Delta has unveiled a new series of Industrial Panel PCs designed to boost efficiency and reliability in food and beverage applications. The company says these PPCs set a new standard for performance.

Stephen Hayes, managing director of automation and control technology specialist Beckhoff UK, explores how companies can strengthen cybersecurity in open automation systems and safeguard their connected factories.

With artificial intelligence (AI) technology developing faster than ever, can the packaging sector afford to ignore it - and should it be concerned? The experts at Easyfairs, organiser of London Packaging Week, talk to Evelio Mattos, creative director of packaging at IDP Direct, about where the technology has its uses.

Leybold has added a new model to its proven CLAWVAC dry claw vacuum pump series - the CLAWVAC CP B. This rough vacuum pump, ideally suited for food processing applications, is described powerful, energy efficient and easy to clean.

WDS Components offers an extensive portfolio designed to enhance material handling across various industries, offering a versatile collection of wheels and castors, levelling feet, conveyor parts and tube inserts.

Does the packaging industry need to evolve what it already does well, or tear up the rule book and blaze a new trail? According to Easyfairs' Senior Marketing Manager James Montero-MacColl, in this industry, there's room for both.

The key technology Ethernet-APL fulfils all promises and brings digitalisation to every corner of a process plant: the fast and efficient communication of large amounts of data is barrier-free and reliable in potentially explosive areas. Now Pepperl+Fuchs has introduced a new Ethernet-APL Rail Field Switch.

Food safety specialist Fortress Technology explores the benefits of staying ahead of an unannounced inspection by an external party, and the value of monitoring everyday risks by performing regular internal and external audit reviews.

The OmniCore intelligent automation platform from ABB Robotics provides a unique, single control architecture that integrates the company's complete range of hardware and software, increasing business productivity and flexibility.

ifm presents the VWV series of battery-powered vibration sensors, which it says is poised to transform machine monitoring through state-of-the-art features and seamless integration capabilities.