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02/08/2021 Wine producer cuts downtime with new chain A German wine producer has improved its productivity by retrofitting an anti-corrosion chain on its conveyor system. The company invested in a Tsubaki Neptune chain that has increased service life and reduced downtime with less-frequent ... » Read More

30/07/2021 Controlling the bake of the perfect loaf Baking the perfect loaf of bread, and in large enough quantities, demands furnaces that accurately control the process from beginning to end. This was the task faced by Mechatronics Ltd., a system integrator and official distributor of ... » Read More

29/07/2021 Rotamec expands into the Midlands with Covelec acquisition Rotamec Engineering Services, which offers motor rewinds, pump and gearbox repairs, and drive solutions has expanded its operations into the Midlands following the acquisition of Covelec. » Read More

27/07/2021 Musk Process Services to deliver turnkey project at BASF Pharma BASF Pharma (Callanish) is working with EJ Musk Process Services to deliver a seven-figure improvement at its Callanish plant on the Isle of Lewis. The investment includes the building of a new permanent tank farm and operational ... » Read More

26/07/2021 Toyota opens automated handling demonstration centre Toyota Material Handling UK has announced the opening of a dedicated automated handling technology demonstration centre. » Read More

23/07/2021 First automated grid battery begins operation French public electricity transmission system operator RTE and Nidec Industrial Solutions (NIS) have inaugurated "Ringo". Located near Dijon, eastern France, Ringo is RTE's first experimental site for the automated management of ... » Read More

23/07/2021 SPIE installs new lighting at Heart of Midlothian Football Club SPIE UK was awarded the contract to install new floodlights at Tynecastle Park, home of the Heart of Midlothian Football Club, as part of a major renovation programme at the ground as the club return to the Scottish Premier League. » Read More

22/07/2021 The Great Northern Distillery upgrades cooling system ICS Cool Energy delivered efficiency and sustainability focused enhancements to the cooling systems at the Great Northern Distillery in Dundalk, Co. Louth in Ireland. » Read More

22/07/2021 Wolseley Pipe launches new suite of eBusiness solutions Specialist merchant Wolseley Pipe has launched a range of new eBusiness tools to modernise business processes and improve efficiency for commercial heating and plumbing businesses, M&E contractors and building services engineers. » Read More

21/07/2021 Gas supplier Cadent publishes ‘Green Print Report’ on transition to low-carbon ... Cadent, the UK's largest gas distribution company, has released a report about the transition to low-carbon domestic heating in the UK. Green Print - Future Heat for Everyone: draws together technical, consumer and economic considerations ... » Read More

20/07/2021 Steel plant saves around €70,000 with spherical roller bearings from NSK For the past four years a hot rolling mill at a steel plant in Spain had been experiencing unexpectedly short bearing life, leading to costly production stoppages. As a result, the plant worked closely with the technical department at ... » Read More

20/07/2021 World’s first hybrid-powered daughter craft to be built in UK The world’s first hybrid daughter craft vessels designed to support the offshore wind market are to be built in the UK through a new multi-million pound deal. » Read More

19/07/2021 Tris UK oil cleaning system reduces machine breakdowns at McAlpine Plumbing product manufacturer McAlpine is saving tens of thousands of pounds every year by preventing breakdowns of injection moulding machines, thanks to oil management specialist, Tris UK. » Read More

19/07/2021 SKF publishes handbook on remote industrial maintenance SKF has published a handbook to help organisations through the process of introducing remote industrial maintenance. » Read More

16/07/2021 Altra offers wind turbine brake condition monitoring system Altra Renewables has employed Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology to provide smart monitoring of onshore wind turbine braking systems, which improves turbine reliability while simultaneously increasing uptime. » Read More

16/07/2021 Virtual machine safety dashboard from SICK promises more machine uptime SICK Safety Machine Analytics is a simple new live data-collection service that makes machine safety systems transparent, so that events can be responded to rapidly, while longer-term analysis optimises maintenance and improves ... » Read More

15/07/2021 Sludge cake to liquid in minutes Yorkshire Water Knostrop is a large wastewater treatment plant servicing a growing population of 800,000 people. The decision was taken to rebuild the works with standard digestion and a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant. The contract ... » Read More

15/07/2021 SKF helps Ovako strengthen maintenance regime SKF has signed a new five-year service agreement that will help Swedish steelmaker Ovako further improve its preventive maintenance regime. » Read More

14/07/2021 Eaton offers hydraulic improvements for lorry loader manufacturer A load handling equipment manufacturer has switched to Eaton’s Walterscheid tube-fitting and forming technology in a demanding application involving high loads, elevated pressure and significant mechanical stress. The move has contributed ... » Read More

14/07/2021 Severn and ValvTechnologies form severe-service valve partnership Severn Glocon and ValvTechnologies, which specialise in innovative, high-end, severe-service valves, have reached a partnership agreement. » Read More

13/07/2021 Specialty Chemicals plant increases monomer production In 2018 GEO Specialty Chemicals opened a new production facility in Hythe (Southampton) aimed at enhancing and extending its existing capabilities, specifically for high-purity specialty monomers. The company develops and manufactures more ... » Read More

13/07/2021 Positek linear displacement sensors provide motorway structural monitoring A major UK-based structural health monitoring systems company were called in to urgently evaluate problematic expansion joints on a reinforced concrete motorway bridge. It required not just rapid delivery of several linear displacement ... » Read More

12/07/2021 Northwood accelerates investment in UK paper production Northwood Hygiene Products has made a number of substantial investments and is creating 30 new jobs at its headquarters in Telford to support further growth and meet demand for its range of Away-from-Home (AfH) professional paper hygiene ... » Read More

12/07/2021 Biodegradable degreaser launched New from Henkel is a sustainable, eco-friendly cleaner and degreaser whose wide scope of application makes it cost-effective, according to the manufacturer. » Read More

09/07/2021 New JV launches smart herbicide spraying A 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Bosch and BASF Digital Farming to globally market and sell smart farming technologies from a single source has now received approval by merger control authorities. Headquarters are in Cologne, Germany and ... » Read More