Around the Industry

Veteran polar explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, will take on one of the last remaining polar challenges by attempting to cross Antarctica in winter - the coldest journey on Earth - with five colleagues. Verlinde manual hoists and winches are part of the trip.

FINAT introduces the entry and participation details of its annual international labelling competition and the programme of its congress. On the occasion of its 55th birthday, FINAT is joining forces with the German national label association VskE to host this European label industry’s annual leadership congress.

Due to its continued strong growth, Magnetrol International NV is expanding its production and office facilities in Zele (Belgium) by more than 5.000 sq meters. Completion of the building is foreseen for May 2014.

Atlas Copco is pleased to announce that today celebrates 140 years of excellence with a range of activities in more than 90 countries. At its sites in the UK & Ireland Atlas Copco will mark the 140 year anniversary with a special celebration.

Weldability-Sif has launched and is supporting a brand new website www.UKWeldingJobs.com to help skilled welders, technicians, tutors and technical, sales and marketing professionals, to connect with industry employers, as the UK's only centralised database of welding professionals and suitable opportunities.

Simufact Engineering has founded the Indian subsidiary Simufact India Private Limited. Dr. Gabriel Mc Bain (38) has been appointed as Director of Simufact India. The registered office of the new company is the city of Bangalore, in which leading component suppliers and aerospace companies are based.

LANNER has signed a formal software development partnership with Virtalis, Europe’s leading Virtual Reality Company. Lanner will license Virtalis technology and the two companies will collaborate to develop enhanced 3D, 3D stereo-enabled and VR-enabled capabilities within WITNESS 13, scheduled for release later this year.

Macron Dynamics recently celebrated its 25-year anniversary in a ceremony with Pennsylvania congressman Michael Fitzpatrick. The private ceremony took place at Macron Dynamics’ manufacturing facility outside of Philadelphia.

UK food prices have risen 12 percent in the last five years, while incomes have fallen 10 percent. There were seasonal shortages this year and experts are predicting worldwide food shortages by 2020. Clearly the food industry needs to think hard about the future, reducing waste and increasing efficiency, as a recent food and beverage conference hosted by Mitsubishi Electric discussed.

CGTech, the developer of VERICUT software, is proud to celebrate a quarter-century of leading the development of numerical control program simulation and analysis software. Flourishing through an era when software companies came and went, CGTech has achieved twenty-five years of innovation and steady growth.