Idem Safety Switches has been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade. Accompanied by the Mayor of Bolton and the Deputy Mayor of Wigan, His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for Greater Manchester, Ms Diane Hawkins LL JP LLB presented the Queen’s Award to Medi Mohtasham, founder and managing director of Idem.

Fastener Fair Global, the international flagship event of the Fastener Fair series dedicated to fastener and fixing technology, will take place at Messe Stuttgart in Germany in 2023 from 21-23 March.

Igus is accepting submissions for the manus award 2023, which the motion plastics specialist has hosted biannually for 20 years. The award honours the most creative, economical and sustainable applications of plastic plain bearings in industrial applications.

Almost 80 of the top suppliers to the UK’s machine building and systems integration community have already signed up to appear at MachineBuilding.Live on 4 October this year. The event takes place at the famed National Motorcycle Museum, adjacent to the NEC in Birmingham, and is open from 0830 to 1430.

Rotterdam-based company Concr3de has been working on a 3D printer for stone for more than five years, developing an inkjet technique to participate in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. They achieved this aim using automation technology from Festo.

Fluid Power Specialist Tom Parker is pleased has launched its newly updated website, presenting a fresh new look, accompanied by key technical enhancements, giving a streamlined shopping experience for customers.

Georgina Turner has joined The Engineering Network Ltd (TEN) as sales manager. She assumes responsibility for new business sales across a portfolio which now includes the industry leading online platforms MachineBuilding.net and FasteningandBonding.net, as well as the all-new MachineBuilding.Live event in October 2023 and the quality quarterly design engineering magazine Industrial Technology.

OKW is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its award-winning FLAT-PACK CASE – the standard plastic enclosure for electronic and electrical installations.

Springs and wire components specialist William Hughes has enhanced the capabilities of its 80 m² Class 7 cleanroom with its investment in a digitally controlled Ultrawave Neon 60 ultrasonic cleaning system.

The RBTX robot marketplace, powered by, Igus expands its offering with cobots from new partner Universal Robots and continues to drive forward low-cost automation ideas.