A range of cabinets for convenient installation of electric, electronic and telecommunication equipment is now being introduced by Finnish Fibox, one of the world's biggest plastic enclosure manufacturers. The range supplements the company's existing some 350 standard enclosures. The new cabinets are manufactured in 13 sizes and of plastic materials such as polycarbonate (PC), ABS and chemically resistant fibreglass reinforced polyester (GRP). A special feature of the Fibox CAB PC/ABS and CAB P range is the hinged internal swing-out door to facilitate easy and safe mounting of push buttons, displays and switches.

Two new kinds of thin ginger snaps—or ‘ginger thins’— are now being introduced on the North American market: lemon and chocolate mint. Newly designed packaging for the 150-gram series has also been launched, as well as 400-gram cans featuring Swedish floral and folklore decorations. Annas Pepparkakor is the company behind the new marketing campaign. The company annually exports about 700 metric tons of ginger thins, and is reported to be the world’s biggest producer of ginger snap products.

Interference and overloading problems caused by harmonic frequencies can be eliminated by using ABB Control's harmonic filters. Harmonics cause overheating, damage and power losses in apparatus; generate electromagnetic fields; and decrease the quality of current, causing malfunctions. The solution is the ABB THF (Third Harmonic Filter), which removes third harmonics from the network.

Filter presses, which separate solids from liquids and compress them into "cakes", need constant operator attention to ensure complete cake removal from the filter plates. A new Automatic Cake Discharge Detection System (ACDDS) from US manufacturer JWI Inc. minimizes this problem and can, according to the company, lower operator costs by as much as 80 percent.  

The adoption of the Common Interface standard through the purchase of Nokia digital decoders for digital television by the new broadcasting company, Vía Digital, in Spain pushes forward trend towards digital TV in Europe.

Investors dealing in risk capital can now meet over the Internet and exchange insider tips about share placements in innovative companies. Additionally, interested parties can, via ‘Live Hearings’, pose questions to company management and receive replies directly on screen. 

Emotron AB, the Swedish electric motor technology company, has acquired the Dutch company P.I.V. Eldutronik B.V. and the German sales company P.I.V. Eldutronik GmbH. This strengthens the company's position in the German and Dutch markets, while more than doubling turnover to about SEK 140 million.Emotron expects the acquisition to give it access to new sales channels and to enable it to increase investment in the development of advanced new control and drive systems for electric motors. The vendor is the German P.I.V. Antrieb Werner Reimers GmbH & Co KG.

The Finnish company, Ensto Control haslaunched a new range of plasticenclosures, called Ensto Cubo O. Being the latest member of the company's wide range of plastic and metal enclosures, the series is said to be the world's first to comply to all important standards and safety regulations, including the latest Cenelec regulations.