Book Now for the Make UK Manufacturing Exchange
Make UK’s exclusive Exchange events take place four times a year and offer local businesses the opportunity to hear about cutting edge industry trends in manufacturing, explore the facilities at the state-of-the-art Technology Hub, get advice on business growth and meet industry experts. At the company’s December event you have the chance to meet experts […]
Advanced Materials Company Registers Rise in Revenue
Haydale, an Ammanford-headquartered advanced materials company, has increased full-year revenues as well as registered smaller losses after a challenging year. In the year to 30 June 2019, revenue rose to £3.47m from £3.4m, with the company’s adjusted operating loss dropping to £4.18m from £4.88m before restructuring costs of £350,000 in the year prior. The initial […]
Cost-Effective 4-Inch POS Printing with Perfect Document Scaling
Cost-Effective 4-Inch POS Printing with Perfect Document Scaling : Say goodbye to inefficient laser printing as global specialist printer manufacturer, Citizen Systems, announces the all-new CT-S4500 POS thermal printer. A new and improved POS printer that’s been designed to serve across multiple applications, with compression driver as standard, the CT-S4500 delivers outstanding economy, printing receipts […]
Auto Trader Expands with Software Acquisition
Auto Trader Group, an automotive classified advertising business, has purchased a software specialist for an undisclosed sum. The specialist in cause is KeeResources, a company that provides its services to the automotive industry, including a detailed vehicle taxonomy dataset for new and used cars which Auto uses to power its platform. Funded in 2000, the software […]
The New Land Rover Defender Has Been Launched
The Defender 110 and Defender 90 have been revealed which Jaguar Land Rover has said “reimagines” the range for the 21st century. Land Rover chief design officer Gerry McGovern said: “The new Defender is respectful of its past but is not harnessed by it. This is a new Defender for a new age. “Its unique […]
Tech Track 100 League Names Yorkshire Businesses
The 19th annual Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table, which ranks Britain’s private technology, media and telecoms (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales, has named five Yorkshire-based companies. The five companies from the region (compared to six last year) have grown sales by an average of 74% a year over three years to […]
Photo-Me International Shakes Up Market with Revolution Technology
Photo-Me International, continue to shake up the market with their ‘Revolution’ technology – outdoor laundrettes with economic, commercial, and environmental benefits. Self-access machines are used in a growing number of areas (installed in various sites around the UK) including construction, retail, leisure and the public sector in universities as the latest technology for departments to procure. […]
Eye Tracking Company Ordered to Sell Newly Purchased Business
An eye tracking developing company has been ordered to sell a newly acquired business after it was ruled that their completed merger could lead to a reduction in the range of products available and higher prices. The judgement was passed by the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) following Tobii’s purchase of Smartbox Assistive Technology in […]
PervasID Showcases RFID Capability Examples for Manufacturing
PervasID, an award-winning RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology provider, has announced the opening of its new Customer Experience Centre in St. John’s Innovation Centre which will showcase uses for RFID in the retail, healthcare and industrial sectors. The Customer Experience Centre will be aimed at customers, partners, system integrators and prospects to demonstrate the system’s […]
SICK Reflex Array Sensors Are on the Leading Edge
SICK has unveiled its next-generation family of smart photoelectric 2D light array sensors, the RAY10 and RAY26, to detect even the most difficult-to-see objects moving on high-speed conveyors. The SICK RAY10 and RAY26 Reflex Array Sensors create a wide 2D light band to reliably detect the leading edges of objects, even when they not clearly […]
How the Open Source Operating System Has Silently Won Over the World
Windows operating system (OS) has over 79.46 per cent market share of the desktop computer sector. However, in every other computing sector, the complete opposite is true with Linux OS holding the majority of the market share. Here Florian Froschermeier, technical sales manager of industrial router manufacturer INSYS icom, explains why Linux is in such a dominant position. Technology […]
Three Emerging Technologies to Transform Manufacturing in 2019
A new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has revealed the top ten emerging technologies that have the potential to positively disrupt our economy in 2019. Here Sophie Hand, UK country manager at automation parts supplier EU Automation, discusses the three of them that are most likely to impact the manufacturing sector. Every year new technological […]
AeroThermal’s First Thermal Hydrolysis Unit Operational
AeroThermal Ltd has announced that its first Thermo-Pressure Hydrolysis (TPH) vessel was onstream processing bio-waste for the first time for a renewables company in the UK. The 65m3 Thermo-Pressure Hydrolysis is a key component at a new bio-waste anaerobic digestion site in the UK. The technology pre-treats food waste and other bio-waste organics prior to […]
SensoTech Expands In-House Refrigerant Calibration
