Key tasks facing industry today include improving competitiveness, protecting the climate and driving prosperity – and innovative technologies are crucial to meeting such challenges. Exhibitors at Hannover Messe demonstrate how companies can most efficiently use automation, artificial intelligence and renewable energies to achieve these goals.

Henkel Adhesive Technologies, through its LOCTITE brand, has formed a close partnership with the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team. And it is maintaining that partnership through the 2024 Formula E World Champtionship.

Rockwell Automation has published its 2023 Sustainability Report detailing the company’s sustainability progress and outcomes, and how Rockwell is partnering across the manufacturing industry and communities worldwide to create sustainable impact and change.

Ashleigh Thomson has joined Wallwork Group to lead Scottish business development. The UK’s largest independent heat treater is expanding representation in Scotland with the appointment of Ashleigh. She joins the company as it continues to make significant investments across its UK sites. This includes establishing a new £20 million hot isostatic pressing centre.

With over 20 million bearings available from stock in its West Midlands warehouse, Midland Bearings has become a go-to choice for businesses that need reliable equipment, quickly.

The topic of robotics is an integral part of Hannover Messe, and a special highlight at this year’s event is the Application Park in Hall 5, which has a strong partner at its side in the form of the German Robotics Association (DRV).

Precision engineering and manufacturing technologies company, Renishaw, is exhibiting its extensive range of smart manufacturing technologies at this year’s MACH exhibition in Birmingham, UK (15-19 April).

Farnell has been honoured by TDK-Lambda EMEA, the designer and manufacturer of innovative and highly reliable power supplies and DC-DC converters, for its consistent support of TDK-Lambda’s extensive range of new and existing products.

WEG has recently completed the first delivery of three W22 280S/M 110kW 380V V1 vertical motors, with IP67S degree of protection. This newly achieved IP rating was met by WEG’s engineering team at its manufacturing site in Portugal. This first order of these vertical motors was placed with one of the largest pump manufacturers in the world, KSB.

Thankfully, the days of manually handling parcels in warehouse sorting operations are coming to an end. Conveyors have allowed high volumes of items to be moved almost effortlessly around a facility – but they are no panacea. Often it’s robots from automation experts such as Prime Vision that excel.