The food and beverage industry has been slower to adopt automation than some other areas of manufacturing. Short-term supplier contracts and a reliance on cheap labour have proved obstacles to investment for some food producers, limiting their ability to grow their production capabilities. Fortunately, automation systems incorporating robotics from leading suppliers such as FANUC are now becoming a common sight in many food factories around the UK.

With its latest IE5+ motor generation, system provider NORD DRIVESYSTEMS offers high-efficiency solutions to reduce energy and resource consumption in industry. The company has now extended the power of its compact permanent magnet synchronous motors to 11 kW.

Reliable power needs strong partnerships. Benefit from the advantages of combining products - each of the Power Reliability products from Phoenix Contact ensures maximum system availability. However, when used together, they achieve their full potential and provide additional advantages.

The industrial truck industry is characterised by high safety and performance requirements. With increasing electrification, electric drive systems and their safety components are becoming more important. Compact spring-applied brakes from Kendrion contribute significantly to the operational safety of industrial trucks.

With PTCB TM, Phoenix Contact is launching a new generation of thermal-magnetic circuit-breakers onto the market. With a width of just 8 mm, alignable current monitoring, and the capability of direct bridging to the Clipline complete system, the product family ensures high efficiency and transparency in the control cabinet and is suitable for demanding industrial applications.

Henkel has announced the market availability of Loctite Stycast UV 7998, the latest formulation in the company's line of award-winning conformal coatings.

Valve specialist GEMU has successfully had several butterfly valves certified in accordance with DIN EN 13774 and DVGW-CERT ZP4110. The test, which was conducted by the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW), confirms that the valves are entirely suitable for use with hydrogen in a gaseous state.

OnLogic has introduced the CL260, a new ultra-compact industrial computer designed to address the challenges of cost, reliability and integration in modern edge computing.

The Cellulink outdoor cellular router product range from Phoenix Contact is being extended: new versions are now also available that have been specially developed for use in Zone 2 potentially explosive areas. The devices have IECEx and ATEX approval and therefore enable safe operation in demanding industrial environments.

DATAMET wall‑mount enclosures from METCASE are ideal for meeting growing demand in the HMI electronics field, as well as for control and instrumentation applications.