With two new Industrial Security services, Pilz is enhancing its support for companies when it comes to protecting their networked plant and machinery.

Rockwell Automation has announced a new collaboration with Beypilic, one of Turkiye's largest poultry processing companies, to strengthen personnel safety and machine protection at a newly constructed meat processing facility.

Automation and control technology specialist Beckhoff UK will exhibit at the PPMA Show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham from September 22-24, 2026. Visitors to Stand F40 will see demonstrations of technologies designed to help machine builders create more compact, flexible and easily adaptable machinery, while giving end users greater freedom to respond to changing production requirements.

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Rockwell Automation is helping make one of the most energy-intensive systems in frozen food manufacturing more efficient. Its PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) powers a new autonomous AI-application developed by PartnerNetwork member Actemium which continuously selects energy‑efficient operating configurations for industrial refrigeration equipment.

Ishida Europe has helped leading poultry processor KILOM increase speed, reduce manual labour and achieve consistent pack weights at high efficiency levels through the installation of four Fresh Food weighers and three checkweighers.

A precision sorter at a family-run farm uses multiple IDS industrial cameras along a 1.5-metre inspection section to classify potatoes by size and quality, with up to five grades produced in a single pass.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) will showcase a range of fluid handling solutions, including the Bredel CIP pump, MasoSine Certa Sine pump and Watson-Marlow peristaltic pumps, during PPMA at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, from 22-24 September 2026.

Rockwell Automation reports 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.

A top and bottom case gluer machine, designed and engineered by Endoline Automation, is assisting a global confectionery manufacturing facility in Australia to meet their sustainability targets. Simultaneously, this stronger, more durable packaging solution has doubled packing efficiency for the confectioner.