Automate UK CEO, Peter Williamson has been appointed as the new chair of the Make UK affiliate partner board. He will also represent the affiliate partner programme on Make UK’s national membership board.

Mondelez has chosen Festo electric drive technology over pneumatics for a new automated chocolate Easter egg mixing installation at its site, due to lower energy consumption, higher safety and more flexibility in controlling speeds and positions.

When Austria’s Springer Group looked to develop a beltless drive for its E-CUT 200 electrically operated trimmer, it turned to WEG. The drive needed to be specific for the woodworking industry, to avoid high wear and maintenance issues due to wood dust.

Mouser Electronics and Analog Devices have collaborated on a new eBook highlighting new solutions for enhanced productivity and energy efficiency. The eBook offers a detailed analysis of the technologies being used to support sustainable manufacturing practices.

Aerotech continues to grow and is also expanding its partnerships around the globe. A partnership with the South Korean specialist for UV laser systems ANI Motion Tech has been in place since 2017. A joint venture is now being further intensified.

Essentra, the global manufacturer of essential industrial components, has joined the United Nations Global Compact initiative – a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices.

Applied Automation has increased its precision engineering capabilities following the recent acquisition of PTG Workholding.

RARUK Automation has recently supplied a series of collaborative robots (cobots) to Labman Automation. The UK-based company specialises in creating world-leading custom laboratory automation solutions.

HMS Networks has announced that its Anybus brand has successfully attained Maturity Level 3 (ML3) certification in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62443-4-1: Secure product development lifecycle requirements, an industrial cybersecurity standard.

Farnell is now stocking NI’s LabVIEW+ Suite – a software bundle comprised of LabVIEW plus, TestStand, DIAdem, and FlexLogger, purpose-built tools for measurement, analysis, and test designed to enable engineers to build better automated test systems, faster.