With its new NXD tupH surface treatment, NORD makes aluminium as resistant as stainless steel, offering the durable, robust and high efficiency drive technology that is the perfect solution in hygiene-sensitive production areas.

Control and monitoring devices are indispensable human-machine interfaces in mechanised and automated production environments. They interact to ensure the effective control and monitoring of processes. To supplement norelem's existing assortment of Emergency Stop switches, a large selection of new control and monitoring devices is now available.

Rockwell Automation has announced the global launch of OptixEdge, an edge gateway solution that the company says revolutionises data processing for industrial customers.

STOBER has further developed its KS right-angle servo gearbox. Delivering 'power without compromise', it is now offered not only in two- and three-stage versions, but also in a one-stage version. The new series features robust bearing technology and high-quality gearing.

Industrial image processing places high demands on precision and reliability, even under difficult conditions. IDS Imaging Development Systems is therefore expanding its portfolio of cost-optimised project cameras from the GigE uEye LE series Sony Starvis 2 sensors from the end of June 2025. These deliver impressive image quality even in low ambient light.

SICK appeared at Smart Factory Expo 2025 in Birmingham (4-5 June) showcasing a range of intelligent solutions designed to assist businesses with digital transformation, including the new SIG300 intelligent IO-Link Master, IO-Link Wireless Gateway, the TDC-X next-generation telematic data collector and a smart compressed air solution.

One of the UK's leading filtration experts has announced the launch of a new dust and fume extraction technology from sister company Absolent. Filtermist, which specialises in ensuring the air in workshops is clean and safe to breathe, is now offering the brand-new AD range that maximises 'True Downflow' technology to provide dust extraction units that are compact and easy to maintain yet deliver optimised filtration density.

The EMpro energy measuring device product family from Phoenix Contact is now paving the way for the "Internet of Things".

Today's fully electrified and highly connected world would be unthinkable without the automation of industrial production processes. And even if plugs and sockets, switches and circuit protection devices do not receive the greatest attention, they are still of fundamental importance for the economically viable use of highly automated production processes, as the experts at SCHURTER explain.