Michael Ries, former CEO of API PRO/Optiware joins Ultimo as Channel expert to develop a Nordic partner network

Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software company Ultimo extends operation to the Nordic countries by onboarding new Channel partners in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Ultimo’s cloud platform helps customers across sectors increase asset availability and optimise productivity and safety. By developing a local Channel, Nordic customers will benefit from a world-class EAM system, combined with extensive local service and optimal commitment.

Industrial process heating equipment and solutions specialist Babcock Wanson is pleased to announce the acquisition of Thermigas, the French leader of decentralised liquid-heating applications in industrial processes.

The acquisition of Thermigas will allow Babcock Wanson to strengthen its environmental credentials and to deepen its offer with equipment which enables customers to optimise the energy consumption of their processes, thereby saving energy.

M&C Engineering has helped a water company bring an end to a costly and time-consuming diesel pump application, by introducing a new skid-mounted unit from Borger.

Whilst a tank was being replaced at a treatment works, the water company were paying significant hire and running costs, as well as dealing with excessive noise – but the flow is now being diverted by a 24.4kW Borger EL 1550 pump, which has been skid-mounted by M&C Engineering, who also supplied valves, control panel and canopy.

There is an adage that time is money, this is particularly true when it comes to production downtime. Hold ups in production could result in lost money- a lot of lost money!

Losses of upto £480,000 have been suggested that one of the UK’s largest automotive manufacturers could lose EACH HOUR; when they experience downtime on their paint plant. Your overheads may not be as substantial as the above example, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that the old adage you hear in every corner of business and production is true:

The first machine that could be considered an industrial PC (IPC) was released by IBM in the early 1980s, designed for the rigorous operations of industry. Almost 40 years on, IPCs are commonly used as automation controllers in many industrial environments. However, selecting the right IPC for these industrial environments is anything but straightforward. Here, Stephen Hayes, managing director of Beckhoff Automation UK, explores the main considerations for success when choosing an IPC. 

It’s something of an understatement to say automation is at the centre of modern industry. Automated systems and software have made significant gains in efficiency, productivity and safety over the past few decades. Generally, it’s necessary to use some form of automation system to remain competitive in today’s industrial market.

These views are generally shared across most industrial sectors in the UK, albeit with mixed results as far as implementation is concerned. In PwC’s 2019 Annual Manufacturing Report, there was positive sentiment towards automation and digital industrial technologies among industrial companies — almost three-quarters (74 per cent) accepted that they’ll need to adopt digital technologies to prosper in the years ahead.

Introducing the new testo 883 thermal imaging camera, with outstanding image quality and automatic image management.

The testo 883 was developed especially for maintenance staff and facility managers who wish to rely on the best thermal image quality and helpful features for their thermal measuring tasks. This saves time and ensures flawless work results. 

The testo 883 offers an impressive infrared resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, which can be even further increased to 640 x 480 pixels with the built-in testo SuperResolution technology. And thanks to the manual focus feature, the user is guaranteed full control of the thermal image at all times. With the testo Thermography App, thermal images can be quickly analysed on a smartphone/tablet or shared with colleagues and managers.

Find Focus with Hellberg’s range of all-new specialist safety glasses and goggles.

Renowned for its hi-spec PPE that includes advanced hearing protection products, face protection and communication solutions, Hellberg Safety is launching a new range safety eyewear.

With a wide range of street-smart styles, from basic to premium - the new range ensures a consistently clear line of sight and safe vision for professional tradesmen and women wherever they’re working on site.

A Superior Range of Hi Vis Protective Wear – for all kinds of light conditions.

Snickers Workwear takes personal wellbeing at work very seriously. That’s why this range of Hi-Vis protective wear is streets ahead of anything else.

With updated styles and designs added to the extensive range of Jackets, Trousers, Shorts, Toolvests, Shirts and Fleeces for men and women, there’s a host of garments in the range to satisfy the specific requirements of Classes 1, 2 and 3 protection levels.

With manufacturing and service industries under pressure to reduce carbon emissions, as part of the government’s ‘Net Zero’ roadmap, leading industrial compressor brand, ALUP, has launched an upgraded range of oil-injected air compressors, which have a significantly lower environmental footprint.

ALUP’s innovative Sonetto models feature a revamped air end element, which facilitates a market-leading increase of 15% in Free Air Delivery (FAD) output and a reduction in energy consumption on selected models of up to 12%. 

At the same time, its development of a full range of options allows the compressor to operate on a low duty cycle typically seen on piston machines, where the demand for air is intermittent. The combination of an anti-condensation oil heater, tropical thermostat and a larger 500-litre air receiver thereby allows the unit to operate on very low duty cycles and also avoids the issue of condensation forming within the oil. 

Hart Doors has recently installed a pair of its high-speed Speedor Storm doors at a major manufacturing/recycling plant in the Midlands. The plant, which annually supplies over 275,000 tonnes of polythene products, also recycles over 95,000 tonnes of UK waste from industrial, commercial, agricultural and domestic sources.

“Together with the latest Speedor Storms we have nearly 30 Speedors on site,” says Melanie Rosby, marketing manager, Hart Doors. “The doors are a crucial part of an objective to improve energy efficiency, maintain a better working environment and temperatures within the building as well as reducing vermin access.”