
As a general rule of thumb, breads are often pigeonholed as tasty but unwelcome carb generators, a rather lop-sided opinion of this popular mealtime staple, which if eaten sensibly can be a discerning yet versatile ‘energy essential’ packed with beneficial fibre, iron and calcium. This is one key reason why Gold Standard Nutrition, a business…

Image supplied by ABB ABB has signed an agreement with UK-based gravity energy storage firm Gravitricity to explore how hoist expertise and technologies can accelerate the development and implementation of gravity energy storage systems in former mines. Gravitricity has developed GraviStore, a gravity energy storage system that raises and lowers heavy weights in underground shafts.…

Solderking, a leading UK manufacturer of an innovative range of solder and flux chemistries, is pleased to announce the addition of Etronix as a new distributor for the complete range of solder products. Etronix are a full supplier to the electronics manufacturing industry in the Nordic and Baltic Regions. With their reputation for providing some…

STI Electronics, Inc., a full-service organization providing training services, training materials, analytical/failure analysis, prototyping and electronics contract manufacturing, proudly announces the latest addition to its Training Team, Ms. Jenny Taymon. This appointment represents a milestone in STI’s commitment to delivering unmatched education and training services for the electronics assembly and related industries. With an illustrious…

As electronic devices evolve, more motors are being utilized across consumer, automotive and industrial markets. Many designers select Brushless DC (BLDC) motors to increase device longevity and lessen Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH). Historically, achieving these benefits required sophisticated control algorithms and waveforms that were outside the capability of cost-optimized controllers. Microchip Technology has launched its…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RA8D1 microcontroller (MCU) group. The RA8D1 group is the second in Renesas’ RA8 Series, the first MCUs based on the Arm® Cortex®-M85 processor. RA8D1 MCUs deliver breakthrough performance of over 6.39 CoreMark/MHz EEMBC’s CoreMark® benchmark measures performance of MCUs and CPUs used…

Maroš Šefčovič during the skills institute awards ceremony. Image courtesy EIT InnoEnergy The InnoEnergy Skills Institute has concluded specialised training courses for over 50,000 students, a milestone they tout towards addressing workforce demands within the battery industry. InnoEnergy, a training skills provider for the sustainable energy workforce in Europe, achieved the milestone nearly two years…

The UK-wide adoption of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the run up to the already hectic Christmas period has put enormous added pressure on the logistics sector. Data from Collect+ showed that last year there was an 81% leap in UK parcel traffic over the Black Friday weekend with almost 900,000 extra parcels processed…

Manrose, a UK-based ventilation manufacturer, in collaboration with Surrey Choices, has welcomed a young fan-enthusiast, Gabriel Hogan, to its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. In response to a social media request from Surrey Choices, an organisation helping people with disabilities and support needs to access work-based alternative education programs, Manrose extended an invitation for Gabriel to spend a day with…