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An instant noodle meal producer has recently turned up the dial on its packaging operation and has uncovered savings in wrapping materials as an added bonus. When its previous side sealer packaging line became increasingly unreliable, the well-known food production facility looked to YPS to propose a replacement. Line speed was always going to be…
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Nim’s Let’s Bake and Let’s Cook range. Posted: 5 August 2024 Share this page One of the UK’s pioneering food companies has rebranded after launching its 65th product. ‘Nim’s…Naturally’ has been registered by entrepreneur Nimisha Raja MBE to reflect the company’s growing range of products that have diversified from air-dried fruit and vegetable crisps to…
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A major new partnership has been signed that will give ‘agritech’ innovators a single point of contact for contract manufacturing and electronics. PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) is collaborating with Jaltek to target up to £4m of new orders with UK organisations involved in indoor/vertical farming, automation, precision farming and remote sensing. This relationship…
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DigiKey, a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, is excited to announce significant portfolio expansions in the first two quarters of 2024. This includes the addition of more than 150 new suppliers and more than 340,000 innovative new products across its core…
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Altus Group, a leading distributor of capital equipment in the UK and Ireland, is pleased to announce the successful implementation of the Essemtec Fox MFC Pick and Place system at Nexperia’s Stockport facility. This advanced system has enhanced Nexperia’s SMT production capabilities, addressing their need for increased flexibility and future-proofing. Nexperia, a global leader in…
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Ignacio Galán, Iberdrola’s executive chairman in his office. Image courtesy Iberdrola Global energy giant Iberdrola has signed an agreement to acquire 88% of Electricity North West (ENW) in the UK in a deal valuing the company at €5 billion ($5.5 billion). Iberdrola is acquiring ENW for an equity value of £2.1 billion (€2.5 billion). The…
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Image: Kamstrup Trilliant’s heat/cool metering partnership with Kamstrup aims to support metering requirements across Canada more efficiently and cost-effectively. Kamstrup’s Multical heat/cool meters, which are approved by Measurement Canada, are interoperable with Trilliant’s AMI and smart buildings solutions. The companies’ combined technologies and expertise should enable Trilliant to provide a future-proof, robust multi-commodity submetering platform,…
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Image: Energy Web Energy Web (EW) and decentralised computing provider Acurast are partnering to “enhance efficiency and sustainability in the global energy landscape”, states a release. The partnership aims to seamlessly integrate Energy Web worker node networks with Acurast’s network, which should enable users to host the EW workers on that protocol. The primary goal…
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Image courtesy RMI US think tank RMI, formerly known as Rocky Mountain Institute, has released GridUp, a publicly accessible tool that helps utilities forecast when and where energy and power demand will materialise from vehicle electrification. GridUp, supported by a grant from FedEx, can forecast EV power needs at the census-block group level. According to…
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Image: Infineon Technologies The ECS4DRES project has been launched in Europe with co-funding from the EU’s Horizon Europe and the German federal government. The Electronic Components and Systems for Flexible, Coordinated and Resilient Distributed Renewable Energy Systems (ECS4DRES) project is aimed to strengthen the reliability, safety and resilience of distributed renewable energy systems with the…
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