The excitement is building now for MachineBuilding.Live 2025 at the NAEC Stoneleigh Park on 15 October. The UK's only event staged exclusively for machine builders, systems integrators and OEMs, it showcases all the latest innovations and advances in machine building and industrial automation are showcased, with almost 200 exhibitors highlighting the advantages brought by thousands of the latest new products.

Interroll has announced the acquisition of Sortteq, a Netherlands-based startup founded and operated by two highly skilled entrepreneurs. Sortteq has developed a highly modular and innovative Chain-Belt Sorter (CBS) that complements and expands Interroll's existing Sorter platform.

ABB and its machine and factory automation business, B&R Industrial Automation, will exhibit brewery and beverage technologies together at drinktec 2025, the world economic summit for the beverage and liquid food industry, giving visitors a chance to see how ABB technologies combine to optimise operations across the full production cycle.

Routeco is returning to the Action Arena at MachineBuilding.Live with a demonstration cell based around a high speed Comau SCARA robot.

Based in Dorset, Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS) is a supplier of small DC motors and linear actuators. Equipped with the latest CNC machine tools and a dedicated gear cutting suite, EMS manufactures bespoke actuation systems for a range of industries. In order to boost output and keep production running after working hours, EMS has deployed a Universal Robots collaborative robot (cobot) from UK-based automation distributor RARUK Automation.

Camozzi Automation is delighted to announce a new strategic partnership with RS Components, one of the world's leading distributors of industrial and electronic products.

The optoCONTROL CLS1000 series of fibre optic sensors from Micro-Epsilon reliably and precisely detect oil leaks in the event of seal failure. At Linde Material Handling, a shaft seal ring (WDR) protects the oil-lubricated gearbox from the electric drive motor. A failure of the WDR would go unnoticed and could cause the motor compartment to fill with gearbox oil, resulting in massive gearbox damage.

Mitsubishi Electric has helped to deliver a step-change in productivity for high-volume lead frame stamping applications, following another successful partnership with one its leading machine builder customers.

Moog will showcase its latest innovations for the plastics machinery industry at K 2025, including a new generation of hydraulic, electrohydraulic and electrohydrostatic products and systems designed to help machine builders achieve greater performance, reliability and sustainability.