Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions becomes GD Energy Products
Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions has been renamed GD Energy Products to better reflect its commitment to the upstream oil and gas market.
Howden enters into agreement to buy CPI
Howden, the global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services, has entered into an agreement with EnPro Industries to buy Compressor Products International (‘CPI’), provider of aftermarket components and services to the global reciprocating compressor market. This will be Howden’s sixth acquisition this year and is expected to close following customary regulatory clearances and approvals.
Queen’s University Belfast celebrates innovation in manufacturing
Queen’s University Belfast has celebrated the relaunch of the Northern Ireland Advanced Composites and Engineering Centre (NIACE), which is integral to the 10x Economy Plan for Northern Ireland.
Wind of change for the Humber region
The UK continues to significantly boost its world-leading offshore wind manufacturing industry, with over 1340 jobs created and protected across the Humber region due to £266 million of UK government and private sector investment.
Flowtech and Festo Official Partner Agreement
Flowtech, the UK distributor of fluid power products, and Festo, the supplier of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components and controls, have entered into an Official Partner Agreement that combines Flowtech’s distribution and logistics capabilities with Festo’s wideranging product offering.
Duplomatic makes Expo 2020 Dubai fly
Duplomatic MS Spa has contributed a futuristic engineering project to Expo 2020 Dubai, the Universal Exposition to be held in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, the first to take place in Arabia.
Ward chooses Commercial Vehicle Hydraulics for £2 million investment in green upgrade
Derbyshire-based metal and waste recycling specialist, Ward, has invested over £2 million in upgrading its materials handling vehicles to improve energy efficiency and safety across its 120- strong fleet.
Fluke renews ‘Buy a Fluke, get a free Fluke’ offer this Autumn
Fluke has launched the Autumn seasonal promotion encouraging customers to claim a free product when they purchase a Fluke tool between 1 September and 15 December 2021.
Brammer Buck & Hickman opens new East Midlands hub
Brammer Buck & Hickman, a Rubix company and the UK supplier of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, has opened a new East Midlands Hub, formed from the merger of its Nottingham and Leicester branches in to a larger, single, more accessible location.
Rockwell Automation completes acquisition of Plex Systems
Rockwell Automation, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Plex Systems, the cloud-native smart manufacturing platform. Plex offers what is claimed to be the only single-instance, multitenant Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) manufacturing platform operating at scale, including advanced manufacturing execution systems, quality, and supply chain management capabilities.
Schaeffler acquires Bega International
Schaeffler has acquired Bega International BV (Bega), manufacturer of special tools for mounting and dismounting rolling bearings. The acquisition marks another step in the expansion of Schaeffler’s lifecycle service portfolio.
University of Birmingham partners with Siemens ‘to create the smartest university campus in the world’
The University of Birmingham, in partnership with Siemens, is combining digital sensor and analytics technologies, artificial intelligence, decentralised energy generation and storage, renewable energy and concepts that help change users’ behaviour to transform the university’s Edgbaston and Dubai campuses into the world’s smartest global campus, creating a ‘Living Lab’ where research, teaching and learning all benefit from access to new data and connectivity.
JCB man’s lasting legacy nurtures engineers of the future
A talented JCB engineer who amassed a multi-million-pound fortune thanks to his interest in cars has made a life-changing bequest to a Staffordshire school dedicated to nurturing the engineers of the future.
Bonomi ball valves gain SIL certification
Bonomi (UK) Ltd ball valve supplier, Valpres, has obtained SIL certification for its Series 70, 71, 72, 73 and 76, 2- Way industrial ball valves. Safety Integrity Level or ‘SIL’ in its abbreviated form, is a parameter relating to the functional safety integrity of industrial plants in the process industry.
New data suggests increase in number of women working in engineering
New analysis from EngineeringUK has shown 14.5% of those working in engineering are female, which is an increase from 12% as reported in 2018.
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