DigiKey announces significant portfolio expansions in the first two quarters of 2024. This includes the addition of more than 150 new suppliers and more than 340,000 new products across its core business, DigiKey Marketplace, and Fulfilled by DigiKey program, including 90,000 new stocking parts with inventory available to sell.

In today's interconnected global marketplace, the prevalence of counterfeit products poses a significant threat to industries, including manufacturing. Alarmingly, counterfeit versions of MiniTec's Powerlock fastenings have infiltrated the market, posing significant risks to safety and quality. These imitation products not only misrepresent their origins but also compromise on quality and safety standards.

Rockwell Automation has announced the results of the ninth annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report: Life Sciences Edition. This year's report spotlights the evolution of the life sciences industry, with an emphasis on leveraging emerging technologies to minimise risks, manage supply chains, and enhance workforce potential.

OMRON will showcase the smarter, faster, more efficient future of manufacturing at this year's Packaging Machinery and Manufacturing (PPMA) Show.

Rotor Clip has received the Caterpillar Supplier Excellence Award. This certificate is awarded to suppliers who consistently demonstrate excellence in service and delivery performance, meeting or exceeding Caterpillar's stringent standards for product quality and on-time delivery.

When a CNC machine manufacturer was looking for a spindle monitoring solution to eliminate the risk of damage during tool change operations, it turned to Contrinex.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and University of Birmingham have founded a West Midlands RAS cluster as a catalyst to unlock the robotics and automation capabilities of the UK. Its intention is to connect various communities and lead to much greater utilisation of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) throughout industry.

Following the success of this year's Automation UK, the show organiser, Automate UK, is delighted to announce that next year's event will be significantly bigger than before. The previously co-located Machine Vision Conference (MVC), now known as Vision UK, will be fully integrated into Automation UK upon its return to the CBS Arena in Coventry between 7-8 May 2025.

NSK has announced the sale of Neuweg Fertigung, its German subsidiary based in Munderkingen, to British investor Stephen Lord and existing employees Willi Castro Santanella and Dominik Szell. The sale will take effect from 1 September 2024.

Automate UK announces that Machine Vision Conference (MVC) has been rebranded to Vision UK and in future will be incorporated within Automation UK. This will make it the UK's largest show dedicated to industrial automation, robotics and machine vision solutions. The annual show will return to the CBS Arena in Coventry between 7-8 May 2025.