THE MODULAR Quality Control System (MQCS) from SICK is an off-the-shelf, multifunctional machine vision system, delivered as a ready-to-use package of hardware and pre-written software. [Read More]

WITH ITS new generation myPNOZ modular safety relay, Pilz has introduced what the company reports to be the world’s first batch size one safety relay. Customers use the intuitive online myPNOZ Creator tool to configure their relay, which is then produced and delivered completely pre-assembled, set up and tested ready for installation. [Read More]

SABA KHAN has been appointed as head of risk at supply chain risk management expert at supply chain risk management expert, CHAS, with effect from 13th December. [Read More]

THE ASSOCIATION of Industrial Truck Trainers (AITT) has highlighted important new testing standards for counterbalance and reach truck operator courses following updates made by the Accrediting Bodies Association for Workplace Transport (ABA). [Read More]

AGAINST A traumatic background of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit worries, the subcontract manufacturing market showed some resilience – with the Contract Manufacturing Index (CMI) ending the year 1% up on the final quarter of 2019. The index for the final quarter of 2020 (Q4) was 67, compared to 66 for Q4 2019. [Read More]

SUPPLY CHAIN risk management expert, CHAS, has appointed Andrew Turner as business development manager in the latest phase of the company’s Strategic Growth Program. [Read More]

THE HRS I Series offers options to de-pack and crush (IC Series) and melt (IM Series) frozen fruit juice, a process sometimes known as re-melting, ready for storage or further processing. [Read More]

THE NATIONAL Hardhat Recycling Scheme, was set up three years ago by Yes, Recycling to bypass traditional waste disposal routes, thereby ensuring end-of-life hats could go directly into reprocessing. Yes, Recycling then built a bespoke recycling capability at its Buckinghamshire facility specifically to recycle hard hats. [Read More]