Powered by Kuka Robotics, Ford is among the first auto makers where car workers collaborate and work hand-in-hand with robotic systems on the assembly line.
Shareholders at Voith and Friedhelm Loh have agreed to sell their stakes in Kuka to electrical appliance manufacturer Midea, giving the Chinese bidder a controlling stake of 52.8% in the robotics maker.
Following the release of its new line of products for industrial automation at Automate 2023, global engineering technologies company Renishaw has announced the addition of its RCS product series to the Renishaw Channel Partner Programme. The international programme aims to continually enhance levels of local customer service and product support.
MTL Advanced, one of the UK’s largest metal fabrication and contract manufacturing companies and part of the WEC Group, has introduced a brand-new LVD Taurus 12kW XXL format fibre laser to its large profiling line-up, following a substantial £1m investment.
The latest Contract Manufacturing Index shows that the UK market for subcontract manufacturing continued to grow in the first quarter. The index was up 4.5% in the first three months of 2024, building on the strong upswing at the end of 2023.