From small-scale food producers to tier-one automotive suppliers, a growing number of businesses are investing in robotics to boost efficiency, ensure consistent product quality, address labour shortages and enhance health and safety. Oliver Selby, Head of Sales, FANUC UK, highlights three key robotic trends for 2026 that are set to take industrial automation to the next level…

Industrial operations are entering a pivotal phase, with tightening sustainability targets, volatile markets, and growing regulatory pressures all reshaping priorities. David Lincoln, Global Digital Lead at ABB Measurement & Analytics, explores what's ahead for 2026.

Messe Frankfurt has joined GMTX as co-organiser of Automation Expo, further expanding the company's portfolio of manufacturing trade events in Southeast Asia.

As part of the Group's growth strategy Rubix has acquired the French compressed air specialist Airflux and its two subsidiaries Int' Air Media and Synairgies.

The food industry has high hygiene requirements for employees, machines and systems. This begins with the design and planning of all components and parts. Dutch company Innovotech specialises in this area and recently completed a major project in which the CleanSIGN LED blinking light from WERMA was used.

Of all the training sessions Pilz UK runs, the City & Guilds Assured 4-Day Machinery Safety Course is the most popular. But the journey to the training facility in Corby isn’t always feasible - either for sheer distance or for the Monday morning start.

The application phase of the igus vector award 2026 has begun. Now in its tenth year, a joint initiative is honouring designers worldwide who use high-performance plastic energy chains to create cable guides that set new technological standards, with winners to receive up to 5,000 euros in prize money.

Danfoss Power Solutions has finalised its acquisition of hose fittings manufacturer Hydro Holding, having received all necessary approvals. With Hydro Holding on board, Danfoss gains a competitive, local fittings production base in Italy and the Czech Republic, as well as 350 highly experienced and customer-focused employees.

Assured pallet stability has been a key achievement for one dairy farm in Lancashire, since its purchase of a semi-automatic rotating arm pallet wrapper. Supplied by automated packaging specialist Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS), the new equipment was purchased to wrap pallets of bottles of milk and complements the existing packaging machinery, previously supplied by YPS.

Matta, an industrial AI spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has raised $14M in funding to transform how products are designed and manufactured.