Spain Industrial News

SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, was authorized as the Control Agency Industrial Security in Catalonia, Spain by the Generalitat of Catalonia on July 19, 2011.

Iraq has agreed a final $17bn (£11bn) deal over 25 years with Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi to capture flared gas at southern oilfields.

Japan's economy has expanded for the first time in four quarters due to a rise in exports, Corolla Financial reports.

Floods in Thailand have impeded Toyota's supply chains, bringing their quarter profits down and losses in production – Corolla Financial Report

Sol Solar Power Co., Ltd. is a world-leading manufacturer of high-performance solar power products.

On October 4, 2011, SGS attended the inauguration of Torresol Energy’s Plant Gemasolar, the new concentrated solar power plant, located in Fuentes Andalucia, Spain.

The Girbau Group brought together Asian subsidiaries and distributors in the 2nd Asia Convention .In addition, between September 28th and 30th the Group also participated in the Vietnam Food & Hotel Trade Fair.

The use of monel valves has increased over the past decade as a measure to combat corrosive and unfriedly industrial environments. Monel K500, Monel 400, A494 MR-35-1 are often used in HF Acid applications.

SGS Industrial Services was awarded a contract to provide comprehensive Technical Assistance and Quality Control of the public lighting in Barcelona, Spain in order to ensure the top performance of the city’s lighting.

In May 2011, SGS Industrial Services was awarded a contract to provide complex Quality Assurance and Quality Control of a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Spain by Elecnor.

La sencillez de las soluciones RFID y de trazabilidad presentadas por Dipole durante la pasada feria del SIL 2011, celebrada en Barcelona, fueron el aporte tecnológico más avanzado de dicha tecnología en el 2011

SGS will be participating in the 12th National Congress of the Spanish Association for NDT 2011 (Congreso Español de END) in Valencia, Spain for the first time.

The RDT undertakes the comparative study of tensile mechanical properties of plastic materials processed on an industrial and laboratory scale

UK exporters to Spain now have local assistance if their Spanish customers are slow in paying.

For the road works on the Spanish highway ‘Eix Diagonal’ SGS has provided its supervision services. The project is worth 375 million Euros and covers a route of 70km between the Pyrenees and the coast near Barcelona.

AIJU & AITEX collaborate to achieve the properties improvement in polymeric substrates to optimize the adhesive properties, the painting and coating solidity or barrier function properties such as liquid repellence in toys, plastics and textiles.

From October 2010, SGS Industrial Services has provided Project Management Services for the design of a nine storey building which includes a parking lot, school and shopping center in the center of Valencia in Spain for Grupo Aza Investment.

In September 2010, SGS was awarded a contract to provide Construction Supervision for an International Convention Centre in Spain. For a period of twelve months, SGS will provide a wide range of services, including project review etc.

The high-impact capacity can be improved by optimising the design factors on rubber surfacing installed in our playgrounds

The integration of this new formulation within electronic toys will avoid the electromagnetic interference that these toys generate on other electronics devices.

Recognizing the environmental advantages of electrical mobility, the Instituto para la Diversificacion Ahorro de la Energia (IDAE) is creating a hallmark for Spanish cities. SGS helps to enable the realization of the Spanish aims.

Continental Girbau specializes in serving the vended and on-premise laundry sectors, and recently launched Girbau Industrial, which caters to the industrial laundry market.

SGS was awarded the contract to conduct Materials Testing and Quality Control for the new subway extension of Line 9. More than 400 types of Material Tests will be executed in SGS’s laboratory in Madrid.

Polymita, world leader in BPM software and solutions, announces the launch of Polymita FreeFlow, the next generation in BPM. Polymita FreeFlow covers all the business scenarios that need unstructured and collaborative processes.

MCM Group and Swiss Capita are marketing one million square meters of land in the golden triangle of Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. the land is set to become one of the most important logistical hubs in Europe.

El interés por el RFID en España ha subido un 53% en el 2010 respecto al año 2009

Descubra las ventajas que Pepsi ha encontrado en la tecnología RFID para optimizar su logística de reparto con éste interesante vídeo

SGS was awarded a contract to conduct Health and Safety Coordination for the Alba Synchrotron light laboratory in Barcelona, Spain.

SGS was awarded a contract to provide Quality Control and Construction Supervision for EMSSA for the extension works to the wastewater treatment plant in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain. Works began in September 2008 and ended in April 2010.

SGS will be participating in the I International Meeting on Risk Prevention in the Wind Energy Sector organized by AEE from May 11-12, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.

Con los nuevos chips Indy 2000, las prestaciones de un lector RFID alcanzan cotas antes inimaginables y se obtienen prestaciones muy prácticas para el usuario final

On January 18, 2010, SGS became the first authorized company in Spain to conduct Visual Inspections of cylinders for compressed natural gas in road vehicles.

Research in biodegradable materials is allowing new applications development. In the toy sector,the main component used in toys is plastic which have a short useful life. Thus, AIJU is developing the BIOTOY project to research biodegradable materials

El interés en RFID en Europa creció un 36,88% mientras que en España creció solamente un 2,68%. "Es un dato que refleja la poca confianza de los españoles en la economía y en el futuro de España", concluye el estudio realizado por Dipole.

SGS Spain has been presented with the ASINCAR Engineering and Society Award by the Aragón Association of Engineering and Consulting Firms in the category of building works.

Alabrent Ediciones a leading in magazines publishing for the graphic arts industry in Spain, is pleased to announce the new released portal for information about the printing industry with global coverage: www.worldgraphicarts.com

The respected speciality supplier of woodturning and woodcarving tools and equipment, ToolPost (www.toolpost.co.uk), note with sadness the recent passing of master woodworker Sam Maloof, and pay tribute to his remarkable talent.

Only three months to complete the inspection of 550 kilometers of high voltage electric power transmission lines under difficult geographical and weather conditions? SGS can do it!

PREMO, leading company in the manufacturing of inductive components, has agreed with OZEKI, Japanese company specialized in the field of chemicals and electronics, a representation and distribution agreement, becoming its new distributor in Japan.

Grupo Compas – The Alloy Valve Stockist – stockist of premium alloy valvs, based in Spain, has been awarded a contract to supply gate valves in super duplex (forged A182 F53, F55, A890 Gr. 6A). Items include monel valves and alloy 20 A351 CN7M

La sesión trató sobre el nuevo Reglamento de Eficiencia Energética en Alumbrado Exterior

La prueba piloto se ha iniciado recientemente

Este año la oferta aumenta con la incorporación de nuevos cursos, como el del Reglamento de Eficiencia Energética en Alumbrado Exterior

The portal maquinaplus.com allows potential buyers to search for technical features of machine-tools, with a friendly interface and advanced features based on Web 2.0 paradigm.

The Spanish consultancy firm, based in Barcelona and with offices in Torino, is expecting to open new offices in Hungary and Russia, reaching an amount of EUR 6.5 million invoiced in 2008.

With almost 90,000 attendees, the 2008 World of Concrete exposition was a blockbuster event, second only to 2007’s record breaking show for construction industry professionals.