ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business is expanding its presence in Ireland with the opening of a new office in Dundalk, Co Louth. It will provide customers with access to sales, service, and support for a full range of automated technologies including ABB’s industrial and mobile robots and machine automation solutions from B&R.

Henkel is extending its support to manufacturers and MRO teams through a comprehensive range of survey and training services, with the aim of helping them reduce costs and improve quality through the use of Henkel products.

The UK’s largest event for processing equipment, packaging machinery, industrial robots and machine vision systems, the PPMA Show, returns to the NEC, Birmingham from 26-28 September 2023.

The Machine Vision Conference (MVC) returns to the Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, from 20-21 June 2023, co-located with the brand new BARA exhibition Automation UK.

Regal Rexnord says its acquisition of Altra Industrial Motion represents an attractive value proposition for both customers and end users. The combined company will offer improved service capability breadth, technology content and domain expertise.

See Phoenix Contact at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 16

See Igus at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 20

Compressed air and fluid power specialist Thorite has made two new appointments to develop its specialist support in electric automation and systems building.

Piab Group has boosted its capabilities in vacuum conveying and in robotics with the acquisitions of Coval and IB Verfahrens- und Anlagentechnik.

See Norgren at MachineBuilding.Live, 4 October 2023, on stand 57