To help service its growing customer base in India and Japan, Renishaw has recently opened two state-of-the-art technology centres - one in Chennai, India, and one in Nagoya, Japan. These upgraded facilities will strengthen Renishaw's presence in both countries and improve customer access to the company's engineering expertise and technologies.

Automate UK announces that Machine Vision Conference (MVC) has been rebranded to Vision UK and in future will be incorporated within Automation UK. This will make it the UK's largest show dedicated to industrial automation, robotics and machine vision solutions. The annual show will return to the CBS Arena in Coventry between 7-8 May 2025.

Battery manufacturer GS Yuasa announces the relaunch of its online battery sizing tool, ISY. The launch coincides with the global excitement of the Paris Olympic Games, and like the competing Olympians the new ISY system is at the very peak of performance.

Mitsubishi Electric has partnered with HAL Robotics to extend the rollout of operator-controlled industrial robots capable of executing variable, complex and uncommon tasks and applications.

Schneider Electric has announced the launch of its Schneider Electric Training programme in the UK and Ireland (UK&I).

Siemens Digital Industries Software reports that Panasonic has started to adopt its Teamcenter X software, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud product lifecycle management (PLM) solution from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to accelerate its digitalisation in product development and design.

ABB has integrated its AquaMaster4 Mobile Comms flowmeter with the Topkapi SCADA system, enhancing water conservation efforts around the world. AREAL, publisher of the Topkapi software platform, recently released a communication driver which allowed AquaMaster4 Mobile Comms to communicate directly with Topkapi through 4G and the FTP/FTPS protocol.

L-A-C Logistics Automation has designed and installed a bespoke conveyor and robotic solution at Entocycle's London Bridge base, providing them with a fully automated, modular system to showcase their unique offering in the world of insect farming.

Routeco announces a partnership with Control Station, a premier provider of advanced control loop performance monitoring and PID process optimisation software. This collaboration aims to enhance the ability of businesses to make informed, data-driven decisions in an increasingly competitive market.

TR Chai Yi Precision Fastenings Manufacturing, now part of the Trifast group of companies, is celebrating the launch of its Chinese manufacturing facility in the key industrial city of Dongguan, within the Guangdong Province, capitalising on years of increasing demand in the region.