PI (Physik Instrumente) announces a new addition to its line of high-performance gantry platforms. The X-365 Precision XY Gantry System is a modular, robust Cartesian gantry solution engineered for demanding industrial automation, semiconductor handling, laser processing, and laboratory automation applications requiring high throughput and exceptional accuracy.

Festo has expanded its VTUX valve terminal platform with a series of new functions and connectivity options that give machine builders greater design freedom, improved energy efficiency, and enhanced digital capability.

With the right specification, electric linear actuators are well suited to high-force, heavy-duty industrial operations, as well as hygienically sensitive applications such as food and beverage production, as Gerard Bush, engineer at motion specialist INMOCO, explains.

With the new MSM II switch featuring an 8-pin M12 connector, SCHURTER offers a robust and installation-friendly solution for industrial applications. The standardised M12 connection system enables fast and secure installation without complex wiring and minimizes wiring errors thanks to fixed pin assignment.

Mouser Electronics broadens its portfolio of solutions designed to support the next generation of industrial automation systems.

January 2027 may feel like a long way off, but not when you need to change the way you CE mark machinery. With less than a year until the new Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 supersedes the Machinery Directive 2026/42/EC, and no transition period, machine builders must get ready, as Derek Coulson, compliance specialist at Hold Tech Files explains.

Industrial automation is becoming increasingly software-centric, connected and enhanced by Artificial Intelligence. Bosch Rexroth is driving this change with the open automation platform ctrlX AUTOMATION and is now introducing a number of new features.

Belgian machinery manufacturer Texprofin developed a range of automated towel-folding machines using products from industrial automation specialist Inovance.

Norstat continues to add to its line-up of machine guard safety products with the R-Type RFID safety switches, a tamper proof safety switch for high-risk applications.

To address bottlenecks in component specification, ABB launched GoSelect, an intuitive web-based solution designed to streamline the selection, sizing, and system-level configuration of motors, drives and PLCs, as ABB Global Digital Lead Katriina Raito explains.