As part of the United Nations Global Compact's SDG Innovation Accelerator for Young Professionals, a cohort of young professionals from Essentra, the global manufacturer and distributor of essential industrial components, has presented a proposal to address manufacturing's diversity and skills gap.

WAGO is celebrating its 75th anniversary of providing engineering innovation and trusted connections. As the business continues to invest in its UK and Ireland operation, broaden its automation offering through the next phase of industrial modernisation, this industry milestone reflects WAGO's long-standing dedication to customers.

IntelliAM AI has launched its end-to-end industrial intelligence platform at the London Stock Exchange promising to drive massive productivity gains for companies worldwide.

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has received the MHEA Sustainability Award 2025. Presented by the Materials Handling Engineers Association, the award recognised NORD ECO, a service that helps system operators evaluate the energy consumption, utilisation and efficiency improvement potential of drive systems based on real operating data.

Delta has been honoured with the BIG SEE Product Design Award 2026 for the Delta D-Bot series of collaborative robots. The BIG SEE Awards recognise outstanding creative achievements in the fields of architecture, product design, and industrial design.

What a year it has been for the UK automation community! Following hot on the heels of our sold-out Northern event, MachineBuilding.South wrapped up to yet more record crowds earlier this month. But we've been saving the absolute biggest for last.

Endoline Automation has been named Gold Winner in the Exporter of the Year category at the Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce SME Bedfordshire Business Awards 2026 and has subsequently secured a place in the SME National Business Awards finals later this year.

Robotics and autonomous production are seen as the automation investments most likely to deliver competitive advantage over the next five years, according to a recent survey from IMI's Industrial Automation sector.

An outstanding series of free-to-attend presentations is set to be one of the absolute highlights of MachineBuilding.Live this October. Highly anticipated by the engineering community, these sessions are designed to deliver practical, proven ideas you can implement immediately.