Siemens, has unveiled the latest significant updates to its Simcenter X software, a cloud-based environment that brings together the full breadth of simulation and optimisation technologies in a single, unified solution.

Inovance provided visitors at SPS 2025 with the first European preview of its versatile new INO AIR real-time servo control solution with wireless technology. The Inovance stand also featured demonstrations of the company's Total Automation Solution in action, covering the full range of connected industrial automation technologies.

ifm introduces its new robust fail-safe inductive sensors, engineered for the food and beverage industry. The company says these all-metal sensors establish a new standard for safety and reliability in extreme conditions.

Wurth Elektronik expands its range of FeatherWing development boards to include the Daphnis-I FeatherWing Board. The energy-efficient Daphnis-I radio module installed on the board operates using the LoRaWAN 1.0.4 protocol (Long Range Wide Area Network).

TE Connectivity presents a Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) hybrid connector in M12 format. This development helps enable users to connect systems and machines within factory floor networks.

Gravity-loaded axes in robotics applications must be safe. At SPS 2025, mayr power transmission showed the new generation of ROBA topstop safety brakes make this possible in smart environments.

The word "automation" often conjures images of tangled cables, crowded control cabinets and layers of software, each performing a small part of a larger system. Yet as production lines evolve, this complexity can hold progress back. Here, Bradley McEwan, business development manager at Beckhoff, explains why simplifying control architecture can unlock higher performance, faster development and longer system lifespans.

To help engineers meet the demands of modern machine automation and test stands - such as wind channels or model testing - Hottinger Bruel and Kjaer (HBK), has added a low-capacity model to its sensor family: the MCS10.

Fortunately for process managers, changes in the level of dissolved compounds in a liquid result in changes in the refractive index (RI) of that liquid. Vaisala's inline refractometers have exploited this phenomenon, providing accurate liquid measurements for many years in a wide range of industries.

Interlock manufacturer Fortress Safety has obtained IO-Link Safety conformance certification, as well as functional safety certification, from TUV SUD on one of its devices. This milestone marks the successful integration of IO-Link Safety into the tGard product range, offering a new level of flexibility in safety data communication and industrial connectivity.