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Automotive cybersecurity and the confidence to transform

April 10, 2026

Swiss-based Robotronic has partnered with Mitsubishi Electric’s Factory Automation EMEA division for more than two decades.

Medical & Pharmaceuticals

Robotronic & Mitsubishi Electric aim to strengthen pharmaceutical supply chain

April 8, 2026

BMW has offered a sneak preview of the advanced automation systems inside its radically revamped Munich plant, ahead of a major transformation milestone as production of its Neue Klasse models ramps up from 2026.

Automotive

Inside BMW’s high-tech Munich plant: automation in action

April 6, 2026

Daimler Truck, the Volvo Group and Toyota Motor Corporation have agreed to explore a three‑way partnership to accelerate the development of hydrogen fuel cell systems for heavy‑duty vehicles, in a move that underscores growing industry collaboration to decarbonise transport.

Automotive

Daimler, Volvo, Toyota join forces to automate the hydrogen truck revolution

April 6, 2026

NextGen Nano announces plans for £300M agrivoltaics development programme

April 3, 2026

By Professor Fiona Charnley, Professor of circular innovation at the University of Exeter and researcher at the ReMake Value Retention Centre (RVRC). The UK’s renewable energy transition is often judged by the number of projects delivered, yet its long term success hinges on something far less visible - whether the technologies we deploy are capable of retaining value throughout their life cycles, or whether they shed it, ultimately adding to the waste burden we are trying to reduce.

Energy & Utilities

Circular economy: the energy is renewable, but is the infrastructure?

April 3, 2026

ABB brings GenAI into energy management

March 30, 2026

$As the automotive industry transitions to hybrids and fully electric vehicles, advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), self-driving, the software-defined vehicle (SDV), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, a wrench has been thrown into the works. Semiconductors, upon which all of these technological advances rely, are now the subject of fractious geopolitics. The world had spent decades globalising industry. Now country-of-origin is a priority.$ $As the automotive industry transitions to hybrids and fully electric vehicles, advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), self-driving, the software-defined vehicle (SDV), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, a wrench has been thrown into the works. Semiconductors, upon which all of these technological advances rely, are now the subject of fractious geopolitics. The world had spent decades globalising industry. Now country-of-origin is a priority.$