Azenta Life Sciences announce, as part of their commitment to sustainable science, that they are increasing the use of recycled polypropylene in their FluidX sample storage consumables range. To support this initiative, from January 2025, all SBS tube rack bases will be manufactured with up to 90% recycled polypropylene, sourced from repurposed material generated during…

Broughton, a leading contract research organisation specialising in reduced-risk nicotine products, welcomes the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to authorise ZYN nicotine pouches for sale. This critical milestone underscores the importance of science-based tobacco harm reduction and provides adult smokers with a viable alternative to combustible cigarettes.   Nicotine pouches, a modern oral…

~ WEG low-voltage motors support 50 per cent higher throughput on commercial bread roll line ~   With an output of up to 45,000 rolls per hour, the KGV-H industrial bread roll line from the Austrian manufacturer Koenig sets new performance standards — including a 50 per cent higher throughput than the usual commercial bread…

~ Technology that tackles the plastic waste problem ~   As highlighted by recent research, fewer than 60 multinational companies are responsible for more than half of the world’s plastic pollution, with six companies alone accounting for a quarter of this waste. Here Tom Cash, director of automation parts supplier, Foxmere, explains how advanced technologies…

Imagine a factory where the lights are off, not because no one is home, but because automated systems are working around the clock to keep production lines running with minimal human intervention. These futuristic setups are quickly becoming a reality, with touchless tool changes at the core of the automated machine cell. Here Peter Pettersson,…

4–6 February 2025 Farnborough International Exhibition Centre – Stand C110 Hemel Hempstead, 16. January 2025 – binder UK will be showcasing examples from its comprehensive range of circular connectors including the latest addition to its PBC 15 industrial connectors at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2025 on 4-6 February at The Farnborough Exhibitions Centre.  Binder can…

Lane Electronics  a market-leading franchised distributor for many of the industry’s major electrical, electronic and optical connector manufacturers are pleased to announce their extended supply portfolio of fibre-optic connectors with the recent accreditation of Weald Electronics by Cinch Connectivity Solutions Ltd as a termination and assembly partner for the Fibreco® family of high-performance, high-reliability expanded…

Resolve Optics is a leading supplier of application optimized relay lenses that improve the efficiency of image intensifiers.    An image intensifier is a device for increasing the intensity of available light in an optical system to allow use under low-light conditions, to facilitate visual imaging of low-light processes, to convert non-visible to a visible light source, or to…

Microchip’s PCI100x devices deliver high performance and cost efficiency for any application where accelerated or specialized computing is used   CHANDLER, Ariz., January 16, 2025 — Efficient management of high-bandwidth data transfer and seamless communication between multiple devices or subsystems are critical in automotive, industrial and data center applications, making PCIe® switches an indispensable solution.…

The Spanish company Aitiip Technology Center maintains one of Europe’s largest development labs for additive manufacturing. For automating the previously conducted manual post processing operation the company purchased a S1 shot blasting machine from AM Solutions – 3D post processing technology. This resulted in higher operational efficiency, better quality and increased production capacity.   As…