Energy is undergoing huge change, with the focus shifting from traditional power to low-carbon and renewables – and a new title, Innovation Excellence, details case studies from the energy and natural resources sector which prove that this is a highly innovative sector with an eye firmly on the future.
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Duct cleaning company Ductbusters is offering a new risk assessment service for site ventilation systems. The company has previously given risk assessment advice on an ad hoc basis but has now decided to launch this as a standalone service.
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As manufacturers rely on exports to fuel their order books, it is timely that a new publication out this month promises to explain in straightforward terms the principles and practice of export.
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Fox's Biscuits in Preston seems determined not to run out of hot water again, following the installation of an upgraded hot water generation system.
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A UK-designed robot actor has beaten off international competition to become the public face of NASA's world-famous Kennedy Space Centre.
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Palletised distribution company Palletforce has achieved a new world record for organising the biggest ever bedtime story reading. More than 650 adults and children – from pallet network member companies and the public – came together at its 400,000 sq ft Burton distribution hub to set the record for the most adults reading to children in a single location.
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Cross Manufacturing is exploiting improvements in plastics technology in the development of a new filter specifically designed for the extremely corrosive environment of sea water and estuary water systems
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A new biomass generator has been developed using technology typically found in a Scania truck
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Chapelcross nuclear power station is using two MasterMover electric-operated pedestrian tugs to pull large, 50-tonne nuclear flasks from the reactor chambers to flask handling bays, a critical stage in the decommissioning of the site.
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The desire for customisation is helping to move rapid prototyping into product manufacture. Lou Reade reports
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As part of £750,000 upgrade to its existing brewery equipment, Hampshire-based Triple FFF Brewery Company has installed a 60J gas-fired vertical steam boiler from Fulton Boiler Works.
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