11 September 2023 The UK has overtaken France to become the world’s eighth-largest manufacturer, according to the manufacturers’ organisation, Make UK. Its analysis of the latest official data… Read More
19 December 2018 Schaeffler has acquired the German motor-making machinery specialist Elmotec Statomat, setting it on course to become a large-scale producer of electric motors, especially for automotive… Read More
11 September 2017 Schneider Electric is taking a majority stake in the British industrial software developer Aveva and plans to merge it with its own software operation “to… Read More
30 November 2015 Investing an extra £1.2bn in automation and robotics could add more than £60bn to the UK economy over the coming decade – a £49 return… Read More
9 July 2015 The global market for medium-voltage (MV) motors was worth an estimated $5.7bn in 2014, and is expected to dip to $5.6bn this year, before rebounding… Read More
15 August 2014 Emerson Electric is planning to sell its mechanical power transmission business and could raise $1bn from the sale, according to a report from Reuters. The… Read More
10 June 2014 The Internet of Things (IoT) market will be worth more than $400bn within ten years, according to a new report from a French technology analyst,… Read More
1 April 2014 The Scottish engineering company, the Weir Group, is reported to have made an offer worth more than €4bn for Metso, the Finnish automation, and mining… Read More
10 March 2014 Schneider Electric has confirmed it is in talks to sell a majority stake in its Custom Sensors and Technologies (CST) business, which includes the brands… Read More
10 March 2014 Asia will overtake the Americas this year to become the world’s second-largest regional market for machine-safety components, according to a new analysis by IHS. It… Read More
