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INDIAN MANUFACTURING

Nidec opens $55m manufacturing complex that is its largest in India

Nidec has inaugurated six cutting-edge production plants on a 50-acre (20.2ha) site in Karnataka, India, known as…

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Closed automation systems ‘are costing firms 25% of their revenues’

Schneider Electric has released a report suggesting that closed industrial systems are eroding the competitiveness of mid-sized…

ENGINEERING SOFTWARE

Eplan redevelops portfolio, and ties up with Rockwell virtually

The engineering software producer Eplan has redeveloped its entire portfolio, focusing on customers and their needs. It…

AUTOMATION REPAIRS

Siemens’ repair services will help users to move to a circular economy

Siemens has announced enhanced services for repairing and refurbishing its automation products designed to help end-user companies…

INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS

HMS buys part of Molex’s industrial communications business for $7m

The Industrial Network Technology (INT) division of the Swedish industrial communications specialist, HMS Networks, is buying part…

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

New Rockwell US factory could become its biggest in the world

Rockwell Automation has announced plans to build a new manufacturing plant in the US which could become…

UK News more UK News →
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£20m UK-German project aims to develop high-performance drivetrain

The UK government is contributing half of the cost of a £20m UK-German project to develop an ultra-compact,…

SERVO SYSTEMS

Sweden’s Teqnion group buys UK servo specialist, HT Servo

The UK servo specialist HT Servo has been acquired by the Swedish industrial group Teqnion, which…

UK MANUFACTURING

UK manufacturing expands for the first time in more than a year

The UK manufacturing sector has grown for the first time in more than a year, according to the…

UK ENGINEERING

New body will champion UK manufacturing and engineering SMEs

An independent body has been established to give more than 325,000 UK SMEs operating in the engineering and…

REGENERATIVE DRIVES

Sprint signs deal with Innomotics linking LV motors to regen drives

Sprint Electric, the UK manufacturer of AC and DC drives, has signed a strategic agreement with the…

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Eltek Systems rebrands as Actemium and moves to Peterborough

The industrial automation and process control supplier, Eltek Systems, has renamed itself as Actemium and relocated to…

Technology News more Technology News →
PANEL BUILDING

Compressed air wire delivery cuts panel wiring times by up to 90%

Rittal Automation Systems has unveiled a new wire-handling system that uses compressed air to feed pre-assembled wires…

INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS

Smart Card acts as a data bridge between different applications

ABB has used the SPS exhibition in Germany to launch a device that bridges the gap between…

MOTOR CONTROLS

Snap In connectors for motor controls allow robotic assembly

Schneider Electric has adopted Weidmüller’s Snap In connection technology for its TeSys motor management system, allowing…

INDUSTRIAL EDGE

Generative AI at the edge extends AI from data centres to the real world

Rockwell Automation has announced a “breakthrough” that brings generative AI directly to the industrial edge, using Nvidia’s…

DEPTH SENSORS

Triple-lens depth sensor measures difficult-to-detect objects

The Japanese components manufacturer Kyocera has developed a high-resolution depth sensor that uses three lenses and proprietary…

ROBOTIC GRIPPERS

Swiss firm raises $16m to bring its dextrous hands to robot arms

A Swiss robotics start-up has raised $16m to help develop its human-like “hands” and AI technologies that allow…

Product News more Product News →
SERVODRIVES

Wireless real-time servo controller achieves 1ms cycle times over 100m

At last week’s SPS exhibition in Germany, the Chinese industrial automation manufacturer Inovance was previewing a real-time…

SERVODRIVES

Multi-axis servodrives tackle complex, dynamic motion tasks

Lenze has used the 2025 SPS show in Germany to preview a modular multi-axis servodrive that promises…

SERVODRIVES

Servodrive ‘redefines high-performance motion control’

B&R, ABB’s Machine Automation Division, has announced a new servodrive that, it says, redefines high-performance motion control…

VARIABLE-SPEED DRIVES

Invertek’s new drive is its ‘most connected and diagnostic-capable’

