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  • Drinktec 2025: GNT to present plant-based Exberry shades

    At Drinktec 2025 (September 15-19, Munich, Germany), GNT will showcase the versatility of its plant-based Exberry hues with a variety of visually striking beverages. Exberry hues are derived from non-GMO plants, fruits, and vegetables. They can be utilised to satisfy customer expectations for natural ingredient lists while producing a full range of vivid hues in…


  • Wangen Pumps enhances design of TWIN NG pump

    The dependable TWIN NG pump from Wangen Pumps has been improved in design, greatly increasing its performance and lowering maintenance needs. For clients in food manufacturing industries, Wangen Pump said the outcome is a tested sanitary pumping solution that works better for longer periods of time, increasing uptime and lowering lifecycle costs. Martin Stümpfle, product…


  • INPEX Awards Saipem FEED Contract for Indonesian FPSO

    Aug 12, 2025 Source: Saipem Saipem has been awarded a FEED contract for the FPSO module of the Abadi LNG project, located in the Masela Block, Indonesia. The contract was granted following a technical and commercial pre-selection process. It now enters a competitive dual FEED phase, where two separate consortia will propose independent technical solutions.…


  • Brady launches barcode readers with 99.995% accuracy

    Brady Corporation, a worldwide specialist in industrial identification, launches a range of new industrial barcode readers that achieve 99.995% reading accuracy. Brady´s new barcode readers are designed to improve data accuracy and can share data via most prominent industrial protocols. 99.995% accuracy All 3 barcode readers, the V4500, V3200 and V2200, offer extremely high barcode…


  • Atlas Copco supports first industry accredited training pathway for UK battery manufacturing

    Helping to bridge a national skills gap that is challenging manufacturers, Atlas Copco Tools and Industrial Assembly Solutions is actively supporting a brand-new training initiative for advanced battery manufacturing, which is the UK’s first fully accredited and industry-backed programme. Launched by University College Birmingham, in partnership with City & Guilds and Innovate UK, the Battery…


  • Flyers launches non liquorice stick with bold sour ambitions

    Flyer’s enviable success both at home and abroad has resulted in one of Stockley’s confectionery jewels taking the bold yet commonsense next step of extending its flavour ambitions beyond liquorice to embrace its first truly sour ‘magic in the middle’ stick. As a 79 year old cult confectionery offer that made its name flying the…


  • AI’s energy-infrastructure trade-off: how photonics offers a more efficient path

    Image courtesy 123rf Finchetto’s Mark Rushworth discusses how, as AI’s insatiable appetite for compute power outpaces infrastructure upgrades, photonics, particularly fully optical network switching, may just move the needle. The AI industry is at a crossroads. On one side, breakthroughs like DeepSeek’s R1 model, which matched ChatGPT’s performance, at a fraction of the cost, promise…


  • OpenSynth open data – from smart meters to smart grids

    RTE’s transmission grid – 400kV level in red, 225kV level in green. 150, 90 and 63kV substations are not displayed but are included in the dataset. Image: Centre for Net Zero Data on the French transmission grid is the first to be incorporated in the OpenSynth open data community beyond smart meter demand data. This…


  • New supplier performance smart meter rules planned in GB

    Image courtesy Tomato Energy Ofgem is proposing to introduce new supplier performance rules on long wait times for the installation or repair of smart meters in Britain. Under the proposed new rules, consumers will receive compensation in four cases – where the consumer has to wait more than six weeks for a smart meter installation…


  • Tesla eyes Britain’s electricity supply market

    Image: 123RF Tesla’s GB subsidiary Tesla Energy Ventures has applied for an electricity supply licence, setting it up to compete with the likes of Octopus and other suppliers. Elon Musk’s Tesla is laying the ground to become an electricity supplier in Britain, with the application late in July to Ofgem for a supply licence for…