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21/05/2020 Mechan lifting jacks for KiwiRail Two rail depots in New Zealand are to benefit from equipment supplied by Sheffield-based Mechan. » Read More

21/05/2020 Coronavirus: Free compressor loan helps hand sanitiser bottler Scottish spirit bottling business Young Spirits, which has switched operations to produce hand sanitisers to fight the Covid-19 outbreak, has benefitted from a free loan offer from compressor manufacturer Vert Technologies. » Read More

20/05/2020 Rushlift GSE wins ASC Gatwick deal Rushlift GSE, the specialist airport ground support equipment subsidiary of Doosan Industrial Vehicles UK, has won a £3.4 million contract to supply and maintain a fleet of 225 vehicles for ASC Handling’s new Gatwick Airport operations. » Read More

20/05/2020 Coronavirus: SOCOTEC introduces environmental swabbing method Testing, inspection and compliance services provider SOCOTEC has introduced a new environmental swabbing procedure to determine the presence of Coronavirus on surfaces across a range of workplace environments. » Read More

19/05/2020 Coronavirus: AVT Reliability offers free support to help keep workforces safe Plant reliability specialist AVT Reliability is using its expertise in thermal imaging – usually employed to detect faults in factory equipment – to help companies protect their workforce. » Read More

19/05/2020 ABB to implement automation solution at green hydrogen site French producer and supplier of green hydrogen, Lhyfe, has chosen ABB to implement an automation solution at its first green hydrogen production site. » Read More

18/05/2020 Coronavirus: Honeywell to build new PPE production line at UK plant Honeywell is to build a new production line that is capable of producing up to 4.5 million FFP2 and FFP3 disposable face masks per month at its Newhouse site in Scotland, UK. The masks will assist the UK government’s response to the ... » Read More

18/05/2020 Coronavirus: RS Components delivers STEM learning to the home through ... RS Components has expanded its series of STEM-related activities to help primary and secondary school children across the UK meet the challenge of studying from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. » Read More

15/05/2020 IMH bolsters team as part of growth strategy Industrial and Marine Hydraulics (IMH) has recruited an operations manager and service manager to support its project and service teams. » Read More

15/05/2020 Coronavirus: MGISS supports critical infrastructure workers during lockdown Liverpool-based Mobile GIS Services (MGISS) is helping to maintain critical infrastructure during the Coronavirus lockdown with technology that aims to improve field operations with intelligence on hidden assets. » Read More

14/05/2020 Coronavirus: Partial re-starting of production at JCB JCB has announced a partial re-starting of production at five of its UK factories with a comprehensive package of safety measures being rolled out to protect employees in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. » Read More

14/05/2020 Dana gearboxes drive MMD Atlas Transporters Dana SAC UK has supplied critical parts to Mining Machinery Developments (MMD) for its Atlas Transporter. » Read More

13/05/2020 LECS UK & Northampton University announce new award in memory of colleague The University of Northampton, in association with independent vertical transportation consultancy LECS (UK), has introduced the Alex MacDonald Award for Lift Engineering – an award for MSc Lift Engineering students that will be presented ... » Read More

13/05/2020 Coronavirus: MPD creates jobs as it ramps up production of critical parts for ... Black Country foundry Midland Pressure Diecasting (MPD) is creating 10 new jobs to supply increased orders for critical components destined for the NHS, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Homeland Security in the United States. » Read More

12/05/2020 Coronavirus: JCB volunteers provide kit to the NHS Hospitals and NHS staff in Staffordshire and Derbyshire have taken delivery of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) made and delivered by a team of JCB volunteers. » Read More

12/05/2020 CurvaLux to open UK telecommunications R&D centre Wireless broadband solutions developer CurvaLux UK and Sheffield City Region Mayoral Combined Authority (SCR) have announced a joint investment to open a ‘state-of-the-art’ telecommunications R&D centre and production facility. » Read More

11/05/2020 WFS Technologies scoops two OTC awards for subsea innovations Scotland-based global subsea wireless and digitalisation specialist WFS Technologies has been named as the winner of two accolades by the organisers of The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) during what would have been their annual ... » Read More

11/05/2020 Coronavirus: Pathfindr develops Safe Distancing Assistant Asset tracking and IoT tech specialist Pathfindr has developed a wearable personal safety device to assist workplaces in meeting social distancing protocols during the Coronavirus pandemic. » Read More

07/05/2020 Veolia to optimise energy for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Energy teams from resource management company Veolia have extended the services they provide to the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England. » Read More

07/05/2020 Game developers driving development of future autonomous vehicles Autonomous vehicle software specialist Oxbotica is employing video game developers to help it create autonomous software for vehicles of the future. » Read More

06/05/2020 Coronavirus: Grundfos helps to deliver Glasgow’s NHS Louisa Jordan Pumps and pump systems supplier Grundfos Pumps has revealed that it supplied three of its ‘Hydro MPC-E booster sets’ to the NHS Louisa Jordan hospital at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, Scotland. » Read More

06/05/2020 Coronavirus: Sypro helps maintain workplace social distancing Monitoring specialist Sypro Ltd has introduced a social distancing solution from UbiqiSense that allows companies to maintain social distancing in the workplace. » Read More

05/05/2020 AmeyVTOL trials ‘beyond visual line of sight’ drone inspection AmeyVTOL – a joint venture between Amey and VTOL Technologies – has successfully demonstrated what it says is the first drone inspection of UK infrastructure to go beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS). » Read More

05/05/2020 New appointment to drive subsea & pipelines business at Xodus Global energy consultancy Xodus Group has appointed a new manager to head up its London subsea and pipelines division. » Read More

04/05/2020 Coronavirus: FLT maker Combilift develops ventilator device Irish manufacturer Combilift, which specialises in forklift trucks and other handling solutions, has developed the Combi-Ventilate, a splitter device that turns one ventilator into multiple ventilation stations. » Read More