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UK consumers are now actively considering the environment alongside their individual health when buying food, according to Tetra Pak’s Index 2023. These environmentally conscious consumers labelled ‘Climatarians’ are willing to alter their eating habits to protect the planet. The market for healthy foods is already well established, as consumers actively seek products that will have…
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PVA Introduces PathMaster X: The Next Evolution in Programming Software for Direct Series Delta Line
PVA, a global supplier of automated dispensing and coating equipment, is pleased to announce its latest innovation, PathMaster X. This cutting-edge programming software is meticulously designed exclusively for PVA’s Direct Series Delta line, promising enhanced control, advanced capabilities and a fully customizable platform tailored to production requirements. PathMaster X represents a leap forward in software…
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Justin Cody Worden on behalf of What’s New in Electronics TV talks to Mark Kanpurwala from Aven Tools at SMTAI in Minneapolis, USA. [embedded content] WNIE TV is kindly sponsored by ART – Advanced Rework Technology, Arch Systems, Hanwha, KIC, Koh Young, and Mechnano.
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JBT’s Proseal has launched IntelliTool to protect against damage that results from mismatched or incorrectly installed tooling components. IntelliTool, released for Proseal’s GTe and GTs machine range, ensures all installed tooling components are a matched set and that the tooling components are engaged correctly. When a mismatch occurs, the machinery will not run, and the user-friendly…
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Co-founders, Thomas Straker and Toby Hopkinson have announced the launch of their new British, 100% organic butter brand, All Things Butter, building from the phenomenal success of chef Straker’s TikTok channel of the same name that has earned over 2 million followers. Launching a four-strong range into Ocado on November 8th 2023, the brand introduces…
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ABB Robotics and Porsche Consulting have announced their collaboration to drive automation in the construction industry with a pilot project to develop innovative new practices in modular housing manufacture. The collaboration will help to meet the need for more affordable and sustainable buildings and reduce the environmental impact of construction, amidst widespread labour and skills…
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Image courtesy Atlas Copco In 2024, the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC), based in Sweden with rounds in Norway, will become the first national racing series in the world to compete with electric touring cars. Key to enabling this transformation are Swedish industrial company Atlas Copco’s ZBC battery-based energy storage systems, which will be used…
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Image: Eversource Eversource is ready to instal smart meters for its more than 1.2 million residential and small business customers in Connecticut, US. The proposal, which was filed in November 2021, forms part of Eversource’s electricity system modernisation and is intended to replace mostly end of life meters – most of them AMR drive-by read…
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In this series of application examples looking at Contrinex Smart Inductive and Photoelectric sensors in a Smart Factory, we now look at presence detection and dimensional measurement using inductive sensors. In a Smart manufacturing cell, an inductive sensor positioned at the end of an outfeed conveyor, checks for the presence of a metal machined part.…
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Manrose has announced it is a finalist in the H&V News Awards within the ‘Net Zero Impact’ category. A leading UK-based ventilation manufacturer, the company has made the shortlist for its ‘Making Ventilation More Sustainable’ entry, which covers the company undergoing a manufacturing transformation at its Reading site by moving from using virgin to recycled…
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