Ford has chosen 12 UK universities to award 100 engineering student scholarships, worth £1 million, starting in the 2012 academic year.
Continuing Professional Development
Straightpoint, which specialises in force measurement, load monitoring and suspended load cells, has gone public with its load cell hire division.
Weighing
Ford is implementing what it describes as a green manufacturing plan aimed at cutting landfill waste by 70% and water usage by 30% within five years at its production plants across Europe.
Recycling
Maintenance budgets are set to remain buoyant, with the focus on improving plant productivity, according to Maintec show organiser easyFairs.
Planned Maintenance
Nearly one in three (31%) of managers responsible for energy in UK businesses say that it is not being taken seriously by their organisations, according to a new report published today 30 January...
Energy Audits
One hundred Crowcon Nimbus flameproof (Exd) hydrocarbon gas detectors have been installed at Cairn Energy's Mangala oil and gas processing terminal in Rajasthan, India.
Gas Detectors
Siemens Industry Automation and Drive Technologies has launched a fault-tolerant Industrial Ethernet network solution.
Fieldbus
Bristol City Council is reporting successful installation of a Sirius WH modular, condensing, packaged boiler, from Potterton Commercial, in its Bush Residential Resource Centre, a residential short...
Boilers
Bond Display Cabinets says that enclosure manufacturer Spelsberg's machining and assembly service has successfully released bottlenecks in its control box wiring production area.
Filters/Filtering
Mark Prisk, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, is set to launch the Automated Britain conference on 6 March at The Commonwealth Club in London.
Emergency Shutdown Systems
Dorset-based BV Dairy says it has reduced sewage treatment charges, energy costs and its carbon footprint since installing anaerobic digestion plant from Clearfleau.
Heat Exchangers
Offsite decontamination units serving Nuffield Health hospitals have recently been equipped with Fulton skid-mounted steam boiler packages, all running under a remote monitoring system.
Steam Generation/Equipment