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Connect factory floor sensors to the cloud and start the digital transformation of your plant. With the new IIoT starter kit and the user-friendly IO-Link masters from Pepperl+Fuchs, simple sensor data visualisation and analysis have become a reality. Discover the advantages of IO-Link and experience the seamless integration of IO-Link sensor data into your Industry 4.0 application. The kit includes an…
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Nichols is revealing a series of exciting launches, brand refreshes and a campaign-first this spring. The international soft drinks business and home of the iconic Vimto, is celebrating a bumper year of innovation and newness across brands and all channels with Levi Roots Soft Drinks, Slush Puppie Fizzie and Vimto. Part of Nichols’ long-term strategy…
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Image: TwinEU The Horizon Europe-supported TwinEU project is to demonstrate digital twins tools in eight pilots across 11 EU countries to ensure replicability in different geographical and market settings with a wide variety of use cases. The project, launched in January, is focused on creating the concept of a pan-European digital twin of the electricity…
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Image courtesy 123rf A collaborative study between a French DSO, VINCI Autoroutes and six European manufacturers has found that heavy electric vehicle (EV) roaming charging will require €630 million in infrastructure investment to meet increasing power demand needs. Enedis, TotalEnergies, VINCI Autoroutes and several manufacturers – Iveco, MAN Truck & Bus France, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Renault…
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Image courtesy DPD As part of the federally funded TEC-OFF research project, Swiss parcel service provider DPD is testing bidirectional charging with its vehicle fleet to help close potential power gaps at peak times on the power grid. In the research project, coordinated alongside researchers from ZHAW School of Engineering and supported by the Swiss…
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Image courtesy 123rf Weeks after some of the heaviest attacks on Ukrainian power infrastructure by Russian missiles and drones, DTEK has taken stock of the extent of the damage to equipment, including an inventory of what’s needed to rebuild the infrastructure. Totalling $181 million, DTEK’s stock take comes after a series of Russian attacks on…
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Image courtesy 123rf The Australia Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has issued a draft rule to start accelerating the deployment of smart meters from July 2024. The draft rule follows the March decision of the Commission to fast-track the process, to achieve a full rollout of smart meters across the country’s national electricity market by 2030.…
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The UK government’s implementation of new common user charges (CUCs) threaten to cripple small and medium-sized enterprises in the fresh produce and plant sectors. In a move branded by Nigel Jenney, chief executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), as a “thinly veiled tax on the industry,” the charges, introduced as part of post-Brexit border controls,…
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A tripartite agreement has been signed between Kiremko, HyFun Foods and Rabobank Netherlands to build a potato flake line for HyFun Foods in Mehsana, Gujarat, India. Haresh Karamchandani, managing director of Asandas and Sons Pvt, who owns the HyFun Foods brand, Paul Oosterlaken, managing director of Kiremko as supplier of potato processing technology, along with…
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The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) has approved the construction of the planned ammonia bunkering facility at Fjord Base in Florø, Norway. The permit is expected to enable ammonia as a safe and low-emission alternative to traditional shipping fuels. Ammonia bunkering terminal The planned terminal consists of a floating stationary barge with a capacity…
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