Adam Hearn, an apprentice from Braintree Precision Components (BPC), part of the Hepco Group of companies, has struck gold at a prestigious regional manufacturing awards ceremony taking home the Engineering Apprentice Final Year Award.

When the need arose to replace the bearings supporting a bend pulley on a ship loading conveyor at an iron ore port in Australia, NSK designed a solution using spherical roller bearings that were not only made from its proprietary HTF tough steel, but also featured a detachable nitrile seal. The result was an extension in service life leading to significant savings in downtime costs.

Schneider Electric and SAP have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on IT/OT integration applications. They plan to explore opportunities to enhance industry innovation and digital transformation, drive open standards and foster close integration of IT and OT technology.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Eplan have signed a strategic partnership to strengthen collaboration in the area of software solutions for the industry and infrastructure market segments.

Vacuum equipment specialist Leybold UK, based in Chessington, Surrey, has won the Composites UK 2022 Industry Awards in the Social Impact category.

To analyse the long term performance and reliability of hard working valves and pumps, serial innovator Bifold Group has adopted digital torque transducers from Sensor Technology for two of its specialist test rigs.

Atlas Copco has acquired Precision Pneumatics and Wearside Pneumatics, two compressed air distributors and service providers in the UK.

Watlow has completed its acquisition of Eurotherm from Schneider Electric. Eurotherm is a premier provider of temperature, power and process control, measurement and data management equipment, systems, software and services for global industrial markets.

Rockwell Automation has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cubic, a company that specialises in modular systems for the construction of electrical panels.

Delta Electronics EMEA is now an official member of Holland Solar, the industry association for the Dutch solar energy sector. Being accepted signifies that the association recognises Delta as a reliable and leading Photovoltaic (PV) inverter manufacturer, and that Delta has agreed to comply with Holland Solar’s rules of conduct for members.