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08/08/2014 Hinckley STW gets ECS health and safety treatment ECS Engineering Services has been contracted to replace or extend all hand railing, barriers and access steelwork at Severn Trent Water's Hinckley sewage treatment works, in Leicestershire. » Read More

08/08/2014 Directors and two firms fined over asbestos risk A Hartlepool firm and two of its directors have been fined along with a second company after redundant steel work was removed, putting workers at risk of asbestos exposure. » Read More

07/08/2014 £1.5m investment for Cammell Laird energy division Birkenhead-based shipyard and engineering services company Cammell Laird is ramping up its activity in the energy sector by investing more than £1.5 million in its facilities and appointing a senior nuclear engineer. » Read More

07/08/2014 Next-gen energy saving compressors launched by Atlas Copco Improved energy savings and productivity, as well as reduced operating costs are the chief claims for Atlas Copco's latest GA 90+-160 oil-injected rotary screw compressors. » Read More

07/08/2014 Sine wave pumps slash winery tanker offload times Broadland Wineries is reporting a massive boost in efficiency since replacing positive displacement (PD) pumps with MasoSine process pumps, from Watson Marlow. » Read More

06/08/2014 Thorite completes Norgren’s compressor air supply Pneumatics and process systems specialist Thorite has completed a contract to install the compressed air pipework system at pneumatic motion and fluid control firm Norgren's new 104,000 fts Engineering Advantage Centre, near Lichfield, ... » Read More

05/08/2014 Essex company in court after massive chemical spill An Essex company has been fined £50,000 and ordered to pay £14,231 in costs after four of its chemical storage tanks failed and spilled 150 tonnes of hazardous material. » Read More

05/08/2014 Timber firm fined over worker’s injuries A timber company has been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £9,850 costs after an employee was run over by a forklift truck. » Read More

04/08/2014 Billerud Korsnäs installs Apex pumps for abrasive dosing Billerud Korsnäs has replaced a progressive cavity pump at its Beetham, Cumbria plant with Apex 10 hose pump technology for dosing abrasive pigment in kraft paper manufacture. » Read More

04/08/2014 BFPA launches training academy website The British Fluid Power Association (BFPA, incorporating the British Fluid Power Distributors Association (BFPDA), has unveiled an additional website dedicated to its training courses. » Read More

04/08/2014 1,000th SKF magnetic bearing rolls into oil and gas Industrial bearings specialist SKF has commissioned its 1,000th SKF S2M active magnetic bearing (AMB) at a facility in the oil and gas sector. » Read More

01/08/2014 Fuchs acquires Batoyle Freedom Group Fuchs has completed its acquisition of the Batoyle Freedom Group (BFG), with interests in the glass, automotive, agricultural and general industry sectors. » Read More

31/07/2014 A first for Sellafield safety protection employees A group of Sellafield employees has celebrated being the first in the UK to graduate with a foundation degree in radiation protection. » Read More

30/07/2014 BITA announces leap in forklift truck sales The second quarter of 2014 has seen an 18% quarter-on-quarter rise in forklift trucks sales, with 7,851 sales recorded in Q2 2014 compared to 6,615 for the same quarter of 2013, a total increase in sales of 1,236 trucks. » Read More

30/07/2014 Dalkia adopts Veolia brand name: expands environmental services Veolia group firm Dalkia, which majors on combined heat and power (CHP) plant provision and management, as well as utilities services, has changed its name to Veolia. » Read More

29/07/2014 Envelope manufacturer seals deal with drives retrofit Encore Envelopes, the largest independent manufacturer of printed envelopes in the UK, is reporting improved machine operating capabilities and no downtime since replacing obsolete drives with new technology. » Read More

28/07/2014 Worker’s jaw shattered after Kent recycling firm neglects safety A Kent recycling firm has been fined £7,000 and ordered to pay £3,000 in costs after an employee had his jaw shattered into "pieces like cornflakes" when he was hit by a piece of plastic pipe ejected from a bandsaw. » Read More

28/07/2014 EEF appoints chief operating officer EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, has appointed Caroline Gumble to the new position of chief operating officer where she will be responsible for building its blossoming business services division. » Read More

25/07/2014 Advanced Propulsion Centre to locate hub at Warwick The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has selected the University of Warwick as the site for its hub location, supporting the 10-year, £1 billion industry and government commitment to the development of low carbon propulsion systems. » Read More

24/07/2014 Newtown Plastics smells success with VSD retrofit Mid Wales based Newtown Plastics is reporting saving nearly £2,000 a year in energy costs on one of its injection moulding machines since retrofitting an ABB variable-speed drive (VSD). » Read More

24/07/2014 Viridor clocks up 30 years of tyre support from Vacu-Lug Tyre company Vacu-Lug and waste management organisation Viridor have clocked up 30 years of working together, with Vacu-Lug providing tyre supply and service for Viridor's contract with the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority. » Read More

23/07/2014 Cummins Power Generation fined after decade of HAVS risks Cummins Power Generation, in Ramsgate, Kent has been ordered to pay nearly £70,000 in fines and costs after an employee was left with a severe long-term disability following prolonged working with vibrating machine tools. » Read More

23/07/2014 ECS gets RoSPA Gold for sixth year running ECS Engineering Services has been presented with the RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety – the sixth consecutive year it has achieved this accolade. » Read More

23/07/2014 Eriks publishes legislation-based PPE catalogue Plant maintenance and repair specialist Eriks UK has launched a PPE (personal protection equipment) catalogue that centres on relevant industrial legislation. » Read More

22/07/2014 British Sugar turns to Amarinth for syrup pumps British Sugar has taken delivery of bespoke designed centrifugal pumps from specialist Amarinth for its sugar production process at the Newark factory in Nottinghamshire. » Read More