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24/11/2022 Evident to accelerate its growth and innovation
Olympus Corporation (Olympus) and Evident Co Ltd (Evident), a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus, have announced that Olympus has concluded a definitive agreement with Bain Capital Private Equity LP (Bain Capital) regarding the transfer of Evident.

23/11/2022 Keeping the lights on and preventing failures with the FLIR Si124
SPI Inspections, which operates in Canada and China, provides its customers with utility system and infrastructure inspections, relying on the company’s extensive experience in the field and advanced inspection technology.

23/11/2022 Engineering Leaders Scholarship open for applications
The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Engineering Leaders Scholarship (ELS) is an award for engineering undergraduates (in at least their second year of study), attending UK universities. Applicants must demonstrate a passion for engineering, as well as leadership potential, with the aim of becoming role models to future generations and engineering leaders early in their career.

22/11/2022 Applus+ inspects offshore transfer lines of major hydrocarbon company in Colombia
The Applus+ team in Colombia has provided close interval potential survey (CIPS) inspection services on offshore transfer pipelines in the operating fields of one of its clients in Colombia.

21/11/2022 Glacier Energy team strengthened with new appointment
Glacier Energy has strengthened its team with a new appointment, welcoming George Craig as HTX Digital Business Manager.

18/11/2022 International standards on radiographic testing of welds revised
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has recently published two revised international standards for the radiographic testing of welds.

17/11/2022 Global agreement offers an expanded sensor selection
Mouser Electronics Inc has new international distribution agreements with Amphenol companies Amphenol PCB Piezotronics and The Modal Shop, further bolstering its Amphenol sensor line-up for customers around the world. Mouser now offers more than 51,000 products from 44 Amphenol divisions.

16/11/2022 IRISNDT acquires interest in Renewable Blade Service LLC
IRISNDT has announced the acquisition of an interest in Renewable Blade Service LLC.

15/11/2022 Condition monitoring system with a fail-safe function
Japan-based Nabtesco has developed a condition monitoring system with a fail-safe function (CMFS) that protects yaw slewing units against failure with the aim of extending the service life of wind turbines.

14/11/2022 Rolls-Royce Submarines opens Nuclear Skills Academy
Rolls-Royce Submarines Ltd has opened the doors of its new Nuclear Skills Academy in Derby. 200 new apprentices from all walks of life have streamed into the Academy for what marks the start of their nuclear careers.

11/11/2022 SKF announces launch of SKF Axios powered by AWS
SKF has launched SKF Axios, a solution that reinvents the fields of industrial machine reliability and predictive maintenance based on a collaboration between SKF and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc.

10/11/2022 British Engineering Services Group welcomes XEIAD
The British Engineering Services Group has announced that specialist engineering inspection consultancy XEIAD, which has expertise in specialist access, has now joined the Group.

09/11/2022 Kistler cuts noise on latest triaxial accelerometer
Sensor specialist Kistler has announced that it has updated its 8763B triaxial accelerometer.
08/11/2022 JME and Dürr NDT join forces for innovative X-ray solution
ME Ltd is a well-known British company that has been supplying the non-destructive testing (NDT) industry over the past 35 years.

07/11/2022 Finland points to railways
VR FleetCare and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) will embark on the biggest condition monitoring campaign of railway points in Finland to date.

04/11/2022 Royal Academy of Engineering welcomes new Fellows
At its AGM on 20 September 2022, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) elected 72 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to its Fellowship.

03/11/2022 T-levels have potential to deliver much-needed homegrown technical talent
With a chronic shortage of skilled technicians to power Britain’s industry, it is critical that more employers get on board with T-levels and offer industry placements to plug the gap and give UK business the power it needs to compete on the international stage.

02/11/2022 FourJaw appointed AMRC partner for smart manufacturing project
Sheffield-based manufacturing analytics software company FourJaw is partnering with the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to accelerate the adoption of low-cost digital technologies in manufacturing in an £867,000 pilot project, designed to create digitally savvy engineers of the future.

01/11/2022 New research infrastructure strengthens battery cell production in Germany
Research into innovative battery materials plays a decisive role in the development of competitive battery cell production in Germany.