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Habasit Rossi is first with EHEDG hygiene certification	06/02/2012
Conveyor belting manufacturer Habasit Rossi has become the first to receive European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) certification for one of its products.

HVCA becomes B&ES on 1 March 2012	06/02/2012
The Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association (HVCA) is changing its name, and from 1 March will be known as the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES).

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Michelin signs Rockwell Automation as preferred automation partner	03/02/2012
Michelin Group has signed a four-year agreement that makes Rockwell Automation its preferred partner for industrial automation and controls covering all of the tyre manufacturer's production plants worldwide.

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Patent granted for award-winning cold energy storage	03/02/2012
UK energy saving technology firm Highview Power Storage has been granted a patent for its new CryoEnergy System (CES) in both China and South Africa.

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Ford unveils universities for engineering scholarships	02/02/2012
Ford has chosen 12 UK universities to award 100 engineering student scholarships, worth £1 million, starting in the 2012 academic year.

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Robots arise as British manufacturing rebuilds	02/02/2012
The number of robots in UK production plants is growing at an unprecedented rate, as manufacturing industry responds to the demands of a globalised and even more competitive future.

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Idhammar upgrade keeps Rockwood Pigments in the pink	01/02/2012
The future of Rockwood Pigments' site maintenance operations at Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, looks bright following its upgrade of the latest version of the Idhammar maintenance management system (CMMS).

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Straightpoint launches load cell hire division	01/02/2012
Straightpoint, which specialises in force measurement, load monitoring and suspended load cells, has gone public with its load cell hire division.

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Ford to slash landfill waste by 70% within five years	31/01/2012
Ford is implementing what it describes as a green manufacturing plan aimed at cutting landfill waste by 70% and water usage by 30% within five years at its production plants across Europe.

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IMechE chief slams government plans to downgrade engineering diploma	31/01/2012
IMechE chief Stephen Tetlow has hit out as government plans to downgrade Engineering diplomas.

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Maintenance key to improving plant productivity	31/01/2012
Maintenance budgets are set to remain buoyant, with the focus on improving plant productivity, according to Maintec show organiser easyFairs.

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Boardrooms in the dark over energy, says Siemens research	30/01/2012
Nearly one in three (31%) of managers responsible for energy in UK businesses say that it is not being taken seriously by their organisations, according to a new report published today 30 January 2012) by Siemens.

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Oldest Litre Meter Pelton wheel flowmeters found	30/01/2012
Flowmeter manufacturer Litre Meter has found what it believes to be the oldest of its Pelton wheel meters still in use – at construction industry test service provider The British Board of Agreement.

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Siemens makes Industrial Ethernet fault-tolerant	27/01/2012
Siemens Industry Automation and Drive Technologies has launched a fault-tolerant Industrial Ethernet network solution.

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100 flameproof gas detectors supplied to Cairn Energy, India	27/01/2012
One hundred Crowcon Nimbus flameproof (Exd) hydrocarbon gas detectors have been installed at Cairn Energy's Mangala oil and gas processing terminal in Rajasthan, India.

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Manufacturers largely ignorant of carbon accounting	26/01/2012
More than half (58%) of companies have not heard of the term carbon accounting, Less than a quarter can describe what it means, and 80% do not monitor their carbon footprint regularly.

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Spelsberg enclosure machining cools Bond’s display problems	26/01/2012
Bond Display Cabinets says that enclosure manufacturer Spelsberg's machining and assembly service has successfully released bottlenecks in its control box wiring production area.

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Residential centre gets rapid boiler replacement from Potteron	26/01/2012
Bristol City Council is reporting successful installation of a Sirius WH modular, condensing, packaged boiler, from Potterton Commercial, in its Bush Residential Resource Centre, a residential short breaks centre for children with learning difficulties.

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Automated Britain conference opens doors on 6 March	25/01/2012
Mark Prisk, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, is set to launch the Automated Britain conference on 6 March at The Commonwealth Club in London.

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ABB white paper gets to grips with control theory	25/01/2012
ABB has published a new white paper, aimed at explaining how automatic industrial PID (proportional, integral, derivative) controllers can be used to optimise virtually any process.

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BV Dairy cuts cost with Clearfleau and HRS anaerobic digester	24/01/2012
Dorset-based BV Dairy says it has reduced sewage treatment charges, energy costs and its carbon footprint since installing anaerobic digestion plant from Clearfleau.

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GB Controls completes management buy-in	24/01/2012
North West energy saving control equipment manufacturer GB Controls has successfully completed a management buy-in after 25 years of trading.

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Fulton steam boilers future-proof Nuffield’s decontamination	23/01/2012
Offsite decontamination units serving Nuffield Health hospitals have recently been equipped with Fulton skid-mounted steam boiler packages, all running under a remote monitoring system.

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Flexitallic and Sealex join forces for Aberdeen	20/01/2012
Static sealing products manufacturer Flexitallic and sealing and industrial hose distributor Sealex have centralised their operations in Aberdeen, and increased local manufacturing content.

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Vehicle-mounted platform lifts ease beer cooler maintenance for Adnams	19/01/2012
Adnams, the Southwold-based brewer, is reporting that its Penny Hydraulics LoadLift platform lifts are enabling engineers to complete maintenance tasks on their own when they visit the brewer's pubs and hotels throughout East Anglia.

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