Nineteen Group has announced a full programme of STEM activities that will take place under the banner 'Manufacturers and Engineers of the Future' at Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week on 6 June at Birmingham's NEC.

BARA, the organiser of Automation UK, the UK's largest automation and robotics show, is pleased to announce Mike Loughran as the second keynote speaker for this year's show on 18 and 19 June at the CBS Arena in Coventry.

In just five months' time the UK's largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition, PPMA Show, will return to the NEC in Birmingham between 24-26 September 2024.

ABB has announced the launch of its 2024 Robotics AI Startup Challenge, a global competition designed to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in robotics.

Next year's SPS will take place in Nuremberg from 25-27 November 2025, thus returning to the period familiar to the automation industry for many years. The dates up to 2027 have also been published by organiser Mesago Messe Frankfurt and are also at the end of November.

Drives and Controls is taking place on 5-6 June 2024 at the NEC in Birmingham, as part of Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week. Engineering component and power transmission solution distributor Drive Lines will be showcasing couplings, gearboxes, screw jacks and stops.

VHS Hydraulic Components has delivered an innovative solution for the construction industry, integrating a Bosch Rexroth M4-15/M4-12 Combo Valve with a customised Scanreco Radio Remote Control System for a piling mast conversion to be mounted on a 30t Excavator as an attachment.

OnLogic has opened a new 150,000 square foot global headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont. Congressman Peter Welch and US Representative Becca Balint joined the OnLogic team, members of the business and tech community, and representatives from ReArch Company, Wiemann Lamphere Architects, and VHB for the grand opening ceremony.

EMS will once again be returning to exhibit at the Design Engineering Expo this year. As the UK's exclusive FAULHABER distributor, EMS will showcase the latest developments in micromotors and advanced drive systems, including the IEP3 incremental encoder and new BX4 IMC - featuring the world's smallest integrated motion controller.

Watt Drive Antriebstechnik, a manufacturer of geared motors and drive solutions for the industrial sector based in Markt Piesting, Austria, part of the WEG Group since 2011, has now been given a special role within the Group.