Sensing and instrumentation specialist Baumer is pleased to announce the appointment of MGA Controls as a process solutions partner. As a well-established control and instrumentation specialist, Lancashire based MGA Controls is delighted to underline this commitment following the agreement with (more...)

Reliance Precision is launching a new brand identity in a year of celebration that will mark the company’s centenary in November 2020. In the first major review of the brand identity since its creation, the new approach centres around an evolved Reliance ‘shield’ logo, combined (more...)

Before Christmas, the University of Sheffield officially opened its Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Cymru, a £20m state-of-the-art research and development facility in North Wales. As a member of the AMRC, Schunk UK played an integral role in the opening ceremony, holding the (more...)

SKF has developed a power train for the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, capable of generating 2MW, being developed by Scotland-based Orbital Marine Power. SKF has been supplying bearings and components to Orbital since 2011 but has now taken a further holistic step in its technical (more...)

Igus is a leader in e-chain carriers, and indeed on the dynamic cables that run within them. For a long time now Igus has offered these cables complete with the required connectors through its readychain products, saving users the associated assembly time when sourcing connectors separately. This (more...)

Novotek UK and Ireland has furthered its growth into the UK market with the opening of its new site in Leeds, Yorkshire. The new site provides much-needed expansion space that will accommodate a doubling of Novotek’s team, and features an innovation lab where customers’ engineering, IT (more...)

A new study from the Capgemini Research Institute has found that smart factories could add at least $1.5 trillion to the global economy through productivity gains, improvements in quality and market share, along with customer services. However, two-thirds of this overall value is still to be (more...)

The updating of the ISO 9001 standard has brought with it new requirements including: identification, monitoring and review of external and internal issues relevant to purpose and strategic direction; identification of interested parties relevant to the QMS, and monitoring and review of their needs (more...)

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics is the UK’s top annual industrial technology show and your very best opportunity to see all the latest hardware from the world’s top suppliers under one roof. Alongside that, is an incredible roster of leading subcontractors and a head-spinning (more...)

Invertek Drives, one of the leading innovators and manufacturers of variable frequency drives, has been acquired by Tokyo-based Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI). The deal will lead to significant investment in the growth and development of Invertek in Mid Wales. Sumitomo Heavy Industries has acquired (more...)