Engineering
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PCB design tools directly shape engineering efficiency and outcomes. Selecting platforms that integrate schematic capture, rule checking, stack-up control, and DFM validation reduces rework and late-stage errors. From library discipline to final Gerber output, workflow coherence determines whether fabrication proceeds cleanly or exposes avoidable oversights.
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Testo Saveris will showcase AI-led food safety at GFSI 2026. At the Vancouver conference (24–26 March), the company will outline automated monitoring, AI language support, and simulated temperature modelling to tighten frontline execution.
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Nulogy has launched a Manufacturing Operating System for plant operations. MOS unifies production, quality, compliance, maintenance, and warehouse execution on a shared data backbone with real-time analytics and integrations. Nulogy says users see 97% inventory accuracy, 99% fill rates, and 12% OEE gains in nine months.
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CISA has published fresh guidance on securing OT communications today. Richard Groome at e2e-assure says many sites cannot retrofit crypto safely, so operators will need stronger assurance, monitoring, and layered controls while secure-by-design comms remain a procurement decision
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Southeastern Railway has overhauled its train flooring adhesive. The operator selected TEROSON® MS 9320 SF for its adhesion strength, fire compliance, and faster curing times, replacing a two-part epoxy system that required drum mixing and 48-hour cures, reducing downtime and maintenance risk across its fleet.
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Emerson has released the Rosemount QX1000 continuous gas analyser today. The hybrid platform pairs paramagnetic O2 with quantum cascade laser spectroscopy for other gases, aiming to simplify CEMS compliance while cutting maintenance and downtime.
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Viking Precision has invested £1.6m in a dedicated turning shop. Four UK-built Mazak QUICK TURN 250 MSY lathes will run 24/7, targeting higher-volume, smaller components, including tribology parts for advanced test equipment.
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Viridi and Zschimmer & Schwarz signed a CO2 surfactants JDA. The partners say the agreement will scale captured-CO2 chemistry for sustainable, biodegradable surfactants used in cleaning formulations, following application trials by Zschimmer & Schwarz.
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Atlas Copco has launched a UK nitrogen system for lasers. LC N2 13-50 generates up to 300 bar, high-purity gas on site, bundling generation, boosting, storage, and controls to cut delivered-gas exposure.
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Kongsberg Discovery will launch two systems at Oceanology International 2026. The company will also stream live missions from its Oslofjord protection test bed and run dockside demonstrations on a Fugro training vessel at ExCeL London on 10–12 March.
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