Is it time to scale up? 30th June 2021

Digi-Key has signed a distribution partnership with Siemens covering a wide range of automation and control products.

Farnell has been named as high service distributor for Mountz Torque (Mountz), a manufacturer of torque and calibration tools.

Small-scale production has its advantages, allowing for agile and flexible production and facilitating product customisation. However, once products are perfected and processes optimised, manufacturers might wish to scale up and reach a truly global customer base. Here Neil Ballinger, Head of EMEA at EU Automation, shares three tips for manufacturers who want to expand their operations.

Fluke Reliability is partnering with RS Components (RS) to provide eMaint computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) software to RS’ customers.

In 1964, Günter and Margret Blase founded a small business called igus in their garage in Cologne-Mülheim, Germany. Fast forward to 2021 and the company is a global brand, supplying customers worldwide with lubrication-free and maintenance-free motion plastics, robots and cable assemblies. The company is now celebrating the founding couple’s joint 90th birthday.

A Birmingham-headquartered engineering firm has accelerated its strategic growth with several senior appointments. And the move coincides with an overall boost in employment which has seen the business employ over 50 new employees since the start of the year. The multi-disciplined adi Group, which covers a broad range of sectors including aerospace and defence, automotive, food and beverage and manufacturing markets, has recently taken on twelve new senior figures at the company, bolstering its +30 divisional offering.

Peterborough-based Anglian Compressors & Equipment has been nominated Distributor of the Year 2020 by Atlas Copco Compressors

Industrial or collaborative? This is the question everyone is asking. We all want to get the most out of our production, however the demarcation line between the two options is not as clear as you might think. It all depends on the setting in which the machine operates, how operators need to interact with the robot and its main functions. Barry Weller, Solutions Marketing Manager - OEM at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at how to identify what type of robot best suits your application and how to integrate it.