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As part of an ambitious long-term future growth strategy, Bedford-based AcSoft Holdings, which comprises AcSoft, GRAS UK and Svantek UK, has announced that General Manager, Paul Rubens has acquired a 50 per cent interest in the business, making him joint partner alongside founder and Managing Director, John Shelton. Paul, who …

Finnish technology company FocalSpec has been acquired by TKH Group, a Dutch listed technology company.  FocalSpec will join the LMI Technologies group, owned by TKH and strengthen further its position in inline metrology. FocalSpec is a global pioneer in designing and manufacturing high-precision, high-speed optical sensors.  Their unique and patented …

Powelectrics have delivered another Industry4.0 Metron telemetry solution, this time to Craggs Energy, an innovative and expanding business, which supplies over 50 million litres per annum of fuels and lubricants to UK homes, farms and businesses via three depots and a national partner network. This image shows Craggs Padiham Depot, where …

To provide the music industry with first class recording facilities, The Bieber Studio based in Offenbach in Germany, relies on FLIR thermal imaging technology.  Indeed, it takes condition-based maintenance very seriously as it minimises technical issues so sound engineers can focus on creativity. “Not only do we check the electrics …

BSI, the business improvement company, has invested in a GL OPTICAM 1.0 luminance measuring camera, from Analytik to verify emergency lighting product compliance with the standard ISO 3864-2:2016 Graphical Symbols – Safety Colours and Safety Signs Part 4: Colorimetric and Photometric Properties of Safety Sign Materials. Luminance distribution and contrast …

Analog Devices (ADI) has announced the acquisition of Test Motors, a company specialising in predictive maintenance of electric motors and generators.  Based in Barcelona, Spain, Test Motors offers products and services that detect faults in electric motors before they cause damage to production cycles and advises on how and when …

Cognex has acquired SUALAB. The acquisition will advance Cognex’s leadership in the field of deep learning-based machine vision, and the automation of visual inspection tasks in the industrial sector. The addition of SUALAB’s engineering team and the innovative technology they bring to the table is expected to enhance Cognex’s existing …

Isothermal Technology Ltd (Isotech) has been providing temperature calibration solutions since 1980, clients vary from National Metrology Institutes to calibration engineers working on-site. ISOTECH – Solutions for all levels of temperature calibration Many nations rely on Isotech for their Primary Standards.  For example metrology furnaces are used to melt and …

For all our technological advances, nothing beats evolution when it comes to research and development. Take jumping spiders. These small arachnids have impressive depth perception despite their tiny brains, allowing them to accurately pounce on unsuspecting targets from several body lengths away. Inspired by these spiders, researchers at the Harvard …

To improve the safety of autonomous systems, MIT engineers have developed a system that can sense tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner. Autonomous cars could one day use the system to quickly avoid a potential collision with another …