
Industrial automation experts FANUC UK have announced an agreement with Reeco Automation to incorporate the FANUC CRX range of collaborative robots into the RB series of robot palletisers. As manual loading becomes an increasingly harder role to recruit, Reeco’s automated end-of-line RB Palletiser systems have grown in popularity, particularly among food & beverage producers. By…

Explore Essemtec’s All-in-One Platform – Smart Solutions for Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing… The CEIA Aerospace & Military Conference in Chengdu gathers key players and technology leaders from the defense and aerospace sectors to share insights and innovations driving tomorrow’s production challenges. Our local partner SF-SMT will be on site, joined by Jacky Zhan from Essemtec.…

By Teh-Kuang Lung, President and CEO, Naprotek, LLC Quantum computing is igniting a technological revolution, poised to solve challenges beyond the reach of classical systems—from pioneering aerospace materials to optimizing global supply chains. Building these groundbreaking systems demands precision manufacturing for advanced components that drive quantum performance, from sophisticated control electronics to cutting-edge radio frequency…

The SMTA Juarez Expo & Tech Forum, held at the Injectronics Convention Center in Ciudad Juarez, brings together electronics manufacturing professionals from across the region for one day of networking and technical exchange. Visit Essemtec at Booth 20. Join Enrique Gomez and Alonso Poulido to discuss how Essemtec’s flexible All-in-One solutions for dispensing and placement…

Grzegorz Kinelski, president of Enea (left) with Mirosław Czekaj, president of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. Image courtesy Enea Polish DSO Enea has obtained over PLN9 billion ($2.4 billion) from Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego to develop a modern distribution network with smart grid technology. The loan agreement is being financed from the National Resilience and Recovery Plan (KPO)…

Image courtesy 123rf Dutch DSO Enexis, in collaboration with Zonnedimmer, will trial solar panel dimming on customer homes at times of high solar supply to test its ability to prevent power grid overload. The pilot has space for 500 participants and will see Enexis dim the participants’ solar panels in exchange for 30 euro cents…

Image courtesy Ricardo Transformers, power lines and protection devices for the power network in the UK have been categorised as ‘vulnerable’ to extreme heat, says a Ricardo-led research programme. The energy consultancy led a Climate Services for a Net Zero World research programme on behalf of the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero,…

Image: National Grid Electricity Distribution National Grid Electricity Distribution has launched HV Pilot to map how HV networks connect to LV systems in rural Britain. With funding from Ofgem’s Network Innovation Allowance, the HV Pilot project intends to use smart meter data, helicopter survey insights and machine learning for the mapping. The aim is to…

Image courtesy 123rf India has some of the biggest market potential for smart metering and AMI in the world. One company that has noticed is France’s EDF. It’s not a secret that the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) market in India has been rapidly evolving in recent years, marked by pro-active policy and the widespread deployment…

Surprise outperformed price at this year’s PLMA in Amsterdam as retailers found they can increase value by offering products that defy expectations. From May 20 and 21, over 30,000 visitors from more than 125 countries visited PLMA’s private label exhibition in Amsterdam. Among these visitors were many buyers, category managers and other retail representatives. They…