Recent stats show that 37 per cent of time spent on industrial operations could be automated. Reflecting on recent advancements, Stephen Hayes, managing director of Beckhoff UK, shares insights into how automation trends have begun to shape 2024.

RARUK Automation has been named Universal Robots’ Distributor of the Year. The prestigious award recognises the distributor that has achieved the largest growth and sales globally over the last year. Danish robotics manufacturer Universal Robots has a network of over 300 distributors worldwide. RARUK Automation has also been awarded Platinum Plus status.

Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive technology (IDT) business of ebm-papst. The business, which employs around 650 people, includes intelligent, integrated mechatronic systems in the protective extra-low voltage range and innovative motion control systems.

Machine Building North is delighted to announced Siemens digitalisation business development manager John Mackey as a speaker in the Networking Theatre, discussing the topic of how to ease robot adoption in the UK through the Standard Robot Command Interface.

An engineer visiting the forthcoming FoodManufacturing.Live event on 1 May might cost their company a modest amount in time and travel, but the potential rewards of a morning spent at the event could run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

With the increasing interconnection of systems, devices, and sensors in the Internet of Things (IoT), the need for mobile solutions is growing. Android has emerged as a operating system for the IoT of the future, and Pepperl+Fuchs has now been certified by Google for its Android Enterprise Partner Program as a Silver Partner.

With future-orientated solutions that embrace smart maintenance, low-cost robotics and AI-based online tools, igus is showing how to accelerate transformation to a sustainable Industry 4.0 at the Hannover Messe in April.

When a manufacturer of stainless-steel-braided hydraulic hoses for water heaters needed a solution to check the hose assembly before over-pressure testing at the final stage of manufacture, it turned to Contrinex.

IDS Imaging Development Systems is contributing its expertise in the field of artificial intelligence in image processing to the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), described as the most ambitious project for applied artificial intelligence in Europe.

Schneider Electric has celebrated the launch of its EcoCare membership service alongside prominent Connected Services customers at the newly inaugurated Experience Centre in Warrington.