Guyson International Ltd, the UK Hansen & Gromelle quick-release coupling distributor, recently celebrated its 80th anniversary. The occasion was celebrated with a charity fund-raising cycle ride followed by an open day at the company’s head office.
The roadshow will offer existing and potential customers a chance to learn more about the innovative products that Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has to offer and allows them to explore new options and techniques through media and interactive hands-on displays. Design engineers and sales experts local to each country will also offer on-the-spot consultation, answering questions and providing specialised technical training sessions for applications.
David Brown, managing director of the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions marketing company in the UK, said: “We are taking our knowledge and expertise on the road to share good practice in sealing technology. Our experts will be providing displays and presentations designed to give visitors an overview of how working with us can accelerate their business and add value to their products and processes.”
The knowledge, expertise and presentations will be delivered from the Roadshow Cube, a sophisticated trailer offering 37m2 of space. There will be a presentation of highlight areas and displays, including innovations (material and process competences), hand-in-hand engineering examples, Service PLUS (logistics, packaging and assembly services) and product range and industry-specific solutions. Other topics covered range from manufacturing capabilities and digital services for application engineers (apps, virtual reality) to customised training sessions.
The roadshow will be visiting Germany from18 to 22 June, Poland between 25 and 29 June before heading back to Germany 2 to 13 July and going onto Turkey on 24 July. The roadshow will also visit Denmark, the Czech Republic, the UK and Bulgaria.
Companies wanting a visit, can enquire by emailing Trelleborg Sealing Solutions European Marketing Manager Barry Clough at tssuk@trelleborg.com. An outside space of 50m2 is required.
Atlas Copco has recognised Control Gear, based in Pontypridd, South Wales, as its 2017 Distributor of the Year.
In a celebration of pumping prowess, the BPMA staged its 18th Annual Pump Industry Awards Presentation Dinner at the tail end of March.
The Engineering & Machinery Alliance (EAMA) held an evening reception at the House of Commons this month to help to promote an understanding of manufacturing and engineering among MPs and to win their support for a host of different issues, including digitalisation.
With 2018 well underway, Hydroscand has seen its best first quarter since the company landed in the UK almost 16 years ago. The company continues to expand its mobile fleet, which it believes is a major contributor to its revenue increase.
Thorite has been awarded Carbon Trust Accredited Supplier status. The company, through its accreditation, is now able to help customers through the Green Business Fund. The Green Business Fund is a Carbon Trust initiative which, for successful applicants, includes a 15% financial contribution towards the cost of energy saving equipment up to a total of £5000. The contribution is available to small and medium sized businesses with less than two hundred and fifty employees, for projects that comply with the requirements of the fund.
Camozzi Pneumatics Ltd. has changed its name to Camozzi Automation Ltd., reflecting its expansion into several new specialist areas, utilising the multitude of technologies now being offered by the Camozzi Group.
Bonomi (UK) Ltd. has published a hydraulic components brochure, showcasing the comprehensive range of products available to customers from its network of specialist European manufacturers. Couplings, high pressure ball valves, flow control valves and check valves are included.
This webinar takes a look at the topic of digitisation in manufacturing and considers the process of connecting mechanical automation components to the cloud and how to derive insights from the vast amount of data collected. It will use some examples from Festo's current product range in this area including the Festo Motion Terminal, Energy Saving Retro-fit Solutions, Handling Systems, Internet Gateway, Cloud Solutions and Dashboards. In addition attendees will leave the webinar with: - A copy of the Technical Paper 'Using the Festo IoT Gateway in Enterprise Networks’ and an Infographic of key terms surrounding Industry 4.0
On 24 March Flowtechnology headed to The Royal Armouries in Leeds for its convention and gala evening. With a theme of ‘Pioneers of Industry’, the event included a daytime exhibition of 41 key suppliers to the hydraulics and pneumatics industry, demonstrating the latest product innovations and services.
The Pirtek National Training Centre in Birmingham has become the first training course provider to be accredited to deliver training courses that meet or exceed the new British Fluid Power Association (BFPA) Minimum Educational Recommendations – Hydraulics.
Holmbury Ltd. has recently been awarded Gold Level Status for Caterpillar’s Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP). The award was presented to Holmbury at the Group headquarters in Tonbridge, UK.
Fluid Power & Systems and Air-Tech 2018 took place at the NEC, Birmingham from 10 to 12 April. The shows – co-located with Drives and Controls and Plant & Asset Management, together with a brand-new show Smart Industry Expo – proved to be organiser DFA Media’s most well-attended event to date, with an official attendance figure of 13,518, which represented a small increase on the 2016 shows of 3%. These exhibitions were staged alongside MACH, attracting over 40,000 visitors to the NEC over the week.
Motion and fluid control specialist, IMI Precision Engineering, recently completed a series of factory tours, training sessions and workshops designed to share lean manufacturing best practice with one of Europe’s biggest trailer manufacturers, SDC Trailers.
