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13/05/2014 High-speed inspection of broken biscuits
Nutrition & Santé is a leading European maker of organic and health foods. Biscuits roll off its production lines in stacks of four or five units, which are then wrapped in packs and inserted into cardboard packaging at high speed.

12/05/2014 The Big Bang Fair breaks records in 2014
The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair welcomed record numbers to Birmingham’s NEC on 13-16 March 2014. Over 75,000 visitors, including more than 70,000 young people, teachers and parents, attended the fair to see science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) brought to life.
09/05/2014 Westinghouse and Ontario Power Generation sign agreement
Westinghouse Electric Company and Ontario Power Generation, Inc (OPG), through its subsidiary, Canadian Nuclear Partners (CNP), have announced an agreement that will enable the two companies to work together on a wide range of global nuclear projects.

08/05/2014 Young engineer triumphs at Construction’s Young Professionals Award
Victoria Martin, a Senior Structural Engineer at Expedition Engineering, has won the Engineering prize in the prestigious Duke of Gloucester’s Young Achievers Scheme.

07/05/2014 Hamamatsu announces completion of new manufacturing facility
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. has announced the completion of a new building at its Beijing Hamamatsu Photon Techniques, Inc subsidiary, to expand both its manufacturing capacity and research and development activities in China. Operations at the new building, located at the Langfang factory, have already begun.
06/05/2014 Carestream introduces non-destructive testing training programmes
Carestream has introduced a new 40-hour non-destructive testing training programme designed specifically to meet the expanding needs of the NDT industry. Over 100 years of imaging excellence across the globe provides the foundation for Carestream’s training course, which covers everything one needs to know about the science of digital imaging.
02/05/2014 Demand for NDT equipment continues to increase
Analysts contributing to a new report on the global NDT equipment market have forecast a compound annual growth rate of nearly 8% over the period of 2014-2018.

01/05/2014 Glacier Energy Services acquires NDT specialist PTS
Glacier Energy Services has confirmed its fifth acquisition with the multi-million pound purchase of Professional Testing Services (PTS), a provider of non-destructive testing and inspection services to the oil & gas and offshore renewable sectors.