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24/03/2020 Tenmat appoints MSC Industrial Supply Metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services supplier MSC Industrial Supply Co. has signed a five-year contract with Tenmat Advanced Materials to supply a range of commodities, including tooling, PPE and ... » Read More

24/03/2020 Additional investment secured by oil & gas digital platform A digital platform that aims to revolutionise the way in which the upstream oil and gas industry resources projects has secured £1.8m of private investment. » Read More

23/03/2020 MCP Consulting selects predictive maintenance software from Senseye Industrial software company Senseye has announced a new alliance with asset management consultancy MCP Consulting Group. » Read More

23/03/2020 Cable services growth for Xodus Energy consultancy Xodus Group has recorded an increase in the provision of services related to subsea power cables over the last 12 months. » Read More

23/03/2020 Construction contract awards ‘strong’ in February The latest edition of the Economic & Construction Market Review from industry analyst Barbour ABI shows that the total value of construction contract awards across Great Britain in February 2020 was £6.5 billion based on a three-month ... » Read More

20/03/2020 Syngenta plant orders 10,000 new RFID tags Agricultural chemicals producer Syngenta has ordered a new consignment of RFID (radio frequency identification) tags that can track ingredients at its Grangemouth plant and which are said to have helped to boost production. » Read More

19/03/2020 Unity secures contract with Spirit Energy for well integrity services Well integrity technology, services and engineering solutions provider Unity has been awarded a three-year contract by Spirit Energy to maintain wellhead equipment across 12 platforms in the East Irish Sea, Southern North Sea and the Dutch ... » Read More

18/03/2020 Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility starts low carbon heat delivery The Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (RERF), operated by Veolia on behalf of Leeds City Council, has begun delivering low carbon heat for local homes. » Read More

17/03/2020 Siemens urges manufacturers in Northern Ireland to ‘strategise’ digitalisation Siemens has urged manufacturers in Northern Ireland to ‘strategise’ digitalisation of their factories using a ‘top down bottom up’ approach. » Read More

16/03/2020 Coronavirus: Government calls on manufacturers to help make NHS ventilators Amid growing concerns over the shortage of critical equipment required to treat some Coronavirus patients, the government is asking whether UK manufacturers can turn their hands to the production and assembly of ventilators. » Read More

16/03/2020 Plant management solution launched by CHAS CHAS, a UK provider of risk prevention, compliance and supply chain management services, has launched a plant and machinery management tool. » Read More

13/03/2020 Rescheduled: Plant & Asset Management exhibition and co-located shows to take ... DFA Media, organiser of Plant & Asset Management exhibition and co-located shows, has been actively monitoring and following advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) over the past weeks. It has been decided that the show and ... » Read More

13/03/2020 TrakRap wins international award Secondary packaging company TrakRap has won the ‘Best Manufacturing Technology’ award at the World Food Innovation Awards. » Read More

12/03/2020 Mpac Lambert picks Siemens Digital Industries as ‘Digital Platform Partner’ Siemens Digital Industries and Mpac Lambert have entered into a ‘Digital Platform Partner’ accord that covers the UK operations of Mpac Group, a manufacturer of dosing and packaging systems for healthcare, medical and consumer goods. » Read More

11/03/2020 MSC helps TM Specialist Engineers to drive down consumable spend MRO products and services supplier MSC Industrial Supply Co. is helping to reduce consumable spend at TM Specialist Engineers, a producer of bespoke heavy steel fabricated and machined parts for manufacturing and engineering customers. » Read More

11/03/2020 MACH exhibition postponed to January 2021 The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), which owns and runs the MACH exhibition on behalf of the industry, has taken the decision to reschedule MACH from April 2020 to January 2021. » Read More

10/03/2020 Agricultural product contract handed to Sarginsons Industries A contract has been handed to a Midlands manufacturer to make an agricultural product that claims to reduce water waste and the use of pesticides. » Read More

09/03/2020 ENGIE and Gentoo partnership progresses with award of £16m improvement works Regeneration and energy specialist ENGIE has been appointed to deliver a variety of regeneration programmes by Sunderland-based housing association Gentoo Group. » Read More

06/03/2020 Tendeka receives Letter of Intent for sand-face completion scope Independent global completions service company Tendeka has received a ‘Letter of Intent’ for a multi-million-pound scope to supply sand-face completion equipment to Aker BP’s Norwegian assets. » Read More

04/03/2020 Backhoe loader #750,000 rolls off JCB production line JCB’s 750,000th backhoe loader has rolled off the production line at its factory in Rocester, Staffordshire – the very location where the first JCB backhoe was manufactured almost 70 years ago. » Read More

03/03/2020 IRR receives Queen’s Anniversary Prize A team of engineers and researchers that aims to future-proof the rail network by making innovations in track, rolling stock and safety, have been awarded an honour in Higher Education, conferred after scrutiny by the Prime Minister and ... » Read More

02/03/2020 Brillopak PakStation for Worldwide Fruit International fruit marketing and distribution company Worldwide Fruit has installed a Brillopak semi-automated PakStation for loading crates at its Spalding facility, which is said to have boosted the capacity to load flow wrapped apples ... » Read More

28/02/2020 Veolia to deliver energy solutions at Rotherham Hospital Global resource management company Veolia, working through its specialist energy performance contracting team, is to help the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust to save money and cut carbon emissions using a range of energy efficiency services. » Read More

27/02/2020 Renold chain centre produces 1.7km conveyor chain Renold’s UK chain centre has manufactured one of the largest lengths of a customer specified conveyor chain that it has produced so far this year. » Read More

26/02/2020 Sulzer deploys AI solution at two solar plants Sulzer is collaborating with Atlantica, a global player in sustainable infrastructure, to install its BLUE BOX advanced analytics solution on performance-critical pumps at two solar power plants. » Read More