UK News
- Forum aims to raise the profile of power electronics in the UK
- Motor Driven Systems hits the road
- US group acquires Kentish gear-maker
WORLD News
- ODVA plans standards for exchanging machine information
- Moog buys Aspen Motion Technologies from Pentair for $34m
- Free tools help to specify drives and calculate energy savings
TECHNOLOGY News
- Programmable light tower `will revolutionise the market`
- Wear-free rotary encoder is `first non-contact system`
- `Smart` breaker could cut power consumption by 15%
PRODUCT News
- I/O system squeezes 20 channels into 12.5mm-wide modules
- HVAC drives incorporate a fire mode
- Next-generation light curtains `set new standards`
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UK news: June 2004
In Brief
• Rockwell Automation has launched an "Essential Components" service that will ensure that more than 4,000 of the most popular items from Allen-Bradley`s 500,000-plus range will be available on 24-hour delivery to anywhere in the UK. More than 95% of the products will available off-the-shelf through Routeco`s national network of branches.
• Parker Hannifin has bought the Sussex pneumatics specialist, Mead Fluid Dynamics, from its Chicago-based parent for an undisclosed sum. Mead, whose annual sales are around $3m, will be transferred to Parker`s European pneumatic division in Cannock.
• The Canadian industrial IT specialist Matrikon has bought the Aberdeen-based company PI Automation for around £3m. PI, which supplies Web-based plant performance systems, will be renamed Matrikon Europe. PI`s 2003 revenue was £2.41m.
• FAG`s UK operation has moved into INA Bearings` offices in Sutton Coldfield, following its acquisition by INA`s parent company.
