Manufacturing


  • Mouser Electronics Awarded Fourth Consecutive Year for Outstanding Results in E-Commerce Distribution by Omron

    Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorised global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, announced it has been named 2023 E-Catalog Distributor of the Year by Omron Electronic Components. This is the fourth consecutive year that Mouser has been named the digital award winner. As part of the award package for Distributor of…


  • WINT partners with HSB to bring AI-based water tech

    WINT Water Intelligence recently announced a partnership with Hartford Steam Boiler (‘HSB’), a specialist insurer. This collaboration merges WINT’s leading AI-based water management technology with HSB’s expertise in IoT technology and OEM uptime warranty solutions, offering businesses a comprehensive solution to safeguard against water leak damage. A study by Munich Re revealed that locations equipped…


  • Miles Ackerman Appointed Interim President of Nidec Drives

    Nidec Drives is pleased to announce the appointment of Miles Ackerman as Interim President. Miles, who has been with the company for 25 years, previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Nidec Drives. His extensive experience, both in the UK and internationally, uniquely positions him to guide Nidec Drives into its next phase of growth…


  • Deutsche Telekom now offers 5G mmWave for IIoT

    Deutsche Telekom has successfully trialled 5G frequencies in the millimetre wave (mmWave) range at 26 gigahertz (GHz) for industrial use cases and is now offering them commercially to industrial customers. For Ger4tech Mechatronik Center, autonomous industrial machines and robots were networked with a router in the 5G campus environment of the Werner-von-Siemens Centre for Industry…


  • Sustainable warehousing: Five manageable steps 

    Industrial racking specialist Rack Group outlines five key steps that can be taken in any warehouse to drive sustainability, improve efficiency, and reduce long-term costs. In the fast-paced world of warehousing, sustainability is emerging as a key priority for businesses looking to reduce their environmental footprint while improving efficiency and safety. While grand initiatives like…


  • Energy loggers help optimise solar PV system designs 

    A Kenyan electrical engineering and contracting company, Central Electricals, has used data from Tinytag Energy Loggers to identify its clients’ peak power demands and inform the design of solar PV systems. Central Electricals International Limited (CEIL) is a 70-year-old electrical engineering and contracting company based in Kenya. Qualified and certified, CEIL has a regional footprint…


  • Denso Steelcoat Systems standing the test of time 

    On recent revisits to two Steelcoat 100/400 System applications in the Northeast of England, Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd. was proud to confirm that both applications were performing as expected over a decade since their installations. The Steelcoat 100/400 System consists of Denso Hi-Tack Primer, Denso Profiling Mastic, Denso Hi-Tack Tape, Denso Ultraseal Tape and…


  • Manufacturing leading way in AI adoption, report says

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to play a pivotal role in manufacturing operations as part of Industry 5.0. A recent report by Fluke Reliability supports these assertions. The research, conducted by Censuswide, surveyed over 600 senior decision-makers and maintenance professionals in the US, the UK, and Germany. The findings reveal that manufacturers are leading the…


  • Yamaha Robotics Releases New Robot Controller Option RCX3-SMU

    Providing safety features certified by a third party, including speed and area monitoring functions. Yamaha Robotics announced today that it will release the functional safety option unit RCX3-SMU for SCARA robots and Cartesian robots with three or more axes controlled by the robot controller RCX340 in June of this year. As demand for industrial robots…


  • Bluetooth hailed as transformative for IIoT

    The unveiling of Blecon’s Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) solution at Hardware Pioneers last month in London demonstrated an ongoing shift towards embracing Bluetooth as a technology capable of transforming IoT applications. For Blecon, part of the mission is to increase the use cases utilising Bluetooth and assist companies in addressing challenges encountered in adopting this…