The advanced Blue HMI user interface from Minebea Intec has been honoured with the prestigious Red Dot Award in the Interface and User Experience Design Category. The internationally recognised award honours outstanding product design that combines functionality, innovation and aesthetics in a special way.

Digital transformation talks a big game, but many UK factories still juggle energy-hungry drives, manual changeovers and maintenance headaches. Those bottlenecks siphon profit every shift, and the current skills gap makes upgrades feel risky. SEW-EURODRIVE UK is heading back to the PPMA Total Show precisely to help you tackle that stalemate.

Made Smarter North West, the government-backed technology adoption programme, is celebrating the impact of its fast-track skills initiative which has empowered more than 50 manufacturers to embrace digital transformation.

The installation of Ishida multihead weighers and checkweighers at Barba Stathis, Greece's leading producer of fresh and frozen vegetables, has enabled the company to significantly increase output while significantly reducing product giveaway.

Visit the EUCHNER Action Area on stand 201 at MachineBuilding.Live to see a fully working warehouse storage and retrieval system, built using LEGO Technic, with the unique EUCHNER MGB2 and CKS2 key entry system. There will be a fully working gate system with safety over PROFISAFE/PROFINet.

Our obsession with protein has proved to be a lucrative one for dairies. Whether in snack or powder form, this popular supplement is extracted from whey, a by-product of cheesemaking, and it has developed into a lucrative revenue stream. One of the largest manufacturers of dairy products in Britain is improving the efficiency of protein capture with Burkert's FLOWave surface acoustic wave (SAW) flowmeter, which provides accurate measurement of solids in liquid whey.

With real-time data access, remote diagnostics and simplified configuration, a new commissioning tool helps system integrators and engineers reduce on-site time, speed up project delivery and ensure a smooth handover to operations, says Tim Ricketts, Business Development Manager at Listo.

Automation and control technology specialist, Beckhoff UK, will exhibit at PPMA at the NEC, Birmingham from September 23 to 25, 2025. The company will be on stand F40, demonstrating how machine builders and control engineers can harness cabinet-free automation and flexible motion systems to prepare for the future of packaging production.

SKF's Food Line ball bearing units will take centre stage at the leading rolling bearing manufacturer's exhibition at drinktec 2025. Under the refreshed theme 'Bottlenecks are for drinks.', SKF will showcase its latest innovations, featuring live demonstrations and product presentations. A highlight of the event will be a keynote speech by SKF's Sustainability Director, Vanja Winblad.