Jacobs Vehicle Systems has announced it will open a manufacturing facility in the city of Brno in the Czech Republic

Sweden-based marine and industrial brake supplier Dellner Brakes has acquired German brake specialist JHS Jungblut in a move that will strengthen the company’s offering in the wind energy market, and also enable further global expansion, particularly in the Far East

New research from leading European service logistics specialist, Carousel Logistics, has revealed that almost half of UK and German manufacturing businesses believe they have time to prepare their supply chains for Brexit, but they have called for clarity to allow them to do so

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GKN Aerospace has been improving production times and removing design constraints for multiple tooling applications since integrating additive manufacturing at its Filton manufacturing site in the UK

In order to accomplish its core competence of supplying clean air to industry, Nederman is setting its sights squarely on the Industry 4.0 revolution with its new Nederman Insight platform

Employees at Ford’s Valencia Engine Assembly Plant, in Spain, are using a special suit equipped with advanced body tracking technology

Audi and Ericsson have announced plans to pioneer the use of 5G technology for automotive production. 5G is the next-generation of mobile communications, which will extend the performance of today’s mobile networks to serve the future needs of consumers and industries

First unveiled to UK customers at MACH 2018, FANUC’s Zero Downtime (ZDT) technology allows production managers to optimise, maintain and analyse the performance of their industrial robots, in real-time

With its Perfectly Keyless app, Bosch is making conventional vehicle keys a thing of the past. “Bosch is taking the car key into the digital realm and making it available anywhere, anytime,” says Harald Kröger, president of the Bosch Automotive Electronics division