Staytite recently joined fellow S&C Alliance members DWG Infraco and Interflon in St Austell to deliver an S&C Alliance Awareness Session for Network Rail teams.

Essentra Components, the global manufacturer and distributor of essential industrial components, has announced that its head office, Kidlington, Oxford, UK, has achieved IATF 16949:2016 certification, the internationally recognised quality management standard for the automotive industry.

Lightweight UAV sandwich structures offer exceptional strength-to-weight performance. But they leave almost no margin for error when it comes to fastening. When a manufacturer found that even a small tightening force could crush the core, and a relatively small loading across a small area could disbond the skins, it turned to bigHead for a solution.

Precision engineering component distributor Accu is celebrating the success of its lead customer development specialist Melissa Davidson, who has been recognised as one of West Yorkshire's Top 30 Under 30.

Chemique Adhesives has invested in new equipment and expanded its manufacturing and storage facilities, reinforcing its ability to provide a consistent and dependable supply to customers.

As part of the United Nations Global Compact's SDG Innovation Accelerator for Young Professionals, a cohort of young professionals from Essentra, the global manufacturer and distributor of essential industrial components, has presented a proposal to address manufacturing's diversity and skills gap.

Bulten has entered into an agreement to divest its European automotive contract manufacturing business to Maelir, a Swedish investment firm, in a transaction that creates a more focused Bulten and gives the divested business a new long-term owner for its next phase of development.

What a year it has been for the UK automation community! Following hot on the heels of our sold-out Northern event, MachineBuilding.South wrapped up to yet more record crowds earlier this month. But we've been saving the absolute biggest for last.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited ARaymond's site in Lorrach on 1 July, 2026. The visit was part of his Ortszeit Deutschland ("Local Time Germany") initiative, during which he temporarily relocated his official seat from Berlin to the Three-Country Region (Dreilandereck) at the borders of Germany, France and Switzerland.

Wessex Resins & Adhesives is now a member of MAKE UK Defence. Building on three decades at the forefront of UK defence manufacturing, membership marks a new chapter in the company's growing commitment to the manufacturing industry in the UK.