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08/10/2012 Brammer secures maintenance contract with BAE Systems Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services specialist Brammer has started fulfilling a new contract with BAE Systems under which it is now managing the aerospace giant's maintenance supply chain in the UK. » Read More

08/10/2012 Weg drives power new gen Atlas Copco air blowers High-efficiency electric motors and variable speed drives from Weg are behind Atlas Copco's latest range of energy-efficient screw blowers. » Read More

05/10/2012 New CEO for West Midlands Manufacturing Consortium Lorraine Holmes has been appointed new chief executive of the West Midlands Manufacturing Consortium (WMMC), which delivers the Manufacturing Advisory Service in the West Midlands, North West and North East of England. » Read More

05/10/2012 Access team from West Sussex help give monastery a facelift The Carthusian Monastery of St Hugh's Charterhouse, in the Weald of Sussex, has been given a facelift with help from equipment hire firm Facelift's Hickstead, West Sussex team. » Read More

04/10/2012 Guttridge conveyors deliver reliability for Lafarge aggregates Lafarge Barnstone Works, in Nottinghamshire, is reporting good reliability from its new suite of conveyors, built and supplied by Guttridge. » Read More

04/10/2012 Emerson gets ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for Daniel calibration flow lab Emerson Process Management has received accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for its Daniel measurement and control calibration laboratory in Houston, Texas, USA. » Read More

04/10/2012 Bloodhound team successfully completes rocket testing The Bloodhound team successfully tested the 1000mph car's hybrid rocket system for the first time yesterday at the Aerohub, Newquay Cornwall Airport. » Read More

03/10/2012 Fox’s Biscuits improves quality with variable speed drive Fox's Biscuits of Batley, West Yorkshire, is reporting improved biscuit quality, as well as reduced wastage since replacing an old slip-ring motors with an ABB motor and variable speed drive on one of its dough mixers. » Read More

02/10/2012 New Holland turns to Loctite for critical performance New Holland's twin rotor technology – which won the firm a Guinness World Record title for combine harvester performance – is using Loctite anaerobic adhesives for critical bolts. » Read More

02/10/2012 Switch to articulated trucks pays off for Laura Ashley Following a review of storage and handling at Laura Ashley's Newtown, Wales, distribution hub, the company has restricted picking to the first and second racking levels, with bulk goods stored in the upper levels and dropped to the picking ... » Read More

01/10/2012 Schad and Vanderlande develop mobile maintenance Engineering mobility firm SCHAD is partnering with Vanderlande Industries, which specialises in automated material handling systems, to offer a new maintenance system. » Read More

01/10/2012 Hughes cleans up in the Land Rover body shop Land Rover Vehicles has specified Hughes Pumps water jetting equipment to remove over-spayed paint from skids used to transport Range Rover, Discovery and Land Rover bodies through its paint shop. » Read More

28/09/2012 Rockwell works with Endress + Hauser for Gastech Rockwell Automation's PlantPAx process automation system is to be demonstrated with Endress+Hauser instrumentation at this year's Gastech conference and exhibition on 8—11 October 2012 at ExCel, London. » Read More

28/09/2012 High value chemical production through bioprocessing of fish wastes A project led by The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is to examine the commercial viability of marine-derived peptones for high-value products. » Read More

27/09/2012 Invisible barrier set to revolutionise corrosion protection A coating so thin it's invisible to the human eye is claimed to make copper nearly 100 times more resistant to corrosion, even in harsh industrial environments. » Read More

27/09/2012 Ultra-light Zettlex sensors monitor bumble bee flight Cambridge-based sensors specialist Zettlex has successfully built position monitoring devices light enough to track bumble bees in motion. » Read More

26/09/2012 Liquid air to fuel UK low carbon engineering economy Academics, government officials and industry executives will meet at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 2 October to kick off a programme aimed at harnessing liquid air to deliver a zero carbon economy and boost British business. » Read More

26/09/2012 Waitrose Bracknell energy centre opened by energy minister Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker opened the new energy centre at Waitrose Bracknell this week (Monday 24 September 2012). » Read More

25/09/2012 Tank farm automation eased by Emerson’s smart radar tank gauging Tank farm automation has become easier, faster and less costly following the integration of Emerson Process Management's Rosemount Raptor tank gauging systems and smart wireless technology. » Read More

25/09/2012 BOC fuel cell technology gets Network Rail approval Hydrogen fuel-cell based products from BOC under the Hymera brand have been approved for use by Network Rail. » Read More

24/09/2012 Government to charge firms £124 per hour for health and safety fails The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has confirmed that its cost recovery scheme – Fee for Intervention (FFI), which starts on 1 October 2012 – will cost companies in material breach £124 per hour. » Read More

24/09/2012 Millers Oils opens energy reducing R&D centre Millers Oils officially opened its state of the art R&D centre in Brighouse, Yorkshire, last week (Tuesday 18 September), with energy efficiency and CO2 reduction high on the agenda. » Read More

21/09/2012 Process industry technologies get government funding Seventy UK firms, universities and research organisations are to share more than £7 million of government funding for research aimed at the development and commercialisation of innovative approaches to sustainable manufacturing in the ... » Read More

21/09/2012 Norbar opens production facility in Banbury Norbar Torque Tools opened its new premises in Banbury this week (19 September) with an on-site party for employees and guests, including Banbury MP Sir Tony Baldry, the Mayor of Banbury Cllr Tony Ilott and the chairman of Cherwell ... » Read More

20/09/2012 Steam site guide majors on plant safety and efficiency A free 'Steam Site Guide', designed for process engineers, covers sizing and optimisation of steam systems to ensure safety and efficiency. » Read More