Igus will exhibit the world’s first all-plastic urban bicycle at The Engineering Design Show from 12-13 October. The bike was first launched at Hannover Messe on 30th May.

Rugged 600 Series inductive sensors from Contrinex are playing a key role at the UK’s busiest container ports on their container handling cranes, being trusted to prevent the crane’s carriage from travelling outside preset limits.

Carlo Gavazzi UK has appointed Josef Grech as a business development manager for switch products to help meet the demands of the renewable and HVAC markets.

The Volkswagen Group has placed an order with Fanuc for 1,300 robots, demonstrating the strength of its relationship with the leading industrial automation specialist. Throughout 2022 and 2023, Fanuc will supply four VW plants across Europe with a variety of robotic solutions to support production of both Audi and VW models.

The Engineering Network (TEN), publisher of MachineBuilding.net, has announced a new event for October 2023. MachineBuilding.Live takes place on 4 October next year, using an unusual format which one of the company’s founders pioneered with great success almost 20 years ago in another industrial market sector.

Global gas sensing manufacturer Ion Science has been presented with one of the most prestigious business excellence awards in the UK, endorsing the commercial success of its innovative Sensor technology.

SD Products is delighted to announce the beginning of its partnership with Sugatsune Kogyo – a major global supplier of premium precision engineered components.

Rockwell Automation has released the program for its flagship European event, ROKLive EMEA 2022, 24-27 October in Gothenburg, Sweden, with keynote topics focusing on innovation, technology, collaboration and sustainability.

British Artist Matthew Penn and his ‘Fragile Fight’ project have recreated the entire skeleton of a female Polar Bear in crystal glass. For a bonding solution for the glass sculpture, he turned to Eurobond Adhesives.

Motion plastics specialist Igus is investing in growing its low cost automation activities and has now acquired a majority stake in robot integrator Commonplace Robotics.