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TCI specification is ready for download

PI (Profibus and Profinet International) has completed the TCI (Tool Calling Interface) specification after less than a year of development work.

News from Profibus Group ( 8 January 2007)

Advice helps Landamores build boats faster

Norfolk luxury-yacht-building company Landamores has increased its productivity by over 25% in the last few months, thanks to support from the DTI Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS).

News from Manufacturing Advisory Service - West Midlands (25 December 2006)

European chemical legislation may affect BRFs

Reach sets up a mechanism by which EU regulators decide, after due consideration of the scientific data generated, whether any substance should be approved or restricted for certain uses.

News from BSEF (19 December 2006)

Organisation helps West Midlands innovation

The Polymer Cluster for the West Midlands has already achieved several of its 2006/07 business targets just six months into its renewed mission.

News from Polymer Cluster (18 December 2006)

Decline in student numbers is worrying trend

Report highlights reduction in student numbers on engineering, manufacturing and technology courses within further education colleges.

News from ETB (18 December 2006)

Automotive Academy to be manufacturing blueprint

Technical background article "The Automotive Academy is a blueprint for what we want to see across the whole of manufacturing, with higher skills bringing more efficient business"

News from Automotive Academy (14 December 2006)

Pioneering scheme engineers exciting career paths

A pioneering UK scheme to encourage more young people into Britain's engineering industry, is being trialled at Sheffield Hallam University

News from Sheffield Hallam University (11 December 2006)

Belarus offers material benefits

DTI International Technology Promoter Juan Matthews reports from a recent visit to leading research institutes in Belarus.

News from DTI Global Watch Service ( 4 December 2006)

Braggins to steer Vision Academy

UKIVA Director, Don Braggins, has been appointed to chair a newly created scientific and technical advisory board for the Vision Academy, which is based in Erfurt, Germany.

News from UK Industrial Vision Association ( 4 December 2006)

DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP specifications updated

ODVA announced today that the next editions the DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP specifications have been published.

News from ODVA ( 1 December 2006)

Standard extends interoperability of CIP networks

Annex provides the schemas required to implement the device type managers configuration option for the currently available adaptations of networks built on the Common Industrial Protocol.

News from ODVA ( 1 December 2006)

Safety specification is fit for Sercos

Sercos International is to adopt CIP Safety as its functional safety protocol for Sercos.

News from ODVA ( 1 December 2006)

Blue paper fires national skills shortage debate

Redressing the national shortage of scientific and technical skills required by UK industry requires better communication between government, education and business.

News from BOC (30 November 2006)

Recycled PCs put to good use in Moldova

Digital Links International is helping the Moldovan Ministry of Health to computerise hospitals and health centres by providing low cost refurbished computers donated by UK companies.

News from Digital Links International (28 November 2006)

Mechanical engineering student shows enterprise

Brunel University's Tanya Budd has been recognised as one of the country's leading and most innovative young entrepreneurs in the Daily Mail's Enterprising Young Brits Awards on 14th November 2006.

News from Brunel University (28 November 2006)

Students complete pilot engineering programme

A special event celebrated the success of the first set of students to successfully complete the pilot programme for the South Yorkshire Engineering Scholarship.

News from National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC) (24 November 2006)

Business advice aids deep drill development

A specialist Derbyshire engineering company is developing a product that could soon see it helping the oil industry drill in the most remote and deepest places on the planet.

News from Manufacturing Advisory Service - West Midlands (22 November 2006)

Motorsport engineering diploma opens for entries

Thames Gateway College is holding an open day for its unique BTEC National Diploma in motorsport engineering - the only one of its kind in London.

News from Centre for Manufacturing Excellence, CEME (20 November 2006)

Fast track to technician qualification

The IET is offering employers a fast-track route for their apprentices and technicians to obtain the internationally recognised professional qualification, Engineering Technician.