Motors and inverters benefit from £360m manufacturing plan
4 March 2024 Collaborative UK projects to develop advanced motors, inverters and silicon carbide power modules are to receive Government funding as part of a £360m package of… Read More
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Dell, Nokia and Kuka join Rexroth’s ctrlX automation platform
30 October 2023 Bosch Rexroth has announced that Dell Technologies, Nokia and the robot-maker Kuka are now supporting its ctrlX industrial automation ecosystem, joining Wago, which earlier this… Read More
Use of CE mark will continue as UK backtracks on UKCA
2 August 2023 The UK Government has announced that UK businesses will be allowed to continue using the CE conformity mark “indefinitely” for most goods they place on… Read More
Mitsubishi’s Iconics software subsidiary buys UK operation
2 June 2023 Mitsubishi Electric has announced that its Iconics Inc subsidiary has agreed to wholly acquire Iconics UK, which sells Scada (supervisory control and data acquisition) software and… Read More
£4.5m competition aims to lift electronics and drives skills
18 January 2022 Innovate UK has announced a £4.5m competition aimed at developing skills, talent and training in the UK’s power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) sector. The competition,… Read More
ABB sells Dodge to RBC for $2.9bn, doubling its size
26 July 2021 UPDATED: ABB is selling its Dodge mechanical power transmission business to the US bearings-maker RBC Bearings for $2.9bn in cash. The deal will double RBC’s… Read More
UKIVA cancels plans for in-person machine vision event in July
22 April 2021 UKIVA – the UK Industrial Vision Association – has announced that its 2021 Machine Vision Conference & Exhibition (MVC), which it had been planning to… Read More
Rockwell reverses pay cuts and restores retirement matches
16 October 2020 Rockwell Automation has announced that the temporary salary reductions that it implemented on its US employees in May in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, will… Read More
Mitsubishi reveals ‘first’ 102 products to support CC-Link TSN
7 March 2019 Mitsubishi Electric has announced the release of 102 factory automation products that will be the first to support the next-generation CC-Link IE TSN industrial network… Read More
UK government commits almost £1bn to high-tech hubs
13 August 2018 The Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a further £780m of investment in the UK’s Catapult Centres – the network of high-tech hubs designed to create… Read More
