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01/06/2010 Hima-Sella expands in East Midlands and Aberdeen Stockport-based plant systems integrator Hima-Sella is expanding its UK operation with two new offices, one in Ashby de la Zouch in the East Midlands and one in Aberdeen. » Read More

28/05/2010 Intelligent pump cleaning cuts maintenance at Irish plant Installation of an ac drive with automatic de-ragging software has slashed maintenance call-outs to deal with pump impeller fouling at an Irish County Council pumping station. » Read More

27/05/2010 ISA plant wireless automation standard gets GE backing Industrial automation giant GE has joined others already driving uptake of the ISA100 industrial plant wireless communications standard. » Read More

26/05/2010 Diageo reports significant savings from venture orifice steam traps Diageo's 18-acre Runcorn plant is reporting significant savings in energy, replacement costs and maintenance of its steam traps, following installation of Thermal Energy International's Venturi Orifice Gem traps. » Read More

25/05/2010 SITA UK fined £210,000 after driver death Waste management and recycling firm SITA UK has been fined, after a driver was killed at a Northamptonshire landfill site. » Read More

25/05/2010 Blow moulding machines get new compressor at McBride McBride's personal care products manufacturing plant at Burnley has a new Compair high pressure air compressor and pipework to supply air at 40bar to power three PET blow moulding machines. » Read More

25/05/2010 Plants urged to take proactive approach to CRC energy registration Industrial companies across the UK have until 30 September to register for the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), or face fines of late registration. » Read More

24/05/2010 ABB launches drives and motors swappage scheme ABB has launched what it's calling a drives and motors 'swappage' scheme, allowing companies to trade in their old products from any manufacturer for new ABB drives and motors. » Read More

24/05/2010 Nov Mono survey points to maintenance budget wastage More than one third of process and maintenance engineers are wasting "vast amounts" of their maintenance budgets, because they do not realise they can buy high performance, cost effective non-OEM replacement parts for progressing cavity ... » Read More

21/05/2010 Flying penguins, jellyfish and rays to perform at Royal Society Festo's pneumatic flying penguins, jellyfish and rays are set to perform during the Royal Society's 350th anniversary celebrations at the Southbank Centre from June 25 to July 4. » Read More

21/05/2010 Hard water scale problem solved for Cotto Tiles Cotto Tiles, part of TCC (Thai Cement Company), reports that Fluid Dynamics International has solved a long standing hard water problem at one of its sites. » Read More

20/05/2010 Sand extraction plant is concrete investment A new sand production plant is helping Cemex UK to boost efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of its largest UK sand and gravel quarry at Rugeley, Staffordshire. » Read More

20/05/2010 Hungarian wastewater scheme turns to biomass plant One of Europe's most ambitious biogas from wastewater projects has been switched on in Budapest by Ener-G. » Read More

19/05/2010 Non-stop pumps keep coffee production flowing Star Refrigeration, which provides freeze-drying plant to major food producers, says that Nikkiso non seal canned motor centrifugal pumps, supplied to an instant coffee plant, have been in near constant operation, without problems, for ... » Read More

18/05/2010 Process plant valves continue to be weakest link Valves are the most likely item of equipment to create problems at petrochemical plants and onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities. » Read More

18/05/2010 SOE visit to Diageo Runcorn reveals impressive improvement culture Drinks giant Diageo opened the doors of its Runcorn site to plant engineers from SOE/IPlantE in April, to provide an impressive insight into how this key beer packaging plant achieves world class maintenance and operations. » Read More

17/05/2010 ATEX solenoid valves and fieldbus system solve North Sea problem Burkert's ex-proof AirLine Ex 8650 system, together with modules from the intrinsically safe Siemens Simatic ET 200iSPTM system, has solved a problem in a North Sea project for oil and gas industry specialist Jiskoot. » Read More

17/05/2010 Eriks acquires Fisher in Germany Eriks has agreed to acquire Fisher GmbH Kunststoffpräzition, which specialises in engineering and machining high performance plastic parts. » Read More

14/05/2010 Honeywell acquires Matrikon to improve industrial plant Honeywell has signed an agreement to acquire plant operations software developer Matrikon for $142 million. » Read More

14/05/2010 Future of measurement technology is subject to survey HBM is giving engineers from around the world a chance to air their views on the future of measurement technology. » Read More

14/05/2010 King’s College Hospital plugs into heat recovery King's College Hospital Trust is to install a Flu-Ace heat recovery system on its heating and hot water system plant. » Read More

13/05/2010 Vanadium mining pump proves its mettle South African mining specialist Xstrata Alloys reports that its British-made peristaltic pump has proved ultra reliable on arduous duties – to the extent that its only downtime has been for hose replacement and annual plant maintenance. » Read More

13/05/2010 Variable speed drive spins up aero test rig starter Aero engine test rig specialist Euravia has invested in variable speed drive technology from Control Techniques for use on Pratt & Whitney PT6 jet engine starter generators. » Read More

12/05/2010 Predictive maintenance service aims to ease load Motor condition monitoring (MCM) specialist Artesis has launched a predictive maintenance service for plant engineers concerned about difficult expert analysis and data interpretation aspects. » Read More

12/05/2010 Thermal imaging reveals hot air at No. 10 February's ITV's tonight programme, Money to Burn, which looked at energy wastage from No 10 Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament, harnessed Flir thermal cameras in the hands of Eriks expert Duncan Webb. » Read More