25 March 2026 The new EU Machinery Regulation comes into force in January 2027 and has potentially far-reaching consequences for machine-builders, particularly when it comes to cybersecurity. ABB… Read More
13 October 2025 The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act comes into full force in December 2027, and applies to any product with digital elements – including… Read More
23 April 2025 The EU’s AI Act, published last year, could have significant implications for machine-builders. Compliance expert Derek Coulson* outlines the background to the Act and examines… Read More
15 March 2024 The Japanese motor-maker Nidec and the US private equity firm KPS Capital Partners are reported to be in a bidding battle to acquire Innomotics, the… Read More
29 January 2024 A European project has developed an iron silicon powder which can be used to 3D-print components for electric motors. This could increase their efficiencies and… Read More
8 January 2024 British manufacturers are viewing the UK as a more competitive place to locate their activities than they did 12 months ago, with an growing number… Read More
4 January 2024 A consortium of German organisations, led by Schaeffler, is developing techniques that will allow electric motor components to be re-used at the end of the… Read More
23 November 2023 ABB has analysed the performance of more than 2,000 industrial electric motors in a variety of applications and found that their energy use could be… Read More
25 October 2023 The Welsh drives-maker, Invertek has developed a product that, it believes, will redefine elevator motor controls. It describes its new Optidrive Elevator Core variable-speed drive… Read More
26 September 2023 Global installations of new industrial robots rose by 5% in 2022 to reach a total of 553,052 – and more than half of them (290,258)… Read More
