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  • Industrial Strategy Advisory Council holds first meeting

    Rachel Reeves ©House of Commons Names of the business leaders from across the UK being brought together to offer government independent advice and recommendations as it develops a new Industrial Strategy to support its growth mission have been announced.   Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds attended the…


  • Primula chases on-the-go snackers with Cheese Dippers

    Primula is seeking to become a must-have snack for busy, modern lifestyles with the launch of primula Cheese Dippers. The brand renowned for being the only cheese you can squeeze, has combined the taste of Primula’s signature creamy cheese with convenient on-the-go packaging. Launching in Iceland stores in January 2025, Primula Cheese Dippers are available…


  • Primula entices on-the-go snackers with Cheese Dippers

    Primula is seeking to become a must-have snack for busy, modern lifestyles with the launch of primula Cheese Dippers. The brand renowned for being the only cheese you can squeeze, has combined the taste of Primula’s signature creamy cheese with convenient on-the-go packaging. Launching in Iceland stores in January 2025, Primula Cheese Dippers are available…


  • Hitachi Secures Over B HVDC Order for Amprion’s North Sea OW Corridor

    Hitachi Energy has signed contracts totaling over $2 billion with German transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion to deliver four converter stations for two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links that will support Germany’s clean energy transition. Amprion’s HVDC project, Korridor B, will transport wind energy from the North Sea coast to the Ruhr Region to provide…


  • The convergence of IT, OT, and IoT: talking to Richard Owen, Unisys

    IT, OT, and IoT technologies are increasingly converging in manufacturing environments, Richard Owen, Director of Collaboration Architecture, Seamless Collaboration, Digital Workplace Solutions at Unisys told IoT Insider in a recent conversation.  “We see people adopting more off the shelf consumer-based technology,” he explained. “Long gone are the control panels that are dedicated to one machine…


  • Five new pan-European energy projects

    Image: 123RF.com Since its origin in 1984 the EU’s framework programmes have funnelled close to €200 billion (US$210 billion) into thousands of research and development projects across multiple fields. In its current guise Horizon Europe (FP9), which started in 2021, is set to deliver half as much again – €95.5 billion ($104.5 billion) – by…


  • CrateDB and ABB collaborate on analysing IIoT data

    CrateDB and ABB have announced a collaboration where ABB’s industrial IoT and AI suite, Ability Genix, will leverage CrateDB for analysing and contextualising data from industrial operations to provide actionable insights to customers. As per reports which were not cited in the announcement, less than 20% of data generated by industrial companies is being used,…


  • TSO/DSO Technopedia to launch in 2025

    Source: Trilliant ENTSO-E and the DSO Entity have announced the launch of the TSO/DSO Technopedia to promote the uptake of smart grid and other innovative technologies. The TSO/DSO Technopedia, tasked to the two organisations in the European Commission’s action plan for the grids, is planned as a tool to describe grid technologies and real world…


  • TransnetBW gives sonnen greenlight for virtual power plant expansion

    Image courtesy sonnen German TSO TransnetBW has given prequalification to sonnen for their home storage units, enabling them to expand their virtual power plant capabilities in Germany. The approval for the units, which can network into a virtual power plant, says TransnetBW in a release, is is linked to approval for the provision of primary…


  • Smart factories to make great strides in 2025, forecasts technology specialist

    Chris Iveson Fourjaw at OXO House Sheffield06 September 2023 All Images © Paul David Drabble All rights Reserved, www.pauldaviddrabble.co.uk Generative AI will unlock new value for mainstream manufacturers and tech-enhanced humans will increasingly be found on smart factory floors in 2025, predicts Chris Iveson, CEO of Four Jaw Manufacturing Analytics. He also predicts that Cloud…