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.

HANNOVER MESSE opens its doors on 31 March 2025, this year spotlighting the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) in industry. The event will showcase how AI technologies can optimise production processes, boost efficiency and sustainably advance companies' competitiveness.

WEG has been named Supplier of the Year at the 2025 Pump Industry Awards. Organised by the British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA), the awards ceremony took place on 13 March 2025 at the Hilton Hotel, St. George's Park, Burton upon Trent, UK.

Theatre 2 at Machine Building North will present six workshops, hosted by PIUK, focused on industrial networks, and the first will be presented by Dmytro Shram, automation product manager at WAGO, looking at IO-Link.

Rockwell Automation will debut its new Emulate3D Factory Test capabilities at NVIDIA GTC 2025. This first public showcase will demonstrate how the solution enables factory-scale virtual controls testing, helping manufacturers conduct Factory Acceptance Testing to validate automation systems before deployment.

RARUK Automation, known for supplying the Universal Robots range of collaborative robot arms and other innovative automation solutions, has announced new partnerships with SICK and Inbolt.

OPmobility is partnering with Siemens to adopt its Teamcenter X Product Lifecycle Management software. OPmobility's increasingly complex products now include electronics and software, to create intelligent exterior and complex lighting systems, as well as energy storage systems, which include battery and hydrogen electrification solutions in addition to fuel tanks.

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.

Rockwell Automation has been recognised for achieving the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62443-4-2 Security Level Capability 1 certification from TUV Rheinland, an independent and globally respected certification body.