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Rotterdam terminal cuts fuel costs on Hyster ReachStacker

Barge Center Waalhaven, a container terminal in Rotterdam, received such fuel cost reductions from its a new Hyster ReachStacker that the Waalhaven Group has placed another order for a new Hyster...

Forklift Trucks
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Control Techniques Drives for Italian crane refurbishment

Digital dc drives and associated equipment, from Control Techniques, have been installed in the latest phase of crane upgrades in La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) in northern Italy.

Electric Motors DC
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Quality award counts for Brammer in Ireland

Brammer in Ireland, part of the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services group that looks after Diageo and Kraft Foods, is celebrating the award of an international quality...

Bearings
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Baroness lifts the lid on new manufacturing plant

A new £1.2 million manufacturing plant that is already delivering a boost to Liverpool's economy was opened yesterday (15 May 2012) by Business Minister Baroness Wilcox.

Energy Saving
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Elgin platform gas leak plugged following well intervention

Total has today (May 16, 2012) announced that its well intervention operation, started yesterday, has stopped the G4 well leak on the Elgin complex, 240km from Aberdeen in the North Sea.

Oil & Gas
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NSK’s long life EP steel saves €38,400 on Sendzimir steel mill

NSK's extra long life EP steel is apparently saving an unnamed operator of a Sendzimir mill €38,400 annually, by overcoming a problem of inner ring wear on mill bearings.

Bearings
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High efficiency water filter in demand for IPS

St Helens water filtration firm Industrial Purification Systems (IPS) has more than doubled its manufacturing to meet demand for its process water improvement technology.

Filtration and Separation
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Drives play major part with Royal Shakespeare Company

The four-year, £112 million transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, which includes automation of back-drop and scenery movements, as well as lighting arrays, involved...

Variable Speed Drives
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ABB supports Imperial carbon capture teaching facility

ABB has invested close to £1 million and signed a 10-year deal with Imperial College London to support a new carbon capture pilot plant teaching facility.

Apprenticeships
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Emerson acquires ISE Magtech for level gauges

Process control and instrumentation giant Emerson has acquired ISE Magtech, strengthening its level measurement equipment range for a spread of industries.

Level Measurement
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£16 million funding boost announced for UK robotics

UK research to develop smart machines that think for themselves gets a £16 million boost today, thanks to a partnership between government and industry.

Robots
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Top 10 tips on working with compressed air

Compressed air users wanting to use their utilities efficiently, cost-effectively and safely are being advised consider 10 key factors.

Compressors