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Drives and Controls UK News http://drives.co.uk/ukfeed.asp The Latest Drives & Controls UK news <![CDATA[Integrated Hydraulics boosts Eaton`s European business]]> http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2394 http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2394

The Eaton Corporation has bought Integ Holdings, the parent of Integrated Hydraulics, the UK manufacturer of screw-in cartridge valves, custom-engineered hydraulic valves and manifold systems. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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The Curtiss-Wright Corporation has acquired the UK"s largest solenoid manufacturer, Bishop-Auckland-based Mechetronic, for $2.8m. The business will become part of Curtiss-Wright`s Motion Control business.

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More than 90% of UK businesses are unaware of the Government’s ECA (Enhanced Capital Allowances) scheme to encourage investment in energy-efficient technologies, a survey has revealed.

]]> <![CDATA[Scots entrepreneur buys David Brown in $1bn deal ]]> http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2390 http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2390

Clyde Blowers, the East Kilbride-based group owned by Scottish entrepreneur Jim McColl, is buying Textron’s Fluid & Power Division, which consists of UK-based David Brown Gear Systems and David Brown Hydraulics, as well as the Swiss pump-maker Maag and US-based Union Pumps.

]]> <![CDATA[Government strategy `reaffirms commitment` to UK manufacturing]]> http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2387 http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2387

The Government has announced a new strategy to help the UK`s manufacturing sector take advantage of changing global trends. Called New Challenges, New Opportunities, the strategy* brings together almost £150m of medium-term support for UK manufacturing, and sets out Government`s view of what it believes the sector needs for long-term success, including: support for skills; seizing the opportunities of the low-carbon economy; realising overseas opportunities; and improving the perception of manufacturing.

]]> <![CDATA[Era ends as Crompton Electric Motors prepares to close ]]> http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2382 http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2382

One of the UK’s longest-established motor manufacturers, Doncaster-based Crompton Electric Motors, is closing, with the potential loss of 237 jobs. The company, part of the global Tyco Electronics group, says that the business is no longer viable after losing a key account to an overseas supplier.

]]> <![CDATA[September News in Brief]]> http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2395 http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2395

º Converteam has won a two-year contract worth £10m to supply high-performance drives to Texas-based Le Tourneau Driling Systems. The MV3000 Delta drives will be built in Kidsgrove, UK, and used on drilling rigs and associated applications, such as mud pumps. The two companies have worked together since 2002.

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Parvalux Electric Motors has bought Essex-based EMD Drive Systems to create the UK’s largest manufacturer of small, geared motors. Bournemouth-based Parvalux has bought EMD for an undisclosed sum from the private equity group, Rubicon Partners, which acquired the business from the Wolesley Group in 2000 as part of am operation called the Electric Motor Company that included Totton Pumps and Cetronic.

]]> <![CDATA[Manufacturers are `now feeling the economic chill`]]> http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2386 http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2386

Despite posting a twelfth consecutive quarter of growth, Britain’s manufacturers are feeling the chill from a slowing economy, according to the latest survey from the manufacturers’ organisation, EEF, and the accountants, Grant Thornton.

]]> <![CDATA[Maier to lead Siemens Industry sector in UK]]> http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2385 http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2385

Juergen Maier, managing director of Siemens Automation and Drives in the UK, has been appointed head of the company’s newly created Industry sector which employs 5,000 people in the UK. The new role is part of Siemens’ global restructuring into three sectors – Industry, Healthcare and Energy.

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