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Are you over-paying for essential components?

Are you over-paying for essential components?

As businesses begin to reopen after the extended lockdown period, cashflow will be key to survival for many. PVL managing director Steve Moorey is concerned that companies could be massively over-paying for key components, putting themselves at a disadvantage against their competitors as well as putting their very future at risk.

19th June 2020
HQW Precision and The Barden Corporation celebrate first anniversary as Partners in Precision

HQW Precision and The Barden Corporation celebrate first anniversary as Partners in Precision

Super precision bearing specialist, The Barden Corporation is celebrating the first year anniversary of the company’s acquisition by precision bearing manufacturer, HQW Precision GmbH. The past year has seen both companies brought together in partnership, with customers benefitting from the combined strengths and expertise. As a true partnership, the companies are best placed to deliver world-class high precision bearing products and compete on a global stage.

19th June 2020
TÃœV SÃœD launches UK Business Assurance service

TÃœV SÃœD launches UK Business Assurance service

TÜV SÜD has launched its Business Assurance service in the UK. The new service provides management system auditing and certification services for more than 40 management standards, including ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 45001 (occupational health & safety).

18th June 2020
Extended warranty for enhanced geared motors

Extended warranty for enhanced geared motors

SEW Eurodrive has launched an optional Premium Protection Package for its range of gearedmotors that includes an additional 12 months warranty on top of the statutory two year period the company already provides as standard.

17th June 2020
Intertronics supplies innovative Born2Bond cyanoacrylate adhesives

Intertronics supplies innovative Born2Bond cyanoacrylate adhesives

Adhesives specialist Intertronics has been appointed as distributor of Born2Bond, a new range of cyanoacrylate (CA) adhesives suitable for bonding applications in high technology industries such as medical devices, electronics assembly, and automotive manufacturing and aftermarket. The new, patented products can overcome the speed issues of a traditional methoxyethyl cyanoacrylate (MECA) product, but still offer the stability and strength of an ethyl cyanoacrylate (ECA), meaning manufacturers can use CA adhesives with fewer compromises.

16th June 2020
Robots speed up the production of Covid-19 tests

Robots speed up the production of Covid-19 tests

In the fight against the coronavirus, speed and close co-operation are required. This is why Senova, a leading German developer and manufacturer of rapid test systems for biomarkers, viruses and microorganisms, decided to use the robotics expertise of Omron to enhance its production process. Previously, the manual production of the tests was very time-consuming. In the past few weeks, in conjunction with Omron and Kraus Maschinenbau GmbH, Senova has developed and built machines that significantly accelerate and improve the process. This will enable more people to be tested more quickly.

15th June 2020
Your Industrial Technology EXTRA for 15 June

Your Industrial Technology EXTRA for 15 June

Issue 11 of Industrial Technology EXTRA! - our interactive electronic supplement to the printed edition of Industrial Technology - is out today. You can view the PDF here, the flip-page magazine, or download the tablet version on the Industrial Technology app. Contents include:

15th June 2020

Stober collaborates in the drive to make more mobile ventilators

Stober collaborates in the drive to make more mobile ventilators

In a multi-company collaboration with student design office FF Maschinen GmbH, mechanical transmissions manufacturer Stober has supplied components for use in the production of manually operated mobile ventilators in the battle against coronavirus. Following increased demand for ventilators, managing director of FF Maschinen, Felix Theurer, had the idea to expand the capability of mobile ventilators in such a way that they can also be used for patients with corona-related breathing difficulties.

11th June 2020
Igus joins the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation as a cable specialist

Igus joins the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation as a cable specialist

PROFINET is the world's leading Ethernet-based communication protocol for industrial automa-tion transferring large volumes of data quickly and safely in real time. To advance the research of this technology in moving applications, igus has now joined the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO) as a cable specialist. 

11th June 2020
Ensuring UK plc is a winner as we navigate the

Ensuring UK plc is a winner as we navigate the "new normal"

My latest phone bill was a bit of a frightener, but is probably a good indicator of the time I’ve spent chatting to friends and colleagues in the industry over the last few weeks. Not being to get out and talk to people in person, my phone line has been engaged more often than not as I’ve tried to keep abreast of developments within our industry and to find out how businesses are holding up through the current crisis.

11th June 2020
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