Baker Hughes buys Brush machinery arm to extend portfolio
12 August 2022 The US energy technology company Baker Hughes is buying the Power Generation division of Brush Group from its private equity owner, One Equity Partners, for… Read More
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ABB buys Siemens’ LV Nema motors arm to boost growth
11 August 2022 ABB has agreed to buy Siemens’ low-voltage Nema motors operation for an undisclosed sum. The business, which has manufacturing operations in Guadalajara, Mexico, produces motors… Read More
WEG buys Gefran drives for €23m to boost EU capacity
3 August 2022 The Brazilian motion engineering and automation company WEG is buying the Motion Control business of the Italian automation and sensors manufacturer Gefran for around €23m. Read More
Control Techniques co-founder Trevor Wheatley dies at 79
4 July 2022 Trevor Wheatley, the co-founder and former chairman of Control Techniques, and a pioneer in the variable-speed drives industry, has died at the age of 79. Read More
Siemens appoints Black-Smith to run Motion Controls
23 June 2022 Siemens has appointed Sarah Black-Smith as general manager of its Motion Control business in the UK. She was previously as head of factory operations at… Read More
Schneider sells Eurotherm controls business to Watlow
9 June 2022 Schneider Electric is selling its UK-headquartered Eurotherm business to Watlow, the US designer and manufacturer of industrial thermal systems, for an undisclosed sum. Read More
IMI buys Bahr to add electric linear systems to its pneumatic axes
31 May 2022 The British engineering group IMI is buying the German electric linear motion specialist Bahr Modultechnik Holding for €98m (£83m). Bahr will become part of the… Read More
Schneider ‘in talks to sell’ Telemecanique arm for around $1bn
19 May 2022 Schneider Electric is talking to several potential buyers of its Telemecanique automation and control activities, according to the Bloomberg news service. It says that the… Read More
Danfoss-Semikron merger creates power electronics giant
4 April 2022 The power semiconductor manufacturers Semikron and Danfoss Silicon Power are merging to create a joint business focusing on power semiconductor modules for use in variable-speed… Read More
Take-up of smart manufacturing soared by 50% during 2021
21 March 2022 Adoption of smart manufacturing technologies grew by 50% during 2021, according to a new global survey of more than 300 manufacturers operating in a wide… Read More
