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08/12/2022 Controllers communicate via Profisafe KEB’s drive controllers and servo drives, which offer integrated safety functions in the drive, are now certified to communicate via the safe fieldbus protocol Profisafe. » Read More

07/12/2022 NWS progresses GDF project Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has sealed existing boreholes at Rosemanowes Quarry, Cornwall, as part of a £5 million project for the disposal of higher activity radioactive waste. » Read More

07/12/2022 Scottish Water helps staff make EV switch Scottish Water employees can use Tusker’s salary sacrifice scheme as an affordable way to obtain an electric vehicle (EV). » Read More

06/12/2022 Vaisala celebrates Martian measurements Vaisala has confirmed the measurement sensors used by the Curiosity rover on Mars are still delivering data and surpassing the initial two-year objective. » Read More

06/12/2022 Chart Industries to acquire Howden KPS Capital Partners is to sell Howden to Chart Industries in a move that will enable the combined organisation to sell a broader set of solutions. » Read More

05/12/2022 NSK aids industry sustainability NSK is helping companies reduce their running costs with correctly aligned machines and energy-efficient bearings. » Read More

05/12/2022 ITI wins Murphy’s Energy Supply Chain Partner award ITI has received J.Murphy & Sons’ Supply Chain Partner of the Year Award for a project to upgrade National Grid’s Huntingdon and Peterborough Compressor Stations. » Read More

02/12/2022 RMI welcomes territory leaders RMI Pressure Systems has appointed two leaders that will aid the company’s development in Australia and Germany. » Read More

01/12/2022 Atlas Copco announces UK calibration Atlas Copco Tools & Industrial Assembly Solutions has achieved two approvals that will allow it to strengthen its partnerships with customers. » Read More

30/11/2022 Sulzer modernises pump factory Sulzer has inaugurated an automated and digitised pump production line that is said to cut throughput time by 93% at its Karhula factory in Finland. » Read More

30/11/2022 EEMUA appoints new chair of council The EEMUA (Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association) has appointed Jim Lewis chair of the EEMUA Council, which sets the direction and policy for the organisation. » Read More

29/11/2022 Sulzer delivers pump upgrade An unnamed facility in South Korea enlisted support from Sulzer to retrofit four boiler feed pumps after the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) could not supply a cost-effective solution. » Read More

29/11/2022 Flir gas camera helps steel industry Flir is offering gas detection cameras that allow the steel industry to detect harmful carbon monoxide (CO) gas. » Read More

28/11/2022 Bakery uses Burkert valves Bürkert’s high speed ball valves and actuators have increased flow control accuracy and repeatability of the ingredient dosing process at an unnamed industrial bakery. » Read More

28/11/2022 Nordic upgrades Argentina plant Nordic Water’s sludge scraper technology has increased the capacity and reliability of 14 concrete sedimentation plants at the Donato Gerardi treatment plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina. » Read More

25/11/2022 LAES facility coming to Lancashire Halifax fans and WEG motors will help ventilate a 5MW Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) facility designed by Highview Power Storage in Bury, Lancashire. » Read More

25/11/2022 NSK trains staff via VR NSK is allowing operators of grinding and honing machines to take part in virtual reality (VR) training methods at its Munderkingen plant in Germany. » Read More

24/11/2022 Schneider gives JFC AI solution Schneider Electric is to provide an artificial intelligence (AI) solution that will allow agri-tech company James Food Company (JFC) to optimise growing conditions and energy consumption. » Read More

24/11/2022 Emerson introduces valve with OPCUA Emerson has introduced a pneumatic valve system with integrated open platform communications unified architecture (OPCUA) functionality that is said to help users solve interoperability challenges. » Read More

23/11/2022 Network Rail upgrades swing bridges Network Rail engineers have replaced internal parts at swing bridges in Norfolk and Suffolk to reduce the need for costly maintenance. » Read More

22/11/2022 New MRO machining services on offer Rubix, the company formerly known as Brammer, Buck and Hickman, has launched a bore and keyway machining service. » Read More

22/11/2022 Sulzer links with MWSPC Sulzer has been selected to supply gypsum evacuation booster pumps for Ma’aden Wa’ad Al Shamal Phosphate Company (MWSPC), a company specialising in phosphate fertilisers in Saudi Arabia. » Read More

21/11/2022 Aco reveals knowledge gap in highway industry An Aco Water Management survey has exposed knowledge gaps in the highways industry regarding the implementation and maintenance of drainage systems. » Read More

18/11/2022 Metrel launches Ring Continuity Adapter Metrel has launched its Ring Continuity Adapter, a solution that UK manager Brendan Beaver said takes the legwork out of testing ring final circuits. » Read More

17/11/2022 Finning recognises apprentices Finning held a graduation ceremony at the Clayton Hotel in Birmingham in which 13 apprentices officially became qualified and accredited engineers, and eight achieved distinctions. » Read More