PWE looks at how meeting emissions targets can help to reduce costs too.

Featuring constantly in the headlines, environmental sustainability has never been so important for organisations of all types. Such pressure is leading many plant engineers to explore ways to reduce boiler house energy consumption. A common idea is

G.P Burners, part of the Wellman Group, has been instrumental in helping Syngenta - a leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through research and technology - in achieving a 26% reduction in energy consumption by its boiler plant.

Compressed air energy savings must be a long term strategy for industry. PWE reports.

Understanding the basics of compressed air filtration is essential to be able to specify a solution that optimises the uptime of machinery, and ultimately, minimises costs. PWE reports.

PWE takes a closer look at new ways of funding your compressed air equipment.

PWE asked domnick hunter’s Mark White for advice on how manufacturers can meet the requirements of the Food Grade Compressed Air Code of Practice.

Eric Starkloff, National Instruments (NI) director of product marketing for Modular Instrumentation and Instrument Control, responds to a series of questions on the changes impacting instrumentation and automated test, and how National Instruments’ L

Motors are everywhere in industry and business, powering everything from pumps and fans to compressors. They are also major energy users and offer enormous potential for energy saving. PWE looks at the issue of energy efficiency for motors and whet

Graham Mackrell, UK sales manager of Harmonic Drive UK, discusses how harmonic drive gear technology can offer an effective replacement for conventional high ratio or two stage planetary gearboxes in plant applications.

PWE takes a snap shot look at some of the latest advances in the forklift truck market, including new energy saving developments which were apparent as this year's leading intralogistics show - CeMAT - in Hannover.

A multifunction steering wheel and a new range of quiet IC engine-powered counterbalanced lift trucks featuring a hydrostatic drive were recently announced by Jungeheinrich at an official launch in Hamburg. PWE reports.

Aaron Blutstein spoke to Martin McVicar, managing director and co-founder of Irish forklift truck manufacturer - Combilift - about its recent success and the concept of long and awkward load handling.

UK dairy company, Yeo Valley has taken advantage of a new approach to training projects offered by Festo Didactic, the professional training and consulting division of automation company Festo.

PWE spoke to Malcolm Blackwell, managing director of CompAir’s High Pressure Division, about the challenge of dealing with a growing skills gap.

If the UK is to compete globally to become the key hub for the Knowledge Economy there is an urgent need to create a highly skilled workforce of engineers and engineering technicians.

The negative myth surrounding cooling towers is symptomatic of the global warming information shortage. PWE reports.

For many years companies have realised that renting buildings, vehicles and equipment is tax efficient and supports cash flow. PWE looks at some of the latest developments in this versatile sector.

John Lamberth* takes a look at the benefits of using short term hire attachments for peak periods.

Forklift options Is acquiring a forklift truck as an outright purchase better than hire or is leasing best? Richard Strange, sales and marketing director of Samuk+HC takes a look at the pros and cons.

With all businesses under pressure to reduce their environmental impact and their carbon footprint there are very good reasons for looking at renewable energy sources for your heating plant. Ian Dagley of Hoval explains how fossil fuels and renewable

Phil Burge, marketing manager at SKF, discusses how the latest developments in automated centralised lubrication systems can make a considerable contribution to the improvement of production processes throughout a plant.

PWE looks at advances in plastic valve technology and the importance of specifying the right products.

The issue of counterfeit bearings cannot only have serious economic impacts but can have extremely serious consequences for the companies that purchase them. In many applications the use of failure prone counterfeits can risk catastrophic consequence

Dr. S. J. Lacey, engineering manager at Schaeffler (UK), looks at the use of vibration analysis to detect early failure of bearings.

Physical water conditioners for controlling limescale have quite a patchy reputation. PWE asked Paul Spencer of Fluid Dynamics how his company is able to predict performance with confidence.

Engineering companies are facing challenges on new fronts. As well as the enduring drive to improve commercial performance and deliver to the bottom line, companies now need to respond to regulatory and societal pressure to improve their carbon emis