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03/07/2023 Partners to study sound alert for e-forklifts Travis Perkins has partnered with the University of Salford Manchester’s specialist acoustics team to conduct a study into the development of electric forklift truck sound alerts. » Read More

03/07/2023 Socotec UK supports McLaren Socotec UK has supported McLaren’s Section 61 application and dust management plan (DMP) for the repurposing of Oxford Street’s D.H Evens into an adaptive mixed-use development. » Read More

30/06/2023 ABB cobot automates planting tasks ABB Robotics’s Yumi cooperative robot (cobot) is automating planting tasks in a jungle laboratory in the Peruvian Amazon as part of a collaboration with Junglekeepers. » Read More

30/06/2023 Nexus launches booking platform Nexus Vehicle Rental has launched Nexus Plant Hire to provide businesses access to a range of plant machinery through its rental management system Iris. » Read More

29/06/2023 ITI to install tech at Hinkley Point C ITI Group is to provide a monitoring system that will serve as an enabler for the beginning of site installation and commissioning works at Hinkley Point C. » Read More

28/06/2023 MSE expands territory for Viking Pumps Pump specialist Michael Smith Engineers (MSE) has become the only authorised distributor for Viking Industrial Pumps, having expanded its sales territory of the product to Scotland. » Read More

27/06/2023 Samotics helps Stansted Airport Samotics is to help reduce delays for more than 27 million annual travellers at London Stansted Airport by improving the reliability of baggage handling equipment. » Read More

26/06/2023 Eriks launches digital replenishment app Eriks UK has launched an app that enables its customers to digitally replenish their stores, ensuring they receive a next day delivery with digital traceability. » Read More

23/06/2023 ABB unveils calibration facility ABB has inaugurated a calibration facility in its Minden factory in Germany, which is expected to provide customers with high levels of accuracy in process flowmeters. » Read More

22/06/2023 Report calls for diverse energy models A new Aggreko report is highlighting solutions to navigate an uncertain energy market as supply instability and grid shortfalls continue to prove challenging to European manufacturers. » Read More

22/06/2023 RNLI visits Sellafield centre Eight members of the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) visited Sellafield’s Engineering Centre of Excellence in Cumbria to further their professional development. » Read More

21/06/2023 AI centre to develop eROVs The National Robotarium and Fugro are developing electric remotely operated vehicles (eROVs) that will repair and maintain offshore wind turbines as part of a £1.4 million project. » Read More

20/06/2023 Atlas Copco helps Whitewater Brewery Atlas Copco’s on-site nitrogen generation system has helped Whitewater Brewery reduce its dependence on carbon dioxide (CO2) and boost productivity. » Read More

20/06/2023 Ion Science launches gas leak detector Ion Science has launched its new Panther gas leak detector, which has a range of new features and twice the sensitivity of its predecessor, the GasCheck G. » Read More

19/06/2023 Veolia wins FM contract Veolia has entered a multi-million pound contract with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust to implement facilities management (FM) services across 144,300 m2 of patient care facilities. » Read More

19/06/2023 Professor Sobey to lead DCE programme Professor Adam Sobey has been appointed to lead The Lloyd’s Register Foundation-Alan Turing Institute’s growing programme in Data-Centric Engineering (DCE). » Read More

16/06/2023 ICS expands i-Chiller portfolio ICS Cool Energy is expanding its i-Chiller portfolio of chillers with new planet-friendly configurations with wide capacities and low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants. » Read More

15/06/2023 Emerson helps optimise recycling process Emerson is helping Swedish cleantech company HaloSep to optimise a process that turns hazardous incinerator flue gas residue from waste to energy plants into usable materials. » Read More

15/06/2023 Fein launches clamping solution Fein has launched an expandable clamping solution that features a range of attachments that can be interchanged for use in a range of applications. » Read More

14/06/2023 MSL partners with Nikon Metrology MSL (Measurement Solutions Ltd) is to promote the distribution of Nikon Metrology’s automated 3D laser scanning solution as part of a sales agreement. » Read More

14/06/2023 Rushlift GSE opens Gatwick facility Airport services provider Rushlift GSE has celebrated its tenth anniversary with an open day event for its third maintenance and service facility at Gatwick Airport. » Read More

13/06/2023 DiPerk invests in distribution centres DiPerk Power Solutions, a distributor of Perkins engines, has invested in two new distribution centres to improve its parts fulfilment capability and product availability. » Read More

12/06/2023 Siemens secures rail contract extension Siemens Mobility has secured an eight-year contract extension to maintain rail vehicles in the North of England as part of a €530 million deal. » Read More

09/06/2023 4Subsea launches tool for vessel operability 4Subsea has secured its first contract for a digital solution that is said to enhance the operability of any weather dependent marine vessel operation. » Read More

08/06/2023 Air Liquide uses Fluke devices Air Liquide has cut costs, reduced waste and boosted the efficiency of pipelines in Italy by using advanced ultrasonic measurement devices from Fluke. » Read More