Robotics
BMW develops software for humanoid robotics in component production
Wednesday, 12 August 2026

BMW Group Plant Landshut is taking on central software development tasks for AI-supported robotics in component production.

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Industry 4.0 / IOT
The real bottleneck in agentic AI is not the model, it is the handoff
Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Manufacturers have spent the past two years proving that agentic AI can work on the factory floor.

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Energy Efficiency
HRS Unicus Series – When thorough mixing needs to be gentle
Wednesday, 05 August 2026

Scraped surface heat exchangers (SSHEs) are widely recognised as the best solution for heat transfer applications – such as pasteurisation, cooling or sterilisation – involving thick and vi

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Equipment
Kardex showcases AutoStore innovations and launches new PortScale in New Zealand
Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Kardex unveiled its new SmartWorkStation, combining its Intuitive Picking Assistant (IPA) with the new PortScale precision weighing solution, at CeMAT Australia 2026.

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Automation
TURCK Australia New Zealand reaches for great heights under new leadership
Wednesday, 05 August 2026

When Geoff Thorp stepped into the role of Managing Director at TURCK Australia New Zealand in July 2025, he inherited a business with a strong reputation, a loyal customer base and more than two de

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Energy Efficiency
Making the most of your energy :The benefits of waste heat recovery~
Wednesday, 29 July 2026

As manufacturing facilities look to reduce emissions, many focus on large-scale changes such as switching energy sources or installing new equipment.

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Motors & Drives
Nord extends functional safety of its drive electronics
Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Extensive safety upgrade for NORDAC ON: the most recent product family of decentralised frequency inverters from Nord Drivesystems receives new functional safety features.

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Automation
Safeguarding critical medical research through cold chain
Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Managing biological samples requires strict temperature control, with research materials stored across a range of environments from standard laboratory refrigeration through to ultra-low temperature and cryogenic freezers.

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Health & Safety
Cocaine tightens grip on NZ workplaces, positive tests up nearly 70%
Wednesday, 05 August 2026

Cocaine use is on the rise across New Zealand workplaces. That’s a key finding of the latest Imperans Report, a quarterly analysis of drug use in the workplace

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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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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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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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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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Energy Efficiency
BASF gets an 11-stage compressor system
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
BASF is investing in one of the most powerful heat pump systems at its main facility in Ludwigshafen.
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Energy Efficiency
Reliability and recovery from rotating R Series
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Corrugated tube heat exchangers are reliable and efficient, offering a number of advantages over plate and smooth tube heat exchangers.
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