This year's Eplan Next26 marks the premiere of a completely new event format: a global festival for visionaries, decision-makers and users from various industries and engineering.

Schneider Electric has unveiled new research highlighting a powerful combination of pressures pushing autonomous operations to the top of the agenda for the energies and chemicals sector.

IMI's Industrial Automation sector has opened a new technical engineering centre at its Lichfield site, reinforcing its commitment to supporting customers with enhanced engineering expertise, faster project delivery and deeper collaboration.

Automation and robotics distributor RARUK Automation has signed an exclusive UK distribution agreement with Trener Robotics (formerly T-Robotics). Headquartered in San Jose, California, and Trondheim, Norway, Trener Robotics offers an AI platform - Acteris - designed to bring artificial intelligence to manufacturing robots.

Over 250 manufacturing leaders have now been equipped to lead digital transformation through Made Smarter North West's flagship skills programmes.

In recognition of its pioneering work in sustainable engineering, igus has won company of the year for 2025 in "Innovation in Sustainable Motion Technology" from the UK Ports Committee.

SPIROL is proud to announce that it has received the 2025 Supplier Excellence Recognition Award from Caterpillar Inc. This prestigious award recognises suppliers who demonstrate world-class performance and a sustained commitment to quality, delivery, and operational excellence.

John Crane has helped a leading pulp and paper mill in the Southern United States to significantly improve reliability and sustainability performance by reducing water consumption by 90% and save $75,000 in total cost of ownership through a mechanical seal upgrade in its cellulose fibre production process.

Epson has been awarded the Platinum rating for sustainability by EcoVadis, one of the world's most trusted providers of business sustainability ratings. The recognition places Epson in the top 1% of more than 130,000 companies assessed globally, reflecting the company's strong performance across environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.