Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has combined with Gemmak Engineering Ltd. to provide a bespoke steel gantry system, which is installed in a basement-level plantroom at Tata Steel’s Port Talbot facility, one of the UK’s largest and most significant steel manufacturing sites. RSS and Gemmak, which serves as the manufacturing division within the company’s…

A leading household-name aerospace OEM has highlighted how AMiRIS®, the in-process quality assurance solution from Additive Assurance, is helping its teams move beyond “interesting monitoring” and toward decision-ready evidence that can scale across a complex manufacturing ecosystem. A spokesperson for the OEM says the strongest early value is AMiRIS’ machine-agnostic approach, which enables a consistent…

Pressure differentials inside cleanrooms are not very large, as Vaisala’s Senior Project Engineer Sean Murphy explains, most are set somewhere between 5-15 Pascal. However, maintaining that differential is a critical part of the overall cleanroom contamination control strategy. These small pressure differences help air move in the right direction; help separate cleaner areas from areas…

Appointed to increase presence in Aerospace, Defence, Energy, Industrial, Medical and Motorsport markets Weald Electronics Ltd., a major UK manufacturer of electrical connectors and accessories for defence and demanding industrial applications, have appointed Rayfast as their new UK distributor. Rayfast is a leading stocking distributor of quality interconnect solutions as well as high-performance harness components…

Molex, a global electronics leader and connectivity innovator, today announced a long-term supply agreement with Prysmian, the world’s largest cable solutions provider, to address the surging demand for fiber optic connectivity inside data centers. Fueled by rapid AI-driven data center expansions, Prysmian will supply optical cables to Molex for a period of up to 10…

Solid Sands, the leader in C and C++ compiler and library qualification solutions, and its partner BUGSENG, a specialist in automated software verification, today announced the successful completion of a library qualification project for MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry. This qualification supports MDA Space on the design…

A group of Black Country air cadets are flying high after receiving a generous donation from a local manufacturer. 2488 (Kingswinford) Squadron Air Training Corps will use a £5000 grant from Alloy Wire International’s ‘Wired for Good’ campaign to purchase flight simulators and essential equipment to help young people take part in activities, including the…

Traditional manufacturing quality control has long wrestled with a fundamental limitation: the balance between speed and data depth. Manual visual inspection is inherently subjective and prone to human fatigue, while conventional rule-based machine vision struggles to adapt to natural, non-critical surface variations, often causing costly bottlenecks or false rejections. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI)…

A Birmingham‑based manufacturing business specialising in bottling and packaging is entering its next phase of growth after securing funding from Allica Bank — and is now producing components for innovative cancer care technology. DaceCrown has invested in new machinery and expanded capacity, enabling it to pursue larger contracts with major brands including Boots, Estée Lauder…