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13/10/2011 3M helps shape sporting wheelchairs of the future Great Britain's wheelchair basketball team can be assured of optimum reliability of its fundamental equipment, thanks to a novel solution from 3M. » Read More

13/10/2011 Next generation data collector is Windows compatible SKF's Microlog Inspector is being hailed as a next generation data collector, designed to speed up analysis of plant operations, predictive and preventative maintenance, condition monitoring and plant safety. » Read More

11/10/2011 ABB pressure transmitters resist chemical attack Inorganic chemicals manufacturer William Blythe reports saving thousands of pounds and several days of production time since switching to ABB pressure transmitters. » Read More

11/10/2011 HJ Weir expands into US, helped by Weg and Eriks Laundry finishing equipment manufacturer HJ Weir Engineering is expanding into the USA, in partnership, with maintenance products and services firm Eriks and electric motors giant Weg. » Read More

10/10/2011 Parker Hannifin scoops Best Factory Award 2011 Parker Hannifin Manufacturing has won top honours at the Best Factory Awards 2011 presneted at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in Piccadilly, London. » Read More

10/10/2011 Ener-G super-sizes low carbon heat pumps for OU The UK's largest closed loop ground source gas absorption heat pump installation is now proving itself by providing plentiful low carbon heat at the Open University in Milton Keynes. » Read More

07/10/2011 2014 to mark the end of an era for regular flowmeters Coriolis flowmeters will overtake standard differential pressure flowmeters as the largest in the market by 2014, according to IMS Research. » Read More

06/10/2011 Pilz accredited for machinery safety skills training Machinery safety specialist Pilz Automation Technology has been accredited as a skills training provider by The National Skills Academy for its City & Guilds machinery safety courses. » Read More

06/10/2011 Akzo Nobel selects Heraeus for infra-red heating Paints and coatings giant Akzo Nobel has installed a purpose-built infra-red oven, from Heraeus Noblelight, in its R&D laboratory at Felling, Tyne and Wear. » Read More

04/10/2011 New national water quality instrumentation service unveiled The Environment Agency has instigated a new National Water Quality Instrumentation Service (NWQIS) that it believes will improve both the quality and the efficiency of water quality monitoring in England and Wales. » Read More

03/10/2011 Camfil Farr wins best engineering plant at Best Factory Awards Filtration equipment manufacturer Camfil Farr has won the award for best engineering plant at the Best Factory Awards 2011. » Read More

03/10/2011 ABB drives and motors swappage scheme adds incentive to change ABB's drives and motors swappage scheme, originally launched to coincide with the introduction of the government's CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, has taken on new importance. » Read More

03/10/2011 No beating around the bush from Brammer and SKF Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) specialist Brammer has joined forces with bearings and lubrication giant SKF to deliver a turnkey solution for automotive firm Expert Tooling. » Read More

30/09/2011 Honeywell and Virthualis to develop 3D safety training system Honeywell is now working with safety engineering and research specialist Virthualis to develop a 3D simulation system that they say will improve operator training and plant safety. » Read More

30/09/2011 Edwards wins chemical dry pump order from China Vacuum pumps specialist Edwards has won an order worth more than £190,000 to supply chemical dry vacuum pump systems to adhesives manufacturer Bostik. » Read More

29/09/2011 HRS Heat Exchangers gets eur 1 million EC R&D grant Heat transfer equipment firm HRS Heat Exchangers has been awarded an eur 1 million grant towards the development of new evaporation technology and processes to reduce environmental waste. » Read More

29/09/2011 LiftEx visitors to get free overhead lifting buyer’s guide LEEA (the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) is offering pre-registered visitors (by Monday 17 October) to LiftEx 2011 a free copy of its new guide to buying overhead lifting equipment. » Read More

28/09/2011 3M to protect WorldSkills London 2011 competitors 3M is supporting the world's greatest international skills competition, WorldSkills London 2011, next week by providing participants with a range of PPE (personal protective equipment). » Read More

28/09/2011 Brammer Rotate Dublin opens Irish ParkerStore Brammer and Parker Hannifin are opening a ParkerStore on 6 October at Brammer's Dublin Sales & Service Centre, previously called Rotate. » Read More

27/09/2011 UK health and safety culture needs care HM Government's comments and actions, particularly around reducing the burden of health and safety legislation, and curtailing the HSE's ability to inspect organisations, while closing its help lines, may well undermine the UK's safety ... » Read More

27/09/2011 Machinery safety directive guide now as free download The latest edition of 'A practical guide to machinery safety', sponsored by Laidler Associates, is now available for free download from the Laidler website. » Read More

26/09/2011 Fisher valves now part of Emerson quick ship initiative Emerson Process Management's 'Quick Ship' programme has now been extended to cover selected Fisher valves, assemblies and parts – offering a lead time of less than three days. » Read More

26/09/2011 MasoSine pump halves Purity’s drum emptying time West Midlands-based Purity Soft Drinks is reporting excellent results, since replacing air operated diaphragm pumps with MasoSine SPS process pumps from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group. » Read More

23/09/2011 Deritend takes Anglian Water multi-million improvement contract Maintenance, service and repair engineering group Deritend Industries has landed the five-year, multi-million pound plant improvement contract from Anglian Water. » Read More

23/09/2011 3M webinar covers safety with occupational asthmagens 3M is to host a free webinar on workplace hazards posed by occupational asthmagens, on Tuesday 22 November at 12 noon, as part of its 'safety spotlight' series. » Read More