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  • E-REDES inaugurates new Electrical Network Training Park

    Image courtesy E-REDES Portuguese distribution system operator E-REDES has inaugurated an electrical network training park at Latino Coelho Secondary School in Lamego to train the network engineers of tomorrow. The project is the result of a partnership between E-REDES and Eletrificadora Douro Sul (EDS) and aims to support the skills training of young people in…


  • Andreas Prusak from Panasonic Connect at productronica 2023

    Chloe O’Brien speaks to Andreas Prusak from Panasonic Connect at productronica 2023 in Munich, Germany. [embedded content] WNIE TV is kindly sponsored by Hanwha, Koh Young Technologies, Adaptsys, KIC, ART, ASYS, Mechnano, Arch Systems, MIRTEC, Fuji, Humiseal, BTU, Viscom and ECD.


  • Innovative Machine Modifications for Avondale

    Avondale Foods (Craigavon) Ltd. was founded in 1965 by Harry and Derek Geddis. The brothers started in business growing vegetables at their family farm for distribution to local markets and retail outlets. As Avondale Foods expanded, produce was outsourced to local growers while the company focused on product development. In the late 1970s, Avondale Foods…


  • Nurturing a Food Safety Culture: A top-down approach for BRCGS audit readiness

    In the realm of food manufacturing, maintaining stringent food safety standards is paramount to ensuring a quality end product and upholding brand reputation. As BRCGS audits loom in 2024, food manufacturers must prioritise fostering a strong food safety culture within their organisations.  The essence of food safety culture A food safety culture encapsulates the shared…


  • UK funds vehicle to everything research and development

    Image courtesy 123rf The UK Government has announced funding support for bidirectional electric vehicle charging in the hopes of developing vehicle to everything (V2X) capability. V2X allows users to leverage EV-stored excess electricity in the vehicle’s battery to power home appliances, such as fridges and washing machines, or flow back into the power grid for…


  • Uplight to acquire DERMS provider AutoGrid

    Photo by Oxana Melis on Unsplash Uplight, a software provider for utilities, announced an agreement to acquire AutoGrid, a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) provider. The capabilities of Uplight and AutoGrid will be combined in a single platform to integrate, orchestrate, and monetise distributed energy resources (DERs). Uplight says…


  • Smart metering and demand response continue to increase in US

    Image: Eversource FERC’s annual smart metering and demand response assessment highlights annual increases averaging around 8 million new smart meters. The assessment, compiled as a statutory requirement annually, quotes 2021 smart meter data as the latest, with numbers of 111.2 and 115.3 million smart meters from the EIA and Institute for Electric Innovation respectively. These…


  • QPT opens its first Crowdcube funding round with Geoff Haynes as lead investor

    Quantum Power Transformation Limited (QPT) has opened its first funding round on Crowdcube and is delighted to announce that one of the pioneers of GaN technology, Geoff Haynes, is the lead investor for the round. The round has a target of £500,000 and is eligible for EIS. The link to Early Access is https://www.crowdcube.com/early-access/qpt Geoff…


  • Seika Machinery Rolls Out Fully Automatic Sawa Ecobrid Stencil Cleaner and Sayaka CT23S Tabletop Router

    Seika Machinery, Inc., a leading provider of advanced machinery, materials and engineering services, is pleased to announce the introduction of two new products: the new Sawa Ecobrid fully automatic stencil cleaner and the Sayaka CT23S tabletop router.  Sawa Ecobrid Fully Automatic Stencil Cleaner: The fully automatic Sawa Ecobrid is a state-of-the-art fully stencil cleaner designed…


  • SEGGER’s emUSB-C PD turns the cable connection into smart tech

    SEGGER’s emUSB-C PD is an embedded software library for managing the power delivery (PD) protocol. With emUSB-C PD, software can actively manage cable connections. This helps embedded system developers meet the requirement of an upcoming EU mandate. Devices sold in the EU, powered with less than 100 W, must have a USB Type-C charging port.…