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	Sep-Oc t 2009
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	Contents
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	Talking Shop So a couple of month?s of improving manufacturing output figures are jumped on by some as evidence that things are getting better or even proof that the recession is over. Others however jump in with words of caution or even cynical rejection of the significance of such figures ? the phrase ?double dip recession? either being whispered quietly at the tail end of interviews or being paraded loudly in headline shockers.
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	Remote Machinery Diagnostic Services at Nexen Petroleum Remote diagnostic services are relied upon more and more as a viable alternative to on-site service. The benefits are obvious. When a skilled analyst can access data remotely as needed to accurately diagnose a problem, the inherent delays and expenses related to travel are eliminated. With precious time saved, problems can be resolved before collateral damage occurs, and at lower cost.
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	Exhausted Air Recycling Unlike conventional compressed air systems, where exhausted air from pneumatic tools is allowed to escape to atmosphere, the Exhausted Air Recycling System, EARS? returns this air to the compressor for re-use via a patented manifold.
	Hertel Awarded Seven Year Maintenance Contract Industrial services company Hertel has agreed a new maintenance contract with Shell UK, covering the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, for services including insulation, scaffolding and painting as well as civil and mechanical engineering activities.
	New F Gas Legislation Commercial and industrial end-users of refrigeration equipment must now comply with F Gas Regulations that came into force from July 2007.
	Enhance Your Performance Through Your People
	STOP PRESS
	Act Quickly To Meet New Safety Standard Brammer, who supply MRO products and services, has warned companies to act quickly to ensure they are ready to implement the new EN ISO 13849-1 standard (replacing EN 954-1) on machinery safety from 30th November this year, which forms part of the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EDC that comes into force from 29th December.
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	Six Sigma & World Class Maintenance The majority of the tools and techniques that are utilised as part of Six Sigma were not new but it is the way in which they have been integrated into a thorough, structured approach to problem solving that defines the typical Six Sigma programme.
	Totally transforming....the performance of your metering and monitoring instruments
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	The Challenge Facing UK Manufacturing To be tasked with responsibility for running a global manufacturing business is something many might aspire to but few actually achieve. Our headline interviewee this issue, Andy Reynolds-Smith, must have something special given that he?s responsible for no less than four!
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	See Page 6 - The Challenge Facing UK Manufacturing
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	Intelligent Gearbox Monitoring In 2006, an online remote monitoring device (in this case a FAG DTECT X1 system) was installed on the hot saws to determine their condition.
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	Vibration Analysis Training
	Protect your plant...
	VisIR 640 Infrared Vision
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	Do you know if your assets are consuming more energy than they require?
	A Comprehensive Business System For Facilities and Maintenance Management
	Pirana CMMS
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	Integrating Application Silos With Your CMMS For companies that view maintenance management as critical to achieving their business objectives, some of the biggest pieces of the puzzle are the core CMMS modules.
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	Getting The Best Results From Thermal Cameras Thermal cameras can be used within virtually every industry to help businesses make significant cost savings through predictive maintenance.
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	easyFairs MAINTEC 2010
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	See Page 12 - Getting The Best Results From Thermal Cameras
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	See the future...eliminate your risk
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	easyFairs Unveils MAINTEC Tie-Up With BCAS BCAS has exhibited at easyFairs MAINTEC ? the UK?s leading maintenance and asset management exhibition ? for many years, but MAINTEC 2010 (Birmingham?s NEC from 2-4 March) will see the Society play a much more active role, for instance hosting its 80th anniversary Spring Conference - the first time it has co-located its March conference with any event.
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	What Springs To Mind?
	Simple By Design
	Your One Stop Shop For Engineering Excellence
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	Get Your Production Numbers UP and Your Budget Numbers DOWN
	Maintenance Benchmarking - Find out how your maintenance operation compares...
	The All In One Coupling, Flange Adaptor and Dismantling Joint System
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	Guarding Your Pressure Relief Systems Pressure relief devices are installed to help prevent a process system, or any of its components, being subjected to pressures that exceed the Max Allowable Accumulated Pressure (MAWP).
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	Choosing The Right Proportional Valve Proportional valves are suited to a wide variety of applications in machinery, basic processes and simple or complex, hydro-pneumatic systems. They provide a cost effective and compact solution for controlling flow or pressure at relatively low flow rates.
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	Effortless Control Sliding Gate Valves
	Some Companies Are Still Designing Their Own Actuator Control Systems! But Not The Smart Ones.
