Tom Parker has announced that it has secured an exclusive UK distributorship with US company, FasTest, further strengthening its portfolio. Since 1985, FasTest has manufactured a wide range of quick test connectors and valves, designed for the industrial manufacturing, HVAC-R and compressed gas (more...)

Making the correct choices and considering all aspects of the operating environment when specifying a pneumatic cylinder are crucial if an acceptable degree of reliability is to be achieved and costly downtime minimised, says Rebecca Hammes of Parker Hannifin. A standard pneumatic cylinder (more...)

Bürkert, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of control and measurement systems for liquids and gases, has announced the launch of its new Virtual Water Treatment Works (VWTW). Designed to allow easy online access to the latest Bürkert water industry products, the virtual site (more...)

Gardner Denver is urging all operators to ensure fitted oil/water separators meet current environmental standards, with out-of-date models carrying the risk of serious fines if the technology is not operating correctly. Many facilities still use outdated oil/water separators that depend on the (more...)

TT Electronics has announced the availability of seven-day standard lead times on all of its fully configurable temperature, pressure, level, and flow sensing products, offered under its Roxspur Measurement and Control brand. Customers may choose from among hundreds of available configurations (more...)

One of just a handful of UK manufacturing companies still producing hydraulic safety blocks in the UK has just completed a significant order for a major Singapore company; its first major foray into South East Asia, and is already working on another. MGR Fluid Power has successfully delivered a (more...)

Eriks is strengthening its UK business with the creation of seven ‘Regional Hubs’ that will support the local service centres. Six of the new hubs will be located in Leeds, Aberdeen, Norwich, Birmingham, Swansea and Maidenhead. The exact location of the seventh hub, which will service (more...)

In January 2016, M Barnwell Services sales coordinator Steve Gibson received an order to produce the company’s largest ever chevron seal. The hydraulic seal weighed in at 15 kg, and had dimensions of 1270mm by 1320mm by 200mm. The rubberised fabric split seal will be used in an injection (more...)

What is a quick-release connector? Just something selected from a catalogue that joins things together such as fluid and gas lines, compressed air circuits and the like? Or can a connector bring additional useful practical benefits such as reducing down time, eliminating errors and boosting (more...)

Brammer UK has announced a new partnership with CEJN UK, a leading global quick connect specialist, which is dedicated to reducing energy consumption and boosting productivity across the automotive, aerospace and transportation sectors. The partnership forms part of an overarching strategy to (more...)