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The latest IFPEX (International Fluid Power Exhibition '92), the British fluid power industry's own four‐yearly exhibition, was staged in Birmingham last May, providing a suitable opportunity for a review of the industry. The exhibition itself was judged a success from some of the orders placed and by attracting the same number of visitors, “almost 7,000 buyers and specifiers”, as when the exhibition was last held in 1988. Many industrial exhibitions this year have had substantially lower attendances than predicted.

THE world's most modern fully computerised facility for the manufacture of vacuum arc‐remelted (VAR) aerospace steels was opened by his Royal Highness the Prince Philip when he visited Stocksbridge Engineering Steels (SES) on October 27th.

THE world slump which has opened this decade has had a serious effect upon aviation generally, de‐regulation in USA and the end of much of the tension with the former USSR has also had its effect, particularly in the military sphere.

There is little doubt that oil platform and ship's deck machinery has to endure some of the most punishing conditions within the marine industry. It obviously requires to be constructed from materials of sufficient toughness and strength to withstand the high forces it will be subjected to and perform efficiently.