Workforce

BMG Expands Leadership Team

BMG appointments across finance, operations, marketing, sales, aftermarket services, and lean manufacturing aim to support growth in thermoforming packaging and automation.

July 20, 2026

Controls & machine components

Controls & machine components

Tavoron Expands Automation Capabilities with Acquisition of Fluidraulics

Tavoron

Transaction further expands Tavoron’s Automation Distribution segment and represents the company’s fifth add-on acquisition since its partnership with Fusion Capital Partners.

July 16, 2026

Operational Excellence

Yaskawa America Earns Outstanding CX Award in Independent 2025 Customer Experience Audit

Yaskawa America, Inc.

Yaskawa earned an overall score of 90 out of 100 and an excellent Net Promoter Score of 66 — up more than 4 points from the prior year.

July 6, 2026

Robotics

Physical AI Dominates Automate 2026’s Opening Day, While Humanoids Steal the Show Floor

New eight-axis arms, seven-axis cobots, and AI-driven platforms put physical AI to work in Chicago. Backflipping robots and coffee-pouring humanoids are the fun part, but they aren't ready for the packaging line.

June 23, 2026

Robotics

Novarc and Yaskawa Enter Strategic Memorandum of Understanding to Advance AI-powered Autonomous Welding Automation

Yaskawa America, Inc.

Novarc and Yaskawa partnership aims to integrate AI-powered welding intelligence with industrial robotics, advancing autonomous welding, improving precision, and enabling connected Industry 4.0 fabrication environments.

June 16, 2026

Filling, Capping & Closing

Technology Minute: Vacuum Barrier Delivers Precise Liquid Nitrogen Dosing

Vacuum Barrier Delivers Precise Liquid Nitrogen Dosing

June 11, 2026

Controls & Machine Components

Direct-to-Object Printing Application a Practical Proving Ground for Planar

Norwalt applied Beckhoff’s XPlanar planar technology to a direct-to-object printing platform designed to handle multiple package geometries through software-defined motion rather than dedicated mechanical change parts.

May 21, 2026

Operational Excellence

MECH-I-TRONIC Expands into the Americas to Strengthen Its Global Presence

MECH-I-TRONIC

The mechatronic provider acquires Apex Machine (U.S.) and RK Ferramentaria (Brazil) and aims to reach a target of €500 million (about $586 million) in revenue by 2028, supported by further M&A activity.

May 1, 2026

Controls & Machine Components

Advantech and ei³ Partner to Deliver Zero-Trust Secure Remote Service Platform

Advantech

Partnership combines Advantech’s UNO edge computer with ei3’s cloud and edge security technologies to enable safe, scalable, and IT-approved connectivity for industrial machines.

April 23, 2026

Controls & machine components

KHK USA Inc.

KHK USA offers from 3D CAD models for al 15,200 configurations of metric spur gears, helical gears, internal ring gears, gear racks, straight, spiral & zerol miter gears, straight, spiral, zerol and hypoid bevel gears, screw gears, worms & wormwheels and right-angle gearbox.

259 Elm Place

Mineola, MN 11501

April 9, 2026

Sustainability

OMAC Releases New PackML Implementation Guide – Sustainability

Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC)

OMAC's guide provides a standardized framework to help automation professionals track energy consumption and integrate sustainability metrics into machine operations.

April 8, 2026

Controls & machine components

iAutomation Expands Automation Solutions with Festo Across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast

iAutomation

Partnership brings Festo’s pneumatic and electric automation solutions to regional customers, enabling iAutomation to deliver locally supported automation systems.

April 3, 2026

Controls & Machine Components

Yaskawa America, Inc. Acquires Variadores SAS

Yaskawa America, Inc.

Partnership expands direct Yaskawa presence in Colombia and the entire Andean region of South America.

March 23, 2026