At SPS 2025, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will present itself as the solution provider for intelligent drive concepts in smart production. Visitors can experience live how drive systems from NORD can solve any motion task.

Rotor Clip has released a new 3D aerospace application video that highlights how its AS9100- certified retaining rings, snap rings, spiral rings and wave springs are used throughout aircraft systems.

Molex has signed an agreement to acquire Smiths Interconnect. Smiths Interconnect, a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Smiths Group plc, is a leading provider of high-reliability connectivity products and solutions serving the aerospace and defence, medical, semiconductor test and industrial markets.

Vaisala, has launched a new instrumentation service, Vaisala Circular. Developed for applications where measurement accuracy and uptime are critically important, Vaisala Circular is a comprehensive service platform designed to ensure that measurements are as accurate, uninterrupted and reliable as possible, in the long-term.

Industry-leading specialist in drive technology, SEW-EURODRIVE UK, and global leader in linear motion technology, Rollon, have announced a strategic engineering cooperation, that brings the two companies' complementary product portfolios together for the first time in the UK.

Mouser Electronics announces a distribution agreement with igus, a global leader in industrial and automation products. With over 60 years of design experience and a strong reputation for quality, igus offers a range of technically advanced "motion plastics" designed for Industry 4.0 and 5.0.

A new global report from ABB, developed in partnership with Sapio Research and based on a survey of 3,600 senior decision-makers across multiple sectors, finds that just over half of respondents (55%) have a strategic and proactive plan to modernise facilities and manage out obsolete components like old motors and drives.

Engineers from maxon UK and Ireland will provide precision drive system design advice at Machine Building Live, Stand 103, at the NAEC, Stoneleigh Park, on 15 October. The company's engineers will discuss drive system technology with visiting machine builders, explaining how to optimise a machine's motion cycle by enhancing precision and throughput.

It's the final countdown to MachineBuilding.Live, with just two days to go until the show opens its doors at the NAEC Stoneleigh Park on Wednesday 15 October. There's so much to see, so many industry leaders to discuss your projects with, and so many workshops to attend, that it's an event you won't want to miss.

In light of the recent news about the planned acquisition of ABB's robotics unit by SoftBank, Samantha Mou, a Senior Analyst for industrial robotics at market intelligence firm Interact Analysis notes that the other 'Big 4' robotics vendors may now accelerate their activities in the AI robotics space.