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Safety gets off to the right start

Speedy Services has introduced its new and improved health and safety programme designed to aid both customers’ and employees’ understanding of risk and how to minimise accidents

IP&E: In the beginning…

With the country deep in recession, interest rates high and
companies looking to cut costs,1992 may not sound the ideal
year in which to launch a magazine. Yet that is exactly what
Neill Western did when he launched Industrial Plant &
Equipment Product Review. Here he talks to Val Kealey about
the early days of IP&E, changes that have occurred, and his thoughts on the future

Flowing forwards

Flow sensor technology continues to address specific industry issues and enhance efficiency, says Carl Schoenherr, product sales manager for Gems Sensors and Controls

How to avoid the blame game

All steam raising equipment requires the feed water to be treated to prevent corrosion. Both the quality of the steam and the longevity of the boiler producing it are completely dependent upon the condition of that water feed. Babcock Wanson explains

Efficiency boosted by hired help

Equipment rental company, Ashtead Technology, explains how some of its products are helping Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) maintain efficiency

Asset Management: Standard Practice

Kevin Price, senior product manager, Infor EAM, looks at how the British Standards Institute’s (BSI) PAS 55 is helping organisations across the world to improve risk management, compliance and customer satisfaction in asset management

Bonded caravan takes to the road

Last year caravan manufacturer, Elddis, radically changed its methods of manufacture, favouring a fully bonded structure over one whose elements were mechanically fixed. The outcome, says Henkel, is a shell that is stronger, lighter and drier than ever before

Changes in store

An extensive nationwide inventory management project by Brammer has delivered more than £2m in cost savings for Tata Steel Europe (TSE).

Making sense of the data deluge

Companies today are hit with unprecedented levels of information from a variety of data sources, to the extent that many find themselves data rich but information poor. Jez Palmer, area manager at Schneider Electric says the answer is not just more data, but technology to automatically pull data from control and monitoring systems, organise it into the relevant information for each function, and, importantly, into actionable insight to enable better decisions and improve efficiencies

Let technology lend a hand

For many employers, one of the most challenging aspects of compliance with LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations) is simply keeping track of all the lifting equipment for which they are responsible. Geoff Holden, chief executive, Lifting Equipment Engineers Association, comments

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