On 11-12 February 2026, Packaging Innovations and EMPACK will be returning to the NEC in Birmingham. RARUK Automation will be showcasing the PE10 Robotiq Palletising Solution designed specifically for Universal Robots collaborative robots (cobots).

Danfoss Power Solutions has released its most advanced Vickers by Danfoss medium-pressure axial piston pump, engineered to deliver a new level of efficiency, performance, and system flexibility.

Web tension control is fundamental to applications such as printing, packaging, and textiles processing. To achieve a high-quality process, and maintain rapid throughput, precise control over the tension and speed of the material is vital. Gerard Bush, engineer at INMOCO, explains the common architecture of a web tension control application and highlights the crucial aspects required in its motion coordination.

Industrial controls specialist TIC and industrial enclosure manufacturer Spelsberg have entered a new partnership, jointly providing their services in a combined approach.

Machine vision software manufacturer MVTec Software has announced a technology collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to enable customers of MVTec HALCON software to access Qualcomm Dragonwing processors' high-performance NPU (Neural Processing Units).

Magnasafe is one of the most popular product ranges Mechan Controls has to offer. These non-contact magnetic safety switches are known for their reliability, ease of installation and competitive price point.

When pharmaceutical company Aspen Notre-Dame-De-Bondeville faced a production challenge, where filled ampoules needed to be inspected for foreign objects, the HALCON machine vision software from MVTec and the support of MVTec's customer service team enabled quality assurance to be brought to a higher level.

Leuze is using artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly improve the measurement accuracy of optical distance sensors for challenging industrial applications. This improves measurement accuracy without the need for additional computing resources during operation. The solution is based on a neural network.

Huhtamaki's Franeker plant in the Netherlands manufactures more than 11 million egg cartons every week using recycled paper. To keep this production moving around the clock, CLPA has helped the company ensure its highly automated lines are stable, easy to maintain and adaptable to future needs.

PI (Physik Instrumente) has announced the launch of its newest 6-axis piezo alignment platform: the P-616.65S NanoCube 6-DOF piezo-flexure nanopositioning system.