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	See Page 20 - Choosing The Right Proportional Valve
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	Chainflex lasts...or your money back
	We Have The Right Component Drying Solution For Your Business
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	See Page 5 - Six Sigma & World Class Maintenance
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	Top Performance at a Breakthrough Price
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	Maintain - Europe's Leading Trade Fair For The Maintenance Industry As you might expect, Maintain covers every possible aspect of maintenance, from environmental protection, to cleaning, to analysis.
	MAINTAIN - International Trade Fair For Industrial Maintenance
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	Precision Shaft Alignment Pays
	J&P Group....maintaining excellence
	Offline Filtration
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	Product Review - Metrics that Matter How do you select the best measurement system and technology to optimise food and beverage manufacturing operations.
	Product Review - Shims, Washers and Flat Parts By The Million Need shims to a specific thickness or washers to precise dimensions?
	Product Review - New Triple Life Grease The ROCOL Sapphire? range comprises application-specific greases that extend equipment life and service intervals and is billing its new Sapphire? Advance 2 as the ultimate multipurpose lubricant, claiming it will deliver three times the life span of conventional greases.
	Product Review - Magnetically Coded, Non-Contact Interlock Switches The increasing speed and complexity of applications, and the requirement to safeguard machinery, means that simple magnetic interlock switches may be insufficient to interlock guard doors.
	Product Review - Taking Ethernet/IP Connectivity To A Whole New Level Up until now, Ethernet/IP has been the province of large, expensive top-end motor protection devices.
	Make complex stuff simple
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	Industrial Endoscopes & Cameras
	ATP USB Endoscope
	Looking for Specialist Noise Management Training?
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	Product Review - Fluke Launches Rail Portal Fluke has launched a new rail troubleshooting resource centre ? www.fluke.co.uk/ukrail.
	Product Review - Tailored Drive Service Packages ABB?s service contracts for its AC drives are built around an entry level basic contract which includes 24/7 telephone support, guaranteed on-site response times and spare parts support.
	Product Review - Wired For Precision Precision metal component manufacturer, Precision Micro, has seen an increase in customer requests to incorporate fine, high aspect ratio features in the components it manufactures.
	Product Review - 'Grip Tight' Vibration Sensors and Accelerometers Sensor manufacturer, Monitran, has made its general purpose vibration sensors and accelerometers available as ?Grip Tight? (GT) versions, facilitating their fitting to, or removal from, a GT stud in just seconds, whilst maintaining the strong mechanical bond which is essential for energy transfer.
	Product Review - Find Gas Leaks Fast! The new GasFindIR GF320 camera from FLIR scans equipment and pipework to find leaking hydrocarbons such as methane, benzene, and ethylene, and allows users to quickly pinpoint the source of the leaks and carry out rapid repairs.
	Product Review - Agent Appointed For Hyatt Shaft Alignment Systems C-Cubed Ltd are delighted to announce that they have been appointed sole UK & Ireland agents for the new Stealth Series? shaft alignment laser system from Hyatt Industries of Canada.
	Product Review - Compact Plunger Pump With A Big Performance A competitively-priced multi-application compact pump for the OEM sector, the new 7CP triplex plunger pump from Cat Pumps, is capable of pressures between 7 and 140 bar and flows up to 41 l/min - delivering a performance that previously would have required stepping up to the next largest pump in the product range.
	Product Review - Clean Room For Hygienic Pump Maintenance AxFlow UK has created a clean room facility at its Huddersfield maintenance facility for the service and repair of pumps for hygienic applications.
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	Coswin 7i EAM/CMMS Suite
	Life Cycle Management and Rail Workshop
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	Product Review - Thrust and Rod Drop Direct To DCS Sensonics has enhanced its range of DN monitors by adding the DN8033 thrust and rod drop transmitter, designed to measure shaft axial or rod position on a range of rotating plant.
	Product Review - Machinery Monitoring With Wireless Vibration and Advanced Alarm Management Emerson announces the release of Machinery Health Manager 5.3, part of its industry-leading asset management software, AMS Suite.
	Product Review - Practical Machinery Safety Training Courses Pilz Automation Technology, a provider of training related to machinery safety, has published a booklet outlining its courses and schedule until the end of 2009.
	Product Review - New Non Residue Tack Cloths Kimberly-Clark Professional, a leading supplier of health and hygiene solutions, has extended its range of automotive cleaning and protective clothing products with the launch of KIMTECH Non Residue Tack Cloths, designed specifically to remove all types of sanding dust.
	Product Review - Re-imagined CMMS Deployable to the Internet, intranets and mobile phones, Pirana CMMS gives true access from anywhere.
