DHL SUPPLY Chain has introduced its largest ever single implementation of autonomous forklifts to date, with 15 embedded in its warehouse operations at Tyrefort in the West Midlands. [Read More]

EASY TO set up with a range of parameters to communicate the real-time operational and maintenance status of machinery, SICK claims to have reimagined the industrial light stack as a versatile and customisable Smart Light Tower [Read More]

THE COMMERICAL relationship between collaborative robots' manufacturer Universal Robots (UR) and RARUK Automation, continues to grow: Having achieved gold UR distributorship ranking in May 2021, RARUK Automation has now been elevated to platinum status. This means the Shefford-based company joins an elite group of just seven UR distributors to hold this distinction. [Read More]

BRITAIN'S MANUFACTURERS are more positive about the growth outlook as they enter 2022, with greater confidence in the prospects for their own companies than either the global or UK economies, according to a recently published survey from Make UK and PwC. [Read More]

THE SCHMERSAL Group has launched a new pull-wire switch that can be used as a signal generator to start machines, open electrically operated guard doors and gates and as a light switch in lift shafts. [Read More]

FOR USE in demanding applications such as agricultural and construction machinery, Ewellix has developed the CAHB-2xS smart electro-mechanical actuator with extended functionality. [Read More]

IN CONTRAST to many vision sensors which are designed for individual, specific tasks, the new SmartRunner Explorer 3-D product family from Pepperl+Fuchs offers high-precision solutions that can be used in a wide variety of areas. [Read More]

NEW FROM vertical storage lift specialist, Randex, is Compact 24/7 – a solution that integrates the company’s Compact family of automated vertical storage systems with robotics technology to allow continuous, 24/7 warehouse picking with up to 50% fewer warehouse workers. [Read More]