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  • Delicious Dessert Company adds decadence and Christmas fun to range

    As the nights grow longer and the countdown to the festive season starts in earnest, The Delicious Dessert Company is adding a touch of decadence and a sprinkle of Christmas fun to its product range. The Blonde Chocolate Éclairs are on the shelves now in Tesco so too The Naughty But Nice Yum Yums. Available…


  • Technip Energies Meets Q3 Result Expectations Despite Russian-exit

    France’s Technip Energies on Thursday reported a lower but still slightly better-than-expected third-quarter revenue, supported by project deliveries and growth in order backlog despite Russian-exit headwinds.  The energy infrastructure firm posted adjusted revenue of 1.57 billion euros ($1.66 billion), down 1.67% from last year, against a company-provided poll of 1.547 billion euros and an LSEG…


  • 4G smart meter patent licensing programme launched

    Image: 123RF.com Joint licensing solution provider Avanci has launched a new programme to simplify the licensing process for the growing 4G smart meter market. With 2G and 3G on their way out in many countries around the world, 4G cellular technologies are set to become more widely used for the IoT and other markets such…


  • EPICS global research centre for 100% renewable power grids launched in US

    Professor Ben Hobbs. Image: JHU The Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) centre has been launched at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, MD in the US. The new centre, which is based at the University’s Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) and launched formally on November 1, brings together partners from…


  • Meet Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology International at Europort!

    The Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo and Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology International magazine teams will shortly head to Europe’s maritime capital, Rotterdam, to attend Europort 2023 (November 7-10, 2023). If you are also planning to attend the show, please come and find us on Stand 8507 (Hall 8). The biennial exhibition and conference at…


  • Revolutionising power distribution: unveiling the future of energy with virtual substations

    Arnaud Cantin, Senior Vice President of Schneider Electric’s Digital Power Business The concept of the software-driven ‘virtual substations’ is being pioneered by Schneider Electric as the next evolution of this key infrastructure for the grid of the future. As digital technologies advance and digitalisation becomes more embedded in the energy sector, new levels of automation…


  • Stratus Unveils Evolutionary Fault Tolerance with ztC Endurance Family of Intelligent, Predictive Computing Platforms

    New generation of zero-touch computing platforms delivers breakthrough 99.99999% availability, performance gains of 4th gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, and increased serviceability and manageability. Stratus Technologies, Inc. (“Stratus”), an SGH (Nasdaq: SGH) company and a global leader in simple, protected, and autonomous Edge Computing platforms, today announced the launch of its Stratus ztC Endurance™ platform, a new family of fault-tolerant…


  • How electricians can leverage social media to promote their business

    New research by BigChange has revealed that nearly a third of Brits (27%) have selected a tradesperson or business because of their social media presence, which means business owners should be considering social media more than ever before. Nearly 40% of Gen Z are now using TikTok or Instagram as their primary search engine over Google,…


  • Festo pneumatics help Cerulean achieve efficiency improvements

    Cerulean has redesigned its highly successful FPS-1 tube packer, to deliver high energy efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) as manufacturers demand solutions for soaring energy prices and drive down costs. Working with long-term automation partners Festo, Cerulean identified where capex and opex savings were achievable during the tube packing process. Together, they…


  • Roberts in operational overhaul of bakery sites

    Fourth-generation family baking business Roberts has announced plans to relocate its Little Treats biscuit manufacturing business to a new site in Cheshire and start work on a significant rebuild of two other bakeries on its Northwich HQ. The bakers consider the move as the most important operational overhaul in decades. The fourth largest baker in…