	Product Review - Foam Does Not Sustain MRSA Zotefoams has developed a new, cross-linked polyolefin foam material, Plastazote, which has excellent anti-microbial properties due to the fact it is infused with Biomaster, a proven additive that inhibits the growth of potentially harmful bacteria, such as E Coli, and MRSA, along with moulds and fungi.
	Product Review - Standby Battery Maintenance - New Non-Invasive Testing Whether outsourcing routine testing, considering replacing or maintaining batteries, Accolade associateS provides a new, non-invasive battery testing scheme which will ensure battery information extracted during routine testing is presented in clear and concise reports.
	Product Review - Software Package Agility is an easy to use CMMS that provides all the features needed to optimise the management of breakdown and preventive maintenance, and the control of spare parts and resources, in both small maintenance departments or multi-site businesses.
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	Maintenance & Asset Management Editorial Over more years than I care to think about the reliability engineering community has debated how it might raise the status of its subject, how it might increase the awareness, in industry in particular and in society in general, of the critical contribution that the discipline could make to a successful economy and a clean, safe, environment.
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	Benchmarking Best Practice: Towards A Total Reliability & Maintenance Management Award Evidence is provided of the importance of maintenance and reliability, and the current status of reliability and maintenance (R&M) practice is reviewed, in terms of the gaps between the advances in technology and the evolution of the R&M techniques.
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	See Page 34 - Benchmarking Best Practice
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	See Page 34 - Benchmarking Best Practice
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	See Page 34 - Benchmarking Best Practice
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	See Page 34 - Benchmarking Best Practice
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	See Page 34 - Benchmarking Best Practice
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	Condition Monitoring of Steam Turbines By Performance Analysis Many power generation steam turbine generators today are required in service well beyond their intended lifetimes. Dismantling for inspection is expensive, and owners need to consider all relevant information in making the decision.
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	See Page 40 - Condition Monitoring of Steam Turbines by Performance Analysis
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	See Page 40 - Condition Monitoring of Steam Turbines by Performance Analysis
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	See Page 40 - Condition Monitoring of Steam Turbines by Performance Analysis
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	See Page 40 - Condition Monitoring of Steam Turbines by Performance Analysis
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	See Page 40 - Condition Monitoring of Steam Turbines by Performance Analysis
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	Five Ways To Make Steam Systems More Efficient The boilerhouse is the engine room of the modern steam system and it pays to make sure it?s in good working order. In fact, the Government?s Carbon Trust estimates that poor operation and maintenance of industrial boilers wastes up to 10% of the energy input from fuel, while up to 25% of energy is lost through heat distribution systems and waste at the point of use.
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	Run Out of Steam?
	Extrasensory
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	The Instrument Centre - Sales, Hire, Repair & Calibration
	Dunphy combustion services from concept to commissioning
	Energy Efficient Combustion Control For Industrial Boilers
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	Power Quality According to a European Power Quality Survey conducted by the Leonardo Energy Initiative in 2007, before the significant power price increases of the past 2 years, poor power quality cost European business more than ?150 billion a year.
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	Developments In Burner Technology A prime example is the axial air flow design burner. This axial turbine concept with its virtually perfect air distribution, superceding the traditional gun type and rotary cup design of burner, will overcome the loss of efficiency caused by poor air flow in these old style models.
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	Product Review - Monitor Energy Consumption and Reduce Costs Telemetry specialist Radio-Tech has developed a wireless energy management system which makes it easy to spot spikes in usage, enabling organisations to monitor and ultimately reduce their energy consumption.
	Product Review - Easi-Heat Systems From Spirax Sarco Saves ???'s Catalent Pharma Solutions are in the process of swapping their old shell-and-tube calorifiers for compact Spirax Sarco EasiHeat? steam-to-hot water systems, which Spirax Sarco calculate could save ?6,500 a year in energy costs by replacing each 540kW calorifier with an EasiHeat.
	Product Review - Significant Savings with Boiler Economisers and Combination Boilers Find Favour Wellman Robey Retro-Fit Economisers, by capturing and recycling waste heat, enable boilers to operate at much higher rates of efficiency, resulting in lower fuel usage requirements. Wellman Robey-Loos Combination Boilers (CB) have become an integral part of CHP installations for two NHS Trust Foundations (in Chester and Liverpool) that will provide for their total steam and hot water requirements.
	Product Review - New Water & Waste Water Team Grundfos Pumps has established a new industry, water & waste water team by combining the industrial end-user water distribution & water utility teams.
	Product Review - Magnetic Sensor Bearings For Energy Efficient Vehicles Valeo?s StARS (Starter Alternator Reversible System) micro-hybrid system enables vehicle manufacturers to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions (by up to 25% in dense urban traffic) without the need for radical engine changes.
