Fastening and assembly specialist Bollhoff has appointed Phil Havercroft to the role of head of sales in UK. Phil has extensive experience within the fastenings industry.

Drive technology from Rockwell Automation has helped reduce emissions and deliver substantial annual energy savings at the Sibanye-Stillwater Driefontein mine in South Africa as part of an innovative energy-savings-as-a-service partnership.

A new event is showcasing the products, processes and suppliers that are vital to UK machine builders. Organised by The Engineering Network Ltd and held at the popular National Motorcycle Museum on October 4th 2023, MachineBuilding.Live is being staged exclusively for UK machine builders, systems integrators and OEMs that are keen to automate.

Southco, leading global designer and manufacturer of access hardware solutions, hosted its second ‘Editor’s Day’ event at its European headquarters in Worcester, UK. The focus of the day was to exhibit Southco’s recently launched paper edition of its renowned Handbook.

When a tyre manufacturer was enduring frequent failures of the ball screw within the air drum of its tyre building machine, the company turned to the expertise of NSK and its HTF series ball screw. By adopting this high-speed, high-load solution, the tyre plant was able to reduce its replacement ball screw purchases by two-thirds, delivering annual savings of €99,128.

With its digital customer self-service solutions, Nord Drivesystems provides its customers with practical and fast support in their daily work. One example is the Nord Shop that is now available in 15 markets.

RS has renewed its support for Team BRIT, an all-disabled racing team which aims to change motorsport to make it truly accessible for all.

See KEB Automation at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 51

To help grow understanding of the selection and processing of adhesives for UK manufacturing, Intertronics has appointed Kevin Brownsill as head of technical: learning and development.

Mouser Electronics has received the AMAO Europe High Service Web Distributor award for 2021 from Amphenol.