The future of advanced manufacturing in the UK hinges on investment in applied research, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said on a visit to the Welsh Government’s £20m R&D facility in North Wales run by the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).

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With the UK Government giving the green light for trade exhibitions to go ahead from October this year, it has been confirmed that the biennial co-located events – Drives & Controls, Smart Industry Expo, Fluid Power & Systems, Plant & Asset Management, and Air-Tech Exhibitions – will take place at the NEC, Birmingham, January 25th-27th 2021, alongside MACH.

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SICK has shrunk its versatile, high-performance PowerProx sensor into a space-saving miniature housing to reach what are reported to be the longest distances ever achieved with such a compact device.

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With its the ASM Works Core Package, ASM, provides a comprehensive solution for shop floor management in a connected factory. This is supplemented by eight Upgrade Modules that improve individual processes and factory areas in accordance with user requirements.

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The need for seamless integration between Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and e-commerce platforms has become imperative amid the disruption to global supply chains caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading experts from Germany’s VDMA, Deloitte, and TMC LLC said at the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (#GMIS2020) Digital Series. Combining the two would help to ‘join the dots’ along supply chains, offering manufacturers the ability to connect with both suppliers as well as customers, bringing more resilience in the post-pandemic world.

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In order to guarantee its customers maximum system availability, Sherpa Mobile Robotics (SMR) equips its mobile, collaborative robots with Wiferion's etaLINK 3000 series inductive loading systems. Sherpa is thus fully committed to the 'in-process charging' approach. The aim is to gain further market share.

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Renovotec is introducing a range of ‘warehouse power products’ that are available with three years’ interest-free credit.

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New technologies like Artificial Intelligence [AI] generate unprecedented market opportunities. This applies particularly to digitalisation in the machinery construction sector. Steve Sands, head of Product Management at Festo GB looks at how Festo is committed to supporting customers and partners into the digital age as part of this transformation process

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New from KEB Automation is COMBIVIS CONNECT, a hardware and software solution that provides users with a fast, secure remote access maintenance platform for industrial machines and automation systems.

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Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are most often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around warehouses or factories. It is critical AGVs don’t fail. The choice of motorisation is key

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