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  • Amtech Electrocircuits Modernizes AmtechOS with AI and Advanced Automation

    Amtech Electrocircuits, a leading provider of manufacturing solutions, is proud to announce the modernization of its proprietary operating system, AmtechOS, by integrating cutting-edge AI technology and state-of-the-art process automation solutions. When AmtechOS was first developed 10 years ago, technologies such as cloud-based systems, BPM, and API integrations were not yet in existence. Since then, these…


  • Call for global grid development targets by COP29

    Image: GGI/IRENA The Green Grids Initiative has issued a call for national governments to agree to targets for major grid infrastructure development, ideally by COP29 in November 2024. Endorsing the COP29 call to reach $700 billion in grid infrastructure investments by 2030 and to add or upgrade over 80 million km of transmission and distribution…


  • DC EMC Filter from EMIS designed for High Power Electric Vehicle Charging Applications

    Space efficient for ease of integration into electronic systems Global EMC solutions provider EMIS announces the availability of the MF620 DC EMI Filter range specially designed for high power Electric Vehicle charging applications. The compact, space saving DC EMI filters suppress undesirable electrical disturbances in power lines, specifically for EV DC fast charging. The MF620…


  • Grid orchestration alliance launched in North America

    Image: TGO Alliance The Total Grid Orchestration (TGO) Alliance has been launched by utilities and technology providers in the US and Canada to deliver the energy transition. The Alliance, which is co-chaired by Black & Veatch and Hydro Ottawa, is intended as a collaborative forum to develop an industrywide framework for grid orchestration across planning,…


  • Austria’s Netz NÖ tests Bludigit’s Picarro gas detection tech

    Jochen Hagemann, Head of Network Engineering, and Thomas Wagner, Project Manager, Netz NÖ. Lower Austria network operator Netz NÖ is piloting Bludigit’s Picarro technology for vehicle-assisted gas detection. Picarro, which was developed by Bludigit, Italgas’s digital subsidiary, is based on California-headquartered Picarro’s gas concentration analysis technology for detection of a range of gases. Bludigit’s approach…


  • More strategic approach needed for promoting STEM careers, says EngineeringUK report

    EngineeringUK Chief Executive Dr Hilary Leevers EngineeringUK is asking for a more strategic approach to careers provision in schools and colleges in England and for greater investment in the careers system and associated infrastructure in a report on STEM careers provision. The report, ‘Advancing STEM careers provision in England: Key lessons and opportunities’, highlights what…


  • FANUC UK’s annual Open House will be held at the company’s UK headquarters in Ansty Park, Coventry on 12-14 November 2024.

    FANUC’s Open House has now firmly cemented itself as an unmissable highlight of the automation calendar, attracting a mix of over 600 Focussing on key challenges facing UK manufacturers and the ways in which automation can address them, the event will include speakers from major companies like Airbus, Amazon and Cummins and automation influencers from…


  • GEA celebrates its 150-year history of brewing innovations as it looks ahead to the future

    Among the guests of honor were high-ranking political representatives, including District Administrator Tamara Bischof (left) and Member of the Bundestag Dr. Anja Weisgerber (right) as well as Member of the State Parliament Barbara Becker (4th from left) and the Mayor of Kitzingen, Stefan Güntner (3rd from left), who paid tribute to GEA’s role for the…


  • Manufacturing upturn continues but nerves ahead of the Budget slow growth, says survey

    Chris Williamson Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence UK private sector manufacturers report a sustained upturn in business activity during September, marking 11 months of continuous expansion, according to the latest S&P Global Flash UK PMI Composite Output Index. But output growth slowdowns in both manufacturing and services meant that the overall speed…


  • Maintenance on world’s first floating wind farm demands specialist crane

    The world’s first floating wind farm, the 30 MW Hywind Scotland pilot park, is currently undergoing maintenance works include replacement of bearings and other repairs on its five turbines. Hywind Scotland, located 25 kilometres offshore of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, comprises five Siemens Gamesa 6 MW turbines mounted on SPAR-type foundations. The turbines are undergoing maintenance…