€100m machine automation campus will train 4,000 a year
12 July 2022 ABB has opened a €100m global innovation and training campus at the headquarters of its Austrian machine and factory automation subsidiary, B&R. The campus, located… Read More
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Synthetic images ‘revolutionise’ vision system training
20 April 2022 Siemens has launched a service that uses AI (artificial intelligence) to generate synthetic images of objects from CAD files. These images can then be used… Read More
Video service links robot users to experts via their phones
19 July 2021 ABB has announced a service that allows users of its robots and controllers to transmit video and images of any technical problems from a smartphone… Read More
Digital skills helped UK manufacturers to survive Covid
2 November 2020 When the Coronavirus pandemic struck, British manufacturers adopted digital technologies rapidly, with nearly half switching to digital working practices within two weeks of lockdown, according… Read More
Project software now available in free trial versions
5 February 2020 The computer-aided engineering specialist Eplan is offering free trial versions of its eView and eBuild software packages, and is planning to release a series of… Read More
Rockwell buys Avnet to boost its cyber-security capabilities
8 January 2020 Rockwell Automation is buying the Israeli cyber-security provider Avnet Data Security for an undisclosed sum. Avnet, founded in 1995, offers IT/OT (information technology/operational technology) cyber-services… Read More
AMTC-Lloyds deal supports SME apprenticeships
1 April 2019 The Coventry-based Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre has partnered with Lloyds Bank to offer financial support to recruit and train manufacturing apprentices. Lloyds already supports apprenticeship… Read More
Fanuc’s £19m HQ brings UK activities under one roof
22 May 2017 Fanuc has brought all of its UK activities – robotics, machine tools and factory automation – together in a purpose-built headquarters in Coventry which has… Read More
‘Game-changing’ best-practice training opens up to SMEs
6 February 2015 EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is launching a version of its “lean academy” that will allow mid-sized companies and SMEs to learn “game-changing” methods to boost… Read More
UK engineering is ‘facing a cliff edge’
12 January 2015 UK engineering companies need 182,000 people with engineering skills to enter the market every year until 2022 – but there is currently an annual shortfall… Read More
