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Leek Adams Foods plant boosts green performance

Dairy products company Adams Foods is achieving impressive carbon performance at its new factory in Staffordshire, thanks to a CHP (combined heat and power) plant.

Combined Heat & Power
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Robotic welding transforms Youngman production plant

Youngman Group reports achieving flexible production and improved productivity, thanks to a £2.5 million project covering automation equipment from ABB.

Robots
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JCB Academy officially opened by Prince of Wales

The £22 million JCB Academy was officially opened last Friday (18 February) by their royal highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

Apprenticeships
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Hadar to light up Gorgon gas project

Kellogg Joint Venture Group has specified Hadar Lighting's HDL106 LED floodlights for the hazardous area lighting at Australia's largest natural gas development, the Gorgon project.

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Outokumpu cuts cost of fume extraction by £300,000

Outokumpu Stainless is set to save £300,000 a year on fume extraction energy, thanks to the installation of four ABB variable speed drives.

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Pelton wheel flowmeter monitors Dounreay decontamination

UK flowmeter specialist Litre Meter has supplied customised Pelton Wheel meters for use in the latest stages of decommissioning at the Dounreay reactor in Scotland.

Flow Measurement
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Emerson approves Excel for Fisher valves repair

Emerson Process Management has appointed Excel Engineering Services as an approved repairer of Fisher products for workshop-based repairs.

control valves
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Astrum foundry halves energy costs with variable speed compressors

Two regulated-speed compressors are helping steel components maker Astrum to halve compressed air energy costs, while also increasing productivity.

Compressors
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New power storage method uses ABB motor

A revolutionary new way of storing electric power, developed by Highview Power Storage, uses a cryogenic process to store energy.

Electric Motors AC
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Davyhulme water treatment project to be captured on camera

Specialist video firm SeSys is recording construction of a new treatment process at United Utilities' Davyhulme wastewater treatment works.

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Honeywell forms advanced automation business unit

Following its acquisition of Matrikon, Honeywell has launched an organisation that, it says, is focused on providing advanced open software and services to the process industries.

Model-based Predictive Control
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South West Water joins supplier carbon reduction programme

South West Water has joined seven other major utilities in supplier qualification framework firm Achilles' carbon reduction programme, to help reduce emissions throughout its supply chain.

Energy Audits