CONTENTS IRISH MANUFACTURING


SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL EFICIENCY JANUARY 2024


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NEWS


4 NI advanced manufacturing specialist to invest over £5 million in digital transformation


6 Embrace robotics in 2024, says FUNAC


COMMENT 10 FANUC’s hottest automation trends for 2024 FEATURES


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Test & Measurement


14 How to realise power-saving analogue-to-digital conversion for highly accurate measurements


16 Production test: the key to supplying the highest quality ASICs


Pumps & Pumping Systems 20 Europump unveils enhanced website


Food & Beverage 22 Strengthening food safety together


Automation


24 How sustainability, artifi cial intelligence and reshoring will shape the demand for automation


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Power 30 Five things to consider when purchasing a load bank


Warehouse & Materials Handling 32 Part and parcel


Barcoding, Labelling & Packaging 36 Eliminate strapping to hold spacers and bearers


38 Pulse kicks off 2024 with new Polish factory investment


DIN Rail Power Supplies Reliable - Compact - Cost-oriented - In stock


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