Machine Building

Porvair adapts manufacturing to support Covid-19 response

Following the UK Government's calls for businesses to support the production and supply of ventilators and ventilator components, Porvair has rapidly adapted some its manufacturing processes in order to join forces in the fight against Covid-19.

7th April 2020

Spelsberg UK working hard to maintain UK stocks

The current upheavals and uncertainties in supply chains all over the world are putting many businesses under enormous pressure. With a large UK-based warehouse facility strategically stocked with thousands of enclosures of different sizes and designs, Spelsberg UK says it will be holding stocks throughout 2020. The company will further support electrical design engineers, OEMs, installers and other customers by continuing to offer fast delivery services.

7th April 2020

Schaeffler donates 1M Euros to Red Cross for COVID-19 response

Schaeffler AG and the Schaeffler family are jointly donating one million euros to the Red Cross to help in the fight against COVID-19.

6th April 2020

Make UK offers cybersecurity for companies' homeworkers

With thousands of organisations moving staff wholesale to remote working, businesses are left at increasing risk of cyber-attack. Cyber criminals are exploiting the situation, resulting in estimates of around a 400 per cent increase in phishing attacks on home workers since the Coronavirus pandemic struck.

6th April 2020

Phoenix Contact offers digital alternative to key trade shows

Phoenix Contact has announced Dialogue Days, 27-29 April 2020. Even though everyone is going through a difficult time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Phoenix Contact does not want to miss out on a chance to talk to engineers. The company is therefore hosting a virtual conference so that it can still update engineers about its latest innovations, technologies and trends

6th April 2020

BS 14100:2020, Control of hazardous energy on machinery

BSI has published BS 14100:2020, Control of hazardous energy on machinery. Specification. This has been written to assist machine designers, machine builders, system integrators, manufacturers of control system components, and anyone using or maintaining machinery, as well as consultants, Notified Bodies and Regulators

6th April 2020

WEG to manufacture ventilators for COVID-19 patients

WEG has signed a technology transfer agreement with Leistung Equipamentos Ltda, a manufacturer of medical hospital equipment, to produce artificial ventilators that will be used by patients tested positive for COVID-19. The contract grants WEG the licence to produce the ventilator based on the Leistung Luft-3 mechanical ventilation device.

3rd April 2020

Precision drive system supplier EMS announces new factory

Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS) Ltd is opening a new factory in Dorset. The facility will further expand the service EMS provides to its customers, while fulfilling its commitments to environmental and social sustainability.

3rd April 2020

European Springs & Pressings supporting COVID-19 response

From springs that go into the mouthpieces for ventilators to catheter clips to syringe drivers, patient beds and trolley systems, instrumentation and numerous electrical components for medical technologies including defibrillators, European Springs & Pressings is proud to be playing a key part in the supply chain for a number of medical equipment manufacturers.

3rd April 2020

BSI provides free access to standards for COVID-19 response

BSI, the UK's national standards body, has assessed how it can support the UK Government, businesses and, ultimately, the UK population through the COVID-19 crisis.

3rd April 2020