Weg is updating the marks on its products following regulatory changes introduced due to Brexit. From January 1, 2023, products commercialised in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) will require mandatory UK conformity assessed (UKCA) markings to indicate that the products adhere to UK (more...)

To fulfil growing demand for industrial productivity, Sandvik Coromant has launched CoroPlus PIP (Productivity Improvement Program), a service to help its customers identify pain points in production. Combined with a consultancy service delivered by Sandvik Coromant specialists, the program uses (more...)

Aerotech has founded a new subsidiary, Peak Metrology. The aim is to concentrate all activities around high-precision metrology. Headed by RJ Hardt, a long-time Aerotech engineer, Peak Metrology draws on Aerotech’s extensive know-how in positioning systems, but focuses exclusively on (more...)

BCN3D has acquired AstroPrint, a 3D printing software company known for its sophisticated cloud solutions that allow users to manage printers with ease and efficiency. Both companies entered into an acquisition agreement last April and completed the transaction in July. This investment provides (more...)

Based in the north of Germany, Elegant Energy is a small, but enormously innovative and capable company motivated by the belief that every human being has the right to clean and limitless energy. In support of this belief the company has developed Marlene, a new vertical axis wind turbine that is (more...)

KEB Automation has announced the appointment of Mark Checkley as managing director of KEB (UK). He takes over the reins from Tom Skelton, who has retired after serving more than 27 years with KEB, with 15 years as managing director. Checkley, who will be based at KEB UK’s offices in (more...)

Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, announced today that it will hold an online trade show dedicated to the oil and gas industry, on 6 and 7 October 2021. O&G to Energy: Flexibility in a Changing World will welcome oil and gas professionals across the globe (more...)

RS Components has partnered with world-leading digital manufacturer Protolabs, to deliver unrivalled support for rapid prototyping and low-volume production parts. The service will focus on Protolabs’ industrial 3D printing capabilities, but will also include its CNC machining and injection (more...)

SKF has been named a GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors for 2020. This is the ninth time that SKF has received this award. The annual awards highlight GM’s top 2020 calendar year suppliers from 16 countries who have exceeded GM’s requirements and provide GM customers with (more...)

ABB has helped Model Group, a packaging manufacturer headquartered in Switzerland, modernise one of its key paper machines with energy-efficient motors and state-of-the-art variable speed drives (VSDs). The result is increased productivity and reliability, together with a reduction in energy (more...)