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Schneider enhances operations management software portfolio

Schneider Electric kicked off its 2014 Software Global Customer Conference in Orlando by showcasing a stronger combined operations management software portfolio, bolstered by the Invensys software product lines the company acquired earlier this year.

1st October 2014

Schneider Electric agrees to acquire InStep Software

Schneider Electric has entered into an agreement to acquire InStep Software, a provider of real-time performance management and predictive asset analytics software. It is the latest acquisition from the company's growing Software business and deepens its presence in the power and energy market. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014, subject to customary regulatory and other closing conditions.

1st October 2014

Connected Enterprise: Industrial Internet of Things conference

As one of the biggest topics in global IT, the Internet Of Things often seems like an intangible piece of jargon but it came a little closer to reality at the Connected Enterprise event hosted by Hanley Automation in Mondello this week.

29th September 2014

Conveying and sorting in one

Festo has developed a new pneumatic conveyor concept - the WaveHandler - for the transportation and simultaneous sorting of delicate objects.

25th September 2014

Expanding on ESOS regulations to secure compressed air energy savings

The clock has begun ticking towards December 2015. That is the date by which all UK companies with 250 or more employees, or annual turnover in excess of £42m, must have completed a comprehensive audit of their energy use. The countdown has already been heeded by some firms but others remain unaware of the requirement, which has been introduced by the government under the Energy Savings Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) in response to the EU's efficiency directive.

22nd September 2014

Magnomatics announces The Proving Factory as production partner

Magnomatics, a high-technology company that develops and manufactures energy-efficient products based on ground-breaking magnetic gear technology, has announced The Proving Factory as the production partner of both its MAGSPLIT power split and PDD wheel motor devices at LCV2014.

19th September 2014

Imperial College chooses LG Motion for novel XYZR gantry scanning solution

A novel motorised XYZR gantry scanning system with a combined vertical and rotary positioning axis that includes the ability to measure its force, position and velocity has been supplied to the Imperial College Non-Destructive Evaluation Group by LG Motion for an interesting research project to evaluate critical aspects of a high temperature strain monitoring technique for use in power station steam lines and associated components.

18th September 2014

Atlas Copco VSD compressors: 240million kWh of electricity saved

Atlas Copco Compressors is celebrating the 20th anniversary of a groundbreaking innovation that has had a major impact on energy efficiency in the industrial world. In the two decades since the company first introduced variable speed drive (VSD) technology into its air compressors, it calculates that UK industry has saved around 240 million kWh of electricity by using Atlas Copco VSD compressors.

15th September 2014

The new norm for Chinese machinery production

In 2014, machinery production in China is forecast to expand 7.4 per cent, a slowdown from 7.9 per cent growth in 2013, according to the quarterly tracker for Chinese Machinery Production from IHS Inc.

22nd August 2014

PPMA Show 2014 returns to the NEC

As growth in the UK's manufacturing sector continues to accelerate, industry professionals are poised to flock to this year's PPMA Show 2014, the UK's premier, free-to-attend complete production line event for processing and packaging machinery, which runs from 30 September - 2nd October 2014 at the NEC, Birmingham.

20th August 2014

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