Food Manufacturing

New Managing Director for Leuze Electronic UK

Mark Weymouth is joining Leuze Electronic as the new Managing Director of UK operations, and his first role is to separate the company from its former joint-venture partner Mayser Polymer. Weymouth believes that creating a wholly-owned UK subsidiary will enable the company to serve the UK market better.

28th November 2008

Belden adds Hirschmann and Lumberg Automation brands

Belden is introducing a new integrated cable, active component and connectivity marketing initiative for demanding and mission-critical industrial manufacturing environments.

28th November 2008

Farnell to distribute Harwin Datamate Trio-Tek connectors

Harwin is appointing Farnell as exclusive European catalogue distributor for its Datamate Trio-Tek range of crimp contact connectors.

26th November 2008

Workshop to discuss wireless in industrial environments

Wireless devices are making an entry into the industrial environment thanks to their numerous benefits such as flexibility, cabling cost reduction and extending measurements to critical information. However, the rate of adoption has been slow due to numerous challenges and concerns among end users, important ones being reliability, security and safety.

18th November 2008

Bosch Rexroth to acquire Hägglunds Drives

Bosch Rexroth says it plans to acquire all shares in Hägglunds Drives AB, which is based in Mellansel, Sweden. The contract was signed on 18 July 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden, though the acquisition is subject to approval by the authorities.

12th November 2008

Energy-efficient industrial drying systems at Brau Beviale

Secomak is returning to Brau Beviale for the second consecutive year, between 12 and 14 November 2008, to exhibit its energy-efficient industrial drying systems capabilities.

10th November 2008

Vacon hosts golf day at Lutterworth

Glorious sunshine was enjoyed by all who took part in the golf day recently organised by Vacon at Lutterworth Golf Club. In all, 24 competitors, comprising Vacon customers, technical partners, business associates and members of the company's own staff, teed off for the 18-hole Stableford Competition.

3rd November 2008

Citect's Alison Koh joins European board of MESA

Schneider Electric-Citect's expertise in manufacturing execution systems (MES) has been recognised with the election of Alison Koh, Citect MES Director for Europe, to the European board of the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA). MESA is an association of producers, vendors and consultants whose aim is to promote innovation and best practice sharing to improve business production operations.

23rd October 2008

SMC highlights new products at PPMA Show 2008

SMC Pneumatics had a prominent stand at the PPMA Show 2008, which was the first time the company had exhibited in the UK for seven years. Show visitors certainly appeared to appreciate the move, as the SMC staff on the stand were kept busy throughout the event.

19th October 2008

See new Domino printing systems at PPMA 2008

On a specially designed stand reflecting a typical packaging line from product to pallet, Domino UK will showcase its most innovative printing systems for primary, secondary and tertiary coding. In particular, Domino will be highlighting additions to two of its key outer case product ranges - the acclaimed C-Series plus outer case coders and the M-Series plus print-and-apply labelling range. A new D-Series plus laser coding range is also to be introduced to the UK for the first time at PPMA. In addition, products from what is claimed to be the world's best-selling range of continuous ink jet (CIJ) printers, the A-Series and V-Series thermal transfer printers are being demonstrated.

18th October 2008

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