The Circle Guitar is a conventional electric guitar that hosts a spinning sequencer wheel, able to strike the strings at speed creating rhythms up to 300bpm and adding multiple layers of sound. Employing a motor from maxon, this new instrument achieves precision in rhythm control.

Effective monitoring of critical infrastructure is an essential requirement across the power generation, oil, gas and petrochem industries where smooth running and trouble-free system operation is vital, especially in today's highly competitive and energy cost-conscious environment. Condition monitoring specialist Sensonics has recently completed a cooling tower monitoring project at a major petrochemicals plant.

RS has significantly expanded its product offering from Phoenix Contact. RS now supplies more than 45,000 products from the manufacturer of products, solutions and digitalisation expertise for electrification, networking and automation in all sectors of the economy and infrastructure.

Renishaw's metal additive manufacturing technology has helped Great Britain's track cyclist Matthew Richardson to become the first cyclist in history to break the nine-second barrier in the UCI Men's Elite 200m Flying Start. Matthew then broke his own world record 24 hours after setting it, by 0.084 seconds, with a new time of 8.857 seconds.

Atlas Copco has introduced a vibration analysis service for industrial air compressors, enabling UK manufacturers who rely on compressed air to detect hidden mechanical issues before they lead to unplanned downtime, excessive energy consumption or expensive repairs.

LHMT develops, produces and sells machines for the PCB industry, such as for printed board handling, flash-cutting and scoring. For fast, dynamic and highly precise handling and processing, the special machine manufacturer relies on various drives and drive controllers from STOBER.

When a manufacturer of steel cable needed a low-cost, robust and reliable sensing solution for a fast-moving wire which was 'dancing' around, it turned to Contrinex.

West Midlands-based conveyor company Continuous Process Solutions has emerged as a worthy winner in a prestigious regional business awards programme.

In March, electrical connection specialist WAGO completed a four-year development of its new UK headquarters. The Customer Experience Centre is a vital part of the building, hosting customers for training as well as product specification. Demonstration equipment is integral to presenting operational products, and WAGO has partnered with Spelsberg to provide the industrial enclosures that house its products.

Turck Banner managing director Tony Coglan discusses the company's ability to provide machine builders with turnkey solutions for automation, focusing on the company's range of fieldbus, networking and safety products, including its safety I/O module range.