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  • HiKOKI launches its new cordless impact wrench

    HiKOKI Power Tools has launched the 36V ½” WR36DGW2Z Cordless Impact Wrench featuring outstanding torque, a highly efficient brushless motor, adjustable settings and a rock-solid ergonomic construction. The WR36DGW2Z is a force to be reckoned with, boasting a tightening torque of up to 1,400Nm and a nut busting torque of 2,000Nm, perfect for tackling the…


  • Europlacer Full-Line Install Delivers Increased Productivity for Cursey Technology

    Fresh investment with a new full production line from Europlacer for UK-based Cursey Technology helps drive growth for this contract manufacturer. Cursey Technology has customers in several challenging electronics sectors that demand exceptional manufacturing precision and quality. Looking to improve productivity, the new management team assessed the market’s surface-mount assembly solutions and chose Europlacer to…


  • Miles Moreau from KIC Thermal at productronica 2023

    Bob Willis speaks to Miles Moreau from KIC Thermal at productronica 2023 in Munich, Germany. [embedded content] WNIE TV is kindly sponsored by Hanwha, Koh Young Technologies, Adaptsys, KIC, ART, ASYS, Mechnano, Arch Systems, MIRTEC, Fuji, Humiseal, BTU, Viscom and ECD.


  • ROCKA Solutions Expands Presence in the USA with Appointment of PIT Equipment Services, LLC

    ROCKA Solutions proudly announces the addition of Global SMT award-winning Rep of the Year, PIT Equipment Services, LLC, led by Don Dennison, as its first representative in the United States. This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in ROCKA Solutions’ expansion plans and reinforces the company’s commitment to building a robust sales team. Dennison will…


  • Altus Group Celebrates Essemtec Fast and Furious Award for Top Sales

    Altus Group, a leading supplier and service provider of capital equipment for the electronics industry, has been recognised with Essemtec’s prestigious ‘Fast and Furious Award’ for ‘Top Sales in One Quarter’. This accolade celebrates the company’s accomplishment in successfully implementing and installing Essemtec units for new users, facilitating their transition from existing platforms or establishing…


  • Develop’s Quality Assurance and Audit team celebrates second anniversary

    Develop Training has been celebrating the success of its Quality Assurance and Audit team (QAA) as it marks its two-year anniversary. Launched in 2021, the team was established to ensure that Develop could continue to deliver exceptional quality training and an unrivalled service to its delegates and the industry employers it works with. Two years…


  • Makita powers up the heat

    Makita powers up the heat

    Makita has introduced two new heated base layers to its range of job site apparel. Powered either with Makita’s 18V LXT battery or the 12Vmax CXT battery, professionals can stay warm when working in cold, harsh job site conditions with the new DCX200 and DCX201 heated base layer shirts. With four dedicated heat zones (front…


  • Bühler upgrades and refurbishes Flavor Creation Center for recipe and process development

    The Flavor Creation Center, which is part of Bühler’s recently expanded food innovation hub in Uzwil, Switzerland, is now functioning at full speed. The center combines Bühler’s proven expertise in roasting and grinding cocoa and coffee beans and processing malt and nuts to create flavours and future-fit products. With cutting-edge infrastructure and an integrated network…


  • Improving productivity key for animal protein companies to maintain growth – Rabobank

    Animal protein production growth will slow as margins remain tight in 2024, with producers and processors needing to adapt to sustain success, according to Rabobank’s annual Global Animal Protein Outlook report. After four years of growth in animal protein production globally, 2024 will see the pace slow or even decline across some species, the specialist…


  • Ersa VERSAFIT 500 – the alternative connection technology


    Press-fitting enables processing of high-performance components and increases competitiveness The market for press-fit components for electronic assemblies is growing continuously. For a long time, connectors and pins were the predominant components in this connection technology, but now classic components such as inductors, power semiconductors, relays and even electrolytic capacitors are increasingly conquering the market. There…