The leading mountain bike specialist, Hope Technology manufactures most of what it needs at its new Barnoldswick factory in Lancashire; the exceptions are the electronics serving the lights, the brake pad material, hose, bearings and rubber seals.
A tabletop filling and stoppering machine has automated a previously manual process at a Cancer Research UK facility in Hertfordshire. The unit is delivering increased speed and reliability into this critical operation, as well as enhanced vial filling accuracy.
Hydraulically flexed diaphragm pumps are successfully deployed on a wool spinning process to increase humidity in the vicinity of the process and thus prevent the accumulation of damaging static electricity.
This year, Hi-Tech Coatings, a leading developer and manufacturer of water-based and UV-curable coatings, moved into a new production plant in Aylesbury.
Wherever aggressive biodiesel and alcohol additives are utilised in motor fuels, it poses particular problems associated with unstable chemistry for any of the companies involved in production, blending, transportation and dispensing of such fuels.