Due to popular demand, Weldability SIF is hosting another free Demo Day on 22 October 2025. Come and witness the company's class-leading HPC Laser in action, alongside the industry's safest booth solutions from Cepro.

As a result of their popularity at the 2024 event, the number of Action Areas at MachineBuilding.Live 2025 has been increased. On these special stands, leading experts from across the machine building and factory automation spectrum will be providing live demonstrations of their latest technologies and innovations. Many of them will be making their UK debut at this event.

JET PRESS is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for the prestigious Excellence in Procurement category at the Made in Britain Impact Awards 2025.

Bollhoff has announced the official opening of its new training and further education centre in Bielefeld. Invited guests from local politics, schools and universities as well as from partner companies, gained deep insights into the state-of-the-art training and further education centre - and, in addition to that, into training and further education at Bollhoff in general.

The Zygology team is exhibiting at the Advanced Engineering Show at the NEC, Birmingham, at the end of October.

This year marks a major milestone - 100 years of SIF. That's a century of bringing welders, fabricators and makers the consumables and equipment they need to get the job done.

The Workshop sessions at MachineBuilding.Live and FoodManufacturing.Live have received CPD accreditation, with the content having been assessed and confirmed as meeting the high standards suitable for Continuous Professional Development.

Precision engineering component distributor Accu, based in Huddersfield, has completed a groundbreaking STEM pilot project with Holmfirth High School that challenged pupils to design and build their own Antweight combat robots, with the company now looking to gather interest from schools with a view to rolling out the programme across the West Yorkshire region.

Robot installations in the UK fell 35% in 2024, contrasting sharply with Europe, according to the latest figures from the International Federation of Robotics. Industry commentators agree that UK product manufacturers will need to increase their investment in robotics if they are to keep up with international competition; at MachineBuilding.Live, you can find out all about the automation of fastening and bonding processes, with numerous exhibits from robotics, control, automation, fastening and bonding specialists.

The machines that enable smart manufacturing mean factories are teeming with thousands of non-human identities (NHIs), from robotic arms PLCs to IoT and IIoT sensors seamlessly integrated through the production lines. While they drive operational efficiency, they also represent a rapidly expanding and often invisible attack service. Industrial security is a key theme at MachineBuilding.Live on 15 October, across both the exhibition hall and the workshop programme.