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Automation
Why Smart Factories Need Smarter Safety Systems
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
In the world of modern manufacturing, machine safety is no longer limited to physical barriers and emergency stops.
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Manufacturing
The stocktake is in - and NZ manufacturers enter FY2027 with the leanest warehouses in three years
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
With new data revealing stock levels are down 57% year-on-year, New Zealand manufacturers are entering the new financial year leaner, under more margin pressure, and with less buffer for error than
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Automation
Tackling leakage in an era of “weather whiplash”
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
With drought and flooding increasingly arriving in quick succession, water companies need leakage strategies that can adapt just as quickly.
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Electrical Technology
Protecting built heritage from within
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Some of our most important connections to the past are not found in museums, but in the buildings that continue to stand at the heart of towns and cities.
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Industry 4.0 / IOT
The Last Mile of AI: Why Your Engineering and Manufacturing Supply Chain “Pilot” Never Makes It into Production
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Across the engineering and manufacturing sector, AI has become the centerpiece of supply chain modernisation conversations.
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Energy Efficiency
Fricy food trend needs reliable processing equipment
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
For manufacturers, the fricy trend presents two key challenges in terms of processing. The first is that the importance of flavour and texture in these (sometimes novel) foodstuffs means that it is...
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Industry 4.0 / IOT
BMW Group advances the use of Physical AI in production with Figure 03 project in Spartanburg
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
BMW Group intensifies the usage of digitalisation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in production.
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Manufacturing
Your manufacturing & engineering supply chain tech implementation went live but no one knows how to use it
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
When a manufacturing and engineering supply chain technology implementation reaches go live, the typical reaction inside the organisation is relief.
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Food & Beverage
Next-generation rotating retractors clean hard-to-reach areas in processing lines
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
The introduction of the high-performance CIP cleaning devices underscores Alfa Laval’s commitment to providing manufacturers across the dairy, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries
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Motors & Drives
Nordac Fusion: combines motor and inverter into a compact high-performance unit
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
With Nordac Fusion, Nord Drivesystems launches a powerful drive system that combines motor and inverter into a compact unit.
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Automation
Industrial Ethernet in eight of ten new nodes
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
HMS Networks has released its annual analysis of the industrial network market, marking twelve consecutive years of tracking how factories and machine builders connect their automation systems.
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Equipment
Lose your cool with the HRS I Series
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Not-from-concentrate (NFC) juices – and orange juice in particular – continue to grow in popularity, with global transport dominated by frozen juice to maintain quality and freshness.
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Motors & Drives
Lone Star Marine anchors global growth with Bonfiglioli Drives
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Established 15 years ago as an importer of marine products, Lone Star Marine has evolved into a global manufacturer of advanced marine anchoring systems, supplying customers across Australia, New Z
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Automation
Long-distance signal delivery is critical to rail safety
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Copper cabling has long been used in safety-critical rail applications such as emergency tripping systems.
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Automation
Why Smart Factories are still leaving AI on the table
Friday, 03 July 2026
Smart factories have never been more capable on paper.
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