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  • SRSLY exceeds funding target for export growth and range extensions

    Low-carb powerhouse SRSLY Low Carb has concluded its bridging investment round (31st October), having surpassed its original Seedrs target by 37%, courtesy of 331 backers raising £274,000. The promising bridging investment means that healthier living pioneer SRSLY Low Carb is financially primed to deliver against ambitious short to mid-term growth plans, underpinning its ‘everyday appeal’…


  • Scandlines zero direct emissions ferry takes shape

    Scandlines is constructing a zero direct emissions freight ferry, which will be deployed on the Fehmarn Belt between Puttgarden in Germany and Rødby in Denmark in 2024. All 36 sections that make up the new Scandlines zero direct emissions ferry are welded together, with the exception of the bridge, which will be placed in the…


  • New smart thermostat added to ESP’s Sangamo range

    ESP has added a smart thermostat to its Sangamo heating controls range, offering installers the opportunity to easily add a smart control function to their customers’ home heating. As more and more households are seeing the benefit of smart devices to control various elements in the home, so the demand for smart controls that can…


  • Finnish hospital revamps vital power distribution

    Jari-Pekka Korhonen, HUS (left) and Sixten Holm, ABB (right). Image courtesy ABB. A Finnish hospital area has modernised its power distribution tech with ABB-supplied upgrades, including complete protection relay and circuit breaker retrofits, as well as intelligent asset and energy management solutions. The Meilahti Hospital Area in Helsinki, which is operated by the Hospital District…


  • Makita launches its latest power source kit redemption

    Makita has launched a new redemption promotion for its XGT Power Source Kit range. Running until the 31 December 2023, end users can claim a free 40VMax XGT 2.5Ah battery when they purchase a selected XGT Power Source Kit. Makita power source kits are an ideal way for end users to start or expand a…


  • Zumtobel receives Cradle to Cradle Certified, Version 4.0 certification

    Zumtobel has proudly presented ARTELEA, a slimline, free-standing office luminaire designed for today’s dynamic work environments. Combining elegant aesthetics and a powerful lumen output of up to 32,000 lumens, it is a timeless and future-proof lighting solution. With one pole and two luminaire head sizes offered in various configurations, including a wall luminaire, ARTELEA provides…


  • Volpak partners with watttron to integrate digital sealing technology into pouching machinery

    Volpak, a Coesia Company specialising in horizontal form-fill-seal solutions, has strategically partnered with watttron, a pioneering company in precision heating technology. This collaboration aims to integrate watttron’s intelligent digital sealing technology into Volpak’s state-of-the-art horizontal pouching machinery, marking a significant leap forward in the realm of flexible packaging. In this joint effort, Volpak and watttron…


  • Gripple Automation announces commercial partnership with OMRON

    Gripple Automation, which designs and builds innovative manufacturing automation solutions for industry, has announced a strategic commercial partnership with OMRON, a leading technology provider in the industrial automation space. This unique partnership provides customers with end-to-end robotic and automation solutions that encompass concept design and proof of principle, technical design specification, build and machine installation,…


  • Shell-backed Koorangie battery project completes financing

    Image courtesy Edify Energy Australian renewable energy company Edify Energy and Sosteneo, a specialist infrastructure investor, announced the completion of project financing to build and operate the Koorangie Energy Storage System (KESS) with support from Shell Energy. The 185MW/370MWh battery storage system, valued at AUD400 million ($253.9 million) will be built in the Murray River…


  • UK’s Wood Group Ropes in Rolls-Royce exec as New CFO

    Nov 1, 2023 Arvind Balan – Credit: Wood John Wood Group on Wednesday named Arvind Balan, a finance executive at Rolls-Royce, as the British oilfield services and engineering firm’s new chief financial officer, effective April 2024. Balan has been the CFO at the aero-engineer’s Civil Aerospace business for two years and will replace John Wood’s…