At MachineBuilding.Live 2024, TEN Editor Mark Simms talks to Mark Richards, UK sales manager at Beckhoff UK, about the company's XPlanar transport system.

PI has completed the construction of additional electronics production space at its Rosenheim, Germany site. With investments of around $2.3M and a 30% increase in space, PI is strengthening its global development and production centre and the economic development of the region.

Atlas Copco is supporting Iona Management Services (IMS) in the production of high-quality biogas for general consumption by ensuring a reliable supply of pure oxygen at the Leeming Biogas facility in North Yorkshire.

ERIKS Industrial Services is to add additional strategic stocks to its Aberdeen and Plymouth service centres. This is to further support the Fulfilment Centre of Expertise (FCE) to achieve its target of next day delivery of parts, fully tracked before 9am for 100% of customers.

Molex has issued a thought leadership report that looks at the future potential of robotics, resulting in more intuitive, intelligent and interconnected human-machine communications and collaborations.

RARUK Automation has signed a new partnership deal with innovative AI vision company Cambrian Robotics. Cambrian Vision is a robust vision system that can operate in challenging light conditions and can easily identify parts made from a variety of materials.

MachineBuilding.Live 2024 at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, included a world-class Workshop Programme. Here, Dave Breckell, market development manager at OMRON, provides a comprehensive exploration into machine maintenance, shedding light on common pitfalls and presenting strategies to streamline and prioritise maintenance tasks for newer machinery.

Michael Smith Engineers has announced a new distributor partnership with ITT Bornemann, a global leader in the manufacture of high-quality hygienic twin-screw pumps.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has collaborated with FoodChain ID to bring world-class food supply chain compliance and regulatory information to the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software - enabling the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry to maintain product quality while managing the complexity of regional compliance.

In order to monitor and improve the quality in press shops through digitalisation, ifm and the Schuler Group have now concluded a cooperation agreement. Their aim is to offer customers more transparency and increase efficiency in sheet metal forming.