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Kennametal Named Again Among World's Most Ethical Companies
Kennametal announced today that it has been named for the second year in a row as one of the World´s Most Ethical Companies by The Ethisphere Institute. Kennametal's global leadership exemplifies a company culture in which employees put ethics into action with consistent investment and performance toward 100% safety, environmental excellence and community engagement, as well as extensive efforts to advance technical education, material science a...
Atlas Copco compressors power UK’s largest compressed natural gas vehicle filling station
Atlas Copco Greenfield compressors are playing an integral role at the UK’s largest Biomethane Compressed Natural Gas filling station in Crewe, in keeping with the company’s global commitment to a cleaner environment and sustainable productivity. The newly opened filling station, which is operated by CNG Services Ltd., provides fuel that can offer an 80% reduction in CO2 and NOX emissions, and has the potential to lower transport operators’...
Keighley Laboratories Achieves Nadcap Merit Accreditation
The Technical Services division of Keighley Laboratories has achieved world-class Nadcap accreditation for a Materials Testing Laboratory, a status recognised by the majority of global aerospace primes as a mark of quality assurance excellence. The West Yorkshire Company also gained coveted Merit grade, which rewards superior performance in Nadcap audits and reduces subsequent audit frequency.
Parker Hannifin at HMI 2013
Parker Hannifin will present new system solutions, components and services for sustainable and competitive industrial production at Hannover Messe 2013. On Parker’s exhibition stands visitors will find efficient and environmentally friendly innovations for all applications in hydraulics, pneumatics, electromechanical, filtration, fluid and gas handling, process control, sealing technology and EMI shielding.
Manufacturing UK event hosted by GTMA
From 8.30 am until 3.30pm on Thursday, 9th May 2013 the GTMA will host its ‘Manufacturing UK’ event. It will take place at perhaps the most suitable location in the whole country, Yamazaki Mazak’s Worcester plant. Pointing to the recent investment news from Jaguar Land Rover, creating an additional 700 jobs at its new engine plant, the GTMA highlights the engineering successes already being enjoyed by UK-based manufacturing companies. These...
New President for Yokogawa Europe from 1st April 2013
The Board of Directors of Yokogawa Electric Corporation resolved in a meeting on the 19th February to appoint Herman van den Berg to the position of President of Yokogawa Europe B.V. Herman van den Berg succeeds Harry Hauptmeijer, who has been Yokogawa Europe’s president since 2002 and will continue as director until the 1st October 2013 to support the transition.
High Efficiency DC-DC Boost Converter With Ultra-High Speed GaN Switch
Arkansas Power Electronics International and GaN Systems announce the test results for a gallium nitride power switch based DC-DC boost converter. The converter demonstrated at APEI exploited the ultra-high switching capability of GaN Systems’ high power switch to achieve a 1 MHz switching capability. In addition, the boost converter was able to demonstrate over 98.5% efficiency at 5 kW output power. Testing demonstrated turn-on and turn-off tr...
Atlas Copco compressors help CHEP to reduce Carbon emissions by over 1,000 tonnes
CHEP has achieved significant energy savings through the installation of energy efficient Atlas Copco compressors at its pallet production and repair sites in the UK. The savings from the installation have been measured at over 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. CHEP has a sophisticated network of service centre facilities strategically located across the UK where pallets are returned, inspected and repaired before being reissued in to the supply cha...
How Do We Label The Future?
Jules Lejeune, Managing Director of the European self-adhesive labelling association FINAT, pinpoints the routes to successful growth and profitability Label the future? That is a challenge for the label industry, in the face of the exceptional change that is happening on many fronts.
High Flow Vaneaxial Fan For Avionics, Semiconductor, Heat Exchanger and Building Applications
A new vaneaxial fan designed for high performance cooling with powerful airflow has been introduced by AMETEK Rotron. The MAXIAX 9.25 can develop the necessary pressure to deliver 707-944 Litres per second (L/s) [1500 to 2000 cubic feet per minute (cfm)] against a system impedance of 0.99-1.5 kilo Pascals (kPa) [4 to 6 inches of water gauge (iwg)].