Machine Building

Request an igus virtual visit on site or from your home office

igus personally provides support and advice through a wide range of communication channels, including face-to-face visits, phone calls and emails. However, in the current situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many firms are restricting visits to external companies and sometimes these traditional channels are not interactive enough.

10th April 2020

Renishaw contributes to mass-production of ventilator parts

Renishaw has started mass-producing critical components for medical ventilators, as part of a nationwide effort to support the NHS in the fight against Covid-19. The company has dedicated a significant part of its manufacturing sites in Gloucestershire and South Wales to produce precision-machined components for two different ventilators manufactured by the VentilatorChallengeUK consortium, with production at the sites now running seven days a week. This follows a huge effort from the project, manufacturing engineering and production teams over the last two weeks.

9th April 2020

Health and Safety Event to host webinars in April 2020

With the Health and Safety Event currently postponed until September due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers have taken the decision to put certain aspects of the event online. On 28 and 29 April 2020, a suite of interactive webinars will be delivered by Southalls in-house specialists, the organiser's sister companies, and influential thought leaders from across the industry.

8th April 2020

Connectors designed and manufactured in the UK

Cliff Electronics is reminding machine builders, system integrators, panel builders and OEMs that it delivers UK-manufactured products from stock held in it its own factory. Thanks to its flexible UK-based design and manufacturing facility, the company is well placed to fulfil the demands of its customers and continues to grow and expand into new markets.

8th April 2020

Porvair adapts manufacturing to support Covid-19 response

Following the UK Government's calls for businesses to support the production and supply of ventilators and ventilator components, Porvair has rapidly adapted some its manufacturing processes in order to join forces in the fight against Covid-19.

7th April 2020

Spelsberg UK working hard to maintain UK stocks

The current upheavals and uncertainties in supply chains all over the world are putting many businesses under enormous pressure. With a large UK-based warehouse facility strategically stocked with thousands of enclosures of different sizes and designs, Spelsberg UK says it will be holding stocks throughout 2020. The company will further support electrical design engineers, OEMs, installers and other customers by continuing to offer fast delivery services.

7th April 2020

Schaeffler donates 1M Euros to Red Cross for COVID-19 response

Schaeffler AG and the Schaeffler family are jointly donating one million euros to the Red Cross to help in the fight against COVID-19.

6th April 2020

Make UK offers cybersecurity for companies' homeworkers

With thousands of organisations moving staff wholesale to remote working, businesses are left at increasing risk of cyber-attack. Cyber criminals are exploiting the situation, resulting in estimates of around a 400 per cent increase in phishing attacks on home workers since the Coronavirus pandemic struck.

6th April 2020

Phoenix Contact offers digital alternative to key trade shows

Phoenix Contact has announced Dialogue Days, 27-29 April 2020. Even though everyone is going through a difficult time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Phoenix Contact does not want to miss out on a chance to talk to engineers. The company is therefore hosting a virtual conference so that it can still update engineers about its latest innovations, technologies and trends

6th April 2020

BS 14100:2020, Control of hazardous energy on machinery

BSI has published BS 14100:2020, Control of hazardous energy on machinery. Specification. This has been written to assist machine designers, machine builders, system integrators, manufacturers of control system components, and anyone using or maintaining machinery, as well as consultants, Notified Bodies and Regulators