From midnight on the 31 December 2014, the supply and storage of ozone depleting HCFCs (hydrochlorfluorocarbons), including the widely used R22 refrigerant, will be banned.
Building Energy System
Bosch Rexroth won this year's Hermes Award at last week's Hannover Fair (8—12 April) – the first time the internationally recognised accolade has gone to a software development.
Condition Monitoring
Efficient electric motors manufacturer WEG has won the Supplier of the Year category at the 2013 Pump Industry Awards, for the third consecutive year.
Electric Motors AC
BBC science show Bang Goes the Theory, which recently tested the childhood quandary over whether or not it is possible to push someone over 360 degrees on a park swing, was helped by valve specialist...
control valves
BVT Surface Fleet Solutions, which is building two of the world's largest aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, has specified Spelsberg's polycarbonate Abox junction boxes, instead of traditional...
Lighting
Open, interoperable automation technologies pressure group ODVA is forming a special interest group for machine information.
Communication Systems
ABB has been awarded a contract worth $10 million, by Técnicas Reunidas for the electrical balance of plant (eBoP) for a new ammonium nitrate plant in the Burrup peninsula in Australia.
Electric Motors AC
RWE Gas Storage says it is now maximising the capacity of its Dolní Dunajovice underground gas storage facility in the Czech Republic, thanks to Emerson Process Management's smart wireless technology....
Pressure Testing/Measurement
ABB has won the Environmental Contribution of the Year award at the Pump Industry Awards for a pump control system, developed with partner Halcyon Drives, that is saving £68,000 a year on energy costs...
Electric Motors AC
Bosch Rexroth has expanded its product portfolio in the UK to include its own range of filtration systems.
Filters/Filtering
As the National Apprenticeship Week (11—15 March 2013) draws to a close and National Science and Engineering Week (15—24 March 2013) is about to kick off, commentators are urging government, and...
Apprenticeships
Norbert Dentressangle is replacing 40 forklift trucks (FLTs) during 2013 with a new hybrid drive model that massively reduces fuel consumption and emissions
Forklift Trucks