ROCKWELL AUTOMATION has unveiled the UK findings of its 10th annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report, revealing that the United Kingdom is setting the pace in Europe, with manufacturers rapidly adopting AI, investing in workforce upskilling, and prioritising cybersecurity as a strategic foundation for growth. [Read More]

FORMER TEAM Principal of the Haas Formula 1 Team and one of the sport’s most recognisable figures, Guenther Steiner, is set to deliver a headline keynote at Smart Manufacturing Week 2025, in the event’s Technology Showcase Arena at 2pm on Thursday 5 June. [Read More]

SMART MANUFACTURING Week is billed as the UK’s largest festival of advanced manufacturing and engineering. In 2025, it returns to the NEC Birmingham on 4 and 5 June with more energy, innovation and entertainment than ever before. [Read More]

RESELLER OF 3D printers and materials, Laser Lines, is collaborating with PostProcess technologies to host an event at the Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC) in Silverstone on 19 June 2025. [Read More]

EMERSON IS pioneering a new software-defined enterprise operations platform – dubbed Project Beyond – that it is claimed will fundamentally change today’s approach to industrial automation. [Read More]

MAREK LUKASZCZYK shares insights into the latest IE6 motor technology and its potential for the process industries. [Read More]

OVER THE last few years, the logistics sector has seen rapid growth, driven mainly by the boom in e-commerce, and customers are expecting faster and more reliable deliveries. The ‘last mile’ of a package’s journey centres around the fulfillment facility that collects and sorts it into the correct bin for delivery. Historically a manual operation, parcel sorting is increasingly becoming more automated, enabling logistics businesses to improve productivity and efficiency. [Read More]

AVERNA HAS developed a procedure for automating battery inspection for one of its customers. The fact that potential errors are extremely varied increases the complexity of the inspection process. Averna uses the MVTec HALCON standard machine vision software for identifying all conceivable defects reliably and screening out faulty batteries. [Read More]