Company Investment

The cutting-edge factory will reportedly embody the true nature of ‘smart manufacturing’ thanks to the complex, automated interlinking of its work processes.

Robotics & Automation

World’s first fully automated licence plate plant

Graphene has many potentially revolutionary properties. Image courtesy of the University of Manchester

Innovation

Graphene offers new battery options and potential for limitless energy

Leadership & Strategy

The Manufacturer celebrates 20 years of industry-leading insight

A Model 3 under construction on a Tesla assembly line. Image courtesy of Tesla.

Tesla suffers worst quarter ever as production delays hit

A Baidu self-driving car. Image courtesy of Baidu.

Baidu announces autonomous car partnership

Headphone manufacturer beyerdynamic was founded 1924 in Berlin - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Robotics & Automation

Headphone manufacturer doubles output through robots

Ford is increasing its range of electric vehicles. Image courtesy of Ford.

Ford plans to move away from traditional cars

The research from Canonical looked at the views, opinions and experiences of 361 IoT professionals regarding past, present and future IoT projects.

Digital Transformation

Number of large scale global IoT projects doubles

IoT

Germany is the world’s fifth largest industrial robots market, and by far the largest in Europe.

Robotics & Automation

What are the world’s largest industrial robots markets?

Power Plants Power Station Chimney Power Plant Gas Industrial Energy Environment Electricity Atmosphere Steam Fuel Power Generation – image courtesy of Pixabay.

Digital Transformation

One in five power plants to become digitalised by 2025

The Ashington plant uses a variety of renewable energy sources, including photovoltaic (PV) cells and a biomass boiler – image courtesy of AkzoNobel.

Smart Factory

AkzoNobel opens £100m paint factory of the future