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• 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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Katie Williams
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Control Techniques Ltd
Ty Rheoli
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