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Coventry University has embarked on a 10 year, £160m refurbishment to become a state-of-the-art academic facility and has selected Click Scolmore lighting products as part of a focus to ensure the highest quality green energy provision.
The extremely compact housing of Patlite's ME series signal towers is made of non-corrosive anodised aluminium and has a diameter of only 25 millimetres. Clear lenses with a patented prism facet and high-power coloured LEDs provide for optimal luminous efficiency.
Harting’s new Han GND industrial connector series uses an innovative design that makes it possible to execute grounding systems in a pluggable design.
Euro TechCon 2011 will take place from 7-9 November, 2011 at the Hilton Warwick Hotel in Warwick, United Kingdom. TechCon is a forum for the discussion of technology development and solutions which provide improvements in key high voltage asset management and maintenance strategies and practices.
With the recent introduction of the government’s Feed-In Tariff (FIT) Scheme, aiming to accelerate the take up of renewable energy technologies, the UK solar photovoltaics (PV) market is set for significant growth, offering substantial opportunities to installers of solar systems.
At the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) Modern Apprentice of the Year Competition 2011, held on 26 September, Kyle Bell, 18, Dumfries & Galloway College, Dumfries, employed by DRW, has taken Gold in the Stage 1 contest, and Ryan Westland, 20, Tullos Training, Aberdeen, employed by R B Wilson (Electrical), has taken Gold in the Stage 2 contest of this long established annual event.
Apprenticeships are seen by many as being key to economic growth and one company that provides an example of this is electrical contractor Clarkson Evans. The Gloucester-based firm has so far recruited nearly 60 apprentices this year. The company has steadily expanded in the last two years and managing director Steve Evans believes training apprentices has been fundamental to this growth.
In the newest version of ARC Advisory Group’s “Distributed Control Systems Worldwide Outlook,” study, ABB retained its leading worldwide market position in this automation market. According to the study, the DCS (distributed control system) market in 2010 rebounded from 2009; the overall market for DCS (distributed control system) increased by 3.3%, in part due to an increase of new projects in the heavy process industries.
A family firm has been convicted of fraudulently claiming to be registered with NICEIC and Gas Safe.
Energy chain company igus UK has developed a solution to the fast increasing technical requirements of energy chain; specifically those travelling at extreme distances and speed with very heavy cable loads.
