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Imec and Solliance announce that imec will be a full partner of Solliance and will integrate its thin film PV R&D efforts in Solliance. With imec as a partner, Solliance aims to be an R&D cluster bringing thin film solar energy technology to excellence. The announcement will be celebrated at the annual imec booth reception at PVSEC in Hamburg on 7 September at the imec booth, hall B4G booth C11, at 16.30 o’clock.

Rigel Medical has donated five of its 266 Plus electrical safety testers to a UK-based charity which supplies and maintains medical equipment to developing countries in Africa. The lightweight and compact instruments have been provided to the Amalthea Trust, which will be giving them to a medical engineering workshop currently being brought up to standard at the Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

Data Centre Design and Build Specialist, Sudlows, has won a competitive £700,000 contract to build a secure data centre facility for Anglia Ruskin University.

Amaechi Oduah has joined Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems Division to head up its marketing and communications activities. He has over a decade’s experience in the telecommunications, electrical and electronic manufacturing sector and gained his education at the University of Greenwich. He explains that moving into automation was a strategic decision, as manufacturing is set to be one of the best growth sectors in the medium and long ...

Ann Watson, managing director of specialist awarding organisation, EAL (EMTA Awards Limited), cites the lack of unbiased careers advice in many schools as the stumbling block for Britain’s lost generation. The Government’s head of curriculum review, Tom Oates, called for half of all young people to complete an apprenticeship (03/06) and would like to see equal numbers choosing the apprenticeship route as studying for A-Levels. Watson com...

Producing strong, lightweight and complex parts for car manufacturing and the aerospace industry is set to become cheaper and more accurate thanks to a new technique developed by engineers from the University of Exeter. The research team has developed a new method for making three-dimensional aluminium composite parts by mixing a combination of relatively inexpensive powders.

Red Lion Controls, Inc. is proud to announce the promotion of Lorin Grubb, M.S., Ph.D., to Lead Software Engineer. Dr. Grubb will be responsible for directing and managing the day-to-day activities for the software team. Additionally, he will be instrumental in the architectural development of and improvement to Crimson®, Red Lion’s innovative configuration software. This user-friendly software platform is designed to program the company’s c...

Offering grounded knowledge and skills training to new talents in the engineering and manufacturing industry - Sandvik Coromant in partnership with the EEF Apprentice and Skills Technology Centre, Birmingham, launches a technician apprentice training program at the same time as introducing a graduate trainee program. Both initiatives are aimed at attracting people keen to pursue a career in UK manufacturing.

Desmond King, president of Chevron Technology Ventures, has been appointed as the 69th president of IChemE (the Institution of Chemical Engineers).

Laidler Associates will be running their University Certificate in Professional Development (UCPD) courses on European Machinery Safety, Electrical Safety and the newer Functional Safety Standards this Autumn. The first one is due to take place on the 17th October 2011 at the Ramada Hotel, Solihull.