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• 20/08/2010 EUROPEAN RECYCLING MARKET LEADER CUTS MAINTENANCE AND NOISE
  A switch from DC to AC drives at European recycling company Govaerts Recycling of Belguim has resulted in major maintenance savings with the bonus of a dramatic cut in production noise.
• 20/07/10 RAUTE FIND MODULAR DRIVES A-PEELING
  A massive Finnish log-peeling lathe for producing veneer used in the production of plywood has at its heart eight modular drives from Control Techniques
• 07/07/2010 CONTROL TECHNIQUES INVERTERS CHOSEN FOR AQUAMARINE POWER'S FLAGSHIP TECHNOLOGY - THE OYSTER MARINE ENERGY GENERATOR
  The world’s largest and most successful working hydro-electric wave energy device, known as ‘Oyster’, has, at its heart, a 315kW high-efficiency grid connected inverter system from Control Techniques.
• 03/06/2010 CENTRAL PV INVERTER MAXIMISES ROI
  Market-leading yield, high availability, Emerson pedigree, 145kW to 1.76MW
• 11/05/2010 INTELLIGENT PUMP CLEANING CUTS MAINTENANCE AT IRISH PUMPING STATION
  The installation of an AC drive with an advanced software tool has dramatically cut call-outs for blockages at an Irish County Council pumping station.
• 04/05/10 DRIVE GIVES AERO TEST RIG FLEXIBILITY
  The design of a high accuracy rig for the testing of Pratt & Whitney PT6 jet engine starter generators has at its heart a variable speed AC drive from Control Techniques
• 15/04/10 CONTROL TECHNIQUES DRIVES CHOSEN FOR HIGH DENSITY AUTOMATIC CAR PARKING IN TAIWAN
  Taiwan's leading builder of high-density car parking systems has chosen variable speed drives from Control Techniques again for its latest automated car parking tower building.
• 09/03/10 ROAD TESTING SOUTH AFRICA STYLE
  A remarkable device for the accelerated testing of highways or airport runways and developed in South Africa, features modular AC drives from Control Techniques.
• 25/02/10 WATER FEATURE DAZZLES TORONTO SHOPPERS
  Many shopping centre have fountains with mechanical sprays and bubbling ponds. At the Don Mills Shopping Centre near Toronto, this has been taken several steps further with a stunningly choreographed water and light show
• 9/02/2010 ENERGY SAVING FOR TURKEY'S BIGGEST SHIPYARD CRANE
  When power regeneration for energy saving was specified for Turkey’s biggest ever shipyard crane, the crane manufacturer, Vinçsan, had no hesitation in turning to their local Control Techniques Drive Centre for help.
• 15/01/2010 SERVODRIVES PROVIDE ACCURACY REQUIRED FOR TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION TREATMENT TABLE
  A servo drive from Control Techniques has given a total body irradiation (TBI) table a new lease of life at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana in Slovenia.
• 10/12/09 UNIDRIVE SP IS DRIVE OF CHOICE FOR LEADING HEAT EXCHANGE MACHINE MANUFACTURER
  The latest integrated fin mill and corebuilder system from Europe’s largest manufacturer once again features Unidrive SP AC drives and Unimotors from Control Techniques for the high-precision, high-speed servo control throughout this complex machine.
• 23/11/09 CONTROL TECHNIQUES RECEIVES ETHERCAT CONFORMANCE ACROSS AC & SERVO RANGE
  All of Control Techniques AC and servo drive ranges have passed the EtherCAT Conformance tests at the Beckhoff Automation Test Centre in Nuremberg, Germany.
• 23/11/09 NEW COMPACT, HIGH ACCELERATION SERVOMOTOR RANGE FROM CONTROL TECHNIQUES
  A new compact servomotor from Control Techniques has been designed to provide market-leading dynamic performance, with outstanding acceleration thanks to high torque to inertia characteristics in a remarkably compact package.
• 23/11/09 INTELLIGENT SOLUTION TO SPOT ON REGISTER
  Control Techniques has launched a new plug-in module for its AC and servo-drives that provides high-speed motion and registration control.
• 23/11/09 CONTROL TECHNIQUES EXPAND INTELLIGENT DC DRIVES RANGE
  Control Techniques new intelligent DC drive, Mentor MP, was publicly unveiled at the Nuremberg SPS/IPC exhibition in 2008, the launch was a great success with units in the 25A to 210A range now in service around the world.
• 02/11/09 NEW PRESIDENT AT CONTROL TECHNIQUES
  Starting October 2009 Mark Bulanda is appointed as the new President for Control Techniques.
