ABB has entered into a strategic collaboration with Austria-based Engineering Software Steyr (ESS) to develop powerful simulation tools that will transform automotive paint shop operations while reducing costs by up to 30 percent. As part of the collaboration, ABB will take a minority investment in ESS.

ABB says its CEM-DAS is the first data acquisition and handling system (DAHS) on the market to successfully pass testing in line with EN 17255, the first international standard for DAHS in emissions monitoring. With the successful completion of the tests, ABB can offer a complete package of continuous gas analysis and DAHS systems fully compliant with international standards.

Friedrich Umwelt consistently pursues sustainable concepts in gardening and landscaping as well as in forestry services. The aim is to combine ecological responsibility with operational efficiency. The collaboration with Zeller+Gmelin plays an important role, with the company's lubricants having become indispensable in many areas of the business.

Over 250 visitors attended the launch of Endress+Hauser's new Customer Experience Centre in Manchester on Tuesday 3 December. The centre is designed to showcase the latest innovations for the process industry and allows customers to get hands on with the technology.

Siemens Digital Industries Software is collaborating with PhysicsX, a startup leveraging generative AI to enable breakthrough engineering in advanced industries.

Molex has completed its acquisition of AirBorn, a global manufacturer of rugged and highly reliable connectors and electronic components designed for mission-critical applications across aerospace and defence, commercial air, space exploration, medical and industrial markets.

Two Renishaw apprentices have been recognised as the brightest young talents in industrial robotics, winning the prestigious WorldSkills UK competition. Morgan Leyshon and Aled Gore, both 21 and from Bridgend, Wales, secured the gold medal in Industrial Robotics, beating over 80 contenders in an eight-month-long contest.

Siemens and Eplan will make engineering and production processes for customers in machine and line building more efficient. This will be achieved by both companies significantly expanding data interoperability between their offerings.

As part of a commissioned study by Kistler, researchers at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences investigated the energy efficiency of three joining processes with different drive technologies - electromechanical joining systems as well as hydraulic and pneumatic ones. The results show that the electromechanical variant is the most efficient in terms of joining work alone, ie the joining stroke.

The Engineering Network (TEN), organiser of the MachineBuilding.Live, FoodManufacturing.Live and Subcontractor.Live events (and publishers of Industrial Technology Magazine, MachineBuilding.net, FoodManufacturing.net and IndustrialTechnology.co.uk) has welcomed Michelle Brack to its team.