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	Fire In The Workplace: Counting The Cost According to Chubb Fire, the reasons for this are many and varied. To begin with, many people think ?it won?t happen to me? and so they (and their business) take an apathetic approach to fire safety.
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	Genuine Site Access Support
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	Effective Provision of Structural Access From general engineering factories to specialist activities such as petrochemical refining, plant maintenance is an ongoing, year round activity. In the UK, as is already the case in Europe, the use of ?system? or ?modular? scaffolding is consistently gaining ground.
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	Spill Protection From Denios
	Roof Access
	A Big Plus For Your Business...Maintenance, Premises and Safety Equipment
	Access Platform Sales For All Your Access Requirements
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	Lighter Lifts For Heavier Loads Everyone involved in maintenance and engineering will need to handle items on and off a vehicle at some stage. In the past, little if any thought was given to this task but changes in health and safety legislation, increased awareness of duty of care and responsibility for staff among employers and greater demand for improved operational performance and efficiency, have led many operators to provide some form of mechanically assisted lifting.
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	Loads Better For Lifting & Handling
	Dust and Fume Extraction Hoses from Masterflex
	For press-formed valves and diverters
	Maintenance Management - Its Auditing & Benchmarking by Tony Kelly
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	Job Done
	Industrial Doors
	Providing Practical Engineering Skills Training For Industry
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	Engaging With Apprenticeships - Why It Is Essential In The Recession Sustained investment in training and apprenticeships can offer continuing benefits for businesses of all sizes during the recession. Research has shown that during an economic downturn, companies investing in training are 2.5 times less likely to go under1, and apprenticeships are one of the key ways in which companies can equip employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, loyalty and commitment to sustain and secure the success of the industry through the recession and into the future.
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	A Common Error In Many Compressed Air Systems This is not limited to the piping from the compressor to the air treatment units; it also applies to the ring main lines and the branch lines. In addition, any system, especially one employing a single compressor, should incorporate a suitable connection point for an emergency compressor, to enable the normal compressor to be serviced without the need to shut down the whole system and stop production.
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	Aerzen - One Step Ahead
	Room Temperature Blacking
	Beko Instrumentation Helps Save You Money
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	Sharp Thinking Gives Us Our Cutting Edge
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	See Page 60 - A Common Error In Many Compressed Air Systems
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	Product Review - The Push-Fit System For Compressed Air The John Guest range of push-in fittings and pipe provides the ideal connection from compressor receiver to air line service components through to complete ring main and take off points, ensuring quick and easy installation every time and making light work of complex installations.
	Product Review - Written Exam For Compressor Users Compressed air specialist, Airchannel, is providing a WSE (Written Scheme of Examination - designed to secure the safety of employees from the uncontrolled release of stored pressure energy) with its installation service ....
	Product Review - Safe & Cost-Effective Solution For De-Dusting Personnel Air Control Industries? ?Jetblack? blower-powered, personnel and localised cleaning/drying system, which employs high volume/low pressure air delivery, provides a safer and more cost-effective alternative to compressed air systems, which rely on high pressure/low volume air delivery.
	Product Review - New European Range Brochure From The Gast Group The Gast Group has produced a new European full-line overview brochure for its range of air compressors and vacuum pumps, all of which comply with the European Community?s Machinery, Low Voltage and Electromagnetic Compatibility Directives.
	Product Review - Industrial Air Compressor Distributor Appointed ACL Engineering Ltd, based in Watford, has been appointed a distributor for Atlas Copco?s range of Industrial Air compressors, Quality Air products and spare parts.
	Product Review - Boge Sets New Standard Boge has extended its CL compressor range with 7.5, 11 and 15 kW models.
	Product Review - Measuring Dewpoint Temperature In Compressed Air Vaisala DRYCAP? sensor technology has combined the proven characteristics of its polymer sensors with a wider operating range.
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	Product Review - Demag Is Flying High Demag Cranes & Components has won a ?4.4 million contract to supply crane systems for a new Airbus facility at Broughton, North Wales.
	Product Review - New Measurement Technology Programme Profitability is everything in a competitive environment and compressed air specialist, BEKO Technologies, boasts a program of systems designed to save energy and improve efficiency in compressed air applications, one of the largest consumers of energy.
	Product Review - Ultra High Efficiency Chillers With increasing end-user concerns on rising energy costs, Coolmation, the UK?s exclusive distributor for Rhoss SPA, has launched a new series of R134A chillers featuring a revolutionary, centrifugal, oil-free compressor.
