing to the company's full range of industrial automation and management software. » Read More

30/09/2014 Breakthrough motor cures reliability Synseal reliability problems PVC-U profiles manufacturer Synseal Extrusions is using ABB's SynRM (synchronous reluctance) motor to cut the number of motor failures on two of its main extruders. » Read More

29/09/2014 Rental NDT ultrasonics oust radiography for gas pipeline weld tests Sophisticated gas pipeline quality controls have been developed by Forth Inspection Service using non-destructive testing (NDT) equipment hired from Ashtead Technology. » Read More

29/09/2014 ‘Manufacturers overwhelmingly in favour of remaining in EU’ Britain's manufacturers remain overwhelmingly in favour of remaining within the EU according to a survey published by EEF. » Read More

29/09/2014 EEF calls for pay boost for apprentices Britain's manufacturers are calling for a major pay boost to apprentices by urging the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to scrap the current 'apprentice rate' and, instead, align it to age-specific wage rates. » Read More

29/09/2014 Rolls Royce fined for loss of radioactive source Rolls Royce Marine Power Operations has been fined £200,000 plus £176,500 costs following loss of a radioactive source at its Derby plant. » Read More

26/09/2014 City Technology crowned Britain’s Best Factory Gas sensor manufacturer City Technology has been crowned Britain's top factory after being recognised for its cutting edge products backed by a razor sharp focus on quality and a powerful commitment to its people. » Read More

26/09/2014 Best Factory Award winners revealed The winners of the Best Factory Awards (BFAs) 2014 have been revealed. » Read More

25/09/2014 Basingstoke firm fined following worker crush incident Basingstoke-based RVC Engineering has been fined £6,600 plus £1,087 costs in court following an incident in which a 42-year-old man was crushed between a telehandler and a steel post. » Read More

25/09/2014 WEG cuts metal for Sims waste shredding machine Electronics and metal recycling specialist Sims Metals Management has selected electric motors firm WEG to design and build a bespoke, 6.6kV, 3MW motor for its Newark, Nottinghamshire, plant. » Read More