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Vipa rebrands itself as Gapp Automation to reflect offering

Vipa rebrands itself as Gapp Automation to reflect offering

Gapp Automation is the new name for Vipa Ltd, reflecting the fact that the company now offers so much more than the original Vipa offering to include a complete range of automation products and services, and representing a variety of manufacturing partners. At the same time, the company has unveiled its new website, featuring its core product lines of controls, drives, visualisation, linear motion and power transmission products.

27th July 2015
Victrex announces Kleiss Gears acquisition

Victrex announces Kleiss Gears acquisition

Victrex is further enhancing its ability to provide complete 'integrated' solutions following its acquisition of US-based polymer gears specialist Kleiss Gears. The acquisition by Victrex, a leading global PEEK polymer-based solutions provider, will help facilitate the rapid development of answers to key challenges facing customers across industries, including enhanced durability and reliability, better performance, significant reductions in energy consumption and weight, and up to 50% reduction in noise, vibration and harshness, compared with metal gears.

27th July 2015
Stauff and Spir Star sign an exclusive deal

Stauff and Spir Star sign an exclusive deal

Stauff UK and Spir Star have agreed an exclusive sales and distribution contract, for the rights to supply the Spir Star and Sami Instrument products into the UK and Ireland.

27th July 2015
The lobster, the cat and the wardrobe

The lobster, the cat and the wardrobe

A lobster walks into a bar. The landlord sees him, and shouts above the crowd: "Hey, you. Out. You're barred." The lobster replies: "Eh? Why? What have I done?" The landlord responds: "You come in 'ere, givin' it all that..." This was described to me as the best visual joke ever for radio. It's funny when you see it, but it's more funny when you hear it (or, hopefully, when you read it), because the humour is in the visualisation.

27th July 2015
ABB to supply one kilometer of switchgear for fertilizer plant

ABB to supply one kilometer of switchgear for fertilizer plant

ABB has announced today that it will supply MNS low voltage switchgear to upgrade a production plant of Yara, the leading global fertilizer company in Porsgrunn, Norway. The MNS low voltage switchgear would cover a distance of more than a kilometer if stood end to end. ABB has booked first orders under the frame agreement in the first quarter of 2015.

27th July 2015
Pumping peanut butter made easy using MasoSine SPS200

Pumping peanut butter made easy using MasoSine SPS200

Faced with a failing progressive cavity pump when trying to transfer peanut butter from the grinder to a holding tank, a reputable food plant in Pretoria, South Africa, has found a far more reliable and cost effective solution in a MasoSine SPS200 process pump from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group.

23rd July 2015
RS Components increases stock of Alpha Wire product lines

RS Components increases stock of Alpha Wire product lines

RS Components has enhanced its stockholding of most-wanted product lines from Alpha Wire as part of a strategic initiative to ensure customers' favourite products are readily available for immediate despatch and next-day delivery.

22nd July 2015
UV adhesive system cures time problem for Brandon Medical

UV adhesive system cures time problem for Brandon Medical

Extended curing times for adhesives can often create a bottleneck in the production process which can interrupt work flow. This was exactly the problem experienced by Brandon Medical. Technical Director Nigel Davill explained: "We had a problem bonding three polycarbonate lenses together to make the large front lens of our Quasar eLite operating theatre lamp.

21st July 2015
COPA-DATA and COSMO CONSULT embark on strategic cooperation

COPA-DATA and COSMO CONSULT embark on strategic cooperation

A close collaboration has begun between automation solutions specialist COPA-DATA and COSMO CONSULT, the leading pan-European Microsoft Partner for the enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The goal of this partnership is to offer customers a simple and secure real-time connection of the process level with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, and thereby create a seamless information flow between the ERP level and the production environment.

20th July 2015
Power resistor specialist supports client with product training

Power resistor specialist supports client with product training

Specialist power resistor manufacturer Cressall offered one of its customers the chance to sip from the company's century-old fountain of knowledge with a bespoke training service. Cressall has more than 100 years experience designing and manufacturing resistors, load banks and harmonic filters. The company can offer a training package to help clients use Cressall load banks effectively and efficiently.

17th July 2015
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