OPTIMISING EXISTING processes is one of the most powerful ways to make production and manufacturing more resource efficient. Even minor adjustments can deliver fast, measurable, and longlasting improvements – boosting efficiency without disrupting operations. This is the message Phoenix Contact will be highlighting at Smart Factory Expo 2026 at the NEC, Birmingham, 3-4 June 2026.

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AT THIS year’s Drives and Controls Exhibition, part of Smart Manufacturing Week (NEC, Birmingham, 3-4 June 2026), JC-Electronics is offering attendees the chance to win £500 off their next repair of used or obsolete industrial electronics, as it launches its new Buyback scheme.

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LEADING PRECISION engineering screw supplier Accu is bringing FightFest, an exciting engineering-driven combat robotics tournament, to Smart Manufacturing Week.

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ACCORDING TO new research, industrial organisations are showing renewed momentum in decarbonising their operations, with power grid investment, demand-side mechanisms, and digitalisation emerging as the strongest levers for progress.

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SCIENTISTS HAVE developed a network of mechanical motors that mimic the molecular machinery underpinning human muscle contraction. The University of Bristol-led findings, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface this week, could open new possibilities for artificial muscles in robotics.

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MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE is transforming its future product development by embedding true end-to-end agentic AI across the entire engineering lifecycle.

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THE UNIVERSITY of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has launched AMRC Scale-up, a programme designed to help high-growth deep tech companies scale manufacturing in defence, aerospace and energy.

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SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC has released new findings from its global 2026 Industrial AI in CPG Survey, revealing that consumer-packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers expect significant increases in production inefficiencies and cost pressures by 2030. Many are turning to industrial intelligence – the combined power of AI, data and automation – to reinforce competitiveness in a decade of accelerating volatility.

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THE EUROPEAN robotics community will gather at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre (ICC) in March 2027 for the annual European Robotics Forum (ERF).

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UK-BASED AI and robotics company, Humanoid, together with SAP and Martur Fompak, has completed a proof of concept in a live production logistics environment. The project tested the HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled robot in a working production facility and set clear benchmarks for future deployment.

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