Held on the evening of 22 May, at the National Conference Centre near Birmingham, the 4th annual Motion Control Industry Awards Dinner once again provided a wonderful celebration of business and professional excellence.
Hydraulic Equipment Supermarkets (HES) has appointed a number of new faces within its sales and technical teams across the country. Kerry Rodway (pictured left) has joined the Gloucester sales team, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge of filtration, bellhousings and couplings.
EnerMech has appointed Emmanuelle Marshall as Group HSE director. She will be responsible for global health, safety and environment at the Aberdeen-headquartered mechanical and electrical services specialist.
Saxilby-based software specialist OrderWise is hitting the ground running in 2019 after welcoming ten more new faces to its growing team.
Ultravalve has launched a new customer-focused website (www.ultravalve.co.uk), offering significant improvements over its predecessor. The industrial and RPZ valve specialist has experienced significant growth in the two and a half years since it was acquired by Bonomi (UK), for whom it previously acted as a regional distributor.
Derbyshire-based AB Components Ltd has been appointed UK distributor for the worldwide company, Filtration Group, which purchased Mahle Industrial Filtration (supplier of air and hydraulic filtration products) in 2016.
Miniature component specialists Lee Products has recently published Edition 12 of its Technical Hydraulic Handbook, a catalogue that embodies over 70 years of innovation in miniature fluid control.
Hertz Kompressoren is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the UK this April. This milestone has also seen the recent upscaling of its unit in on the Peel Mills Industrial Estate in Bury, Manchester due to increased demand and the subsequent need for greater levels of stock for the company’s full range of fixed speed and variable speed compressors, Pet Master 100% oil-free compressors, turbo compressors and dryers.
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) partnered with some of the leading brands in the pumps sector to bring the 2019 Pump Industry Awards programme to market; including ABB, John Crane, Siemens, SPP Pumps, Tapflo, Tomlinson Hall, WEG, Wilo Xylem Water Solutions, along with media partners Process Engineering and World Pumps.
Abdex Hose & Couplings Ltd, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, re-located to larger premises on 1 March. The new site, in Clarke Road, Bletchley in the heart of Milton Keynes, comprises a 10,000 sq ft unit – a sizeable increase compared with the company’s previous 3000 sq ft facilities.
Norton Fluid Power has acquired Servocon Systems Ltd, which will from now on be called Norton Servocon – a division of Norton Hydraulics (Midland) Ltd.
Leading speakers from across the food & beverage industry have been lined-up for the forthcoming dedicated digitalisation conference for the food & beverage industry: ‘Demystifying the jargon: How to make the digitalisation transition’, which takes place on 22 May 2019 at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham.
STEM Women has assisted over 100 graduate employers, helping companies attract female applicants to their graduate scheme, internship and placement opportunities.
BFPA member Manuli Hydraulics UK Ltd has announced that Manuli Hydraulics (Americas) Inc. has been chosen to supply Hydraulic Hose Assemblies to John Deere’s operation in Dubuque, Iowa. Manuli Hydraulics (Americas) Inc. is a supplier of fluid conveyance solutions, components and associated equipment for high pressure hydraulics, based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
Ingersoll-Rand plc has made a binding offer to acquire Precision Flow Systems (PFS) from funds advised by BC Partners Advisors L.P. and The Carlyle Group for US$1.45 billion.
