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magniX is widening aerospace power technology into energy applications markets. The company will apply batteries, inverters, power distribution units, and motor-generator technology to data centres, energy storage, defence, mobility, and space.
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Boehringer Ingelheim is standardising maintenance workflows across pharmaceutical production sites. The company has selected osapiens HUB for Maintenance as a global mobile platform, with the first production site live in Spain.
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INEOS has advanced Project ONE’s hydrogen pathway in Belgium industry. The company has agreed preliminary terms to take low-carbon hydrogen from H2BE, supporting decarbonisation plans for its Antwerp ethane cracker.
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ABB has extended autonomous material handling into heavier forklift operations. The Flexley Stack AMR F712 adds Visual SLAM navigation to pallet transport, line supply, storage, and intralogistics applications.
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Radia has added European systems specialists to WindRunner’s supplier ecosystem. Latécoère and Stirling Dynamics will support electrical architecture, wiring interconnection, flight controls, simulation, and systems engineering on the oversized cargo aircraft programme.
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Medtech procurement pressure is sharpening around value and supplier resilience. The Medical Technology Group wants a single NHS definition of value to reduce procurement variation, protect patient access, and give suppliers clearer commercial signals.
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PCB People has reported sharply higher UK board sourcing demand. Order income rose 309% in the first half of 2026 as electronics manufacturers reviewed printed circuit board supply, transparency, and resilience.
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Altus Group is bringing guided assembly technology into UK electronics. The partnership with Optimum will introduce Smart Klaus worker assistance for manual assembly, through-hole production, final assembly, verification, and related shopfloor tasks.
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Venetz Aerospace has secured UK approval for electric propulsion design. The Civil Aviation Authority Part 21 approval covers electric motors and propellers for uncrewed and crewed aircraft applications.
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ZeroAvia and Marshall are targeting hydrogen-electric defence aircraft applications together. The collaboration will assess propulsion integration, certification, fuel systems, and power architectures for uncrewed aircraft, ISR, logistics, training, and special-mission platforms.
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