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04/12/2014 Meat firm fined for FLT thorough examination failure Following the prosecution of a north London meat company for failing to carry out inspections, CFTS (the national body for the thorough examination of forklift trucks) chairman Mike Mathias is warning that thousands of trucks may be ... » Read More

04/12/2014 Dräger celebrates 125 years of safety technology Safety equipment specialist Dräger has marked 125 years in business with a celebratory event the National Motorcycle Museum for customers, business partners and staff across the UK and Ireland. » Read More

04/12/2014 Control and efficiency improve after Tata Steel blast furnace rebuild Tata Steel has confirmed that a major refurbishment of its Blast Furnace No 4 at the Port Talbot works in South Wales has improved the plant's control and efficiency – notably due to the installation of ABB variable speed drives (VSDs). » Read More

03/12/2014 Giant valves for sustainable energy at Tata Steel Port Talbot Valvestock, Pipe Center's specialist industrial valves operation, has supplied three giant 48in butterfly valves for the new sustainable energy storage system at Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant. » Read More

03/12/2014 Ropeless lift technology set to transform elevator operations The era of rope-dependent elevator is almost over, 160 years after its invention, according to ThyssenKrupp, which is now developing elevator cabins with linear motors. » Read More

02/12/2014 Bhopal Union Carbide India remembered: 30 years on It is 30 years to the day since the Bhopal tragedy, when a major leak of methyl isocyanate gas from Union Carbide India's facility in Madhya Pradesh, India, killed 3,000 and injured hundreds of thousands more, many very seriously, in the ... » Read More

02/12/2014 Artificial intelligence detects tool problems early Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have developed an artificial intelligence system claimed to detect problems with cutting tools on production lines with 100% accuracy. » Read More

02/12/2014 Windscale nuclear fire final reminder set to go out Fifty seven years after the UK's worst nuclear incident, the skyline in West Cumbria is set to change forever as Sellafield tackles the task of bringing down the second and final ventilation chimney of the Windscale Piles. » Read More

01/12/2014 Shanks AD waste processing plant up and running Shanks Waste Management anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, located on the Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire, has been completed. » Read More

01/12/2014 Schaeffler UK plant open days see a rise in female attendees In support of the UK Government's 'See Inside Manufacturing' (SIM) Initiative, Schaeffler UK opened its factory doors for the fourth consecutive year to welcome local secondary school pupils to its plant in Llanelli, South Wales. Of the 57 ... » Read More

01/12/2014 Jedburgh firm fined after worker seriously injured in fall A Jedburgh firm has been fined £3,000 for safety failings after a worker was severely injured when he fell down a lift shaft as he was transporting a loaded cage trolley that landed on top of him. » Read More

28/11/2014 Fairford energy recovery wins Best Business Innovation Award Fairford Electronics has won the title of Best Business Innovation at the South West Green Energy Awards for its iERS intelligent energy recovery system. » Read More

28/11/2014 Spanish Magallanes launches scale tidal turbine plant Spanish tidal turbine specialist Magallanes has successfully deployed its floating turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), which is supported by the EU-funded Marinet project. » Read More

28/11/2014 First triad warning of the season from npower npower has issued its first winter Triad warning in a season where energy demand peaks have become increasingly hard to predict. » Read More

27/11/2014 Nestlé Fawdon plant saves 200kW on Clearfleau AD bioenergy Industrial anaerobic digestion (AD) plant firm Clearfleau – which specialises in on-site renewable energy and won this year's Waste Treatment Project Award at the Sustainability Leaders event – has revealed the scale of energy savings that ... » Read More

27/11/2014 EU MEPS extended from 1 January 2015: more efficiencies available On 1 January 2015, EU MEPS (the European minimum efficiency performance standard) comes into force, and all 7.5—375kW motors bought in Europe must meet IE3 efficiency levels, or IE2, but only if fitted with a variable speed drive (VSD). » Read More

27/11/2014 Genie super boom shines Swedish windows fast Swedish contractor V Städ is reporting success using a Genie SX-180 self-propelled telescopic super boom lift, instead of a truck-mounted platform to clean windows on the Lindholmen building in Citadellen. » Read More

26/11/2014 Bituchem solves latex pumping with sealless DP pump Bituchem Building Products is reporting success with pumping latex – well known for its difficult pumping characteristics – on a production line producing bituminous road materials. » Read More

26/11/2014 Siemens teams up with Ben Ainslie Racing Siemens PLM Software in the UK has teamed up with Ben Ainslie Racing to announce a technology and innovation partnership ahead of the team's plan to compete in the world renowned America's Cup, to be held in 2017. » Read More

26/11/2014 Fine for Rotherham company over worker's severed fingers A Rotherham manufacturing firm has been was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £687 in costs for safety breaches after an employee's fingers were crushed and severed in an unguarded machine. » Read More

25/11/2014 Babcock Wanson completes Moy Park regenerative thermal oxidiser Babcock Wanson has completed commissioning the regenerative thermal oxidiser at food giant Moy Park's Grantham, Lincolnshire facility. » Read More

24/11/2014 Gulf of Mexico gas pipeline valve upgrade complete Pipeline services specialist TD Williamson (TDW) is reporting the successful upgrade of valve systems at an unnamed operator's gas export pipeline offshore New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. » Read More

21/11/2014 Siemens pledges £4m for future of UK glass industry Siemens has extended its partnership with the British Glass Manufacturers' Confederation, pledging a five-year, £4 million investment in a new technology partnership. » Read More

20/11/2014 Scottish Archimedes screw pumps get ECS treatment ECS Engineering Services has started working with contractor WGM Engineering to maintain and extend the service life of Scottish Water's 200-plus Archimedes screw pumps. » Read More

19/11/2014 Mechan secures future of historic London Underground bogies Sheffield-based Mechan is using its engineering skills to breathe new life into railway equipment still serving London almost a century after its introduction. » Read More