Events News

The manufacturers’ organisation, EEF, has announced that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will be a keynote political speaker at this year’s National Manufacturing Conference in London on 20th February 2018. The Opposition leader will set out his vision for industry and the economy and will address delegates and take questions about his plans for a future Labour Government.

A wide range of dishwasher safe, antimicrobial coated, easy to clean keyboards will be showcased by Diamond Electronics at the 2018 Southern Manufacturing & Electronics exhibition in Farnborough (February 6-8, 2018). The keyboards and accessories are intended for use with clean industrial applications including food processing, semiconductor manufacturing, laboratories, POS systems, public area data input and control and clinical and home use medical systems.

SPS Drive 2017 will see one of the products steute will be presenting as its latest generation of wireless safety foot controls. These RF GFS 2 D (VD) SW2.4-safe triple-phase foot switches can be used in applications requiring Performance Level e (EN ISO 13849-1) and SIL 3 (IEC 61508) and are optionally available with an additional emergency-stop button.

Showcasing innovations in drive electronics at the 2017 SPS IPC Drives exhibition in Nuremberg, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will be found in hall 3 stand 218. The new NORDAC LINK series of field distribution systems, designed for networked intralogistics facilities with many drive axes, provides an especially good user experience.

Part of the Nidec group, Leroy-Somer is preparing for the launch of new ranges at SPS IPC Drives which is taking place from 28th to 30th November in Nuremberg. Leroy-Somer will be demonstrating Commander ID300, a new integrated drive for the control of its IMfinity induction motors from 0.25-7.5kW. This all-in-one drive solution has been designed to meet the strategic challenges of increasingly complex and demanding production environments, induced by the transition to Industry 4.0.

  The most talented young engineers in the UK were crowned the nation’s number 1 at the climax of The Skills Show at the NEC. Record numbers of spectators, totalling nearly 80,000, thronged the three day interactive event organised by WorldSkills UK.

Underlining its expertise and knowledge in the area of Industry 4.0 HEIDENHAIN will present at Southern Manufacturing its Connected Machining system of production, in which all work steps from the design to the deliverable component are interlinked via one of the company’s TNC controls.

  Showcasing its latest and growing portfolio of additive manufacturing (AM) systems and software solutions, services and consulting, EOS will be making an appearance at this year’s formnext in Frankfurt, Germany from 14-17th 2017.

At this year's SPS IPC Drives exhibition, Panduit will be showing its Industrial Solutions that simplify robust network and IIoT deployment from 28th to 30th November in Nuremberg, Germany in Hall 10.0 on Stand 630. The solutions help customers develop, enhance and care for a future ready plant infrastructure to reduce uncertainty and increase productivity, profitability and reliability. Visitors can learn and find out if their infrastructure is ready for Industry 4.0.

  RSG Electronic Components, based in Offenbach near Frankfurt/Germany, developer and manufacturer of high performance custom designed power supply solutions up to 20kW 'Made in Germany'.