First, igus launched the RCYL Bike, a bicycle made from recycled fishing nets. Now the company is setting the next milestone for sustainable mobility: a company first, it has developed an injection moulded bicycle frame made of recyclable composite material for the e-bike manufacturer Advanced Bikes.

When a CNC machine manufacturer was looking for a spindle monitoring solution to eliminate the risk of damage during tool change operations, it turned to Contrinex.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and University of Birmingham have founded a West Midlands RAS cluster as a catalyst to unlock the robotics and automation capabilities of the UK. Its intention is to connect various communities and lead to much greater utilisation of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) throughout industry.

ABB has completed a study to benchmark current hoisting maintenance strategies, observing that, on average, mining companies have the potential to achieve more than a month of additional production time annually by following recommended predictive maintenance strategies.

Following the success of this year's Automation UK, the show organiser, Automate UK, is delighted to announce that next year's event will be significantly bigger than before. The previously co-located Machine Vision Conference (MVC), now known as Vision UK, will be fully integrated into Automation UK upon its return to the CBS Arena in Coventry between 7-8 May 2025.

NSK has announced the sale of Neuweg Fertigung, its German subsidiary based in Munderkingen, to British investor Stephen Lord and existing employees Willi Castro Santanella and Dominik Szell. The sale will take effect from 1 September 2024.

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.