Industrial ac drives manufacturer Vacon is now formally part of Danfoss Group, following the latter's public tender offer to acquire its shares last September.
Variable Speed Drives
UK heavy-duty centrifugal pumps technologist Amarinth has been appointed by Expro North Sea to deliver $1 million worth of API 610 OH1 pumps for the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP).
Pumps
Work is due to start next summer on a new Advanced Engineering Centre at the University of Brighton following £5 million worth of backing from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)....
Continuing Professional Development
Recycling company Recresco has been fined £180,000 plus £38,693 costs after a worker was killed on his first day when his forklift overturned.
Materials Handling
Mattei has been working on a project with the School of Engineering at the University of Lincoln to help nurture the next generation of engineers and attract new talent into compressed air.
Compressors
Siemens' Brian Holliday has been appointed non-executive director at the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult, set up to stimulate the commercial application of new manufacturing technologies and...
PLCs
Maintenance, repair and overhaul engineering specialist Eriks has signed an agreement with Timken, which will purchase the trade and business assets of Revolvo for an undisclosed sum.
Bearings
News that the revision to the ISO 14001 international environmental management standard has been approved for final draft has been given a cautious welcome by Cedrec.
Energy Audits
With the chancellor putting the final touches to his Autumn Statement (as we go to press), and the pressure on to continue delivering the coalition's austerity programme, recent developments will be...
Engineering Competence/Skills
Heat recovery should be a burning issue for engineers and managers – whether maintaining existing boiler plant or specifying new systems. Brian Tinham looks at available technologies, and what's...
Steam Generation/Equipment
Although electrochemical sensors remain the bread and butter for gas detection, alternative technologies have come a long way, with the oil and gas sector leading the charge.
Gas Detectors
What bothers engineers concerned with pneumatics can be very different to those working solely with hydraulics.
Pneumatic Components/Equipment