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04/08/2022 Datum moves to renewable HVO fuel as part of net zero operations strategy Datum Datacentres, the business-critical data centre provider, has announced it will be transitioning from diesel to renewable HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel for its backup generators at its flagship facility on the Cody Technology ... » Read More

02/08/2022 Jacobs wins $310m Sellafield asset care framework Jacobs was selected to deliver Sellafield Ltd’s new Integrated Asset Care (IAC) framework as a 50/50 partner in the OneAIM joint venture with Mitie. » Read More

28/07/2022 BSI publishes competence requirements for new regulated building safety roles The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published three new standards setting out competence requirements for safety management within the built environment. » Read More

28/07/2022 SKF-Quaker Houghton oil reuse collaboration SKF has entered into a collaboration that will combine Quaker Houghton’s industrial oils and application expertise with SKF RecondOil’s Double Separation Technology (DST) to enable the industry to more efficiently utilize its resources by ... » Read More

27/07/2022 Pasteurisation essential for Lithuanian AD plant HRS Heat Exchangers has helped a developer and operator of renewable energy projects across Europe upgrade its 10.8 MW anaerobic digestion plant near the town of Vievis in southern Lithuania. » Read More

27/07/2022 New aerospace contract for Rhodes Interform Rhodes Interform, part of Group Rhodes, has refurbished a press for the aerospace industry. The contract, recently completed successfully, is phase one of two for the refit of a 1989-vintage 3,000 ton ‘Chester Hydraulics’ SPF press, at BAE ... » Read More

26/07/2022 Watson-Marlow launches augmented reality (AR) app for Bredel hose pump ... Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) has launched the Bredel hose pump augmented reality (AR) customer application (app), designed to reduce maintenance time with clear step-by-step visual guidance. » Read More

26/07/2022 Schaeffler buys linear actuator business Ewellix Group Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has acquired the Ewellix Group. » Read More

25/07/2022 Major development in Sizewell C nuclear power plant project Sizewell C has moved a step closer to starting construction after the government gave planning consent for the new power station in Suffolk. » Read More

25/07/2022 IMHX returns to the NEC The UK event for logistics solutions and intralogistics technology will open for business at the NEC, Birmingham, on 6th September 2022. Over three days hundreds of exhibitors - including Whittan Group, Knapp, Combilift, Geekplus, Cesab, ... » Read More

22/07/2022 MHM tie up with Trackunit to catalyse digitalisation of hire industry The MHM Group has agreed to work more closely with IoT solutions provider Trackunit to implement performance-enhancing, digital logging systems for machinery and equipment. » Read More

22/07/2022 AEMT to develop virtual Ex training platform The Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades (AEMT) has been awarded funding by Innovate UK to support a knowledge transfer project with the University of York. The project will see the development of an online platform for the ... » Read More

21/07/2022 Fluke adds lost energy estimates to CO2 detection reporting tool Working with Fluke’s new online CO2 emissions calculator, the Fluke LeakQ creates detailed air compressor leak reports from images captured by Fluke ii900 or ii910 acoustic imaging cameras. » Read More

21/07/2022 Autonomous Machine Vision system increases accuracy and cuts waste at white ... The BSH Home Appliance Group wanted to implement a quality assurance system to spot defects early on and reduce material waste, with the goal of cutting costs while benefiting the environment. The company partnered with Inspekto, the ... » Read More

19/07/2022 Rolls-Royce secures funding to build Direct Air Capture demonstrator Rolls-Royce has secured £3m from the UK government to build a demonstrator Direct Air Capture (DAC) system, which could play a vital role in keeping global temperature rises to below 1.5C by removing CO2 from the atmosphere. » Read More

19/07/2022 Palintest doubles throughput with automated jet dispensing system Adhesives and dispensing equipment specialist Intertronics has supported water testing equipment manufacturer Palintest. The two companies worked together on the development of an automated liquid jetting system using a VERMES MDS 3020+ ... » Read More

18/07/2022 New compressed air/argon pipework system at Hitachi Rail carriage factory Hitachi Rail has invested £8.5 million to create bespoke welding and painting facilities within its Newton Aycliffe factory, thereby extending its UK role from assembly-only to the complete fabrication and fit-out of units - the first time ... » Read More

18/07/2022 UK workplace fatality figures drop slightly in 2021-22 A total 123 workers were killed in work-related accidents in Great Britain in the last year, according to figures published today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The annual data release covers the period from April 2021 to March ... » Read More

18/07/2022 Thorworld installs large modular dock unit for supermarket chain Working with sales agent Darmax, Thorworld has installed its largest single bespoke modular dock to date, to support the efficient, environmentally friendly and safe loading and unloading activities of a major supermarket chain. » Read More

15/07/2022 Sulzer to spend a million on Aberdeen workshop Sulzer is merging the electrical and mechanical equipment service capabilities offered by its service centres in Dyce and Ellon, Aberdeenshire during the latter half of 2022. This move will see Sulzer investing £1 million to expand and ... » Read More

15/07/2022 Pennine Pneumatic Services wins Atlas Copco award A premier distributor of Atlas Copco Compressors for 31 years, PPS was named its 2021 distributor of the year. » Read More

14/07/2022 Timber plant reduces downtime with NSK linear guides Thanks to the adoption of NSK's linear guides with K1 lubrication units, a timber manufacturer managed to reduce conveyor downtime by a factor of more than 12, prompting annual cost savings of more than €77,000. » Read More

14/07/2022 New motor-pump combination improves wastewater plant energy efficiency Bauer Gear Motor, a manufacturer of geared motors, has teamed up with Allweiler to reduce the energy usage of eccentric screw pumps installed at the Stendal wastewater treatment plant in Germany, by fitting highly efficient permanent ... » Read More

13/07/2022 Remotely controlled robot will remove risk to humans during pressure vessel ... A semi-autonomous robot currently being manufactured to inspect pressure vessels will remove the risk to humans while also saving industries millions of pounds each year, claims one of the companies involved in its manufacture. » Read More

12/07/2022 Low public awareness of T Levels two years after their launch – IMechE poll Two years after their launch, only one in five people have heard of Technical Levels – or T Levels – which the government introduced to give 16–19-year-olds in England a mixture of classroom learning and “on the job” experience in an ... » Read More