Cyberattacks soar to 13 per second – with OT a key target
31 January 2024 There were more than 420 million cyberattacks on the world’s critical infrastructure last year – equivalent to 13 attacks every second, and a 30% increase… Read More
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Automotive regains ground on electronics as biggest robot buyer
29 June 2023 The global automotive industry, formerly the world’s biggest buyer of industrial robots, is catching up with the electrical and electronics sector which overtook it to… Read More
Manufacturers want unused £2bn levy to go to apprentices
21 February 2022 UK manufacturers have called on the Government to adopt a special approach to how the manufacturing sector can spend left-over apprenticeship levy funds, which are… Read More
SPS will return in November, two weeks earlier than before
13 January 2022 The German automation mega-show SPS will be returning to its usual Nuremberg venue from 8–10 November, 2022 – two weeks earlier than its traditional slot… Read More
Electronics overtakes automotive as biggest buyer of robots
29 October 2021 The number of industrial robots being used worldwide for electrical and electronics applications overtook those being bought by the automotive sector for the first time… Read More
Decline in UK exports to EU began before Brexit happened
19 July 2021 The UK manufacturing sector’s dependence on the EU was starting to ebb away even before the UK left the Union and the trade deal was… Read More
SPS IPC Drives 2018 Exclusive Report
5 February 2019 The annual SPS IPC Drives show in Germany is probably the world’s largest exhibition dedicated to developments in automation. We look at some of the… Read More
Cobot pioneer Rethink Robotics shuts down
5 October 2018 Rethink Robotics, the American pioneer of collaborative robots (cobots), is shutting down, with the loss of 91 jobs, after talks to sell the business collapsed… 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
UK motor-maker has won more than £50m of orders in 2018
2 March 2018 A Northumberland manufacturer of axial-flux electric motors has won more than £50m of new business for its motors since the start of this year, with… Read More
