Whether smart process monitoring, AI in robotics or innovative healthtech solutions - image processing is increasingly becoming the driving force behind industrial automation. IDS Imaging Development Systems will be demonstrating at automatica 2025 in hall B5, booth 203, how easy it is to capture, analyse and optimise processes with modern industrial cameras.

Essentra Components, a leading provider of essential industrial components, headquartered in Oxford, is celebrating its seventieth anniversary.

Schneider Electric introduces its industrial copilot, developed in collaboration with Microsoft. Designed to boost productivity and enhance workforce efficiency, it integrates Microsoft Azure AI Foundry with Schneider Electric's advanced and secure industrial automation solutions.

Choosing the right switch technology requires an understanding of the technical capabilities and limitations of the various technologies, as well as careful consideration of the specific requirements of the application. Schurter has published a white paper providing an essential guide to making the correct switch choice.

Engineers now need to constantly assess and re-assess potential major shifts in world trade patterns that may affect their supply lines, as well as keeping abreast of the latest developments across many technologies. Visiting major industry events, such as the SPS (Smart Production Solutions) Trade Fair, has become increasingly imperative.

Renishaw has collaborated with Metalpine, an Austrian producer of high-quality metal powders, to develop additive manufacturing (AM) solutions for marine applications. The partnership is focused on creating copper-nickel alloy (CuNi) powders for AM, to enable a major European naval force to manufacture replacement parts in-house using Renishaw's RenAM 500Q Flex system.

In a world that feels more uncertain now than it did a few months ago, where geopolitical and economic upheaval is on everyone's mind, Nidec Drives would like to assure its customers that it has a supply chain solution and can be relied upon to restore that certainty.

Rollon is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Founded in 1975 in a small workshop in Northern Italy, the company has since expanded with a presence in 11 countries, boasting 14 state-of-the-art manufacturing sites internationally and a team of 1,200 skilled professionals worldwide.

The rise in hybrid working has highlighted the need for comfortable home offices and height-adjustable desks, but organising cables from multiple sources becomes a functional and aesthetic challenge. The Office Chain OCO from igus is a compact and stylish energy chain for cable routing, which has been awarded the German Design Award 2025.

National Grid is using a new solution from Belzona to rapidly and effectively seal SF6 leaks, reducing emissions while keeping key grid infrastructure in service.