OT professionals looking to develop their cyber security skills can sign up to sessions run by SolutionsPT, AVEVA Select Partners for UK and Ireland. The Applied Networking for OT Engineers training course has now been certified by the National Cyber Secure Centre (NCSC), representing a benchmark of excellence in the cyber security of OT.

Northumbria University is inviting manufacturers and engineering companies to help with research on how these sectors select and engage with energy providers. Final year students at the university have developed an online survey to gather insights from manufacturers on their current practices, challenges and relationships with energy providers.

FANUC UK will continue its campaign to increase awareness of robotics, automation and engineering among young people with a suite of education-themed demonstrations at this year's Automation UK event (7-8 May 2025, CBS Arena, Coventry).

Schneider Electric has outlined how its global AI positioning unites data science with business domain knowledge to lead the discussion and disrupt industrial automation and energy management.

RS has helped Butternut Box, the European market leader in fresh dog food, streamline stock management and ensure staff have the right personal protective equipment (PPE) at their fingertips, achieving £30,000 per annum of savings for the firm in the process.

Atlas Copco has launched a helpful new guide, Industrial Cooling Technologies: A Guide to Evaporative and Adiabatic Systems, providing insights to food industry professionals tasked with selecting the most up-to-date cooling system for their operations.

Identify Direct, trading as Machine Vision Technology, has developed a label-checking system for a major food canning company, which operates 26 production lines over two sites, and used to be particularly susceptible to mis-labelling due the a very large range of products for several major supermarkets.

ERIKS has launched The Beginner's Guide to MRO Stores Outsourcing. The free guide is designed to help food manufacturers and food processing companies that are considering taking their first steps into outsourcing the management of their MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) stores in 2025.

On 15th October this year senior executives and their engineering teams from across the UK food and drink manufacturing sector will be gathering at The National Agricultural Exhibition Centre (NAEC) at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire for FoodManufacturing.Live.

Rockwell Automation has announced the winners of its annual EMEA PartnerNetwork Awards. The ceremony recognised system integrators, OEMs and distributors across a variety of disciplines, including sustainability, innovation, business development and customer centricity.