Over half of UK manufacturers have been the victim of cyber-crime, and one-third of those have suffered some financial loss or disruption to business as a result, according to a recently published report from Make UK.

Following a safety review, Tennants Fine Chemicals Ltd (TFC), which produces over 24,000 tons of liquid chemicals each year, has invested in a programme of continuous improvements, at its UK-based plant in Staffordshire, to ensure compliance with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) audit findings.

To date successful scaling and implementation of new business models have been hampered by the heterogeneity of industrial components and systems. The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance was created to help establish an open ecosystem and framework for interoperability between vendors.

Emerson has acquired the Spence and Nicholson product lines from Circor International. The range will complement Emerson’s existing portfolio of steam system solutions for process industries and commercial buildings.

Stemmer Imaging and MVTec Software are expanding their co-operation for the distribution of HALCON and MERLIC machine vision software to include the UK and Ireland.

Wood Automation & Control has designed and built a state-of-the-art robotic training cell at Make UK’s Technology Hub in Birmingham.

Alex West says that augmented reality (AR) has a role to play in helping the factory of the future deal with the skills gap deficit.

The survey will only take 7-minutes and all respondents can enter a draw to win a €265 Amazon.com gift card. Survey respondents will also receive a report summarising the survey results as well as an e-Book on a related topic.

EngineeringUK is on the lookout for early career engineers, engineering technicians or apprentices who are interested in sharing the story of their job and the route that got them started. The career stories will help to inspire the next generation of engineers to consider a role in engineering.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has taken an equity stake in Akribis Systems Pte Ltd (Akribis), a Singapore-based manufacturer of linear servo motors and linear stages, to strengthen its industrial automation solutions for the global market.

Robots need to know the reason why they are doing a job if they are to effectively and safely work alongside people in the near future. In simple terms, this means machines need to understand motive the way humans do, and not just perform tasks blindly, without context.

Emerson has opened a new cybersecurity lab to help manufacturers adopt digital transformation strategies, while protecting the integrity of their plant operations, networks, systems and data.

Stäubli Group has acquired a 70% stake in WFT GmbH & Co. KG, a specialist in the construction of special purpose machines and mobile platforms.

RS Components (RS) has gained the accolade of the ‘Best High Service Distributor’ from Omron Electronic Components Europe.

This whitepaper looks at current industrial market challenges relating to IIoT and Industry 4.0 and the role of Industrial PCs In helping meet these challenges.

This year’s Appetite for Engineering event will be taking place at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Ansty Park, Coventry, on 17th October. Confirmed presenters include Chris Edwards, OBE, head of quality at Müller UK & Ireland, who will be discussing the important role played by quality engineering to help avoid the plague of the food industry – the dreaded product recall!

Emerson has completed a contract for automation systems and cloud engineering software-as-a-service for the Shah Deniz 2 project in Azerbaijan and is fulfilling an ongoing five-year services contract to help ensure reliable, safe operations.

Endress+Hauser has expanded its center of competence for advanced analysis in Lyon, France, adding new production facilities and office space to meet the growing demand in the area of advanced process analyses.

More than half of all respondents to a recent LNS Research survey said their industrial facility has experienced a cybersecurity breach. To help prevent such incidents Rockwell Automation has expanded its Threat Detection Services powered by the Claroty threat detection platform.

Alex West discusses the findings of a report that looks into the technologies that could help solve today’s manufacturing issues.