A new report, Energy on an Industrial Scale – commissioned by Mitsubishi Electric, and released on Friday 31st May 2024 – makes for a really interesting read. Significantly, it found a clear ‘disconnect’ between…
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Technology Knowledge Hubs to address gaps in UK Manufacturing
The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has unveiled a decisive initiative for the MACH 2024 trade show. Called Technology Knowledge Hubs, they aim to propel the UK manufacturing sector into a new…
When Just-in-Time Just Doesn’t Work
Just-in-time (JIT) is a management philosophy that Toyota developed in the 1970s to meet consumer demands with minimum delays. It needed close coordination with suppliers to ensure that production components arrived in time for…
CE Marking Acceptance or Smoke and Mirrors?
On 1st August 2023, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) announced an indefinite extension beyond December 2024 for using CE marking in the UK. At first glance a bold decision by the DBT…
Aveva: How does Schneider Electric’s acquisition of it benefit customers?
Earlier this year, Schneider Electric announced the acquisition of Cambridge based industrial software and engineering company Aveva. Valued at over £10bn, AVEVA’s software drives efficiency and reduces costs for over 20,000 customers worldwide….
Boosting Cement & Aggregate Processing Plants
Cement and aggregate processing is characterised by harsh operating conditions and the need to avoid downtime at all costs. Keeping critical plant running and available is fundamental to a plant operating at optimum efficiency…
The impact of ChatGPT in industrial automation
It is hard to believe that the launch of the ChatGPT prototype was only in November 2022. If you are not familiar with it, or what it can do, then you need to be….
Harmonised automation is the future says Omron
New industrial automation products are always interesting and remain important for manufacturing. Yet it is external trends as well as innovative technologies that are often the drivers behind continued investment in automation. Omron predicts…
UKCA deadline extended until 2025
UKCA deadline extended as businesses are given two additional years to apply new product safety marking. The UK Business Secretary Grant Shapps announced an extension to the UKCA deadline…
