Sellafield, the company responsible for safely decommissioning and reprocessing and nuclear waste on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has awarded Eriks a four-year main supply contract...
Bearings
Specialist gearbox and test rig manufacturer Compact Orbital Gears has taken delivery of a bespoke testing unit from Branch Hydraulic Systems.
Gearboxes
The Prime minster yesterday (17 November 2011) launched the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering – a new award aimed at celebrating advances in engineering from around the world that have made a real...
Continuing Professional Development
Motors and drives specialist Weg has acquired Austrian firm Watt Drive Antriebstechnik, which designs and manufactures gearboxes, gear motors, drives and control systems.
Electric Motors AC
The South East Physics Network (SEPnet) is looking for businesses to join BMW, Xerox, the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy and others, to take undergraduate physics students as summer interns.
Education
The IPlantE will take a leading role in next year's new Plant & Asset Management 2012 exhibition, with IPlantE professional sector chair David Bates providing content for the technical seminar...
Continuing Professional Development
With the latest (2010/11) figures from the HSE showing a rise in workplace fatalities from 147 up to 171, the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) is urging industry not to become complacent.
Manual Handling
Asbestos and environmental consultancy Redhills has hit the million mark for its asbestos surveys, according to its Tracker software.
Asbestos
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is using energy sub-metering equipment and software supplied by Elcomponent, at its UK headquarters in Cambridge, and research stations in the Antarctic.
Energy Audits
Consistent maintenance savings has won Eriks a renewed MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) contract with Aylesford Newsprint.
Maintenance Management Systems
Pump distributor AxFlow has acquired Thames Valley Pumps, of Windsor, which now changes its name to AxFlow Windsor.
Pumps
Swedish load cell manufacturer Flintec has moved into a new UK headquarters in Cardiff as part of its growth plans for the next 10 years.
Weighing