The new World Robotics report recorded 4,281,585 units operating in factories worldwide - an increase of 10%. Annual installations exceeded half a million units for the third consecutive year. By region, 70% of all newly deployed robots 2023 were installed in Asia, 17% in Europe and 10% in the Americas.

Industrial robots in Europe are on the rise: The European Union´s (EU) 27 member states installed almost 72,000 units in 2022 – up 6% year-on-year. These are PRELIMINARY results, presented by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Printed electronics are decidedly on the move. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is no longer a niche technology. It is already being used to great effect in many areas of everyday life: in our passports, ID cards and travel cards, clothes, library books, and much more. The vast scale and intricacy of the RFID market also offers new opportunities for the printing industry. With this in mind, ISBC has developed and presented on the market an innovative product: ISBC® RFID Paper. The product is sheet-fed and made with 100% fibre-based Swiss Matt paper substrate from specialty paper manufacturer Sappi. RFID chips are embedded into the paper sheets causing no effect over the paper surface – it remains flat and smooth.

Robotics and automation from Germany cannot escape from the economic consequences of the corona crisis: VDMA R+A is currently expecting a drop in sales of at least 20 percent for 2020. The fundamental growth prospects of the industry, however, are positive for the time after COVID-19.

The Conference on Robotics Technology in Machine Building has taken place at EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds within the conference programme of Russian Industry Week and Rusweld 2022.

Yamato showed customers at PPMATotal 2019 how it can help ensure compliance with government and supermarket standards using state-of-the-art metal detection and X-ray technology.

From June 19th - 22nd, 2018, the international automation industry will once again be descending on Munich.

Gebo Cermex, part of the Sidel Group and world leader in packaging line engineering and material handling solutions, has recently signed a supply agreement with KUKA AG. The contract was finalised in Munich at Drinktec 2017,

The real benefit of combined case packing and palletizing applications lies in the reduced floor space taken upon packing lines, which have to be as compact as possible in cosmetics and pharma sectors, so that a single operator can run them.

The word RAIN – an acronym is derived from RAdio frequency IdentificatioN. RAIN promotes awareness, education, and initiatives to accelerate UHF RFID adoption in business and consumer applications worldwide.

OMRON Corporation will release an absolute pressure sensor1 capable of accurately detecting 50cm altitudinal variations on July 29th 2013.