CENTA Antriebe Kirschey has marked the 90th birthday of its founder Gerhard Kirschey with a surprise gift at his party. A visionary inventor of industrial couplings, Gerhard received a special acrylic picture of the entire workforce at CENTA’s Haan facility near Dusseldorf, all sending their best wishes.

Based on a comprehensive analysis of the production processes for hexapods, Physik Instrumente (PI) has adapted its production capacities to the sharp increase in demand and is prepared to expand them even further if required.

Klüber Lubrication has won the European Responsible Care Award presented annually by Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council. The company was recognised in the category ‘Climate Neutrality’ for its project ‘Climate Protection by Solvent Replacement’ and for its Climate Action Plan.

Under the motto of ‘People, Products, Partnership’, NSK recently hosted the latest edition of its European Distributor Convention. Taking place across 18-21 October 2023, the event attracted most of NSK’s distribution partners from 22 countries across Europe, all keen to learn about new company and product developments.

Leybold UK has been honoured with two prestigious industry awards – “Best Organisation Culture 2023” from the LAB Awards, and “Employer of the Year 2023” from Composites UK. Each award recognised Leybold’s core values of interaction, commitment and innovation, and commitment to making Leybold a Great Place to Work.

ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company, and Schneider Electric have announced a partnership whereby ArcelorMittal will supply Schneider Electric with XCarb recycled and renewably produced steel for its electrical cabinets and enclosures.

ODVA has announced that CIP Security, the cybersecurity network extension for EtherNet/IP, has added a new device-based firewall for enhanced intrusion deterrence.

Essentra has opened a substantial new manufacturing and distribution hub in Monterrey, Mexico, both to increase production capacity for existing customers in North America, but also to grow its customer base in Mexico and Latin America.

Recently, leading UK collaborative robot (cobot) distributor RARUK Automation hosted its first ‘Automation For Everyone – Free Robotics Demonstration’ event at the AMRC North-West in Blackburn.

On 20 January 2027, the Machinery Regulation will replace the long-standing Machinery Directive. From this key date, declarations of conformity must meet the new requirements. Training and services from Pilz help machine manufacturers and operators with the new route to CE marking.