UK lab automation firm raises $40m to accelerate growth
4 October 2023 The UK robot-maker and laboratory automation specialist Automata Technologies has raised $40m to accelerate its growth and presence in the US, UK and EMEA. The is… Read More
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Japanese drive-maker sets its sights on the UK market
22 November 2019 The Japanese drives-maker Fuji Electric has announced a pair of multi-purpose variable-speed drives as part of a concerted effort to boost its presence in the… Read More
Sensor-maker expects to become a €1bn business
22 November 2019 The German sensor-maker, ifm electronic, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, believes that it had a good chance of becoming a €1bn-turnover business… Read More
Robot-maker Toshiba Machine plans return to the Shibaura name
25 October 2019 The Japanese robot-maker Toshiba Machine is changing its name to Shibaura Machine from 1 April 2020. The change reflects the company’s separation from the Toshiba… Read More
Sumitomo buys Welsh drives-maker, Invertek, for £100m
27 September 2019 Japan’s Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) is buying the Welsh driver-maker, Invertek Drives, for around £100m (13 billion Japanese Yen). SHI says it is planning “significant… Read More
Italy’s ESA Automation buys drive-maker Selema
31 January 2017 Italy’s ESA Automation has acquired the drives-maker Selema for an undisclosed sum. Selema, founded in 1978 and based near Bologna, produces drives with current ratings… Read More
Chain-maker triples in size to meet demand
12 September 2016 The Wolverhampton-based chain-maker Donghua has moved to new premises more than three times the size of its previous site, to meet the growing demand for… Read More
Nidec pays $1.2bn for Emerson’s motors and drives businesses
2 August 2016 The acquisitive Japanese motor-maker Nidec has agreed to pay $1.2bn in cash for Emerson Electric’s Motors & Drives and Electric Power Generation businesses. The acquired… Read More
Multi-role magnetic encoders challenge optical devices
7 May 2015 At the recent Hannover Fair, the German sensor-maker ifm electronic unveiled a range of multi-role magnetic encoders with built-in microcontrollers and displays that, it says, offer… Read More
ElectroCraft buys fellow US motor-maker, Hansen
3 July 2014 The fractional horsepower motor manufacturer ElectroCraft has acquired another US motor-maker, Hansen Corporation, which produces DC motors, synchronous motors and clock movements. Terms of the… Read More
