TIME IS running out to secure your place at Southern Manufacturing and Electronics 2026, taking place from 3 to 5 February at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. With just two weeks to go, the event is set to deliver a comprehensive programme of learning, insight and technology discovery for manufacturing professionals.

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IT IS absolutely right to switch on the spotlight and point it straight at Hart Door Systems. Why you may ask. Well in England’s North East, a region famous for problem solving inventions, here is another example of some fresh thinking, the development of the high speed industrial door, now known world-wide as SPEEDOR.

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A new £500,000 Yaw Gearbox Cell at ERIKS’ Aberdeen Centre of Excellence is transforming maintenance for onshore wind turbines, cutting repair times from months to hours

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As industrial connectivity accelerates, cybercriminals are finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities, with industrial drives emerging as a critical weak point. Building security directly into drive architecture is fast becoming essential to safeguard uptime, compliance and safety, explains Prabhu Nagavi

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As data centres multiply to meet surging demand from AI and cloud computing, attention is turning to how these energy-intensive sites manage another vital resource - water, says Ross Waite.

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Toyota has long been recognised as a global leader in manufacturing innovation, thanks largely to its renowned Toyota Production System (TPS). But TPS is far more than a factory-floor tool, it is a comprehensive approach to operational excellence that can be applied across many industries and processes

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AVANTIGAS HAS enhanced employee safety and breathing air compliance at its LPG vessels refurbishment site near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk after installing an Atlas Copco BAP+ breathing air purifier, supplied and commissioned by Maziak, a branch of Atlas Copco Compressors.

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Labour shortages and rising costs drive Czech SMEs toward accessible automation solutions where Danish suppliers have a competitive advantage, a new study finds

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REPLIQUE, A production platform for industrial components, is expanding its collaboration with Alstom worldwide.

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The Arrhenius equation suggests that increasing the temperature by just ten degrees can halve the expected lifespan of a fluid in a heat transfer system. But there are steps that manufacturers can take to maintain good thermal fluid system efficiency, without turning up the heat, says Ian Silvester

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THE SCENT of tea leaves mingles with the aroma of secret herbs: Above the legendary herb chamber, where Appenzeller Alpenbitter has been producing herbal tea for generations, its sister company, Crowning's AG, has its domain. 

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A leading UK manufacturer of windows and doors has improved productivity enabling it to produce more than 250 additional windows a week after implementing FourJaw machine monitoring at its Staffordshire site

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IN 2025, nearly two-thirds (65%) of brands were said to be adding automation to their packaging operations. The driving force was given as countering labour shortages and supporting cost efficiencies. 

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THE BRITISH Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) is urging organisations across the UK to use January to review their PPE stock and the processes they use to source it, as concerns continue to grow around the safety and compliance of products sold through online marketplaces.

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ALAIN DILWORTH, one of the original architects of the Made Smarter Adoption programme, has been awarded an MBE for services to business growth and digitalisation in the King’s New Year Honours List.

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GLOBAL MATERIALS handling leader Combilift has celebrated a major manufacturing milestone by transforming its 100,000th forklift into a powerful force for good, raising and donating €100,000 to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund to support children in crisis worldwide.

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Exposure to respirable dust remains one of the most persistent occupational health challenges across multiple industry sectors. Real-time dust monitoring brings a data-driven solution, using optical and laser-based technologies to provide continuous measurement, instant alerts and actionable insight into airborne particle levels

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Digital adoption surges across region as Made Smarter hits 100th technology project milestone since 2021

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Modern energy management technologies can balance the drive for sustainability, cost-savings, and the demand for resilient power through the energy transition, explains James Hampshire

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With food responsible for 20% of global emissions, LRQA says real progress on Net Zero depends on leadership, employee engagement and embedding sustainability into everyday culture

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