Rockwell Automation announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Italy-based ASEM, a leading provider of digital automation technologies. ASEM provides a complete range of Industrial PCs (IPCs), Human-Machine Interface (HMI) hardware and software, remote access capabilities, and secure Industrial (more...)

RARUK Automation has opened the UK’s first Universal Robots Authorised Training Centre at its headquarters in Shefford. This development will allow the company’s certified UR trainers to provide tuition in collaborative robot programming, empowering UK customers to get the very best (more...)

SICK is holding a series of hands-on training days to help machine builders and end-users progress on their Industry 4.0 journey by unlocking valuable data from IO-Link sensors via a PLC. During the one-day course, delegates will learn, step-by-step, how to set up an IO-Link Master to enable sensors (more...)

2020 is BNL's 50th anniversary. In 1970 we introduced the BNL moulded plastic bearing to the market. Over five decades, our products have developed from simple bearings, into innovative, integrated bearing solutions that offer so much more than just smooth rotation and excellent wear rates. Back (more...)

ATC Semitec, the UK’s leading distributor of temperature sensors, has announced that the Heraeus Nexensos’ range of platinum sensors has joined its line-up of precision thermal components. Heraeus is the worldwide market and technology leader in platinum thin film technology. ATC (more...)

Physik Instrumente (PI) in Karlsruhe has now implemented a quiet and long-planned generational change in its management. After 42 years as managing director, Dr. Karl Spanner has handed over the management of the company to his son, Markus Spanner. "Our technologies have enormous potential to make (more...)

Analog Devices has announced a strategic collaboration with Hyundai Motor Company where Hyundai plans to launch the automotive industry’s first all-digital road noise cancellation system leveraging ADI’s Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) technology. Hyundai also intends to more broadly adopt (more...)

By controlling energy usage, BNL contributes to both the sustainability of the environment and the longevity of the company’s business. Energy utilisation in manufacturing is a significant and rising cost in the production of goods. In a typical injection moulding company, over 65% of the (more...)

During day to day business at Igus UK, it is not unusual to get the odd phone call from customers and potential customers who have a novel idea on a new machine or concept. One Friday morning, a few weeks back, Igus received such a call from the producer/director of The Gadget Show, a long-running (more...)