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ABB’S YUMI NAMED ‘2016 BEST INDUSTRIAL ROBOT’ A
BB’s YuMi collaborative robot solution has been honored with
Yorkshire based Wolds Engineering Services has been appointed a Service and Refurbishment Partner by Renold Gears. With branches in Scarborough and Pocklington, near York, the company has an excellent reputation for customer service and will now be able to provide manufacturer quality gearbox servicing and refurbishment to all its customers in the Yorkshire and Humberside areas.
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Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has honoured Schaeffler with the “Best Support to Profitable Growth” award for its outstanding performance as a supplier. Schaeffler and Vestas intend to further develop their cooperation in the future. Vestas is a technological leader and one of the largest manufacturers in the wind turbine sector. The award given to Schaeffler is named after Vestas’ company strategy: “Best Support to Profitable Growth”. Vestas recognises its suppliers annually in three different supplier awards categories. In the ‘Best Support to Profitable Growth’ category, Vestas honours the supplier that provides the best support in helping it to achieve profitable growth.
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Every year the results of the market survey into the number of sold devices for the technologies of PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) is eagerly awaited. More recently, IO- Link has been included in the notarised statistical analysis of the number of installed nodes in the field. After a surprisingly high number of installed nodes was reported in the first survey for 2014, the rate of increase in the 2015 survey surpassed all expectations. With over 3.5 million nodes in the field, an increase of 63% compared to the prior year (cut-off date: December 31, 2015) was achieved.
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Major developments in health and safety policy and practice will be debated at Health & Safety North 2016. The two-day event, which returns to Bolton Arena on 12th-13th October, is centred on an exhibition that includes a free-to-attend conference curated by the British Safety Council. The event also showcases leading trade bodies, manufacturers and distributors, training providers and consultants in the health and safety sector, providing visitors with access to key industry speakers who will offer unique insights into the health and safety industry. The full seminar programme for the event can be viewed online.
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a Golden Finger award as one of the best industrial robots of 2016 at the China International Robot Show (CIROS) in Shanghai, China. CIROS is organised by the China Machinery Industry Federation and the China Robot Industry Alliance, and is one of the three largest robot technology events in the world. This was the first year for the
Golden Finger awards, which were jointly setup with CIROS and China’s Machinery & Electronics Business newspaper as part of the beginning of the country’s 13th Five Year Plan and Made in China 2025 Strategy. The strategy aims to transform China into a global manufacturing leader; robots will play a key role in improving productivity and shifting the country’s manufacturing focus from being ‘big’ to being ‘strong.’ One out of every four robots sold today is sold in China, which is the
world’s leading robotics growth market. According to the International Federation of Robotics, some 68,000 units were sold in China during 2015, which is a 17 per cent increase over 2014. In industries such as personal
electronics, the need for more customised products and higher quality expectations are changing the nature of manufacturing. Production is shifting from mass producing the same product for a long time to producing small lots of more diverse products for a shorter business cycle. Robots offer the flexibility and agility to remain productive and improve quality
specifically designed to help consumer electronics meet these challenges by unlocking innovative new collaborative manufacturing solutions where people and robots safely work together on shared tasks. “There is an exceptional passion
for innovation here in China. ABB is working closely with its customers to help transform their manufacturing and find new ways of unlocking the flexible, efficient ‘factory of the future,’ today. Collaborative automation will certainly play a large part in this journey,” said Sami Atiya, President of ABB’s Discrete Automation and Motion division. “It’s a great honour for ABB to receive this recognition here in China and amongst distinguished peers at one of the world’s most important robot technology events.”
COPA-DATA 2016 MICROSOFT PARTNER OF THE YEAR I
ndustrial automation software expert, COPA- DATA, took away not just one, but two awards at
this year's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Toronto. The solutions for Smart City with the zenon software won the worldwide Microsoft Partner award in the ‘Public Sector: Microsoft CityNext’ category. As a founding member of the isv4industry software alliance, the Salzburg-based company also reached first place as ‘Microsoft Partner of the Year’ in Austria. Microsoft’s top partners are honoured annually at
the WPC. This year, the international expert jury assessed over 2,500 nominations from 119 countries. The finalists and winners were revealed in Toronto, Canada. Last year, COPA-DATA received the ‘ISV Partner of
the Year’ award from Microsoft Austria. This year, COPA-DATA was honoured amongst the top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementing customer solutions based on Microsoft technology across the Globe.
Gavriella Schuster (general manager, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp.) hands over the 2016 Microsoft Partner of the Year award to Phillip Werr (COPA-DATA marketing manager) at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto
while adapting to meet increasingly diverse consumer needs. ABB’s YuMi robot solution was
“We are honoured to recognise COPA-DATA as this
year’s winner of the 2016 Microsoft Partner of the Year award in the Public Sector: Microsoft CityNext category,” said Gavriella Schuster, General Manager, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. “COPA- DATA is a prime example of the excellent talent we see in our Microsoft partner community to deliver innovative and transformative solutions to our mutual customers.”
RSM ADVISES ON SALE OF MATERIALS SOLUTIONS TO SIEMENS R
SM’s M&A and private equity team has advised on the sale of Worcester-based Materials Solutions to
Siemens. Siemens has acquired a majority stake (85 per cent) in Materials Solutions Ltd, a market-leading specialist in additive manufacturing processing and production. The remaining 15 per cent will be held by the founder of the company, Carl Brancher. Materials Solutions specialises in additive
manufacturing of high performance components for gas turbines, aero systems and auto sports, particularly high temperature applications where accuracy, surface
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finish and the highest materials quality is important to ensure operational performance of the parts. The company is a pioneer in the use of selective laser melting, developing its own materials capabilities, particularly in nickel superalloys. The deal brings together two complementary businesses that will further enhance the digitalisation of manufacturing. Brancher, CEO of Materials Solutions said: “We are very
proud to become a part of Siemens. I am sure our know- how and experience will make a significant contribution to Siemens’ additive manufacturing strategy.”
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