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Nearly 85% of small to medium-sized manufacturers (SMEs) are crying out for more Government funding to help them bridge the digitals skills divide it was revealed today. A new report produced by Oxford Innovation Advice has revealed that four fifths of companies are looking to ‘digitally upskill’ their staff but are finding the biggest barriers […]

Modernisation of a warehouse can increase performance and service life. Edward Hutchison, Managing Director of BITO Storage Systems asks: have you considered retrofitting existing pallet racking? As logistics operations and warehouses grow older, not only does the technology contained within wear out, incurring more regular downtime, it also naturally becomes outdated – unable to keep […]

A leading manufacturer of PCB assemblies is enjoying the fruits of employee-ownership after it reshored a significant product range. Cope Technology, which employs 40 people at its facility on the Pensnett Trading Estate, has successfully won back a contract that had left the UK for production in China after demonstrating world class quality and speed […]

Humanoid robots, designed to operate in close interaction with humans, rely heavily on smooth and controlled joint and limb motion. This makes the selection of the motors that power the axes of motion critical. Alongside high torque density and responsiveness, efficiency to enable long battery life is key, and reliability is also important. Achieving freedom […]

Rising ecommerce packaging costs and the European Union’s new Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulations (P&PWR) require careful consideration – and UK businesses need to be aware. By Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager at Sparck Technologies Companies can be schizophrenic about packaging and its costs. On the one hand, product packaging is closely scrutinised – a […]

Vision sensors are the ‘eyes of industrial automation’. That is because the devices enable machines to see and interpret their surroundings. Anyone looking for a particularly powerful sensor for print quality verification can now find what they need in the DCR 1048i OCV from Leuze: It can read 1D/2D codes within one application and also […]

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced the latest results of its Schneider Sustainability Impact (SSI) program and its financial results for the third quarter of 2024. Recently recognised as the World’s Most Sustainable Company by TIME and Statista, Schneider Electric’s SSI program monitors and measures the company’s […]