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  • Label-free bottles becoming the new eco-design solution

    Carvalhelhos banner moulds. Posted: 14 March 2025 Share this page Label-free bottles are an increasingly popular trend among food and beverage manufacturers. For example, in Portugal, Carvalhelhos, a company that has always prioritized sustainability and environmental responsibility, produces new PET and rPET containers without plastic labels, thanks to the EBS 8 KL ERGON stretch-blow moulder…


  • Call for contracts and derisking to be at forefront of electricity market design

    Fabien Roques, Martin Fourdrignier and Laura Feleki. If Europe hopes to accelerate decarbonisation and in turn competitiveness across its industries, policymakers need a radical rethink of electricity market design. And that rethink should be carried out in conjunction with the players in the industrial sector. That was the message from day two of the European…


  • Eqraft’s Eqrader assesses, selects, and sorts potatoes

    Jouke Aalvanger and Leon Vaandrager, leading the development of the Eqrade optical sorting machine for potatoes. Posted: 14 March 2025 Share this page Eqraft partnered again with Biometic, a leading Italian company specialising in quality control scanning solutions and advanced machine to produce the new Eqrader for potatoes which assesses, selects, and sorts potatoes based…


  • ALiEnS-SOC launched for cybersecurity of Slovenia’s energy sector

    Photo: 123rf The ALiEnS-SOC project has been launched to enhance the cybersecurity of Slovenia’s energy sector with AI. ALiEnS-SOC (Artificial Intelligence for Slovenian Electro-Energy Sector Security Operation Centre), under the coordination of Slovenian TSO ELES, is aimed to pilot and validate an AI-based cybersecurity framework to improve threat detection and response for energy sector security…


  • Staropramen launches new 10x440ml fridge pack

    Staropramen has launched a new 10x440ml can ‘Fridge Pack’ in response to rising demand for multi-pack can formats in the world beer category (source: Circana. beer & cider. MAT 7th September 2024). The packs will launch in stores nationwide from 17th March 2025, with the most recent data showing that 30% of shoppers who purchase…


  • A bn loan guarantee for a transmission project may be Elon Musk’s next target

    A visualization shows what the Grain Belt Express transmission line would look line running across a farmer’s land. Invenergy has asked federal officials to narrow a “National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor” along Grain Belt’s route. (Invenergy) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has sent a letter to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk,…


  • Aismalibar to Showcase Advanced Thermal Management Solutions at APEC 2025

    Aismalibar, a global leader in high-performance thermal management materials, is set to exhibit at APEC 2025 (Applied Power Electronics Conference) in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 16–20, 2025. As the premier event for power electronics professionals, APEC provides a crucial platform for industry leaders to explore the latest advancements in thermal interface materials (TIMs), high-performance PCB…


  • Emerson has released the latest stage of its next-generation AVENTICS™ Series XV pneumatic valve systems with new flow rates, configurations, accessories, UL certifications and more. These updates give original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) greater design flexibility and scalability to precisely configure valves when engineering handling systems and automation solutions. After successfully launching the AVENTICS Series XV03…


  • If you are a machine builder or system integrator, you need to be aware of the new EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 that entered into force on 17 August 2023 and has been applied since 18 February 2024. This will not affect every machine builder and system integrator but read on to find out if the…


  • Minor investments in sensor quality protect major assets

    Sensor specification is an important consideration when choosing process monitoring and control equipment. However, in the following article, Juhani Lehto from Vaisala explains why the quality of a sensor can be difficult to determine from a spec sheet alone. The cost of high-end sensors can be negligible in comparison with the processes and assets that…