UK MANUFACTURERS remain confident about their future prospects, despite rising energy costs and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. Barclays Business Prosperity Index research among manufacturing leaders shows businesses are responding by investing in automation, taking a longer-term approach to planning and pursuing opportunities across defence, national security and critical infrastructure. [Read More]

USED ACROSS all industries and available in multiple sizes and types, quick disconnect fittings provide a convenient and efficient way to connect and disconnect fluid lines.  [Read More]

CAPTEC GROUP has announced the fully cash-funded acquisition of a majority shareholding in Serikon Holding, the German holding company of industrial computing specialist Spectra. [Read More]

SANDVIK COROMANT has unveiled its first-ever manufacturing wellness report. Based on responses from nearly 1,000 global manufacturers, the report gives the industry an overall manufacturing wellness score of 49 out of 100. [Read More]

With the risk of operational disruption increasing as assets age, even if they are still technically operational, the case for treating manual handling equipment as a managed asset rather than a consumable tool is becoming harder to ignore, says Phil Chesworth [Read More]

IN MANY process plants, the conditions for instrumentation can be challenging. Compact tanks with small process connections can make it difficult to install a level sensor without compromising measurement performance - particularly when turbulence, foam or changing product characteristics are also involved. [Read More]

JOHN CRANE has helped a German sugar producer reduce the water required for mechanical seal cooling and lubrication by approximately 80%. Across a full six-month production season, the reduction is equivalent to saving more than 6.2 million litres of water. [Read More]

SINCE ITS patenting some 50 years ago, RFID has now transitioned from pilot programmes to more widespread deployments, demonstrating confidence in the technology’s maturity and proven business value. [Read More]