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  • Automation is No Longer Optional – It’s Essential for UK Manufacturing Resilience

    At Endoline Automation, we’ve spent decades supporting manufacturers through end of line systems which are designed to optimise output, reduce labour strain, and improve overall efficiency. But the landscape is shifting. What was once considered a competitive advantage is now a necessity. Our recent customer insight survey confirmed what we’ve long suspected: 100% of respondents…


  • The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is calling for experienced pipefitters and mechanical technicians to help shape the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for pipefitting and mechanical disciplines.  The review of the Installing Plant and Systems – Mechanical and Pipefitting NOS will inform all training, tests and qualifications in those disciplines.  As the standard-setting organisation…


  • HEMS to reach 12.3m installations in US and Europe by 2029 says Berg Insight

    Image courtesy 123rf The number of Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) is forecast to increase from 4.5 million at the end of 2024 to 12.3 million in 2029, Berg Insight concludes in a new report. According to the market research provider in their report, The Home Energy Management Systems Market, 4.5 million systems were installed…


  • EPP’s VMI Mixer unleashes production power at Brutons

    Brutons the Bakers, in Cardiff, has installed a Berto VMI mixer from European Process Plant Ltd (EPP) to replace a 25-year-old mixer with an efficient new solution. Through its seven retail shops and online storefront, Brutons the Bakers has been serving a vast range of bread, pastry products and cakes to the region since 1898.…


  • Master flavour balance with Lionel Hitchen’s Miso solution

    As food brands navigate the regulatory shift and consumer demand for healthier products, Lionel Hitchen is offering its miso flavour, which supports salt reduction targets, boosts flavour perception, and aligns with the umami trend dominating new product development. Lionel Hitchen’s miso flavour stands out as a key component in the context of modern flavour development…


  • How to measure the impact of growth of data centres on energy consumption

    Image: 123RF Europe Economics has developed a new full delivery chain methodology for estimating the energy consumption of data centres relative to credible alternatives. The study, produced for Britain’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, is aimed to examine how the growth of digital services, and the data centres that support them, affects the…


  • Gnaw encourages shoppers to rediscover dessert traditions with ‘Pudfolio’

    English Heritage has raised the worrying spectre of the Great British Pud being in decline with only2% of households making a daily homemade pudding and 62% rarely or never making them at all. According to The English Heritage report, ‘Although classic treats like crumbles, pies and steam puddings remain popular they often find themselves gazumped…


  • Gnaw encourages shoppers to rediscover dessert traditions with ‘Pudfolio’ chocolate bars

    English Heritage has raised the worrying spectre of the Great British Pud being in decline with only2% of households making a daily homemade pudding and 62% rarely or never making them at all. According to The English Heritage report, ‘Although classic treats like crumbles, pies and steam puddings remain popular they often find themselves gazumped…


  • Flint Group’s Flexocure LEAP UV curing technology safeguards food packaging

    Flint Group has introduced Flexocure LEAP, a new line of UV inks that enable converters to easily adjust to evolving migration compliance regulations, marking a market-first advancement in ink technology development for the worldwide UV flexo printing sector. Built on an entirely new resin system, Flexocure LEAP is designed to significantly reduce the risk of…


  • Europe’s Metop-SGA1 satellite launches to advance extreme weather forecasting

    Image: ESA/ATG medialab The Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite has been launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guyana and should soon start transmitting high-resolution weather data. The first satellite in EUMETSAT’s Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) programme, Metop-SGA1, in a polar orbit around 800km above the Earth’s surface, should continue the Metop series of…