See the future of manufacturing from global experts. Understand government policy, gain support and access to finance, adopt the latest business models, hear about large- and small-scale 4.0 case studies, and what this means for your business. Come and network with your peers and see the latest (more...)

Klüber Lubrication has acquired the TRAXIT International. The purchase agreement includes all assets of the company including the international subsidiaries. With this acquisition TRAXIT Group becomes a further division of the Klüber Lubrication Group. TRAXIT provides the wire drawing (more...)

As part of Mitsubishi Electric's commitment to providing customers with the highest level of expertise and support, it has developed an elite 'Innovation Partner' status. The 'Innovation Partner' status is awarded to partners that demonstrate a higher level of proficiency and technical ability (more...)

RS Components (RS) has strengthened its commitment to inspiring tomorrow’s engineers by becoming the headline sponsor of the FIRST LEGO League competition in the UK and Ireland, and hosting an East Midlands regional tournament, held in Corby. The RS innovation truck, Titan II, was in (more...)

The free seminar programme at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2020 has been announced. Running in two lecture theatres over all three days of the show, the 33 sessions announced so far cover a wide-ranging agenda, from advanced materials, additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 to (more...)

OEM Automatic has announced a new collaboration with Finnish IoT ecosystem supplier Tosibox. In particular, the Tosibox range extends OEM Automatic’s panel products capability with turnkey solution for remote management. “Tosibox aims for vigorous international growth, and good (more...)

A collaboration between Fanuc and Sick has pioneered new safety integration for robot machine tending that points the way towards simpler, more cost-effective and adaptable solutions in future. Robots excel in heavy, repetitive and high-speed tasks, far surpassing humans in their repeatable, (more...)

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics returns to Farnborough from February 11th to 13th. The show will fully occupy the 20,000m² Farnborough International Exhibition Centre and, as in previous years, the 2020 event will host an impressively broad exhibitor list spanning the complete range of (more...)

What happens when a plastic energy chain reaches its maximum service life? Usually, it is disposed of and incinerated with other plastic waste. With its ‘Igus green chainge recycling program’, Igus is now doing something completely new: users can send their plastic chains to igus for (more...)

Following a customer request to trial an RF wireless electronic position indicator system, machine and production line manufacturer WestRock Linkx has now adopted the system as a standard option across its range. WestRock Linkx Systems manufacture machines and integrated lines for shelf-ready (more...)