Manufacturing


  • Openings Studio™ free trial now available for trade customers

    ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland is offering new and existing trade customers a free 6-month trial of its Openings Studio™ BIM software solution. Openings Studio™ can be used to aid with doorset specification and installation, as well as helping to defend against unwarranted counter charges or unacceptable excuses from customers to stall payments…


  • Akona Process Solutions is set to make its first appearance at a UK exhibition under its new branding at FoodEx Manufacturing Solutions, taking place at the NEC Birmingham on 7-9 April. Akona will be exhibiting on stand G91 with a range of processing equipment from its portfolio and expert advice from the team on your…


  • Pooling knowledge for higher productivity By harnessing all the data created during machining, companies make their processes around ten percent more productive. This was the result of a project where MAPAL together with industry partners pooled previously distributed knowledge and made it available as a digital value-added service. Within the framework of the major research…


  • Experience premium label printing with BradyPrinter i7500

    Fed up with old-school high-volume label printing? The new BradyPrinter i7500 reimagines 76mm core high precision label printing. No calibration, no formatting, no ribbon fumbling, no trial & error, no waste – the new i7500 redefines the 76mm core premium printing experience in electronics, electrical, manufacturing and laboratory industries. The identification specialist Brady Corporation’s new…


  • Is automating complex defect detection on your mind? New to the UK – Automated quality Control for Industry

    Optimax has signed a distribution agreement for the UK and Ireland to sell and support the range of the automated visual inspection products from Ktov.ai. The Kitov CORE+ automated AI system is a ready-to-use tool for defect detection. It combines traditional machine vision techniques such as automated lighting control, deep learning, 2D and 3D imaging…


  • Digital twins are a game changer for data centre innovation

    The data centre industry is on the brink of rapid transformation, driven by emerging technologies that promise to reshape its future. To assess the current ability of the data centre industry to capitalise on the technologies that could transform it, Cadence’s latest report, drawing on insights from 400 IT, facility, and business leaders worldwide, reveals…


  • Emerson to present solutions that transform factories from Floor to Cloud™ at Hannover Messe 2025 (Hall 11, Booth C30)

    Emerson: Global technology, software and engineering leader Emerson willdemonstrate how it’s transforming the future of factory automation through its proven Floor toCloud™ approach and comprehensive portfolio at Hannover Messe in Hannover, Germany, onMarch 31 to April 4, 2025. Visitors to the Emerson booth will learn how companies of any size can apply a Floor to…


  • TC Industries keeps it in the family with Mazak FJV vertical machining centre

    TC Industries, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of cutting edges and wear parts for yellow goods vehicles, has installed a new Yamazaki Mazak FJV vertical machining centre at its UK facility. The company manufactures parts for every size of earth-moving equipment, from wear plates, segments and base edges for wheel loaders and excavators through…


  • Specialists in projected safety signage – Projected Image – have launched an innovative virtual warehouse model to help businesses revolutionise safety planning. Newcastle-based Projected Image – who have worked with big names including Coca-Cola and Mercedes-Benz – provide LED projectors that cast bright, hard-to-ignore health and safety signs onto any surface. To help even more…


  • NXD makes aluminium more resistant and durable NORD-NXDtupH.jpg: NORD can supply complete drive systems with food-safe NXD tupH® surface treatment from a single source Image: NORD DRIVESYSTEMSWith NXD, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has launched the latest generation of its surface treatment. The system manufacturer equips its aluminium drive solutions with two variants of effective surface protection. This makes them more…