MachineBuilding.Live, organised by The Engineering Network (TEN), has entered into a strategic partnership with the Calderdale and Kirklees Manufacturing Alliance (CKMA), strengthening ties between regional manufacturers and the UK's wider engineering community.

Help celebrate Matara UK's 30th anniversary at this year's MachineBuilding.Live. For 30 years, Matara has been both a manufacturer and supplier of pneumatic and linear automation products to a wide range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, food production and pharmaceuticals. During that time, the company has developed a reputation for excellent service and delivery, backed up with technical expertise.

ABB Robotics has invested in California-based LandingAI to accelerate the transformation of vision AI, making it faster, more intuitive, and accessible to a broader range of users. This first of its kind collaboration will integrate LandingAI's vision AI capabilities, like LandingLens, into ABB Robotics' own software suite, marking another milestone in ABB's journey towards truly autonomous and versatile robots.

IMI has partnered with Design and Automation Solutions (DAS), a leading OEM specialising in machinery design and factory automation, to deliver a cutting-edge metal cropping machine to Batten and Allen, a provider of precision metal stamping services for a wide range of industrial applications.

Rotor Clip has received the 2025 Supplier Excellence Award from Caterpillar, marking consecutive years of recognition for consistently exceeding performance and reliability. The award highlights Rotor Clip's role as a trusted supplier and manufacturer of retaining rings, wave springs, and hose clamps used across Caterpillar's equipment and global manufacturing operations.

According to the Times, in 2025 UK households effectively paid £810 million for Scottish wind farms to stand idle, highlighting a growing problem in the country's renewable energy sector. Here, Mike Torbitt, managing director of resistor manufacturer Cressall, explores the causes behind the UK's wind curtailment issue and explains how resistor technology can help stabilise the grid and make the most of renewable energy.

Visit the EUCHNER Action Area on stand 201 at MachineBuilding.Live to see a fully working warehouse storage and retrieval system, built using LEGO Technic, with the unique EUCHNER MGB2 and CKS2 key entry system. There will be a fully working gate system with safety over PROFISAFE/PROFINet.

Our obsession with protein has proved to be a lucrative one for dairies. Whether in snack or powder form, this popular supplement is extracted from whey, a by-product of cheesemaking, and it has developed into a lucrative revenue stream. One of the largest manufacturers of dairy products in Britain is improving the efficiency of protein capture with Burkert's FLOWave surface acoustic wave (SAW) flowmeter, which provides accurate measurement of solids in liquid whey.

Nidec Drives has launched a major upgrade to its Connect PC commissioning tool, making drive setup faster, simpler and more intuitive than ever. Known for delivering cutting-edge motion solutions, the company now takes ease of use to the next level, empowering users to achieve peak performance with guided, step-by-step PC-based support.

With real-time data access, remote diagnostics and simplified configuration, a new commissioning tool helps system integrators and engineers reduce on-site time, speed up project delivery and ensure a smooth handover to operations, says Tim Ricketts, Business Development Manager at Listo.