UK motor-maker Saietta enters administration
8 March 2024 The British electric motor developer and manufacturer, Saietta, has entered administration after failing to find a buyer for a production line in Sunderland after a… Read More
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Edwin James buys ACS to boost SI and digitalisation services
8 January 2024 The Scottish engineering services provider Edwin James Group has bought Burton-on-Trent-based Automated Control Solutions Holdings and its subsidiaries Automated Control Solutions and ACS Electrical Engineering… Read More
RARUK buys Drive Lines Technologies to explore new markets
3 May 2023 RARUK Holdings has acquired the mechanical power transmission specialist Drive Lines Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, Drive Lines Technologies has relocated from… Read More
Routeco buys Swibox Automation to boost EMEA activities
6 April 2023 The UK-headquartered industrial automation and controls distributor, the Routeco Group, has acquired the Swiss business Swibox Automation for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will strengthen… Read More
Hima buys UK’s Sella Controls and plans to expand the business
3 February 2023 The German safety-related automation specialist, the Hima Group, has acquired the UK systems integrator Sella Controls with effect from 1 February 2023. The terms of… Read More
New UK automation show attracts big-name backers
21 December 2022 Automation UK, the new exhibition launched in 2022 by a group of trade groups including Bara (the British Automation & Robot Association) and Ukiva (the… Read More
‘Breakthrough’ motor delivers 98.4% efficiency
30 November 2022 A Californian company has spent more than two years developing and testing an electric motor that, it claims, is achieving results “that have never been… Read More
Consortium aims to speed progress on smart field devices
28 November 2022 A group of automation, semiconductor and Web companies – including Schneider Electric, B&R Industrial Automation, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analog Devices, Arm, Texas Instruments and… Read More
Drives & Controls Show joins ‘industrial Glastonbury’ line-up
21 November 2022 The Nineteen Group, the exhibition organiser which recently acquired the Drives & Controls Show and its sister events AirTech and Fluid Power & Systems from… Read More
DFA Media sells the Drives Show but keeps the magazine
9 October 2022 DFA Media Group has sold the Drives & Controls Show, and its co-located events – Plant & Asset Management, Fluid Power & Systems, Airtech and… Read More
