Following an incredibly successful event in 2023 Manufacturing and Engineering Week continues to evolve, becoming Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week in 2024. The small adjustment reflects the forward-looking nature of the event and focus on the new technologies, tools and solutions driving the sector forward.

Mouser Electronics has announced a distribution agreement with Siemens, and will be stocking parts from Siemens in a variety of product categories, including networking devices, human-machine interface (HMI) solutions, circuit protection and power supplies.

By harnessing AI, the new igusGO app developed by igus shows how to optimise the design of over 450 applications in just a few seconds.

WEG Automation Europe will exhibit at the Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE), the European hub for the worldwide meeting of the elevator, escalator, moving walkway and component industries, held in Milan, Italy, from November 15 to 17, 2023. WEG will showcase the ADL500 elevator drive product line.

Schaeffler is celebrating landmark production of its dual-mass flywheels, which promote smoother running, enhanced driving comfort and reduced fuel consumption in internal-combustion and hybrid vehicles.

LKAB has awarded ABB a contract to install two Gearless Conveyor Drives (GCDs) on the existing conveyor belt system at its Malmberget mine near Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Lapland, the most northern province in Sweden.

When a metal-assembly manufacturer was looking to develop a sensor-based system to detect the presence or absence of multiple weld nuts on a single panel, reliably and repeatably, it turned to Contrinex.

NSK is announcing its selection as part of a major research project funded by the Japanese Government’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The project will pursue research that enables the rapid large-scale deployment of floating offshore wind turbines in Japan.

RS, a global provider of product and service solutions for industrial customers, including maintenance and safety solutions, has helped a leading brewer avoid downtime that could have cost the firm £60,000, as well as a potential £4,000 bill for asset replacement.

A growing shortage of skilled workers and ever-increasing quantities call for intelligent production solutions led Anton Paar to invest in a latest-generation robotic welding cell from Fronius.