
SME manufacturers in the food and drink sector are the latest to secure backing from Made Smarter’s trailblazing adoption programme. Brightside Brewing Company, Just Bee Honey, Studio Bakery, Chandley Ovens, Harbourside Products and Northern Pasta Company are among the latest wave of businesses starting their digitalisation journey to benefit their bottom line and the environment.…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and Nihon Shipyard (NSY) have entered into a contract for the construction of three next-generation, environmentally friendly post-Panamax bulkers. The new ships will be a next-generation 92-type (92,000 deadweight tons) vessels, known as K Line’s Corona-series, which are wide-beam, shallow-draft coal carriers optimally designed for transportation of coal to coal-fired…

(POWERGEN 2024) From interconnection to market structures, US power grid operators are grappling with an onslaught of battery storage development, which has boomed due to the critical need to shore up variable renewable energy. Two states — California and Texas — account for the vast majority of installed battery storage capacity in the US, which…

By staying attuned to the latest trends, retailers can not only meet current consumer expectations but also position themselves at the forefront of the evolving confectionery market in 2024. This is the view of Carol Oldbury, managing director at Hames Chocolates who readily that while it’s hard to predict what 2024 has in store for…

Image Credit: Hexagon Adopting renewable energy sources and the advanced grid management technologies needed to sustain them can help utilities by enhancing their efficiency, reliability and resilience, writes Maximilian Weber, Senior VP EMEA, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure. The global push for cleaner, greener sources of energy is accelerating. According to the International Energy Agency, renewable…

Jan 29, 2024 © Igor Kardasov / Adobe Stock Malaysian FPSO leasing firm Yinson Production has appointed TMC Compressors to supply a large marine compressed air system for FPSO Agogo, which will be operated by Azule Energy, a BP-Eni joint venture, on a development offshore Angola. Under the contract, whose value was not disclosed, TMC…

Jan 29, 2024 (Credit: Morek Engineering) The UK government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineering to design a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the floating offshore wind market. The consortium, which includes Morek Engineering, Solis Marine Engineering, Tope Ocean, First Marine Solutions and Celtic Sea Power, won the funding…

Crystal Display Systems Ltd (CDS), a leading provider of display solutions, is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Shenzhen Startek Electronic Technology Co, Ltd, a renowned innovator in display technology. This collaboration will see CDS offering the complete Startek display range, encompassing all the industry standard sizes and formats plus an extensive array…

Just 18 months after purchasing the display machine from the Nukon Lasers UK stand at MACH 2022, Greater Manchester-based AD Laser Cutting Ltd has taken delivery of a second Nukon fibre laser. Whereas AD Laser Cutting’s first fibre laser was a Nukon ECO 315 4kW model, its new machine is from the European laser machine…

Image: Flexidao Barcelona-headquartered digital solution provider Flexidao is collaborating with Google to track and validate its carbon-free energy portfolio across the globe. At the heart of the process is the creation and utilisation of time-based energy attribute certificates that can then validate Google’s 2030 goal to achieve 24/7 carbon-free energy use. The initiative was launched…