	Product Review - Canopy Improves Logistics For Transporter On an exposed area in the coastal town of Dover, battling the elements at work was par for the course for busy logistics company Bywater Transport, but unloading and loading in the punishing rain and wind meant wet goods and unhappy staff.
	Product Review - New Service Information Pack From Demag Demag Cranes & Components launches an information pack outlining the company?s range of services, including service repair & maintenance, spare parts, modernisation & refurbishment, inspections, training and after sales support.
	Product Review - Lifting Workplace Safety To New Heights The Company is also committed to improving workplace safety, in particular working at height where it is helping lifting equipment operators prevent falls.
	Product Review - New High Bay LEDs Deliver Huge Energy Savings Dialight?s new 150W SafeSite? High Bay LED luminaire will perform for over 10yrs in the most demanding situations.
	Product Review - High Speed Doors Phoenix Foods Corby factory is certified by the Soil Association and the Fairtrade Foundation, as well as accredited to British Retail Consortium standards.
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	Product Review - Comprehensively Pure ELGA Process Water has supplied Parker domnick hunter?s, process division with a high purity water treatment system to supply in excess of 15m3/h, including recycled water.
	Product Review - Air/Gas Leak Detection At the press of a button ? GOTEC LDS is instantly ready to locate the smallest low pressure leaks from compressed air and every other gas ? quickly, reliability, safely and conveniently.
	Product Review - Specialist Sealant For Service Ducts Laing O?Rourke and subcontractor Waterseal of Stokesey are working on a PFI project for the construction of a new hospital in Middlesbrough. Advanced Engineering Solutions (AES), in conjunction with Winn & Coales Denso, recently applied a protection system to water pipelines belonging to Northumbrian Water and located in a 300m brick tunnel.
	Product Review - EasyJet Accesses All Areas To aid maintenance and service tasks at easyJet?s Luton Airport hub, the low cost airline has purchased a number of Genie? Lifts ....
	Product Review - No 'Nasty Shocks' With Reepol! When a static dissipative flooring solution was required for an electronics factory in the UK, industrial flooring systems manufacturer Reepol, was able to deliver the ideal solution - their Reeflor EL300 AS Floor.
	Product Review - New From Torqueleader The TBN Breaking Torque Handles range from Torqueleader utilises a 20? breaking action that reduces the possibility of over tightening by clearly indicating to the operator when the preset torque has been achieved.
	Product Review - Habasit Rossi Launches Hyclean HyCLEAN, from Habasit Rossi, is a new plastic modular belting solution for the food processing industry, specifically designed to meet the most demanding hygiene requirements, while delivering tangible cost savings and improvements to process and performance.
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	Product Review - Superior Security Enclosure and cabinet fixtures manufacturer, Mesan, has launched fourteen new ranges of high security swing handles and multi-point locks in response to users requiring greater protection.
	Product Review - Serving The Needs of Industry Dust Extraction Group Ltd design, manufacture, install and commission dust extraction systems to serve the needs of industry.
	Product Review - New Catalogue For PPE and Welding Accessories ESAB, the world-leading manufacturer and supplier of welding equipment and consumables, has published a new edition of its illustrated PPE and Welding Accessories catalogue, which includes ESAB?s extensive range of PPE (personal protective equipment) for welding, cutting and general engineering.
	Product Review - Flash Steam Recovery Cuts Costs Steam system improvements delivered by Spirax Sarco have cut boiler fuel costs by 21% at Smurfit Kappa UK corrugated board factory.
	Product Review - Huge Savings On 'Demo' Machine Purchases Refurbishment of XYZ Machine Tools Ltd?s showrooms means that current demonstration machines must be sold during a series of two-day ?open houses?.
	Product Review - Periodic Maintenance of Industrial Doors It is now a legal requirement in accordance with the Machinery Directive, European Standard EN12341 to 1:2003, that all power operated and automatic doors must be subject to a controlled, regular maintenance and service procedure with emphasis on the safety features such as bottom safe edges and safety beams.
	Product Review - Pipework and Metal Bending The Angle Ring Company Ltd, who are exhibiting at Offshore Europe 2009, specialise in sub-contract bending of pipework and metal sections utilising a variety of production techniques and they will be exhibiting samples of induction bending of larger pipework, tube manipulation and heavy plate rolling.
	Product Review - FMC Renews Paint Shop Contract Protective coatings specialist Pyeroy has renewed its contract to manage the post-fabrication painting and finishing activities at offshore engineering structures manufacturer, FMC Kongsberg Subsea.