Engineering Update

Record year marks five decades of manufacturing in Birmingham for Barkley Plastics

One of Birmingham’s best-known manufacturers is on course to smash the £7m barrier for the first time in its…

PD+I 2015: Join the celebrations

Celebrating its fifth year as the must-attend event for industrial designers, PD+I returns for 2015 with a new…

Technology on show at Utility Week™ Live incorporating IWEX

A must attend event for engineering professionals, Utility Week™ Live incorporating IWEX is a new exhibition dedicated to…

NEC hosts 12th Railtex show

Engineering technology covering many disciplines will be on show at the 12th Railtex exhibition, which opens its doors at…

Frozen – Energy efficiency programme freezes foundry

Workers at one of Coventry’s leading engineering firms are at last warming to their new work environment after donning…

New Tinytag Temperature Data Logger – ideal for indoor monitoring

Gemini Data Loggers, manufacturer of the Tinytag range, has launched a new version of the very popular Transit 2…

UK Manufacturers come out in force for MTA Annual Dinner and Awards

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) Annual Dinner and Awards took place last night at the ICC in Birmingham.

New I/O Modules and Extended Functions in the SafetyBridge System

The new SafetyBridge I/O modules from Phoenix Contact expand the network-independent SafetyBridge system in terms of flexibility, functionality, and…

Implementing MES: Addressing Machine Interconnection Issues – New Technical Paper

The case for networking shop-floor operations, especially in capital intensive plants, is compelling. Higher productivity, less waste, lean manufacturing…

New apprenticeship programme to help address defence engineering skills gap

A new apprenticeship standard has been approved and published today to help address the shortfall in critical engineering skills…

LABFACILITY TEMPERATURE SENSORS

The range of Labfacility thermocouple and PRT sensors meets the needs of virtually any application. Standard configurations or custom…

Cutting Edge Piping Systems Design Plastic Valve Manifolds

It is rare that pipe systems solely have one inlet and one outlet. The diversity of process applications means…

VOCs – Why Speciate?

The Quantitech stands (Nos. 44 & 51) at AQE 2015 in Telford, the air quality and emissions show, will…

Edge Card Connectors

Edge card connectors are embedded devices that mate with the edges of single-sided or double-sided printed circuit boards (PCBs)…

All chemicals labelled? Get free CLP/GHS Guide

After June 2015, all dangerous chemical substances and mixtures need to carry a predefined CLP-label. Now is the time…

As one of Crosby’s largest UK suppliers and the leading provider of brands such as Kuplexâ ; Arbil Lifting…

New educational vision project under way with STEMMER IMAGING

Continuing STEMMER IMAGING’s commitment to support engineering education in the UK, a new, 6 month vision project has been…

Welsh Water uses turbine and ABB drive to generate power

An ABB industrial drive, ACS800, is helping produce up to 100 MWh of energy for Welsh Water as part…

Robotics in the supply chain will enhance humans, not replace them says Crimson & Co

The growth of robotics as a way to automate elements of the supply chain and improve efficiencies will not be…

MANUFACTURING IN MOTION – LLOYDS BANK TO SPONSOR LARGEST INDUSTRIAL EVENT IN THE UK

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has announced that Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking is to be the headline sponsor of…

British engineering and sensor innovation

A pioneering naval weapons alignment system powered by electronic sensor technology heralds a fresh wave of British innovation in…

Atlas Copco joins forces with Air Kraft to share compressed air maintenance tips at Maintec

Maintec 2015 24-26 March NEC, Birmingham Stand M10G   At Maintec 2015, Atlas Copco Compressors is joining forces with…

New gear unit range brings increased performance: Spinea’s TwinSpin® high precision gear reducer is improved with new G-series

Slinfold, UK – February 2015:  The recently announced new-generation TwinSpin® G-series high-precision reduction gear unit from Spinea s.r.o. is…

Productivity – Software Pioneer has Crucial Message for EEF

As the Engineering Employers Federation convenes for their annual conference, German productivity pioneers Forcam will be joining for the first time….

Food industry at robotics tipping point

In the last 12 months there has been a noticeable uptake in robotics in the food processing sector. Although…

25 Best Jobs In The UK for 2015

Glassdoor has released its inaugural report on the 25 Best Jobs In the UK for 2015*. Whether you are looking for…