Manufacturing
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Independent Industrial Strategy Skills Commission makes sweeping recommendations to transform vocational landscape Key findings: Existing unspent £800 million from employer contributions to the Growth and Skills Levy – currently spent by HM Treasury elsewhere – and the £650m from the Immigration Skills Charge should be ringfenced for skills investment This would fund 40,000 new engineers…
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Gloucester’s Unilever factory — where all of the company’s UK ice creams including best-loved brands like Wall’s are manufactured — is set for a major upgrade, with plans approved to create new a mix plant facility at its Barnwood site. The London-headquartered, global consumer goods company has been granted permission by Gloucester City Council to create new buildings which will allow…
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SICK Sensor Intelligence and Universal Robots have collaborated to create the End-of-Arm-Safeguard (EOAS), facilitating more effective human-robot collaboration than ever before. A world-first, the patented technology ensures robots and humans can work in closer proximity with improved safety as the technology is mounted directly onto a robotic arm. Distributors of SICK and Universal Robots technology…
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Erqos Technologies and DashIO have announced a partnership to simplify Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) automation by integrating Erqos’ EQSP32 MicroPLC with DashIO’s powerful smartphone UI platform. This collaboration delivers a true end-to-end solution, enabling users to configure, control, and monitor industrial systems with ease—whether locally via direct connection or remotely through the Cloud. Erqos’…
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Hexagon’s connectivity and collaboration platform, Nexus, is rapidly gaining traction throughout the manufacturing value chain, providing its customers with powerful new productivity-boosting digitalisation, AI, and open integration experiences with Hexagon and third party platforms and data. Since its launch in February 2023, Nexus has attracted over 30,000 registered users, enabling each of them to access…
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An innovative robot system that is capable of repairing rails and points is set to change the way European rail networks are maintained. Using industrial robots from FANUC, the system has been designed and manufactured by Robel Rail Automation, German specialists in the maintenance of rail infrastructure. The system features a rail-traversing wagon mounted by…
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DigiKey, a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, announced the debut of its new Sustainable Futures video series on innovators driving eco-friendly technology. Sponsored by Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), the series’ first season focuses on companies and individuals leading the way in…
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Grid Dynamics recently announced the launch of IoT Control Tower, an advanced analytics solution designed to help manufacturers and equipment providers with continuously analysing IoT data streams from production facilities and field deployments and generate guidance for analysts and operators. The solution aims to reduce labour costs associated with manufacturing analytics, minimise issue response times,…
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According to the overall value of the MHP Industry 4.0 barometer, the degree of digitisation in industry is increasing worldwide, although not as quickly as before. China and the USA are continuing to extend their lead over the DACH region. And in the German-speaking countries in particular, a shortage of skilled workers and legacy systems…
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New development could cut chip packaging process from months to just days for UK firms A new R&D development designed to support the growth of semiconductor packaging has received a £9 million funding injection, helping to reshore a critical part of the UK’s £500 million electrification supply chain and create new opportunities for manufacturers to…
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