Mouser Electronics is again a major sponsor of the Create the Future Design Contest, a challenge to engineers and students worldwide to create the next great thing.

Parker Hannifin has released its latest Motion Control Products catalogue. This essential guide for engineering and manufacturing businesses features servo drive, motor, planetary gearbox and controller products. The new catalogue is available as a download or can be requested as a hard copy resource.

Peter Williamson, managing director of RARUK Automation, is delighted that Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) is experiencing strong demand for its products. According to a recent press release from MiR, the company has enjoyed an astounding 500 per cent growth in sales in 2016, with over 200 MiR100 robots and accessories installed in more than 30 countries. MiR has been expanding its global presence, establishing regional offices in New York and Shanghai. Furthermore, MiR also tripled the size of its Denmark headquarters, relocating to a new location that will support its ongoing expansion. On 3 April, a new product will be launched in Chicago at Automate, North America's largest automation trade show. This product is expected to help triple sales increases in 2017, through the combined activities of MiR's 73 distributors across 33 countries - which includes RARUK Automation in the UK.

If you struggle to find just the right machine safety sensor for your application then elobau's new Sensor Select could be for you. Sensor Select is an online configurator which allows you to specify your own product, meaning you get exactly what you need for your application. If you need a standard product, you can choose from elobau's wide range of magnetically actuated or RFID machine safety sensors, but if you are looking for something more bespoke, then Sensor Select will enable you to find what you need.