Manufacturing
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West Special Fasteners has won a King’s Award for Innovation. The Derbyshire manufacturer has been recognised for forging and heat-treatment work enabling advanced alloy fasteners for offshore, subsea, nuclear, defence, and other corrosive environments.
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Linx has launched its new 9000 Series CIJ printer range. The models combine automated processes, simplified integration, battery backup, and vision inspection to help production managers improve coding uptime, accuracy, and operating costs.
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ACG will showcase integrated OSD manufacturing equipment at interpack 2026. The Düsseldorf presentation will centre on packaging, cartoning, tablet compression, inspection, and track-and-trace systems designed to operate as a connected solid-dose manufacturing line.
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JAGGAER has launched JAI to reduce procurement friction across enterprises. The AI assistant answers purchasing, supplier, contract, and spend questions using company documents, data, and access controls.
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Amcor containers are supporting Ocado Retail’s reusable packaging project. The bespoke 2 kg and 3 kg vessels are being used in the Refill Coalition trial, which allows customers to return containers for washing, refilling, and reuse.
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Acres Engineering has secured royal recognition for widening engineering access. The Derbyshire manufacturer has won a King’s Award for Enterprise in the Promoting Opportunity category for its People’s First Pledge.
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Hexagon has launched PC-DMIS FUSION for real-time metrology analytics workflows. The add-on gives manufacturers interactive reporting, SPC analysis, alerts, and quality dashboards from PC-DMIS measurement data.
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Middlesex Aerospace has expanded machining capacity for complex aerospace components. The Hampshire manufacturer has installed a Mazak INTEGREX i-250H to support high-mix, low-volume production for global aerospace OEM programmes.
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Pusterla 1880 UK has retained EcoVadis Platinum sustainability status again. The luxury packaging specialist increased its score to 88%, with strong results across environment and labour and human rights.
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LEWA has increased LDH Boxer pump hydraulic power by 20%. The ecoflow range upgrade enables higher discharge pressure or greater flow from the same pump frame for chemical, energy, and process applications.
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