
Skyline of New Jersey, US. Image courtesy 123rf New Jersey water utility company Trenton Water Works (TWW) has launched a $20 million project to replace 63,034 water meters in its five-municipality system with smart water meters. TWW meter readers will be able to read the new two-way communicating water meters remotely, eliminating almost all estimated…

Image courtesy National Grid National Grid is delivering a £130 million ($163 million) project to refurbish and strengthen the existing overhead transmission line network between Lincoln and Stevenage in the UK. The refurbishment will enable power to continue to feed into regional electricity networks, who distribute it to homes and businesses at lower, more usable…

Datest, a leading provider of advanced, efficient and mission-critical in-circuit testing, test engineering, X-ray inspection and nondestructive failure analysis solutions, has been awarded the prestigious 2023 GLOBAL Technology Award in the category of Test Services for its Enhanced High Density Precision Geometry Flying Probe Wafer Testing Services. The award ceremony took place during productronica in…

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorised global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, has published twelve eBooks this year in collaboration with top manufacturing partners, providing practical guides that offer engineers trusted information to create innovative designs. Three of these recent collaborative eBooks have focused on industrial applications, such as the industrial…

SIG has joined MISTA, the San Francisco-based food innovation platform that unites the most innovative food, ingredient, and food tech companies around the world. Joining at the beginning of November at the MISTA in Action event in San Francisco, MISTA brings together leaders from the global food and beverage industry to discuss ways of jointly…

Image: Annex TS4 The digitalisation of district heating and cooling is essential to decarbonising the thermal energy system, a new IEA report states. The report, from the IEA’s technology collaboration programme on district heating (Annex TS4 project), points to the digitalisation of district heating systems as representing a paradigm shift in the production, distribution and…

EnOcean has been making a significant impact in the fight against climate change. Through its innovative energy harvesting wireless technology, EnOcean is saving over 1.4 million tons of CO2 emissions annually, preventing this harmful greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere. This achievement is made possible as its technology is now connecting smart-building systems in more…

ABB’s YuMi® collaborative robots help SUS Corporation reshore production and address workforce shortages The dual-armed cobots reduce assembly time, increase productivity by 20%, and increase flexibility Automated solution developed using ABB’s RobotStudio® virtualisation software ABB’s YuMi® cobots are enabling the reshoring of production and helping to address challenges presented by workforce shortages for SUS Corporation,…

Leading factory automation supplier FANUC UK has welcomed the recent government announcement of a £4.5bn windfall for the UK manufacturing industry. Including £2bn for the automotive industry, £975m for aerospace and £960m for clean energy, the funding will be available to UK manufacturers from 2025, following the next general election. “This package of loans and…

AkzoNobel is further helping the beverage can industry transition to products free from materials of concern with the launch of next generation coatings technology and a new production plant in Spain. The company’s Packaging Coatings business has just launched the first two products in its new Accelstyle range. Designed for the exterior of conventional two-piece…