To mark the company's 60th anniversary, the lubrication-free igus:bike will be travelling through at least 16 countries over the next twelve months, raising awareness on the "circular economy of plastics".

MachineBuilding.Live 2024 at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, included a world-class Workshop Programme. Here, Festo product marketing manager, Josh Roberts, discusses selecting the optimal field-level machine control architecture.

The Workshop Programme at MachineBuilding.Live 2024 at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, was expanded to include a series of Machinery Safety Masterclass talks. Here, Miklos Bakos, machine solutions offer manager at Schneider Electric, explores machinery safety with robotics.

Pennine Pneumatic Services (PPS), a compressed air distributor in Yorkshire, UK, has become part of Atlas Copco Group, after being acquired by Atlas Copco UK Holdings.

Apex Dynamics UK has been praised by Cambridge Dynamics for the "seamless and transparent" implementation of its products into a new custom machine the specialist company produced for one of its customers.

DigiKey has expanded in both supplier partners and new product introductions (NPI) during the third quarter of 2024. This includes the addition of 139 new suppliers and more than 611,000 products across its core business, Marketplace, and Fulfilled by DigiKey programs.

Nidec Drives is launching a change to its warranty program. Effective immediately, customers will now receive a 5-year warranty as standard on all Control Techniques global drives, option module and keypad product lines.

Building on the success of the inaugural MachineBuilding.Live in 2023, this year's event returned to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on 2 October, and did not disappoint.

WEG has inaugurated its new European Industrial Park. The new facility, based in Porto, Portugal, represents a significant milestone in the company's strategic expansion across Europe, playing a key role in enhancing competitiveness and sustainability throughout the region.

The Workshop Programme at MachineBuilding.Live 2024 at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, was expanded to include a series of Machinery Safety Masterclass talks. Here, SICK UK head of product management Seb Strutt speaks about innovative light curtain muting.