Craig Whitehouse, Managing Director of Invar Integration, takes an objective view of problem solving within the warehouse. Warehouses have become busy fulfilment factories, where throughput and performance can determine business success or failure. Now, as costs rise and labour availability falls, many companies are turning to technology to alleviate the pressure points in warehousing processes […]
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Xaar welcomed local pupils and teachers to its manufacturing site in Huntingdon last week, to showcase the fascinating opportunities that science, engineering and technology offers as a career. The pupils and teachers from Stukeley Meadows Primary School in Huntingdon are all members of their STEM Imagineering Club (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and visiting Xaar […]
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Use of the Fluke™ ii900 Industrial Acoustic Imager for medical gas leak detection in Mediclinic hospitals has improved safety levels and cut costs while enabling the company to meet sustainability goals. A pioneering application of the Fluke™ ii900 Industrial Acoustic Imager has enabled a world leader in patient care to improve safety levels across multiple […]
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Autentica Parts and Mole Group Utilities highlighted as trailblazers on International Women in Engineering Day #INWED22 Women-led engineering businesses are benefiting from a programme which enables academia-industry collaboration to create innovative low carbon goods, processes and services. Autentica Parts, based in Liverpool, is a platform which allows engineers to share designs for parts and components […]
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Manufacturing SMEs are being urged to consider flexible contracts as a way of staving off escalating energy costs. Control Energy Costs, which works with hundreds of companies across the UK, has seen a 50% rise in the number of firms looking at this form of ‘purchasing’ and is now offering industry the chance for businesses […]
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An iconic Northumberland venue that has hosted Harry Potter and The Transformers films was again in the spotlight this weekend when it held a major UK first. Aurrigo, a world leader in autonomous technology, started a four-day trial of its self-driving vehicles at Alnwick Castle and The Alnwick Gardens on Saturday, as part of a […]
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Frazer Watson, UK–Ireland Country Manager at AMR designer and manufacturer iFollow, examines how AMRs can contribute to improving safety in increasingly busy warehouses. The good news is that the UK is one of the safest countries in Europe in which to work, with consistently one of the lowest rates of fatal injuries across all industries […]
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Safety levels during solar panel commissioning and installation have been strengthened substantially by the world’s first CAT III 1500 V true-RMS solar clamp meter Fluke, a global technology leader in the manufacturer of compact, professional electronic test and measurement tools and software, has today announced the top three electrical hazards to avoid when installing and maintaining […]
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Sales of autonomous mobile robots and driverless lift trucks are taking off but the game-changing intralogistics technologies we will see at IMHX 2022 go much further than the simple replacement of man by machine, says event director, Rob Fisher Across the intralogistics sector sales of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are booming. Indeed, in a recent […]
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Under leadership of new CEO, the chemistry technology company unveils strategic growth plan OXECO, a chemistry technology company transforming product design and manufacturing, today announced the closing of a $10.5 million funding round secured by new Chief Executive Officer, Vassilis Ragoussis. The funding round is led by Lansdowne Partners, with participation from Ora Capital Partners, […]
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