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  • Altus to Highlight Key Manufacturing Solutions and Trends at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2025

    Altus Group, a leading distributor of advanced electronics manufacturing equipment in the UK and Ireland, will showcase a selection of cutting-edge solutions at Southern Manufacturing and Electronics 2025 from 4-6 February at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre. Visitors can learn about innovative technologies tailored to meet the evolving demands of the electronics industry at the…


  • A.R.T. electronics training expertise on show at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics

    Booth #B30, Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, 4th – 6th February, 2025 Advanced Rework Technology Ltd (A.R.T.), the leading independent provider of IPC-certified & bespoke training services for the electronics assembly industry, will showcase its extensive offering for electronics training, certification and consultancy on booth #B30 at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, taking place at Farnborough International…


  • Hanwha Techwin Automation Americas Appoints PMR Representatives as New Southern California Representative

    Hanwha Techwin Automation Americas, Hanwha Precision Machinery’s North America branch office, is pleased to announce the appointment of PMR Representatives as its exclusive representative for Southern California and Southern Nevada. This strategic partnership strengthens Hanwha’s commitment to delivering unparalleled support and innovative manufacturing solutions to customers in the region. Founded in 1994, PMR Representatives is…


  • SIG and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation collaborate to push forward the packaging circular economy

    SIG has proudly announced a partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to reduce waste, improve recyclability and increase the use of renewable materials. The partnership is an important step in SIG’s broader strategy to innovate and scale circular packaging solutions to create a zero waste, low carbon future for the packaging industry. The Ellen MacArthur…


  • SSEN’s data-based heat pump rollout project wins £450,000

    Image courtesy SSEN Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has announced that a project to advance heat pump rollout in the UK by their Future Networks Team has been awarded £450,000 (approximately $550,779) by the UK’s energy regulator. The project, called ‘EqualLCT’, will use network data to show areas where a rollout of heat pumps…


  • Trends in Semiconductor System Design – Reading 06th February 2025

    TechWorks AI and DESN, the technical communities of TechWorks, the UK’s Deep Tech Hub, are organising events with a strong focus on AI. In the age of AI, we are exploring how EDA toolmakers are developing solutions to support all aspects of design while meeting the growing demands of customers. We’ll be hosting an event…


  • Clock is running out for foreign claims due to significant backlogs

    Lawyers are urgently warning that the “clock may run out” before an international claim is effectively served as severe backlogs at the UK’s foreign process section (FPS) continue to affect firms in the food and drink sector dealing with abroad clients. The FPS, which handles the service of claims abroad in compliance with the Hague…


  • PackUK named as new Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme administrator

    PackUK – the scheme administrator for Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility – formally launches today (21 January 2025) and will implement the UK’s new Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) programme. The EPR Statutory Instrument came into force on 1 January and the establishment of PackUK as the scheme administrator is a key part, Defra said in…


  • Gnaw stands for comfortingly flat, chunky Easter Eggs

    Despite the fact that Christmas is over, Easter is approaching. Gnaw Chocolate is pleased to present its new line of comfortingly chunky flat eggs in a variety of intriguing formats, including Rocky Road, Totally Nuts, Chocolate Curls and Eggs-travaganza offerings. After all, true chocolate lovers don’t need much of an excuse to seek out something…


  • Calorie labelling results in slight decreases in consumption and selection

    People choose fewer calories when food is labelled with calories on menus and items. A new Cochrane review led by scientists from UCL, Bath Spa University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, examined evidence from 25 studies on the impact of calorie labelling on food selection and consumption. They found that calorie labels…