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Siemens has secured a contract to design and build a decentralised gas peaking plant in North Yorkshire. It will consist of six SGE86-EM 2MW containers which is the powerful new choice with the highest electrical efficiency in the industry.

Siemens is expanding its Ruggedcom portfolio with two new compact Ethernet switches. The Ruggedcom RSG907R and the Ruggedcom RSG909R compact Gigabit IEEE 1588 compatible Ethernet switches support HSR and PRP according to the IEC 62439-3 standard.

Siemens Mobility has donated equipment to the new National College for High Speed Rail to help students better understand rail engineering and technology.

Keith Thornhill, Head of Food & Beverage, Siemens UK & Ireland, has been appointed as Chairman of the National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering Industry Advisory Board.

Food waste is estimated to be costing food and beverage manufacturers £1.2 billion per year.

Scott Read has been appointed as the new Head of Intralogistics at Siemens UK and Ireland, reflecting the fast-paced growth within the sector.

Phil Banks has been appointed as the Head of Strategy, Integrated Drive Systems (IDS), Siemens UK & Ireland.

Stephen Haigh has been appointed as the new Head for Glass for Siemens UK. Stephen has been with Siemens for over 13 years and will be responsible for the development and implementation of the business strategy within the glass sector.

Jason Peel has been appointed as the new general manager of Siemens UK‘s Motion Control business succeeding Andy Hodgson who moves on to take a senior digital strategy role in Siemens Digital Factory UK.

Following 2017’s publication of the Government-backed ‘Made Smarter’ review, Mike Houghton, Managing Director – Process Industries and Drives, Siemens UK & Ireland, outlines some exciting digital technology solutions designed to support process industries as they embark on their digitalisation journey. Mike is also advising the All Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment on topics relating engineering in the process sector.

With the recently announced Government-backed Made Smarter calling for the widespread adoption of industrial digitalisation to boost the UK’s manufacturing sector, MindSphere - Siemens open cloud IoT operating platform - has been specified on a digital technology project designed to further optimise production and processing performance for Hosokawa Micron Ltd (HML), one of the UK’s leading contract processing companies.

Siemens is extending its Sinamics frequency converter portfolio for standard applications Sinamics V20 to include a new frame size, the FSAC in the voltage range 1AC (Alternating Current) 200 V to 240 V 1.1 kW to 1.5 kW. FSAC is replacing the previous FSB frame (1AC 200V). 40% more compact than its predecessor, the new frame size offers even more flexible and exceptionally space-saving application possibilities.