Hassle-free food modernisation

Revenues in the food and beverage industry are growing, but profit margins are shrinking. Market forces, combined with the battle to meet ever-changing consumer demands without compromising quality and food safety, means that many manufacturers and retailers have pushed price margins to the limit. Here, Sean Robinson, service leader at industrial automation specialist Novotek UK & Ireland, explains how to modernise without the hassle.

If you can't stand the heat"¦

At the start of 2018, the BBC reported that the UK's manufacturing output was at its highest rate for ten years. This increase can largely be attributed to the UK's recovery from the global economic crisis and its uptake of automation technology. However, while the food and beverage industry has been slower than other sectors to embrace automation technology, this doesn't have to be the case. Here, Stephen Hayes, managing director of industrial PC provider Beckhoff Automation UK, explains how automation tools like PC-based control systems will help food manufacturers keep up with their competition.

Celera Motion Broadens Precision Motion Capabilities

Adds Servo Drives to Complement Its Encoders, Motors and Mechatronics

DQE Communications: Why Today's Manufacturers Need High Speed, Fiber Optic Networks

With the rise of digitally-enabled advances such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Industrial IoT (IIoT), the network solutions provider is on a mission to ensure that modern enterprises, including manufacturers, have the high-speed, high capacity networks they need to power production.

Webinar Showcases How Modern ERP Software Can Attract the Next Generation Workforce

Ultra Consultants and SYSPRO USA Present Informative Webinar Session Geared to Manufacturing, Distribution Project Teams

XPRIZE Founder Peter Diamandis to Keynote LiveWorx, the Definitive Conference for Digital Transformation

Leaders at the Forefront of Technology to Explore the Human Potential in the Augmented Workforce

Hermle to Showcase "Milling at its Best" at 2019 Global Open House

Visitors will have the opportunity to interact with more than twenty machine models in various configurations and with complementary equipment from high-tech industries to demonstrate the vast range of capabilities provided by Hermle products.

Joint euspen/ASPE Event Covers Advanced Precision in Additive Manufacturing

AM/3D Printing is today making concerted strides as a manufacturing technology, but as it makes the transition to a factory floor technology, a focus on precision and verifiable repeatability is fundamental.

Phase 1 Technology Now Representing Newsight Imaging High Performance CMOS Sensors

Leading machine vision and automated vision camera and component distributor Phase 1 Technology has been selected to represent high performance CMOS sensors from Newsight Imaging.

ProMach Strengthens Robotics Integration Capabilities with Acquisition of Quest Industrial

Deal expands ProMach's growing robotics and integrated solutions portfolio and enhances robotic service capabilities across multiple markets

MT360 CONFERENCE TO BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES

Event provides practical guidance on implementing advanced yet available technologies, exposes high tech firms to market opportunities available in manufacturing.

FlexCNC Introduces new Beam Line

The FlexBEAM has a monoblock welded steel frame with high rigidity and a t-slot machine bed. It features 3 axis interpolation, scribing, automatic hydraulic workholding and automatic tool touch-off.

Unique in the market: Basler launches intelligent lighting solutions

Basler launches intelligent, easy-to-install and cost-effective lighting solutions. Depending on the requirements of the vision system, customers can choose between a flexible and an easy approach.

nVent Offers 'On-Demand' Industry-Leading Enclosures and Thermal Management Solutions

nVent launched its new HOFFMAN on Demand quick ship program where customers choose from a full range of products that are locally available and ready to ship through authorized HOFFMAN on Demand distributors.

Balluff Releases New Print and Digital Product Catalogs

The five-volume set is available in print or as digital flipbooks on the company's website.

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