Vesconite Bearings has delivered its largest rudder bearing order to a customer in the Netherlands. The order, comprising four extra-large meticulously-crafted container ship rudder bearings, marks a significant achievement in engineering excellence and customer service.

As part of its commitment to servicing its growing customer base in South America, Renishaw has opened a new, sustainable facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new multipurpose facility features an industrial metrology showroom, areas that support additive manufacturing systems, events and conferencing facilities, and space for retrofitting and service activities.

The world's largest manufacturer of rotary devices, RPI UK, turned to Apex Dynamics to supply precision planetary gearboxes when it experienced difficulties sourcing parts and has praised the high performance and excellent value provided by Apex products.

Adhesives and sealants specialist Intertronics has supplied Process Instruments (Pi), a water analyser instrument manufacturer, with high performance flexible epoxy IRS 2125. The versatile adhesive offered performance benefits as a thread locker on flow cells and an IP68 rated sealant on sensors.

Automation UK is returning to the CBS Arena in Coventry for its second year on the 18-19 of June. Founding exhibitor and leading robotics distributor RARUK Automation will be showcasing its latest automation solutions on stand D30.

Nineteen Group has announced a full programme of STEM activities that will take place under the banner 'Manufacturers and Engineers of the Future' at Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week on 6 June at Birmingham's NEC.

BARA, the organiser of Automation UK, the UK's largest automation and robotics show, is pleased to announce Mike Loughran as the second keynote speaker for this year's show on 18 and 19 June at the CBS Arena in Coventry.

In just five months' time the UK's largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition, PPMA Show, will return to the NEC in Birmingham between 24-26 September 2024.

ABB has announced the launch of its 2024 Robotics AI Startup Challenge, a global competition designed to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in robotics.

Next year's SPS will take place in Nuremberg from 25-27 November 2025, thus returning to the period familiar to the automation industry for many years. The dates up to 2027 have also been published by organiser Mesago Messe Frankfurt and are also at the end of November.