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Recycleye’s CP Group deal strengthens automation’s role in waste sorting. The acquisition links AI vision, robotic picking, and plant integration more tightly as MRF operators chase higher purity and throughput.
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Instro says sponsored AI trials are now moving into rollout. Measured gains at Colchester, Poeton, and Star Micronics suggest manufacturers can cut search, support, and decision times without full data replacement projects.
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The latest issue of IN Food is now available online. Its coverage shows how tighter process control in food manufacturing increasingly links regulation, engineering, packaging, and competitiveness.
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Tokamak secures a pivotal STEP contract in UK fusion engineering. The award puts high-temperature superconducting magnet capability closer to the centre of Britain’s prototype fusion power plant programme.
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SICK is pushing real-time localisation deeper into warehouse operations today. Its new Coriva platform adds omlox-certified UWB tracking as asset visibility becomes a more serious operational requirement.
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Pepperl+Fuchs broadens code reading coverage for faster automated traceability tasks. The new CleverReader targets packaging, logistics, and microelectronics where speed, compactness, and direct part marking support increasingly overlap.
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Team UK names engineering contenders for WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 competition. Mechatronics, additive manufacturing, CAD, renewable energy, and electrical installation are among the disciplines carrying UK industrial hopes this September.
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Schneider survey points to a widening factory AI readiness gap. Consumer goods producers expect heavier losses from downtime and inefficiency, even as most still struggle with data, legacy systems, and skills.
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All-Energy adds ministerial weight to its Glasgow anniversary conference programme. The 25th edition will bring ministers, developers, technology suppliers, and investors together as grid, skills, and clean power delivery pressures intensify.
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Amcor is expanding industrial film printing capacity in the Netherlands. A new flexographic line at Hardenberg is due to begin commissioning this summer and lift output by up to 6,000 tonnes a year for European industrial and agricultural packaging markets.
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