The European robotics community will descend upon Birmingham's International Convention Centre (ICC) in March 2027 for the annual European Robotics Forum (ERF).

element14, an Avnet Community, has launched its latest design competition, inviting engineers, makers and technology enthusiasts to develop smart industry projects focused on production monitoring, uptime optimisation and product testing.

Servo drives, motors and PLCs from Inovance have enabled packaging machinery OEM Spiraltech to automate a machine capable of cutting cardboard cores from 60 mm up to 1,250 mm in diameter.

This year's Eplan Next26 marks the premiere of a completely new event format: a global festival for visionaries, decision-makers and users from various industries and engineering.

Schneider Electric has unveiled new research highlighting a powerful combination of pressures pushing autonomous operations to the top of the agenda for the energies and chemicals sector.

IMI's Industrial Automation sector has opened a new technical engineering centre at its Lichfield site, reinforcing its commitment to supporting customers with enhanced engineering expertise, faster project delivery and deeper collaboration.

Automation and robotics distributor RARUK Automation has signed an exclusive UK distribution agreement with Trener Robotics (formerly T-Robotics). Headquartered in San Jose, California, and Trondheim, Norway, Trener Robotics offers an AI platform - Acteris - designed to bring artificial intelligence to manufacturing robots.

Over 250 manufacturing leaders have now been equipped to lead digital transformation through Made Smarter North West's flagship skills programmes.

In recognition of its pioneering work in sustainable engineering, igus has won company of the year for 2025 in "Innovation in Sustainable Motion Technology" from the UK Ports Committee.