A Birmingham manufacturer is urging more companies to follow its lead to ensure we avoid a ‘lost generation’ of talent. Frederick Cooper, which provides wet paint spraying and powder coatings to prestigious car manufacturers and clients in advanced engineering, medical and hospitality, has invested more than £400,000 into developing its own Learning Academy and is…

Advantech (2395.TW), a global leader in industrial IoT and embedded computing solutions, is proud to announce the AIW-411, an OSM Size-0 (30 × 15 mm) wireless MCU module designed to bring secure, always-on Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth® LE 5.4 connectivity to industrial IoT endpoints. Powered by NXP RW612 with an Arm® Cortex-M33 @260 MHz, AIW-411…

In today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment, automation isn’t just a trend, it’s a necessity. Starrett Metrology is leading the charge by integrating advanced automation into precision measurement systems, helping manufacturers reduce inspection time, minimise human error, and boost throughput. Solutions like the Starrett AVR CNC Vision Systems and the Starrett HDV Digital Video Comparators bring automated…

Strengthening Microchip Technology’s data center solutions portfolio, the retimers support high‑bandwidth architectures while helping reduce integration complexity As AI workloads continue to scale, data center architects are increasingly constrained by limited signal reach and rising latency, which can leave valuable memory resources underutilized across large GPU clusters. These challenges are amplified as interconnect speeds increase.…

Molex, a global electronics leader and connectivity innovator, will showcase its latest thermal management innovations at Computex 2026 (booth M1330, 4F. TAINEX 1), led by the debut of the new Multi-Channel Liquid Cooled Busbars. As intensive AI workloads drive rack power requirements toward the 1-megawatt (MW) threshold, traditional air-cooled infrastructure has hit a physical limit.…

Brett Saddoris, Technical Marketing Manager, Accumold In micro molding, it’s tempting to treat automation as something you “add later.” You make the tool, you dial in the process, you ship parts, and when volumes rise (or labor becomes a bottleneck) you start thinking about robotics, vision inspection, or packaging lines. That sequence works for many…

Across aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical devices, and precision engineering, achieving the required level of component cleanliness is essential to ensuring product performance, reliability, and compliance. A new generation of PFAS-free vapour degreasing solvents – led by formulations such as ProSolv®5408e and ProSolv®AS-1 demonstrates that environmental responsibility and uncompromising cleaning performance are no longer mutually exclusive.…

Project funded with a grant from UK Government’s Red Diesel Replacement Phase 2 Competition Danfoss Scotland, part of global hydraulics and electric powertrain systems supplier Danfoss Power Solutions, today announced the results of its Dextreme Max system validation in a 30-tonne battery-electric excavator. Undertaken with a £4.29 million grant from the UK Government, Danfoss demonstrated…

A string of new contracts for clients in automotive, 3pl and e-commerce has helped a large packaging specialist record the busiest twelve months in its 43-year history. Lesters, which employs 60 people at its state-of-the-art facility in Burntwood, has seen revenues soar by 25% as demand for its full ecosystem of services – including design,…