Manufacturers are being urged to strengthen cybersecurity throughout their supply chains amid a sharp rise in attacks targeting trusted software providers, suppliers and third-party partners. The warning, from Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems Division UK, follows a recent supply chain attack involving disk imaging software that affected thousands of systems worldwide, including those within the manufacturing sector.

Atlas Copco Compressors has launched AIRPlan in the UK, a new service that gives customers access to a fully managed compressed air and gas solution without the high upfront investment costs associated with purchasing equipment outright.

WEG is supporting customers through the transition to IE5 with an application-led portfolio that includes motors capable of meeting or exceeding IE5 efficiency levels, alongside engineering support to assess compatibility, payback and total cost of ownership (TCO).

Rockwell Automation report that Custom Beverage Concepts (CBC), the industry leader on new beverage trends, has selected Plex Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to gain real-time visibility and reporting while establishing a resilient foundation that can scale with growth and evolving production demands.

CONTA-CLIP has released its new CONTA-CABLE catalogue with cable management solutions for all industry sectors, from KDS and KES cable entry systems to rail-certified KDS-RAIL components and FDA-compliant systems for the food industry.

With a critical piece of road infrastructure repeatedly failing, the engineers suspected the inductive sensors. Rather than just swapping from one manufacturer to another, the distributor was able to offer Contrinex's EXTREME 700-Series inductive sensors, replacing the installed plastic-faced inductive sensors with units whose front face and sides are machined from a single solid piece of AISI 304 (V2A) stainless steel.

Bison has produced a white paper providing engineers and industrial manufacturers with practical guidance for selecting the right blower by evaluating airflow, system resistance, efficiency, speed control, and fluid density.

IDS Imaging Development Systems will showcase new camera platforms, technologies and innovation projects for industrial image processing at VISION 2026. Under the theme 'Trends. Innovations. Future.', IDS will showcase uEye camera platforms, event-based imaging, 3D vision systems, and AI and embedded vision technologies.

Atlas Copco will showcase its new BREW N2 8-130 skid system at The Brewers Congress 2026, demonstrating how breweries can produce food and beverage grade nitrogen on-site for applications throughout the production process. The company will also present its process filtration, compressed air and process cooling technologies on Stand 102 at Big Penny Social, London, on 29 and 30 September.

FoodManufacturing.Live returns to the NAEC, Stoneleigh Park on Wednesday 14th October, co-located once again with MachineBuilding.Live, and as editor of FoodManufacturing.net, it's an event I look forward to every year.