Industrial
MHI and ITB drive decarbonisation in Indonesia
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has concluded a momorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesia's Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) to conduct joint research on clean energy solutions that will enable decarbonisation in Indonesia.
IPC welcomes the European Chips Act
The electronics manufacturing industry has welcomed the release of the European Commission’s European Chips Act with its strong support for advanced packaging and calling for its swift implementation as part of a broader and equally important strategy to rebuild the European electronics manufacturing ecosystem.
Mouser hosts online workshop with CRL
Mouser Electronics will be co-hosting a three-day online event to help UK-based startups test, validate and communicate their technical requirements to manufacturers. Hosted in partnership with the Central Research Laboratory (CRL), the workshop takes place over three half-day sessions, Tuesday 8th – Thursday 10th February.
PCIM Europe: Power electronics 365 days a year
Following the establishing of the content platform "Power & Beyond", the PCIM Europe has now expanded its brand offering with the podcast "Sound on. Power on.". A further continuation includes the event "PCIM Europe Talks". The PCIM Europe thus offers its community a comprehensive range of digital and analog formats on power electronics – all in addition to the exhibition and conference in Nuremberg.
Valmet to supply quality control system to Papeterie Le Bourray in France
Valmet will supply IQ Quality Control System to Papeterie Le Bourray in France. The system will replace the aging old third-party system and will be installed on tissue machine TM 3 at the company’s mill in Saint-Mars-La-Brière, North West France.
Industry experts help Nineteen Group build events
Nineteen Group is rewriting the rules of industrial exhibitions, bringing the UK a festival of British manufacturing and engineering innovation.
SEMI applauds House Passage of America Competes Act
SEMI has commended the passage of the America COMPETES Act of 2022 by the United States House of Representatives.
Growing interest in heat pumps
Heat pumps have been very much in the news recently. Interest in them began to increase when it was announced that from 2025 gas boilers could no longer be installed in new homes. Dr Torill Big, Chief Carbon Reduction Engineer at Tunley Engineering provides her insight.
University broadens rail research capabilities
With £1m of capital funding provided through the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN), the soon-to-be-launched HAROLD 2.0 full-scale bogie test rig builds upon the existing HAROLD facility opened at the University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research in 2016.
Northvolt and Volvo Cars choose Gothenburg for battery factory
Northvolt and Volvo Cars will place their first joint battery factory in Gothenburg, Sweden, next to Volvo Cars’ assembly plant in Torslanda. The facility will be operational in 2025 and create up to 3,000 direct jobs in Gothenburg. Indirectly, it will also create thousands of additional jobs in the region.