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New laser machining centre to revolutionise control panel production

02/01/2019

In a “UK first”, electrical engineering firm LCA Group has switched its control panel operations from manual to end-to-end automation, including laser-machining.

WDS is a friend to busy design engineers

29/11/2018

Design engineers cannot possible keep up to date with every new product and component that is released onto the market. John Marshall of component manufacturer and supplier, WDS Component Parts Ltd., says he and his colleagues understand this, so have developed services and support to aid component selection and specification.

Spelsberg enclosures help maximise efficiency for fast food kitchen fit-outs

29/11/2018

Most industries take efficiency seriously, but for fast food companies it must pervade their every move; from serving customers right back to the original fitting out of the kitchens.

Capitalising on an increasingly competitive marketplace to control costs

29/11/2018

Currently, the export market is enjoying a purple patch due to a combination of the buoyant European and global markets, and the weaker pound.

Continued market growth is testament to the development of PLCs

29/11/2018

The PLC versus IPC or PC based control debate has been with us for over two decades now, with commentators making various predictions about the rise of industrial controllers with PC based internals versus purely PLC solutions. Yet according to the latest figures from Gambica the PLC market continues to grow. Mitsubishi Electric PLC Product Manager Hugh Tasker offers some thoughts on why.

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New laser machining centre to revolutionise control panel production

WDS is a friend to busy design engineers

Spelsberg enclosures help maximise efficiency for fast food kitchen fit-outs

Capitalising on an increasingly competitive marketplace to control costs

Continued market growth is testament to the development of PLCs