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  • Lineage offers ,000 grand prize for the Food Chain Innovation Challenge

    Lineage, the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT, has announced additional details of its flagship competition, the Food Chain Innovation Challenge. Lineage’s global competition invites students and startups to pitch their innovative technologies or data solutions that address post-harvest food waste. The Food Chain Innovation Challenge will take place in three major locations: London on…


  • Draghi’s report calls for power grid and automotive strategies to boost competitiveness

    Draghi presents the findings of the report during a press debriefing in Brussels, Belgium. Mario Draghi’s long-awaited report, The Future of European Competitiveness, has been released, detailing why Europe needs a joint decarbonisation and competitiveness plan with power grid and e-mobility industrial strategies as key components. Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief and Italian…


  • Golden Hooves doubles the size of its regenerative product line

    Golden Hooves has announced the launch of a Double Gloucester and brand new cracker range, with all products available for retail from Tuesday 1 October. Ahead of the release, the regeneratively farmed cheese and crackers will be showcased on Stand 1101 at Speciality & Fine Food Fair, giving delegates a first taste of the new…


  • Fynoderee commences exporting to the European market

    Award-winning spirits producer The Fynoderee Distillery is launching European exports. A range of premium spirits from the Isle-of-Man-based company will now be available for home delivery to France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Austria, as well as for trade supply to Norway. More destinations are expected to be announced soon. This marks a huge…


  • Italy’s distribution grid needs €6bn/year over next decade

    Image: Enel Italy’s distribution grid needs annual investment around €6 billion (US$5.4 billion) over the next 10 years to ensure continuity of performance, new analysis for Enel has found. The review, undertaken with The European House Ambrosetti (TEHA), found that the Italian distribution grid – in its current set-up – is among the most virtuous…


  • GB’s Electricity North West to advance smart meter benefits

    Image: SMS Electricity North West’s 2.5 million smart meters in northwest England are to be migrated onto meter data innovator Procode’s intelligent meter adapter. The agreement, which runs for a minimum of five years, should see Electricity North West’s smart meter estate seamlessly migrated to the intelligent data adapter starting in November. With this Electricity…


  • electronica 2024: The world’s leading trade fair for the electronics industry turns 60

    electronica celebrated its premiere in 1964 as the first trade fair in Germany devoted solely to electronic components. In the meantime, it has been accompanying innovations in the international electronics industry for six decades, providing a complete market overview of its latest products, technologies and solutions every two years. In 2024, the world’s leading trade…


  • FALLING PROFITABILITY A ‘SILENT KILLER’ FOR UK ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS, NEW DATA REVEALS

    Small and mid-sized electronics manufacturers in the UK are facing a ‘silent killer’ as new figures show profitability has dropped, despite strong sales. Electronics and telecommunications manufacturers faced a drop of 11% in profitability this fiscal year, despite a mighty 31% increase in revenue. On the other hand, electrical and electronic components manufacturers saw profitability…


  • KYZEN Announces Partnership with Added-Value Distributor ADTOOL Corporation

     KYZEN, the global leader in innovative environmentally responsible cleaning chemistries, proudly announces its strategic partnership with ADTOOL Corporation. While KYZEN is committed to improving precision cleaning processes, ADTOOL Corporation provides manufacturing tools and equipment to improve processes across an array of sectors. ADTOOL Corporation is a highly respected supplier in the electronics industry. Today, ADTOOL…


  • RWE breaks ground on inertia-capable battery system in the Netherlands

    Image courtesy RWE German energy company RWE has begun construction of an ultra-fast battery storage system with an installed capacity of 7.5MW and a storage capacity of 11MWh on the site of its power plant in Moerdijk in the Netherlands, calling it an ‘innovative technology for grid stability.’ According to RWE in a release, with…