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NEW PRODUCT RANGE BROCHURE FROM FIBREGLASS FLOOR GRATING
Fibreglass Floor Grating has consistently reduced accidents in all types of industries.
"The proven gritted maximum anti-slip surface has one of the highest degrees of slip resistance ever measured for a walking surface, especially in wet, oily and icy work areas. The integral gritted anti-slip top surface provides long lasting worker protection. The material has excellent corrosion resistance, a factor which makes it a logical and cost effective alternative to conventional materials. The impact resistance allows
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ACT NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A QUEEN'S AWARD
CBI backs call for companies to enter UK's top business honours scheme
"Outstanding businesses from the manufacturing sector are being urged to act now for the chance to win the UK's ultimate business accolade - a Queen's Award for Enterprise.<BR> Throughout June, successful businesses across the UK received invitations to apply for an Award in any of three categories - International Trade, Innovation or Sustainable Development. The deadline for applications is midnight on 31 October 2004. <BR> Digby
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LONDON MAS HELPS SAVE JOBS FOR BLIND WORKERS
London Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has helped save the jobs of up to 50 blind and partially sighted workers at the Royal London Society for the Blind's (RLSB) engineering workshop in Park Royal.
"Life-saving training from the MAS helped the RLSB win a key contract, which secured the future of the workshop. The entire workforce of 50 downed tools for a celebration event at the Old Oak Lane workshop, when the MAS presented the RLSB with a Best Practice Award. <BR> The DTI-sponsored service was brough
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RAPID SERIES PRODUCTION TOOLING BY DIRECT METAL LASER-SINTERING (DMLS)
"Rapid Tooling for Series Production<BR>Laser-sintering technologies have developed from rapid prototyping (RP) methods to being methods for batch size adapted manufacturing in all phases of the product life cycle, including prototyping, production and even spare parts. "
"The latest developments of Direct Metal Laser-Sintering (DMLS) have enabled the economical production of hundreds of thousands of plastic mouldings. In recent projects, even millions of moulded parts have been produced using lase
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CBI CHIEF SAYS BUSINESS WILL REJECT EU PLAN FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE LAW
I'm worried that corporate governance is becoming too much of a growth industry for EU bureaucrats and politicians- Digby Jones
"The CBI has warned that European Commission proposals for EU-wide legislation on corporate governance will 'drive a coach and horses' through national plans to encourage best practice. <BR> Speaking to business leaders in Belfast, Director-General Digby Jones stressed that UK business leaders have worked constructively with other interest groups to raise confidence in corporate gov
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SELECTING THE BEST ERP SYSTEM FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Usually people start detailed comparison of ERP systems too soon.
"What they need to do first is decide which key areas or processes in their business are most in need of improvement, and set themselves some improvement objectives that they can measure. No system is going to deliver those benefits on its own - the benefit will come from how the system is applied.<BR> The next step is to share the current limitations and visionary goals of your business with a small number of potential suppliers. You should
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MEASURING THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS FROM ERP
Most manufacturing organisations are well versed in the process of developing an investment model for acquisition of capital equipment.
"Often, they have established a minimum return on investment (ROI) by which the expenditure is judged. Sometimes referred to as the Internal Rate of Return (IRR). Equal or exceed the IRR and the expenditure is considered justifiable.<BR> Unfortunately, the same rigour is not always applied to the acquisition and implementation of Management Information Systems.<BR>
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UK OUTPERFORMS EUROPE IN WEALTH CREATION
"Wealth creation amongst UK companies is up - and increasing faster than the rest of Europe, according to the 2004 Value Added Scoreboard, published by the DTI."
"The scoreboard, which lists the value added (wealth created) for the top 600 European and top 800 UK companies, is good news for UK business. Since last year, value added by the top 800 UK companies has increased by four per cent compared with a one per cent increase by the European top 600.<BR> There are more UK companies in the European
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INPUT COSTS INFLATION PUTS BRAKE ON GROWTH
"The world shortages of steel and other raw materials is putting a brake on the SME manufacturing sector's gradual recovery with input costs reaching their highest levels for more than six years, according to the 'PKF SME Index', a quarterly survey of 800 SMEs operating in the manufacturing, construction and service sectors."
"Manufacturing business activity dropped slightly from 55.7 in Q4 2003 to 54.8 and new business orders dropped from 55.1 in Q4 to 53.7 (where scores above 50 indicate an improvement
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THE MACHINE VISION INDUSTRY IS MEETING UP IN STUTTGART
"VISION 2004 will, in one central trade fair, be focusing on Machine Vision solutions - Expert forum for technology users."
"At the leading Machine Vision trade fair, VISION being held in Stuttgart from 19th to 21th October 2004, the producers and users of components and systems for industrial image processing and identification technology will once again be meeting. All of the key players in this worldwide industry will be there. Nowhere else will there be so much specialised competence assembled as a
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Supposedly the construction
materials of the future, composites are increasingly seen in
applications where optimum efficiency is paramount including
aircraft construction and renewable energy. As two research
examples show in this video, composites really are the future
for efficiency.
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