At SPS 2025, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will present itself as the solution provider for intelligent drive concepts in smart production. Visitors can experience live how drive systems from NORD can solve any motion task.

Rotor Clip has released a new 3D aerospace application video that highlights how its AS9100- certified retaining rings, snap rings, spiral rings and wave springs are used throughout aircraft systems.

SEW-EURODRIVE UK, a leader in drive technology, and Rollon UK, a global specialist in linear motion systems, have announced a strategic engineering cooperation in the UK, bringing the two companies' complementary product portfolios together.

Mouser Electronics announces a distribution agreement with igus, a global leader in industrial and automation products. With over 60 years of design experience and a strong reputation for quality, igus offers a range of technically advanced "motion plastics" designed for Industry 4.0 and 5.0.

A new global report from ABB, developed in partnership with Sapio Research and based on a survey of 3,600 senior decision-makers across multiple sectors, finds that just over half of respondents (55%) have a strategic and proactive plan to modernise facilities and manage out obsolete components like old motors and drives.

Engineers from maxon UK and Ireland will provide precision drive system design advice at Machine Building Live, Stand 103, at the NAEC, Stoneleigh Park, on 15 October. The company's engineers will discuss drive system technology with visiting machine builders, explaining how to optimise a machine's motion cycle by enhancing precision and throughput.

It's the final countdown to MachineBuilding.Live, with just two days to go until the show opens its doors at the NAEC Stoneleigh Park on Wednesday 15 October. There's so much to see, so many industry leaders to discuss your projects with, and so many workshops to attend, that it's an event you won't want to miss.

In light of the recent news about the planned acquisition of ABB's robotics unit by SoftBank, Samantha Mou, a Senior Analyst for industrial robotics at market intelligence firm Interact Analysis notes that the other 'Big 4' robotics vendors may now accelerate their activities in the AI robotics space.

The British Compressed Society (BCAS) has developed the UK's first, independent performance verification programme for 50 Hz rotary compressors in the European market.

ABB has signed an agreement to divest its Robotics division to SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion, and so will not pursue its earlier intention to spin-off the business as a separately listed company. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and further customary closing conditions and is expected to close in mid-to-late 2026.