In Brief

• Phoenix Contact has opened a subsidiary in Dublin, Ireland. The new offices include meeting and training rooms. The phone number is 00 353 (0) 1 205 1300.

• CMC (Europe), the Sevenoaks-based supplier of tension control equipment and components, has formed a joint venture with the surface-mount specialist, Cephos. The new company, CMC Controls, will combine web tension activities with research, design and product assembly. The formation of the new venture follows the retirement of CMC`s founder, Mike Evans.