Molex has announced the signing of an agreement to purchase AirBorn, an employee-owned company headquartered in Georgetown, Texas, specialising in the design and manufacturing of rugged connectors and electronic components for global OEMs serving the aerospace and defence, commercial air, space exploration, medical and industrial markets.

Renishaw has launched the latest in its RenAM 500 series of metal additive manufacturing machines - the RenAM 500D. This dual laser variant provides additive manufacturing (AM) users with flexibility, productivity and cost-efficiency, lowering the entry barrier to highly productive metal AM.

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today the latest advancement in its electronic systems design portfolio. The next generation release takes an integrated and multidisciplinary approach, bringing together Xpedition software, Hyperlynx software and PADS Professional software into a unified user experience that delivers cloud connectivity and AI capabilities to push the boundaries of innovation in electronic systems design.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft to make its cloud-enabled NX X software for product engineering available through Microsoft's cloud and AI platform Azure and integrating it with generative AI and copilot features.

IET Combustion, a global manufacturer of combustion ovens, has turned to Essentra Components to provide the essential hinges, latches and handles to make its ovens safer to use, and meet the demand for continuous operation.

TRUMPF has expanded its aluminium portfolio for additive manufacturing. The new aluminium alloys can be used in numerous 3D printing applications, from prototyping to series production.

EMKA offers a wide range of locking technology related hardware especially for use on rail vehicles - a situation where, in order to ensure the safety of passengers and train crew, all components must perform their intended function with utmost reliability, particularly in the event of a fire.

Milind Shinde, design and development manager at Portescap, talks over the key motor design considerations for hand-held dental tools.

Aether Biomedical, a Polish company that specialises in prosthetic and rehabilitation devices, is using KHK gears in the finger joints of its Zeus bionic hand. The worm and wheel pairs are supplied by KHK's master distributor in the UK and Europe R. A. Rodriguez (UK).

At SPS 2024 maxon is presenting a humanoid robot driven by maxon motors. HOPE is an open development robot with full dexterity that brings down the cost of humanoid development. maxon will also unveil a new, compact motor speed controller, plus a new precision gearhead.