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During 2019, the use of liquefied petroleum gas in Toyota Material Handling Europe’s production facility in Mjölby, Sweden will be replaced with liquid biogas

Enrico Krog Iversen, former CEO of the industry-leading collaborative robot pioneer, Universal Robots, along with the Danish Growth Fund, is addressing the next challenge in automation with the merger of three innovative end-of-arm tooling companies to facilitate the ongoing growth of collaborative robotics

A new production plant for MULTIVAC Bulgaria Production Ltd has been inaugurated in Bozhurishte, near Sofia, with a festive opening ceremony held in early June 2018

Siemens AG and Covestro Deutschland AG have concluded a Joint Business Development Plan to provide further strategic reinforcement of their trust-based partnership of many years, particularly in the field of digitalisation

As part of a global investment programme across the company’s seven manufacturing sites, GKN Wheels and Structures is commissioning a brand-new manufacturing cell at its plant in Nagbøl, Denmark

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Ascott Analytical has spent several years developing its MAG-DRIVE, a magnetic drive which powers the salt spray applicator in its range of corrosion test chambers

Visqueen has achieved Zero Waste to Landfill certification from Valpak at its Heanor and Rhymney manufacturing sites

INEOS Phenol is taking the next step to build a world scale Cumene unit in Germany to be completed in 2020