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18/03/2010 Vote Manufacturing campaign issues call to arms for government action UK Manufacturing employs 3million people directly, with 2m more providing services for manufacturing. With their families, that's 10m voters – more than enough to shape the outcome of the next election. The next government will either ... » Read More

12/03/2010 Corporate manslaughter A leading North West law firm is urging engineering firms to review their health and safety polices, since tough new sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter offences have now come into force. Mace & Jones dispute resolution ... » Read More

12/03/2010 Wireless technology improves efficiency at Novartis biotech plant Easier maintenance and better control and flexibility are being reported by Novartis at its biotech production facility in Huningue, France, following installation of a wireless plant network. » Read More

10/03/2010 Specialist training SKF is offering training courses for production and maintenance engineers, covering machine reliability, condition monitoring, bearing applications and failure assessment, as well as best practices in lubrication, installation, precision ... » Read More

08/03/2010 Stores savings Sites that need to reorganise their engineering stores are being offered assistance by Eriks. » Read More

05/03/2010 Moving vegetation for dinosaurs 'Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular' is using industrial blowers to create the lifelike inflatable greenery that grows during performances. » Read More

25/02/2010 Waste water plant back in action after Cumbrian flood damage In the wake of last year's floods, which left Cockermouth under eight feet of water, several United Utilities' water and wastewater treatment works were saved by swift action from ABB motor service partner, Central Electrical. Barepot and ... » Read More

25/02/2010 Hot forklift deals should ignite concerns, warns Pyroban As more plants turn to second-hand forklift trucks, safety specialist Pyroban is warning of the dangers. » Read More

24/02/2010 Keeping the new Lamborghini cool The 650bhp carbon fibre bodied Lamborghini Reventon V12, with its cockpit styled to look like an F-22 Raptor fighter jet, uses a new electromagnetic flow meter developed by Euromag, available in the UK from Litre Meter. » Read More

23/02/2010 Chubb saves œ3.5 million using infrared monitoring Chubb Insurance believes that it has averted losses to its customers' electrical and mechanical assets in excess of œ3.5 million, since starting a non-invasive thermography inspection service in 1997. » Read More

22/02/2010 Nissan can, with its press die maintenance mover system By investing in a bespoke drive system, Nissan Motor UK now has a more reliable and flexible handling system for moving damaged press dies from production to maintenance bays. » Read More

19/02/2010 Big guns line up for Big Bang AstraZeneca, BAE Systems, Shell and Siemens are leading sponsorship of this year's Big Bang young scientists' and engineers' fair, to be held in Manchester from 11 to 13 March. » Read More

18/02/2010 JCB donates $150,000 worth of diggers to Haiti disaster JCB has donated diggers worth $150,000 to help the disaster relief effort in Haiti, following the devastating earthquake, believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. » Read More

17/02/2010 Jaguar saves 26% energy from air audits Jaguar in the West Midlands reckons it has reduced air power consumption across its sites by 26% and achieved a two-year payback, following energy audits by CompAir. » Read More

16/02/2010 There's snow business like quick gearbox repair for bakers Northern Foods, one of the UK's largest food producers, was kept running during the worst of the recent snow, thanks to a rapid repair on an obsolete sealed motor gearbox at its Gunstones bakery in Sheffield. » Read More

15/02/2010 Mechanical booster gives green vacuum Mechanical booster pumps, which are to replace steam ejectors on the chemical vapour infiltration process for a European high temperature materials manufacturer, will lead to cost savings. » Read More

12/02/2010 Upgraded Wombourne McCain plant is oven ready for action McCain's potato specialities production site at Wombourne has been successfully updated, with new washing and de-stoning equipment, and remaining plant moved and reinstalled. » Read More

11/02/2010 Thorp nuclear plant selects Worcester Engineers at the Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant say they chose Worcester F911 top-entry cartridge valves for a medium active salt-free evaporator (MASFE) installation, because of their compact design and ease of in-line maintenance. » Read More

10/02/2010 First total carbon offset red diesel Crown Oil UK says its new red diesel for the construction, utility, plant and rail industries is now 100% carbon offset. » Read More

09/02/2010 Scottish Water ramps up reliability with motors retrofit Scottish Water says it has improved reliability on three large sludge pumps at its Laighpark waste water treatment plant since replacing ageing dc pump drive motors with high efficiency ac motors and drives from Weg. » Read More

08/02/2010 Manchester Airport flies on ultrasonics Manchester Airport's plant engineers say that accuracy is now flying on their critical API hydrocarbon separation unit, since installing Pulsar Duet ultrasonic open channel flow sensor-based measurement. » Read More

05/02/2010 Free software slashes pump maintenance for Severn Trent Severn Trent Water reports savings of up to œ2,400 a week on pump maintenance, since upgrading its control software - and for zero cost. » Read More

04/02/2010 Machinery directive Following the December 2009 meeting of the European Machinery Working Group in Brussels, » Read More

03/02/2010 Rail bearings FAG Industrial Services (F'IS), the maintenance and condition monitoring division of Schaeffler, is offering rail operators a rapid reconditioning service for its Tarol axle box bearings. » Read More

02/02/2010 Battery technology Low cost Lithium-Ion cell chemistry and a flexible battery management system have come out of the Red Lion project (Reduced cost Li-Ion), a two-year project involving Ricardo and QinetiQ, part-funded by the Department for Transport, under ... » Read More