The main application of LiquiSonic® OCR measuring systems is the monitoring of refrigerant concentration during testing of components in stationary air conditioners and vehicle air conditioners. The perfect mixing ratio between oil and refrigerant ensures a maximum lifetime and optimal efficiency. The maintenance-free LiquiSonic® technology determines the oil content in a variety of different refrigerants […]
Xaar Hosts Businesses at Manufacturing Flexibility Workshop
Xaar hosted members of the NMI including Diodes, Ultra CEMS, SPTS Technologies and Newport Wafer Fab at its workshop on ‘Learning and Development for Manufacturing Flexibility’ at Xaar’s Huntingdon site on 18th June. The interactive session highlighted the importance of focusing on people in the overall process, with discussion groups working to define key learning […]
BAE Systems Completes Acquisition of the Riptide Business
BAE Systems, Inc. has announced the purchase of the key assets of Riptide Autonomous Solutions, a Plymouth, Massachusetts-based provider of innovative, affordable unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) technology and solutions. Specializing in small UUVs, Riptide’s platforms are sophisticated yet simple, efficient, and highly flexible, offering performance discriminators within this domain that include greater depth, range, endurance, […]
Railtex 2019 Cements Status as UK’s Leading Rail Exhibition
On its 14th and latest edition, Railtex has once again proved it is the UK’s premier exhibition of railway equipment, systems and services. A total of 6700 visitors from 50 countries and almost 2500 professionals representing exhibiting companies gathered at the event at the Birmingham’s NEC. The venue was transformed with a huge amount of […]
Most Industrial Companies Planning to Implement 5G
Most Industrial Companies Planning to Implement 5G : Industrial companies are embracing 5G connectivity as a primary enabler of digital transformation, and plan to implement the technology within two years. This is spurring interest in private licenses, which nearly half of large industrial companies (47%) intend to apply for, according to the latest findings from […]
WCM and IIOT: Achieving world class standards
WCM and IIOT: Achieving world class standards : Whilst ‘zero waste’ and ‘zero loss’ are aspirational targets for manufacturers large and small, some leading UK manufacturers are now reporting achieving these impressive standards using World Class Manufacturing (WCM) methodologies. Traditionally a manual approach, WCM requires buy-in from key decision makers and the persons responsible for […]
Leicester Technology Centre to Boost Flow Control Engineering
Leicester Technology Centre to Boost Flow Control Engineering : ERIKS UK has opened a new facility within its Flow Control Technology Centre in Leicester, which brings together specialist knowledge and components in all aspects of industrial flow control systems under one roof. The centre employs 34 people, and comprises of a workshop for repairing, designing, […]
Conference Programme for UKIVA Offers Rich and Varied Content
The Conference programme for the UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition, which takes place on Thursday 6th June 2019 at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, features 57 seminars across 8 different technology-themed presentation theatres. Dr Luca Benedetti from artificial perception technology specialists, Kudan, will deliver a Keynote entitled ‘Visual SLAM in the Wild’. SLAM refers […]
Manufacturers’ Sales Performance Needs Rapid Transformation
Miller Heiman Group, the world leader in improving sales performance through training, consulting, technology and research, reveals in a report that manufacturing organisations must re-train sales teams to provide perspective and value, in addition to technical expertise, if they’re to survive the changing and volatile European landscape. The report includes a survey of 103 manufacturing sales […]
Zetes Supports the Fightback of the Illicit Supply of Tobacco
Six major Belgian tobacco manufacturers are working with Zetes to make their supply chain compliant with the revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and fight illicit trade. “We are proud to be at the forefront of driving security and integrity in the European supply chains across industry. Supporting tobacco manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to eliminate the […]
Europac3D Announced Partnership with DWS
DWS, an Italian manufacturer of SLA (stereolithography) 3D printers and materials has selected Europac3D as their exclusive UK distributor. The partnership is a further step towards Europac3D fulfilling its strategic ambition of becoming a one-stop-shop for all 3D printing, scanning and design solutions within the UK. The DWS Systems produce parts that have an extremely […]
Global Drinks Brands Join Forces for Plastics Recycling
A consortium led by cleantech company Carbios and L’Oréal has just been joined by key global drinks brands, such as Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe in an attempt to commercialise an enzymatic technology for the recycling of plastics. The partnership’s goal is to work towards maximising the Carbios technology which claims […]
Why RFID Is the Future of Tool Tracking
Radio Frequency ID (RFID) technology has transformed supply chain management over the past two decades; yet the limitations of fixed readers in both accuracy and range have constrained deployment, leaving many organisations reliant on the more accurate but resource draining manual handheld readers. As organisations in every sector wrestle with the challenges of customer expectation/ […]
With Cyber-Attacks On The Rise, Are Airlines At Risk?
