Machine Building

Design focus drives Mouser's growth, outpacing market

Mouser Electronics Inc. has announced that its first quarter business in Europe for 2017 has increased by more than 20 per cent over the same quarter in the previous year. In 2016, the company's global revenues exceeded $1 billion, with the EMEA region contributing just over $280 million "" more than 25 per cent of the company's activity.

16th March 2017

Schaeffler expands deep groove ball bearings business

Schaeffler is significantly expanding its standard rolling bearing business by investing in new production and logistics capacities for its FAG Generation C deep groove ball bearings. Over the coming months, Schaeffler will gradually bring new production lines into operation at its Yinchuan (China) location, doubling its manufacturing capacity for high-volume FAG deep groove ball bearings. The most common applications for Generation C bearings are electric motors, household appliances, pumps, fans, electric power tools and two-wheeled vehicles.

16th March 2017

Renishaw announces Super Science £10K Giveaway winner

Renishaw has awarded £10,000 to Southville Primary School, Bristol, winner of its Super Science competition held in collaboration with the Bristol Post newspaper. The school will use the prize money to purchase a range of indoor and outdoor science equipment including circuits, magnets, microscopes and weather stations.

16th March 2017

congatec premiers Cloud API for IoT gateways and edge servers

congatec is showcasing a best practice design approach for the simplified orchestration of wireless sensor networks at Embedded World (hall 1, stand 358). It is based on the new, application-ready congatec Cloud API (Application Programming Interface) for IoT Gateways that is capable of integrating any local sensor networks into any cloud system.

16th March 2017

IDS highlights embedded vision at UKIVA Conference

IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is focusing on the highly topical subjects of embedded vision and the new USB3.1 standard at the UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition. Its technical seminars on the benefits offered by USB 3.1 Gen1 cameras and the capabilities of embedded vision systems will be complemented by practical demonstrations on the exhibition stand.

16th March 2017

Schneider Electric among the World's Most Ethical Companies

The World's Most Ethical Companies list has been published annually by the Ethisphere Institute since 2007. It honours companies that excel in three areas: promoting ethical business standards and practices internally, enabling managers and employees to make good choices, and shaping future industry standards by introducing tomorrow's best practices today. Since 2011, Schneider Electric has appeared every year in the World's Most Ethical Companies list and in 2017, Schneider Electric is one of the two companies honoured in the "Diversified machinery" category.

15th March 2017

SMC recognised for environmental achievements

SMC have scooped an accolade at the Milton Keynes Business Achievements for a second consecutive year - this time, for excellence in the Energy and the Environment category. In 2016 the company was recognised for excellence in its manufacturing processes.

15th March 2017

Industrial mobile apps to transform the factory environment

With groundbreaking innovation in network infrastructure, adoption of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and continuous technological advancements in handheld devices, the factory environment is set to witness a huge transformation with the advent of industrial mobile applications (apps). Coupled with IIOT, industrial mobile apps will create new business models and revenue streams aimed at enhancing connectivity, control, convergence and customer satisfaction, plus increase overall plant productivity, responsiveness, supply chain logistics and employee relations.

15th March 2017

RS Components celebrates "˜Pi Day' with Raspberry Pi prize draw

RS Components (RS) is celebrating "˜Pi Day' by running a prize draw via the company's DesignSpark community website. Entrants to the draw can win a Raspberry Pi-powered photo selfie frame signed by Eben Upton, co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, featuring many of the Raspberry Pi product variants since its launch in 2012.

15th March 2017

BOGE to lead the way in compressed air at Hannover Messe 2017

BOGE will be showcasing its compressed air range at Hannover Messe 2017, giving visitors to its stand a glimpse into the future of compressed air systems.

15th March 2017