Watlow has announced the launch of its new Prime Distributor Programme across Europe. This will be offered through a network of well-qualified distributors that have both strong local presence and a history of supplying Watlow products. The programme will provide customers with improved support and easier access to the full line of Watlow products and solutions.

At HANNOVER MESSE 2025, the international drive technology and fluid power sector will once again demonstrate its strength and importance as the largest supplier segment of the international engineering business, under the 'Motion and Drives' label. The exhibiting companies will present innovative and intelligent individual components and complete systems across all sectors.

Fluke Reliability has entered into a formal partnership agreement with Augmentir to integrate their connected worker platform with Fluke Reliability's AI-powered enterprise asset management solution to increase productivity, enhance employee experiences and improve Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) for industrial customers.

OMRON will showcase the smarter, faster, more efficient future of manufacturing at this year's Packaging Machinery and Manufacturing (PPMA) Show.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and University of Birmingham have founded a West Midlands RAS cluster as a catalyst to unlock the robotics and automation capabilities of the UK. Its intention is to connect various communities and lead to much greater utilisation of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) throughout industry.

Following the success of this year's Automation UK, the show organiser, Automate UK, is delighted to announce that next year's event will be significantly bigger than before. The previously co-located Machine Vision Conference (MVC), now known as Vision UK, will be fully integrated into Automation UK upon its return to the CBS Arena in Coventry between 7-8 May 2025.

Automate UK announces that Machine Vision Conference (MVC) has been rebranded to Vision UK and in future will be incorporated within Automation UK. This will make it the UK's largest show dedicated to industrial automation, robotics and machine vision solutions. The annual show will return to the CBS Arena in Coventry between 7-8 May 2025.

Mitsubishi Electric has partnered with HAL Robotics to extend the rollout of operator-controlled industrial robots capable of executing variable, complex and uncommon tasks and applications.

Schneider Electric has announced the launch of its Schneider Electric Training programme in the UK and Ireland (UK&I).

The new iglidur online shop from igus makes the selection of plastic plain bearings quicker and more accurate. Just enter the dimensions, determine the application parameters, and find the right bearings.