The Welsh drives-maker Invertek Drives has unveiled the latest addition to its Optidrive family of variable-speed drives…

VARIABLE-SPEED DRIVES

Software simulates drive behaviour accurately, cutting time and costs

At the SPS automation show in Germany, ABB has unveiled a simulation package that allows drives users to…

INDUSTRIAL EDGE

New service will ‘revolutionise’ the monitoring of alarms at the edge

The edge computing specialist IOTech Systems has announced an alarm service for industrial edge systems that,…

In Depth more In Depth →
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Five forces that are transforming modern manufacturing

Manufacturing faces problems that can’t be solved by small tweaks or improvements. There’s an urgent need for control…

INDUSTRIAL AI

The next leap in industrial-grade AI

Gen AI can read text and images, but struggles with complex industrial data. What if AI could be…

INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE

The next industrial revolution will be written in software

Factories can’t compete on hardware alone anymore, argues Dr Hans Krattenmacher, chief innovation officer at SEW-Eurodrive. He…

MOTOR EFFICIENCY

What are the limits to motor efficiency?

ABB recently set a new world record for industrial motor efficiency of 99.13%. But what’s behind this breakthrough,…

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Energy efficiency: Europe’s route to a leaner, cleaner future

While we focus on adopting new energy supply technologies, including renewables, to achieve climate goals, we risk ignoring…

OPEN AUTOMATION

How automation architectures are evolving

As manufacturers seek to achieve more with less, they are exploring advanced automation architectures that balance operational efficiency…

Applied Engineering more Applied Engineering →
TRANSFORMERS

UK-engineered transformers support offshore energy operations

The UK transformer manufacturer Electro-Wind is supplying a series of large transformers for a vessel that will…

PANEL BUILDING

EtherNet technology cuts control panel wiring times by 66%

A Brazilian panel-builder has compared traditional wiring practices with a new EtherNet-based alternative, and found that it could…

FOOD PROCESSING

Servos help to create convincing plant-based rivals to meat

A Dutch developer of plant-based meat alternatives is using automation technologies including precision servomotors to create foods that…

PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE

Dairy milks benefits of AI-driven predictive maintenance

One of Europe’s most modern dairies has implemented an AI-powered predictive maintenance system aimed at ensuring 24/7 operation,…

CAPPING MACHINES

‘Magic’ machine uses linear transport to cap 25,000 cartons an hour

A pilot carton-capping machine installed at a plant in Italy can fit 25,000 caps every hour – almost…

RESTAURANT AUTOMATION

Robots build burgers in 27 seconds in Californian restaurant

A pair of industrial robots – a pick-and-place delta-type machine and a cobot (collaborative robot) – have started…

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI: a path to environmental progress

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Manufacturers: take note from the music industry

UK INDUSTRY

Bridging the academic-industrial gap

INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

UK Industrial Strategy: a potential gamechanger

TRADE AGREEMENTS

Trade deals: a golden opportunity for UK manufacturers

INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

A strategy to drive manufacturing innovation?

Back to Basics more →
INDUSTRIAL COUNTERFEITS

Tackling the scourge of counterfeits

VARIABLESPEED DRIVES

What the Cyber Resilience Act means for drives users

ELECTRIC MOTORS

Are you lubricating your motors properly?

SERVICE AGREEMENTS

Why it pays to be proactive

INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS

Has the ‘everything protocol’ finally arrived?

WATER POWER

We could use water to generate heat and power

Events more →

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 26

03/02/2026 - 05/02/2026
Location: Farnborough, UK

The regional event is expected to attract more than 550 exhibitors from a variety of sectors including mechanical…

Hannover Messe 2026

20/04/2026 - 24/04/2026
Location: Hannover, Germany

The industrial mega-show returns to its North German venue and is expected to attract around 4,000 exhibitors (including…

National Manufacturing Summit

26/02/2026 - 26/02/2026
Location: MTC, Coventry, UK

The event brings together leading UK manufacturing and engineering experts to discuss, debate and set the agenda for…