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07/03/2011 Drives refurbishment completes at UPM Shotton paper mill UPM Shotton Paper's recycled fibre plant reports that its extensive low voltage ac drive refurbishment programme has been successfully completed, and that uptime has been massively improved. » Read More

04/03/2011 A350 landing gear gets bespoke hydraulic test rigs Messier-Dowty has installed two new hydraulic fill and level acceptance testing rigs, designed and developed by Branch Hydraulic Systems, for the Airbus A350 main landing gear assembly project. » Read More

04/03/2011 Tubosider reports huge improvements with new machine control system Improved capacity, better tolerances and reduced scrap are being reported at Tubosider UK on its multi-stage rolling mill. » Read More

03/03/2011 Castrol signs Eriks to distribute industrial lubricants range Castrol Industrial UK and maintenance, repair and overhaul equipment and services firm Eriks have signed a deal that will see the latter providing national distribution of Castrol Industrial's lubricants. » Read More

02/03/2011 Midlands partnership aims for engineer apprentices Midland Tool and Design has joined forces with Dudley College in a bid to improve take-up of engineering apprenticeships in the West Midlands. » Read More

02/03/2011 Paper merchant rolls out Michelin tyres across entire fleet Essex-based Ovenden Papers is to fit Michelin tyres on its entire forklift truck fleet, as well as its delivery vehicles, following a puncture-free 12-month trial. » Read More

01/03/2011 Polestar awards five-year MRO contract to Eriks Print giant Polestar has signed a five-year agreement with Eriks Integrated Solutions for MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) procurement and stores management at its five largest sites in the UK. » Read More

28/02/2011 Bosch Rexroth signs to ODVA and EtherNet/IP Bosch Rexroth has become a principal member of ODVA, the interoperable open communications technologies association best known for its DeviceNet community. » Read More

25/02/2011 30% rise in daily rates for oil and gas engineers Day rates for oil and gas contractors increased by 30% last year (2010), indicating that the UK oil and gas industry is on a strong recovery curve following the tough times of 2008. » Read More

25/02/2011 Fivefold growth brings plant MRO facilities to Kings Lynn As a result of an astonishing fivefold growth in its business over the past four years, Erks' Kings Lynn distribution branch has moved to new, much larger facilities. » Read More

24/02/2011 Weg wins Outotec sulphuric acid plant MV motors contract Electric motors giant Weg is nearing completion of a major contract to supply sulphuric acid plant engineering firm Outotec with 21 MV (medium voltage) motors and associated equipment. » Read More

24/02/2011 New boiler house for Spirax Sarco Spirax Sarco, one of the world's largest manufacturers of steam equipment and services, has opted to install new steam generators into its new central boiler house in its Cheltenham based manufacturing facility. » Read More

23/02/2011 Paper maker fined after fatal roof fall A paper manufacturer has been fined £260,000 after a worker fell through a fragile roof to his death. » Read More

23/02/2011 Print press expansion goes for Boge compressor plant Johnston Press is reporting good energy efficiency from a new compressed air plant, installed to run its expanded printing centre in County Armagh. » Read More

23/02/2011 Thames Water saves time and money with EZstrip pump Thames Water has installed a Mono EZstrip transfer pump at its Beckton sewage treatment works to improve efficiency and reduce downtime of the pump station. » Read More

23/02/2011 Travis Perkins builds up to £5m forklift contract with Briggs Briggs Equipment has won a £5 million contract to supply 400 forklift trucks and other materials handling equipment to builders merchant Travis Perkins. » Read More

22/02/2011 Leek Adams Foods plant boosts green performance Dairy products company Adams Foods is achieving impressive carbon performance at its new factory in Staffordshire, thanks to a CHP (combined heat and power) plant. » Read More

22/02/2011 Robotic welding transforms Youngman production plant Youngman Group reports achieving flexible production and improved productivity, thanks to a £2.5 million project covering automation equipment from ABB. » Read More

21/02/2011 JCB Academy officially opened by Prince of Wales The £22 million JCB Academy was officially opened last Friday (18 February) by their royal highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. » Read More

21/02/2011 Hadar to light up Gorgon gas project Kellogg Joint Venture Group has specified Hadar Lighting's HDL106 LED floodlights for the hazardous area lighting at Australia's largest natural gas development, the Gorgon project. » Read More

21/02/2011 Adopt machine safety standards now, say experts Machine builders should adopt Machinery Directive EN 13949-1 standards sooner rather than later because they better reflect state of the art in machine safety system design, says Kevin Ives, Machinery Safety Consultant at Pilz Automation ... » Read More

18/02/2011 Management failures blamed for Buncefield disaster Safety management failings have finally been blamed as the root cause of the Buncefield oil storage depot disaster, according to the full report was released yesterday (Thursday 17 February). » Read More

18/02/2011 Pelton wheel flowmeter monitors Dounreay decontamination UK flowmeter specialist Litre Meter has supplied customised Pelton Wheel meters for use in the latest stages of decommissioning at the Dounreay reactor in Scotland. » Read More

18/02/2011 Outokumpu cuts cost of fume extraction by £300,000 Outokumpu Stainless is set to save £300,000 a year on fume extraction energy, thanks to the installation of four ABB variable speed drives. » Read More

17/02/2011 Emerson approves Excel for Fisher valves repair Emerson Process Management has appointed Excel Engineering Services as an approved repairer of Fisher products for workshop-based repairs. » Read More