Using air conditioners to stay cool accounts for nearly 20% of the total electricity used in buildings around the world today. Rising demand for cooling is also putting enormous strain on electricity systems in many countries, as well as driving up emissions. While on one hand climate change strikes and Summers are hotter than ever, […]
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Founded at the height of the pandemic in September 2020, AXI5 Ltd is a subcontract company that manufactures high-end bespoke components for the motorsport, oil, gas and press tool industries as well as designing and producing specialist tooling and toolholders. The company set itself up for success from the start with the purchase of a […]
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The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association has announced the LEEA Awards 2022 finalists, chosen from the inspiring collection of high quality entries from the Association’s members. The winners will be announced during the ‘party of the year’ at the LEEA Awards Ceremony, which will be held at the P&J Live events venue in Aberdeen on the […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global business – especially supply chain disruption – encouraged many logistics and manufacturing businesses to make bold claims about accelerating their digital transformation journeys. In 2021, a survey undertaken by Guidance Automation revealed a growing commitment to intralogistics automation. But a year on, progress has stalled: the level of process […]
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A Yorkshire engineering specialist is using digital technology to help deliver a 12% weight saving for crucial aerospace parts. MetLase, which employs 30 people at its state-of-the-art facility in Rotherham, has worked with the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to complete a series of research trials that are applying the use of smart positioning to […]
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A Black Country manufacturer has shaken off the Brexit blues to post a major increase in European sales. Alloy Wire International (AWI), which supplies round, flat and profile wire, has seen orders soar to nearly a third of its predicted £13m annual turnover, with the firm’s commitment to short lead times and security of supply […]
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To support companies during these financially challenging times Toyota Material Handling UK offer an easy way of operating pallet trucks at the lowest cost and at a fixed annual rental rate with no capital outlay. Toyota’s ‘Pallet Truck Plus’ scheme is a hand pallet truck rental option that enables users to receive a new pallet […]
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Anritsu is attending the European Microwave Exhibition, the largest trade show dedicated to Microwaves and RF in Europe, showing its most advanced testing solutions for signal generation and signal analysis. Microwave technologies are used by a growing number of applications, encouraging developers to adopt higher frequency bands while also optimizing the cost of these technologies. […]
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More than 25 new jobs are up for grabs at one of Shropshire’s oldest manufacturers this weekend. Corbetts the Galvanizers is holding a special open day on Saturday September 10th for people looking for work or a change in career, with shopfloor operatives, forklift truck drivers and sales administration roles all currently available for an […]
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GenerationJuice transforms sales process with support from Made Smarter’s North West Adoption programme A manufacturer of juice dispensers is using augmented reality to transform its sales process, drive productivity and create new jobs. GenerationJuice, based in Bromborough, Liverpool City Region, makes app-driven drink dispensers, or drink hubs, designed to serve natural juice drinks from concentrate […]
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