• 30/10/09 SERVODRIVES CRUCIAL TO VERTICAL FORM/FILL/SEAL MACHINE
  One of Italy’s leading manufacturers of high-speed packaging machinery has chosen the outstanding performance; accuracy and reliability of Control Techniques’ servodrives for its latest vertical form fill seal machines.
• 01/10/09 UPGRADE OF STATIC CUT-OFF MACHINE SLASHES DOWNTIME AT CORUS
  A replacement for a complex and unreliable control system for the Static Cut-off machine at Corus Pipes, Hartlepool has dramatically improved machine reliability and throughput at the works.
• 24/09/09 CONTROL TECHNIQUES AWARDED SOUTH AFRICAN STEEL CONTRACT
  Control Techniques (Pty) SA have recently been awarded a contract by a South African company, Colombus Stainless (Pty) ltd in Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province.
• 28/08/09 DIGISTART – NEW FLEXIBLE MOTOR SOFT STARTER RANGE
  A new soft starter range has been launched by Control Techniques.  As the world leader in intelligent drives it is perhaps not surprising that the new, compact Digistart range includes many advanced features.
• 10/08/09 AFINOMAQ ATTRIBUTE 50% INCREASE IN THROUGHPUT TO UNIDRIVE SP
  The upgrade of a ketchup bottle labelling machine, at one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of machinery for filling, capping and labelling of bottles, has increased its throughput by 50% thanks to servodrives supplied by Control Techniques.
• 16/07/09 MAJOR DRIVES PROJECT FOR BULGARIAN ANTIBIOTIC PLANT
  A total of 40 variable-speed AC drives from Control Techniques have been integrated into a second fermentation area at the Biovet plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria.
• 23/06/09 GET 20% OFF THE NEW IET DRIVES & CONTROLS HANDBOOK
  Commissioned by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the 2nd edition of the Control Techniques ‘Drives and Controls Handbook’, edited by Professor Bill Drury, is to be launched on 6 July this year.
• 08/06/09 CONTROL TECHNIQUES GIVES TRAIN A LIFT
  One of the most powerful lifting systems in the world has been installed by the SNCF at its new “East European Technicentre”. A synchronized lifting line can lift a complete TGV train-set – some 200 metres long and weighing 386 tonnes.
• 14/05/09 NEW PRODUCT OVERVIEW BROCHURE FROM CONTROL TECHNIQUES
  Now available is a new multi-language 24-page product overview brochure ‘Drives, Drives Systems and Servos – 0.25kW to 1.9MW’ that gives an introduction to the Control Techniques’ family of drives products.
• 27/04/09 THE DRIVE FOR SWEET SUCCESS AT FOX’S
  Britain’s demand for one of its favourite biscuits seemingly knows no bounds to the extent that the production line for Rocky bars has recently been upgraded at Fox’s Biscuits’ Kirkham plant in Lancashire.
• 01/04/09 EUROPEAN INDUSTRY HAS TWO YEARS TO COMPLY WITH NEW MOTOR REGULATIONS, WARNS EU
  New European energy efficiency rules for electric motors and their use with electronic drives will soon be saving the equivalent of Sweden’s total annual electricity consumption
• 20/03/09 PIONEERING GROUNDWATER SPRINKLER SYSTEM
  Recently completed hotel adjacent to the Rotterdam Zoo, featuring a pioneering system for utilizing groundwater in the fire sprinkler system, has at its heart two Affinity variable frequency AC drives from Control Techniques.
• 13/03/09 DRIVES SUPPORT GROWING MARKET IN HOLLAND
  The challenge to produce a cost-effective automation system for plant watering and handling at one of Europe’s leading growers of annuals has been answered.
• 23/02/09 PAYBACK IN MONTHS FOR TWO LARGE FAN DRIVES
  A major upgrading of the control for two large fans has given both improved throughput and payback in under a year thanks to substantial energy savings
• 23/02/09 A FREE HELPING HAND FROM CONTROL TECHNIQUES
  Many companies will be aware that there are potential savings from switching to variable speed drives – but how much?
• 30/01/09 SPANISH STRANDING MACHINE MANUFACTURER
  The Spanish market leader in stranding machines has standardised across the board on drives from Control Techniques. The company, designs and manufactures innovative rotating machinery for the production of cables.
• 24/01/09 DRIVES WITH STYLE GIVE PRECISION CUTTING
  One of Europe’s fastest growing manufacturers of PC-based CNC lathes and machining centres has standardised on drives and servos from Control Techniques’ Drive Centre in Holland.
• 08/01/09 SPINNING A SPANISH YARN WITH A SPECIAL TWIST
  High performance servodrives and servomotors from Control Techniques are at the heart of special equipment designed to produce bespoke yarns in a production environment in the textile industry.

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