<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Engineering News</title><link>http://www.ballard.co.uk</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:48:57 GMT</pubDate><description>Engineering News from across the world.</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>DMCii welcomes UK-Indonesia climate change partnership </title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1530</link><description>British satellite imaging company DMCii welcomes International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander’s announcement that the UK has joined forces with the Indonesian government to tackle deforestation and prepare Indonesians for the impacts of climate change.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Invensys Earns Frost &amp; Sullivan Market Leadership Award </title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1531</link><description>Wonderware Southern Africa wins 2009 award for MES market </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EnergySys launches latest version of its hydrocarbon and production reporting tool</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1529</link><description>EnergySys, the specialist supplier of hydrocarbon and production reporting tools, has launched version 4.3 of its leading on-demand solution.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scottish Power sceglie PAS per migliorare l'automazione in dodici siti</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1525</link><description>Houston, Texas, 20 gennaio 2010. PAS, leader mondiale in soluzioni per l'efficienza aziendale, ha annunciato oggi che Scottish Power ha scelto di installare il suo software di gestione degli allarmi e ottimizzazione delle prestazioni di controllo e di affidarsi ai suoi servizi per migliorare l'efficienza di dodici centrali energetiche a gas, a carbone e idroelettriche.  </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scottish Power kiest PAS voor betere automatisering van twaalf centrales</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1527</link><description>Houston, Texas – 20 januari 2010 – PAS, een wereldwijde leider op het gebied van oplossingen voor bedrijfseffectiviteit, heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat Scottish Power PAS heeft gekozen voor de alomvattende software en services voor alarm management en control performance om de werking van twaalf centrales te verbeteren, waaronder centrales op gas, kolen en waterkracht.   </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spectrum raises 81m NOK from non-public offering</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1528</link><description>Seismic services provider Spectrum (Spectrum ASA) has raised 81m NOK gross proceeds from a non-public offering to increase the financial strength of the company for investment in businesses and assets such as multi-client studies.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spectrum sets sights on East Coast U.S geology</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1526</link><description>Seismic services provider Spectrum has accelerated its preparations to collect seismic data in the U.S waters of the Atlantic Ocean in response to the recent announcement by the Department of the Interior to begin the environmental analysis of geological and geophysical activities off the east coast.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eyes in space map changing Congo rainforests</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1523</link><description>British company DMCii is using satellites to acquire new images of the Congo rainforests from space, validating a system that can map the vast Congo Basin every year to measure changes in its forest cover.  If adopted, the new system will provide more accurate and up to date information for forest management, policy making and programmes such as the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) throughout the region.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Un syst&#232;me d'observation depuis l'espace pour cartographier les for&#234;ts tropicales du Congo et leur &#233;volution</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1524</link><description>La soci&#233;t&#233; britannique DMCii s'appuie sur des satellites pour obtenir, depuis l'espace, de nouvelles images des for&#234;ts tropicales du Congo, dans le cadre d'un syst&#232;me capable de cartographier chaque ann&#233;e le Bassin du Congo pour &#233;valuer les changements de sa couverture foresti&#232;re. S'il est adopt&#233;, le nouveau syst&#232;me permettra de fournir des informations plus pr&#233;cises et &#224; jour pour la gestion des for&#234;ts, la d&#233;finition de politiques et l'ex&#233;cution de programmes tels que le programme de r&#233;duction des &#233;missions provenant de la d&#233;forestation et de la d&#233;gradation des for&#234;ts, ou REDD+, de l'ONU dans la r&#233;gion.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scottish Power optimiert Automatisierungstechnik von 12 Standorten mit PAS</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1522</link><description>Software und Dienstleistungen der PlantState Suite™ von PAS sollen Sicherheit und Betrieb der Anlagen verbessern.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Invensys Operations Management Introduces New Website</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1521</link><description>JANUARY 21, 2010/PLANO, TEXAS – Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the process and manufacturing industries, today announced the launch of a new corporate website. The new site shows how the company’s premier industry brands and solutions offer the most holistic, cost-effective way to optimise and improve the performance and profitability of its clients’ business operations. </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Invensys Commits to North Africa with New Office in Algiers</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1518</link><description>New facility to meet needs of growing energy market; serves as Engineering Centre of Excellence to support clients in North and French-speaking Africa </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SSTL restructures business for strategic growth</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1519</link><description>Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has restructured its business, forming two new business units to manage continuing growth in its Earth Observation and Science and Telecommunications missions. </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scottish Power selects PAS to improve automation at twelve sites</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1520</link><description>PAS’ PlantState Suite™ software and services to improve safety and operability at Scottish Power plants.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sir Martin Sweeting wins Lifetime Achievement Award</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1517</link><description>SSTL founder and Surrey Space Centre director Sir Martin Sweeting has received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Elektra Electronics Industry Awards 2009.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WEEE…driving demand for recycling firm</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1516</link><description>As one of the largest plastics recycling companies in the south of England, Associated Polymer Resources (APR) is finding growing demand for its services - particularly from
the Environment Agency which is “asking us to do more and more”, said managing director Ron Wilkinson.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OHB and SSTL selected for the construction of  14 Galileo navigation satellites</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1513</link><description>The European Commission today announced that it has selected  the consortium led by OHB-System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) for building and testing 14 satellites for the Galileo satellite navigation system, a programme of and funded by the European Union. This selection is a major milestone for the European Commission, assisted by the European Space Agency, which initiated the tendering process for these satellites in September 2008.  </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>British company SSTL wins key role in Europe’s Galileo programme</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1514</link><description>SSTL has been selected by ESA to supply 14 navigation payloads for the deployment phase of the Galileo satellite navigation system which was announced by the European Commission (EC) today, 7th January. SSTL is teamed with OHB–System of Bremen, Germany for the provision of these fully operational Galileo satellites. The two companies agreed to work together as a “core team” on Galileo at the end of 2007, with OHB taking the role of prime contractor and builder of the spacecraft “bus” and SSTL taking full responsibility for the navigation payloads onboard the satellite that will form the heart of the Galileo navigation system. </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chips, anyone?</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1515</link><description>Weima UK has upgraded Wood Recyclability Limited’s facilities to help the Scottish social firm keep up with increased demand for its products. </description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SSTL celebrates 4th anniversary of first Galileo satellite launch</title><link>http://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=1512</link><description>Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is today celebrating the 4th anniversary of the launch of its historic GIOVE-A satellite - the first step in Europe's visionary Galileo satellite navigation programme - on December 28th 2005.  During the past 4 years, SSTL and GIOVE-A have contributed significantly to the testing and validation of technologies vital to the now imminent operational constellation of satellites.  The 660 kg GIOVE-A satellite was built by SSTL for ESA in just 30 months at a cost of just 28m Euros.</description><dc:creator>ballard.co.uk</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
