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22/07/2013 Watson-Marlow award recognises business and technology excellence Peristaltic pumps specialist Watson-Marlow has been awarded the prestigious PwC 2013 West of England Business of the Year Award (in the turnover £25m category). » Read More

22/07/2013 BOHS calls for RIDDOR disease list to be widened The Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection (BOHS) is warning that long-latency diseases, such as silicosis, need to be added to the list of RIDDOR diseases, if they are to be combated. » Read More

19/07/2013 Packaging manufacturer slashes baler energy costs Smurfit Kappa's Northampton plant is saving nearly £2,800 a year on electrical energy, following installation of an ABB variable-speed drive on its baler machine. » Read More

19/07/2013 IET publishes Wiring Regulations online The IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) has launched The IET Wiring Regulations Digital: Online, a web-based version of its publications in e-book format. » Read More

18/07/2013 Invensys celebrates 30 years of Triconex safety systems Control systems legend Invensys has announced a year-long celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of its Triconex safety and critical control systems. » Read More

18/07/2013 Diaphragm pumps solve moisture control issues in textile production Hydra-Cell hydraulically-flexed diaphragm pumps, supplied by Michael Smith Engineers, are successfully preventing static build-up in the wool spinning process – and resisting breakdown. » Read More

17/07/2013 Kerry Foods reports cost savings with MRO and drives service Kerry Foods says that a programme of outsourced MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services undertaken by specialist Brammer has resulted in "immediate cost savings as well as a significant reduction in carbon emissions". » Read More

16/07/2013 Invensys Operations Management set for acquisition The possible acquisition of Invensys Operations Management (IOM) for $5.0 billion by Schneider Electric, has led to speculation of a bidding war for the UK control systems engineering company. » Read More

16/07/2013 Yorkshire Water saves £61,000 on energy costs with ABB drives Yorkshire Water's Esholt wastewater treatment works in Bradford is saving more than £61,000 per annum (25%) on energy costs, following installation of ABB variable-speed drives on its filter re-circulation pumps. » Read More

15/07/2013 Roderick Pettigrew appointed B&Es chief exec Roderick Pettigrew has been appointed chief executive of B&ES, the Building & Engineering Services Association, with immediate effect. » Read More

15/07/2013 Lime slurry dosing responds to easy maintenance pumps An unnamed manufacturer of print and packaging materials in Lower Saxony, Germany, is reporting success with two EZstrip progressing cavity transfer pumps, from NOV Mono, at its wastewater treatment plant. » Read More

12/07/2013 Brammer is Tata Steel Europe contractor of the year Industrial MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) products and services specialist Brammer has been named Contractor of the Year by Tata Steel Europe UK, in Port Talbot. » Read More

12/07/2013 REA disappointed on European biofuels cap decision The European Parliament Environment Committee vote yesterday (11 July 2013) to cap European biofuels production has brought a stinging response from the REA (Renewable Energy Association). » Read More

11/07/2013 Cross-party MPs support UK biofuels ahead of today’s EU vote A group of Labour and Conservative MPs, representing constituencies in Humberside and East Yorkshire, is backing the REA (Renewable Energy Association) campaign in favour of the biofuels industry, ahead of a crucial vote in the European ... » Read More

11/07/2013 Amarinth gets TSB grant for energy-efficient molten sulphur pump Specialist centrifugal pumps builder Amarinth has been awarded a £250,000 grant by the Technology Strategy Board to develop a design and rapid production process for highly energy-efficient pumps. » Read More

10/07/2013 British young engineers score in Leipzig Skills Olympics Semta has saluted Team UK at the 'Skills Olympics' in Leipzig, Germany, as they "carried a torch for British engineering and lit the way for our future generation of skilled engineers". » Read More

10/07/2013 Thames Valley firm promises £2m energy savings Facilities throughout the Thames Valley region are paying too much in energy bills and maintenance costs to keep their HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) equipment running effectively. » Read More

10/07/2013 Cranfield research to improve energy-from-waste plants Research at Cranfield University into the removal of siloxanes from biogas has been recognised by the Worshipful Company of Engineers for excellence in engineering that benefits the environment. » Read More

09/07/2013 Schaeffler destroys 26 tonnes of counterfeit rolling bearings Schaeffler has destroyed 26 tonnes of counterfeit bearings with a 'street' value of more than one million euros. » Read More

09/07/2013 Time to take a deep breath on respirator selection Millions of workers across industries are risking their long-term health by wearing respiratory masks that are not fit for purpose, warns workplace equipment supplier Slingsby. » Read More

08/07/2013 Growth through transport Biofuels could yet falter While welcoming the opening today (8 July 2013) of Vivergo's bioethanol plant at Saltend, near Hull, the REA (Renewable Energy Association) has also warned that EU proposals to be voted on this week could jeopardise future investments. » Read More

08/07/2013 Blower health monitoring system could mitigate outages Many forced and induced draft blowers that are essential for fired heater or boiler operations are not sufficiently instrumented to perform online health monitoring – meaning they monitored only periodically. » Read More

08/07/2013 IMechE acquires non destructive testing samples firm The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has acquired the non destructive testing samples company Sonaspection. » Read More

05/07/2013 Storm tank cleaning system cuts costs, improves safety Spray nozzle specialist BETE claims to have developed a solution to the problems – particularly around health and safety – associated with the increasing frequency of manually cleaning storm tanks. » Read More

05/07/2013 Fifty per cent energy savings claimed for new VSD compressor Atlas Copco Compressors has launched what it's claiming to be the biggest innovation in small variable-speed compressor technology in 20 years. » Read More