Issue No: 17
27th February 2025

Make UK launches National Manufacturing Day 2025

With labour shortages continuing to be a problem for the food and beverage sector, manufacturers will surely welcome Make UK's National Manufacturing Day 2025. Companies from around the UK will host open days on 25 September to give visitors a unique behind-the-scenes look at the innovative and varied jobs that British industry has to offer. Food and beverage is a key focus, with guests given the opportunity to talk to current apprentices, and delve into the key roles that will drive the innovations of tomorrow.

With best regards

Mark Simms, Editor
msimms@theengineeringnetwork.co.uk

EDITORS CHOICE

SICK partners with Universal Robots to deliver safe, seamless collaboration between cobots and humans

SICK has brought a new safety solution to the market with its End of Arm Safeguard (EOAS) for collaborative robots (cobots). The first of its kind, the EOAS enables closer collaboration between robots and humans.

Conveyor configuration time reduced by 75% for delicate foods material handling

Vibratory conveyor supplier to the food industry, VCSP, has achieved a step-change in productivity, uptime and hygiene thanks to a new control system from Mitsubishi Electric.

Raising hygiene standards for drinks manufacturers

igus presents lubrication-free drylin linear and drive technology - designed according to EHEDG guidelines.

CASE STUDIES, NEW PRODUCTS & NEWS

Configurable small controller PNOZmulti 2 offers future-proof solution at NOM

In a successful retrofit of a dairy palletising system, the PNOZmulti 2 small controller from Pilz has replaced the obsolete muting solution at Austrian diary industry specialist NOM.

EVENTS & COURSES

Pilz Machinery Safety Webinar Series Updated for 2025

Pilz Automation Technology is continuing its series of free Machinery Safety webinars throughout 2025, with some new additions to the schedule.

For more pointed machine building conversations, come here…

MachineBuilding.North takes place at the Concorde Centre, Runway Visitor Park, Manchester on Thursday 10 April, and you're invited to pre-register now for a VIP Visitor badge to attend with ...

New Northern Event Announced For Machine Builders And Systems Integrators

The Engineering Network (TEN), organiser of last year's extremely successful MachineBuilding.Live, has confirmed a new event to serve machine builders and systems integrators based in the North.

Advertise with FoodManufacturing.net

Food Manufacturing.net is published exclusively for food and drink industry engineering professionals. The website includes news, views, case studies, technical articles and new product analysis on all aspects of engineering for the food and drink industry's engineers: from design engineering to installation, commissioning, maintenance and repair.

The average nett spend initiated by engineers in the food and drink industry outstrips almost all other manufacturing sectors, and the arrival of Food Manufacturing.net means that suppliers of engineering solutions to the sector now have a unique and laser focused platform to showcase their wares and successes.

Free guide to Food and Beverage Industry Machine Design

Now published is the Guide to Food & Beverage Industry Machine Design, produced by MachineBuilding.net (a sister publication to FoodManufacturing.net). The free guide covers technological and market trends, legislation, regulations and standards,  machine zones, electrical equipment, fluid power, robotics, conveyors, mechanical components, machinery safety, energy efficiency, productivity, maintenance and more...
ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER

We are sending you this newsletter because you requested it or you have a connection to one of the companies on the FoodManufacturing.net website (for example you might be the marketing manager, PR agent or advertising agent). Under GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation), the lawful basis on which we are sending you the newsletter is therefore either Consent or Legitimate Interest. Follow the link to read our Privacy Policy . You can unsubscribe by clicking the link in the footer of this newsletter.