Manufacturers installed 542,000 industrial robots worldwide in 2024, with Asia accounting for 74% of new deployments, as production shifts from fixed-sequence automation toward self-optimising factories that combine robotics, machine vision,…
Source: Econ Market Research →The International Federation of Robotics reported that the global market value of industrial robot installations reached an all-time high of USD 16.7 billion, driven by AI-driven autonomy, IT/OT convergence, the…
Source: Next Move Strategy Consulting →More than 2,200 water-sector specialists from around 100 countries are expected in Riyadh for the 21st IDRA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, the event's first edition to be…
Source: GC Worldwide →Automation Expo North 2026 will run from 9-11 December 2026 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, bringing together more than 250 exhibitors and around 7,000 products spanning AI, robotics, IIoT,…
Source: Automation Expo North →Import compliance guidance for Chinese-made machinery highlights four technical pillars: correct HS classification, verified CE documentation supported by accredited notified-body reports, a structured pre-shipment factory acceptance test, and proper ocean…
Source: ZT RFM →Import guidance for buyers of Chinese machinery notes that most machinery lines carry EU duty rates below 3%, making imports attractive, but stresses that compliance with the Machinery Directive and…
Source: China Check →From 20 January 2027 the EU Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 replaces the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, adding requirements for safety-related software, cybersecurity and digital instructions, and requiring third-party assessment for some…
Source: AGF Freights →At the Global Water Awards 2026 in Madrid, four Chinese enterprises took top honours across reverse osmosis, zero liquid discharge and seawater desalination categories, covering AI-based leakage control, industrial wastewater…
Source: NexTradeBase →Norwegian company Flocean has reached first water at Flocean One, an industrial-scale subsea desalination system deployed at 500 metres depth off Norway's west coast, producing up to one million litres…
Source: Flocean →Energy Recovery has secured a contract to supply its PX Q650 energy recovery devices to a new seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Saudi Arabia that is expected to rank…
Source: Megaproject →Chinese industry media reports that the domestic market for large chemical stainless steel equipment — reactors, towers, storage tanks, heat exchangers and mixing units — has exceeded RMB 180 billion,…
Source: Cross-Strait Economic News →The July 2025 edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code updated Section VIII design and fabrication requirements, tightening how reactor and pressure vessel manufacturers engineer and document pressure-containing…
Source: PW Consulting →Sidel will present packaging line solutions at PACK EXPO International 2026 at Booth S-2431, including the compact RoboAccess_Pal S palletiser, which fits two pallet stations into less than 12 square…
Source: The Machine Maker →Krones has redesigned its Contipure D preform sterilisation module, replacing the previous horizontal three-starwheel layout with up to three vertically stacked process levels that can be switched on or off…
Source: Krones Press →Krones will showcase high-speed filling and packaging lines at Gulfood Manufacturing 2026 in Dubai (3-5 November), including the ErgoBloc L for PET, which divides the bottle flow into two modular…
Source: Krones Press →