2018 was a big year for cyber-attacks, with movie studios, universities, and governments all being subjects to disruptions of varying sizes. Marriot hotels experienced a breech of 500 million records, exposing the travel and hospitality industries as new targets for cybercrime; the hotel guests’ information was stolen in a data breech that was detected on […]
Resistor Choice Is Plain Sailing
Productivity in the UK maritime sector has rapidly increased over the past five years. Choosing the correct components to include when building or refurbishing a ship is essential to ensure productivity and efficiency remain elevated. Here, David Atkins, project director at power resistor manufacturer Cressall explains how to choose the right resistor for your marine application. Power […]
AI Platform Shapes the Future of Video Production
A revolutionary new platform using the latest machine learning technology hopes to transform the video production industry. It works by matching a brand’s production brief with over one million filmmakers across the world, then scaling that down to the most relevant few, in seconds. It’s the latest service to engage sophisticated AI methods to help […]
Coventry Manufacturer Launches Driverless Mobility Service
A pioneering Coventry manufacturing specialist has launched Australia’s first ever driverless mobility service in a retirement lifestyle village. Aurrigo, in collaboration with Regional Development Australia, has launched the ‘world first’ autonomous vehicle trial at the Lendlease-owned Elliot Gardens retirement village at Port Elliot. The trial will showcase how autonomous technology can deliver improved mobility for […]
Tray Sealers Meet Hygiene and Sustainability Requirements
Two tray sealers that combine compact designs with high throughputs will be the major highlights of the Proseal stand at this year’s IFFA exhibition. The tray sealing specialist will also demonstrate its ProTect security system as part of a detailed audit trail and highlight its ability to offer meat processors effective sustainability solutions. Both the […]
Imago Launches Neuromorphic Sensor Based Camera
Imago Technologies, the machine vision camera maker, has built a vision sensor-based industrial camera that operates along similar principals to human vision, rather than capturing frames like a standard CMOS sensor. The VisionCam incorporates a neuromorphic vision sensor from Paris-based Prophesee, formerly known as Chronocam. Prophesee’s technology has had interest from automotive OEMs, including Renault, […]
Preparing for an Ever-Evolving Digital Ecosystem
Advances in technology over the last decade has paved the way for digital evolution, with many organisations putting digital at the core of operations. In a world of ‘Big Data’, it has become more important than ever before for those operating within the manufacturing industry to utilise technology effectively, particularly where monitoring efficiencies and productivity […]
Sapura Group Becomes Host Operator at CCW
The Host Operator for TCCA’s Critical Communications World (CCW) 2019, the world’s premier event for critical communications professionals has been confirmed as Sapura Group, Malaysia’s leading technology organisation. CCW will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 18th-20th June 2019 and MEM is the UK & Ireland official media partner. “CCW is the established annual showcase for the […]
Why Automation Is Necessary for Security
The skills gap – seemingly unavoidable and an ever-present issue plaguing cybersecurity. In fact, it is estimated that there will be over 3.5 million vacancies within the industry by 2021. The impact of this is leaving security teams scrambling high and low to try and entice relevant people or seek tools that can help to […]
How Your Business Can Benefit From Using A Data Centre
Data centres are the hub of almost all enterprise businesses in this day and age. At the rate that technology is increasing, the way that organisations do business also changes dramatically year on year. The need for data and technological power increases so significantly that it is too much for most companies to handle without […]
