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ByteSnap has launched a calculator for embedded project feasibility assessment. The online tool gives manufacturers and product developers an early view of technical, regulatory, supply chain, and team capability risks before committing budget to embedded systems development.
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Versinetic is expanding ISO 15118 support for EV charger manufacturers. Its modular Charging Blox platform brings together controller hardware, communication stacks, and integration tools for Plug and Charge, encrypted vehicle-to-charger communication, and bidirectional charging.
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Tadweld has completed access steelwork upgrades at Refresco’s Pontefract site. The project introduced bespoke platforms, stairways, and structural modifications to improve maintenance access after line upgrades, while live beverage production continued without downtime.
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Xaar has launched Versatex Black for variable data printing. The printbar is designed to add high-definition 1D and 2D codes to analogue label presses and finishing lines, supporting traceability, compliance, serialisation, authentication, and supply chain tracking applications.
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CSA and OpenADR have agreed a grid-connected energy management liaison. The agreement is intended to align Matter-based in-home communication with OpenADR 3 grid signals, giving utilities, device makers, and service providers a clearer route for demand response and residential flexibility.
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Amcor has launched a 38 mm handle for PET containers. The development targets large-format water and non-carbonated beverage packaging, with weight savings against the 48 mm version.
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Generational analysis found wider PHEV battery-health variation than BEVs overall. The 2,000-vehicle study points to strong average plug-in battery condition, but greater case-by-case uncertainty among used plug-in hybrids.
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Robocath has completed enrollment in its first-in-human robotic PCI study. The 20-patient French study is assessing feasibility and safety for a next-generation robotic platform in coronary interventions.
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Comau and Omron Robotics have agreed an automation collaboration worldwide. The partnership will focus on electronics, semiconductors, medical manufacturing, light industry, and intralogistics.
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Amcor has hosted Jess Asato MP at its Beccles site. The visit highlighted apprenticeships, local manufacturing employment, and packaging regulation affecting the UK and EU.
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