10 May 2016 Austria’s B&R Automation is the latest company to offer a linear-motor-driven production transport system as a fast, flexible alternative to conventional conveyors. It has joined forces… Read More
8 March 2016 The Swiss materials-handling specialist Interroll has developed what it claims is the world’s first device that uses a built-in eddy current brake to control the… Read More
1 July 2015 The Megadyne group is buying another Italian belt-maker, Sampla Belting, for an undisclosed sum. Megadyne says that the move will enhance its position as the… Read More
27 May 2014 Interroll, the Swiss internal logistics specialist, has unveiled a modular conveyor platform that it describes as “the most important product introduction” in its 55-year history. Read More
6 January 2014 Sick claims to have solved the problem of detecting and counting products reliably on production lines when there are no gaps between them. Until now,… Read More
3 September 2013 The Finnish group Metso is selling parts of its industrial rubber conveyor belt manufacturing business to two German companies, ContiTech’s Conveyor Belt Group and the… Read More
4 February 2013 Lenze’s Fast software, consisting of pre-configured modules that can handle up to 80% of machine software requirements, is now available to UK… Read More
