SICK appeared at Smart Factory Expo 2025 in Birmingham (4-5 June) showcasing a range of intelligent solutions designed to assist businesses with digital transformation, including the new SIG300 intelligent IO-Link Master, IO-Link Wireless Gateway, the TDC-X next-generation telematic data collector...

~ How 5G can accelerate IoT adoption in manufacturing ~ More than three in five manufacturers currently use Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to streamline their operations. However, for many others, adoption barriers such as capacity and data security still...

High-integrity software tooling experts, AdaCore, are delighted to announce the introduction of the Ada and SPARK programming languages into the automotive market. Together with their partner NVIDIA, they are set to publish an off-the-shelf reference process, allowing others to follow...

Accu, a leading provider of precision engineering components, is set to inspire attendees to the Smart Manufacturing Week event held at the NEC in Birmingham on June 4th and 5th with an exciting demonstration of precision fasteners in action. Accu...

Whether smart process monitoring, AI in robotics or innovative healthtech solutions – image processing is increasingly becoming the driving force behind industrial automation. Leading industrial camera manufacturer IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH will be demonstrating at automatica 2025 in hall...

IDS Cameras – In areas such as high-precision metalworking, accuracy is non-negotiable. This includes the automotive industry and its suppliers, which is in crisis in Germany for a variety of reasons. The industry is under enormous pressure to deliver products...

At Hannover Messe 2025, Lenovo has unveiled new research highlighting a major shift in the manufacturing industry across EMEA: companies are set to increase their AI spending by 106% over the next 12 months. The findings, part of Lenovo’s CIO Playbook...

Clever, intelligent…but more commonly recognised as ‘smart’. A simple definition of an essential component increasingly used in today’s food and beverage manufacturing applications and acknowledged as a bridge to the digital future from analog to IO-Link. So what is the...

The rollout of 5G is transforming industries with its promise of ultra-fast speeds, low latency and enhanced connectivity. But to fully realise its potential, the technology relies on advanced hardware capable of efficiently handling immense data loads. Here, Ross Turnbull,...