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Severn and ValvTechnologies form severe-service valve partnership

Severn Glocon and ValvTechnologies, which specialise in innovative, high-end, severe-service valves, have reached a partnership agreement.

control valves
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Eaton offers hydraulic improvements for lorry loader manufacturer

A load handling equipment manufacturer has switched to Eaton’s Walterscheid tube-fitting and forming technology in a demanding application involving high loads, elevated pressure and significant...

Hydraulic Components/Equipment
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Positek linear displacement sensors provide motorway structural monitoring

A major UK-based structural health monitoring systems company were called in to urgently evaluate problematic expansion joints on a reinforced concrete motorway bridge. It required not just rapid...

Sensors
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Specialty Chemicals plant increases monomer production

In 2018 GEO Specialty Chemicals opened a new production facility in Hythe (Southampton) aimed at enhancing and extending its existing capabilities, specifically for high-purity specialty monomers. The...

Petrochemical
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Northwood accelerates investment in UK paper production

Northwood Hygiene Products has made a number of substantial investments and is creating 30 new jobs at its headquarters in Telford to support further growth and meet demand for its range of...

Maintenance Management Systems
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Biodegradable degreaser launched

New from Henkel is a sustainable, eco-friendly cleaner and degreaser whose wide scope of application makes it cost-effective, according to the manufacturer.

Cleandown
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Pipe freezing kit removes draining time

Companies facing system downtime can drastically reduce pipe and valve repair and maintenance costs with Accu-Freeze, available from the Pipestoppers division of Huntingdon Fusion Techniques. Many...

Pipeline Equipment
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New JV launches smart herbicide spraying

A 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Bosch and BASF Digital Farming to globally market and sell smart farming technologies from a single source has now received approval by merger control authorities....

Robots
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FEV develops Level 4 automated driving functions for Tragger electric utility vehicles

FEV Turkey engineers have developed automated driving functions for Tragger, a new generation of battery electric service vehicles, which are aimed at cargo and people transportation in various...

Mobile Plant

The Path Towards Operational Excellence

Measuring asset performance effectively can improve equipment efficiency and increase production output. However, since technology has transformed how assets are measured, the practice of monitoring...

Maintenance Management Systems
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Veolia optimises lighting for one of the biggest acute hospital trusts

As part of the £4 million energy performance contract with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), Veolia has upgraded lighting at Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, and...

Lighting
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Shell acquires MachineMax

Shell has become the sole owner of MachineMax, acquiring the stakes held by MachineMax’ s two other investors - BCG Digital Ventures and B Capital Group – as well as the company’s two founders.

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