FlexBuffer™ supports consumer choice, shorter delivery times for ecommerce with fast, flexible, efficient order handling

Highly adaptable modular application cell stores, buffers, and sequences a wide variety of items Enables efficient handling of…

Upgrading or Replacing Hard to Source Optics

Resolve Optics offers an OEM design, develop and supply service for camera, instrument and sensor manufacturers looking to upgrade…

Bearings specialist releases new whitepaper on common bearing problems

~ SMB Bearings publishes whitepaper on bearing problems and diagnostics ~ Specialist bearings supplier, SMB Bearings, has…

Learning from deep space automation

~ NASA’s OSIRIS-REx shows what can be done with automation ~ In October 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx space probe…

Microchip Unveils Industry’s Most Compact 1.6T Ethernet PHY with Up to 800 GbE Connectivity for Cloud Data Centers, 5G and AI

META-DX2L enables routers, switches and line cards to double their bandwidth by transitioning to 112G PAM4 interface…

Meggitt PLC takes flight with new parts management solution from PTC

One of the world’s leading aerospace suppliers is tapping into the expertise of PTC® to help it meet the…

Broanmain Plastics invests in sustainable production

Following a significant swell in orders during the first half of 2021, including a number of innovative new precision…

Sandvik launches CRIBWISE SaaS tooling inventory management technology 

Design & Planning Automation, a division within Sandvik Machining and Manufacturing Solutions, is launching CRIBWISE™, a new software as a service platform in the U.K. and Ireland.

IET and Fashion District announce winner of Manufacturing Futures Innovation prize

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Fashion District have announced the winner of the 2021…

New biocompounds for extrusion and thermoforming

Biobased and biodegradable M·VERA® grades for cosmetics, food and non-food packaging The packaging is the first impression a…

Startups step forward

~ Why OEMS are partnering with startups in race for driverless tech ~ From Lennon and McCartney, to…

Juice Executive targets further growth after £1.1m investment in high care juice manufacturing facility

One of the UK’s leading producers of cold pressed juice drinks is investing £1.1m into a new extension at…

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