1925 marked the year entrepreneur Carl Norgren revolutionised engineering by beginning work on what would become the world's first inline lubricator, shortly after founding the company.

Rockwell Automation has announced a strategic collaboration with alfanar, a leading Saudi Arabian energy and infrastructure solutions provider, to establish a dedicated manufacturing zone within alfanar's facility in Industrial City in Riyadh.

This year's Xchange conference, hosted by SolutionsPT, gathered industrial leaders to discuss how advancements in industrial IT intelligence, software, digitalisation and visibility are creating real business value.

This year marks 100 years of innovation in the drive concept utilised across the entire Sumitomo Heavy Industries Group. A historical milestone, which commenced with the invention of the Cyclo principle in 1925 by Lorenz Braren, continues to push the boundaries of processing precision, reliability and efficiency by the Group.

Accu has collaborated with Tandem Ventures, an organisation which specialises in science, technology and conservation innovations, and Project Seagrass, a marine conservation organisation, in the development of the world's first underwater seagrass harvester.

This year, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS accomplished the comprehensive relaunch of the central myNORD customer portal. The digital self-service solution focuses on an efficient and transparent procurement process. On the way to an innovative and interactive e-commerce platform, the drive experts added further features to the online tool.

The first industrial applications of the jointly developed Ethernet-APL technology by the Standard Development Organizations (SDO) FieldComm Group, ODVA, OPC Foundation, and PI (PROFIBUS and PROFINET International) are already in successful operation in process automation applications worldwide.

Oliver Valvetek has been recognised by Schlumberger OneSubsea with the Best Supplier - On-Time Delivery Award, presented during the annual OneSubsea Supplier Day in Oslo.

For the tenth consecutive year, GEMU has been honoured with the "Global Market Leader Champion" seal of quality. This award is based on the company's inclusion once again in the World Market Leader Index compiled by the University of St. Gallen and the Academy of German Global Market Leaders.