INDUSTRY NEWS AUTOMATE UK WEEK TO BRING THE PPMA AND UK
Automate UK has launched Automate UK Week, bringing its award-winning manufacturing, vision, processing and packaging events together. Automate UK Week 2027 will take place
across two halls at the NEC, Birmingham, bringing its award-winning PPMA and UK Automation Shows under one roof in a strategic step forward to create a more integrated, future-focused event that reflects the evolving needs of the industry. James Causebrook, chairman of Automate UK, said: “This announcement reflects our continued commitment to shaping industry policy and supporting growth across the sector.
AUTOMATION SHOWS UNDER ONE ROOF AT THE NEC IN 2027 “It will focus on all facets at every level, from
traditional manufacturing, processing and packaging applications, right through to AMRs, warehouse automation, logistics systems and the enabling technologies that sit around them.” Adding to this, Scott McKenna, chief operating
“Automate UK Week marks the evolution of
our successful events into a more ambitious proposition that brings together the best of robotics, industrial vision, drives, controls and associated emerging technologies for businesses looking to adopt automation.
officer, said: “Our intention in co-locating our flagship shows is to create what we believe is a genuine one-stop shop for industrial automation in the UK, thereby enabling exhibitors and visitors to maximise their experience and get the best possible return on their investment.”
www.automate-uk.com OMRON PUBLISHES PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINT DATA
OMRON Electronic Components Europe is scaling product carbon footprint (PCF) reporting across its portfolio, helping customers strengthen their supply-chain auditing and prepare for forthcoming EU Digital Product Passports. PCF data is available for a growing number of products, including the G9KB, G6DN, and G9KC relays, and B3SL surface-mount tactile switches, as OMRON continues to calculate data for more products in the portfolio. The rollout strategically prioritises the most popular lines, to maximise early support for customers working towards the EU DPP initiative and other regulations. The reporting program is one result of the wider DMS Green Project, begun by the OMRON Device & Module Solutions Company
(DMS) in Japan to cut environmental impact and CO2 emissions. Within the DMS Green Project, OMRON built its own PCF calculator leveraging the principles of ISO 14067, the international standard for carbon-footprint quantification. This calculator is now independently approved, and OMRON is making the tool available to supply-chain partners, assisting industry-wide expansion of product-level carbon reporting and reduction. Depending on the product family, OMRON’s PCF
results are either third-party verified or self-declared based on ISO 14067 to accelerate data availability.
https://components.omron.com/eu-en THE LEE COMPANY OPENS NEW INNOVATION CENTRE
To accelerate product development and reinforce its continued commitment to innovation in miniature, The Lee Company has opened a 27,500 square foot Innovation Centre. Inspired by company’s focus on
solving meaningful problems with excellence, the Innovation Centre brings engineers together in an open workspace with integrated labs that help transform ideas into action. At its core is a fully equipped machine shop built for rapid, precision fabrication. The facility also offers high resolution additive manufacturing, with additional lab infrastructure
planned to support advanced testing, automation, and system level experimentation. “This facility is a world-class engineering playground that allows us to simulate real customer
environments in-house and develop a deeper understanding of the problems they're trying to solve,” said Thomas Frosell, vice president of Innovation. “We have the tools, the team and the environment needed for success – enabling us to move faster, accelerate our learning, and design solutions that are aligned with where our customers are headed.”
www.theleeco.com 8 DESIGN SOLUTIONS APRIL 2026 DIGIKEY NOW STOCKS
MIKROE CLICK BOARDS MIKROE’s entire portfolio of Click boards is now being stocked by DigiKey. Compact Click add-on boards for functions such as sensors, connectivity, power, displays, and interfaces, enable developers to rapidly provide proof-of-concept, then prototype and code new embedded projects. Comment on this, Nebojsa Matic, CEO of MIKROE: “Many design engineers use DigiKey at the development stage, as they are famed for huge product range and fast delivery. Our Click board family perfectly matches this philosophy: we offer a diverse range of nearly 2000 products – with new boards added every week – and we help engineers go from concept to working prototype faster than ever before, by enabling them to evaluate many options without having to learn new development tools.” According to the company, designers can
find literally millions of reference designs featuring Click boards on MIKROE’s embedded projects platform, EmbeddedWiki.
www.mikroe.com
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