NEWS
NEWS
News and updates from the Innomech team
along with advice and industry commentary
NEWS

Integration of IT and OT in UK Manufacturing
Information technology and operational technology are not new concepts to manufacturing. Both play a role, and both have a function to perform. However, IT and OT convergence is a new way of thinking and operating. Helping to drive manufacturing forward, achieve...

How to Future-Proof Your Business with Automation
Futureproof manufacturing with automation is no longer optional - it's essential. As we know, current manufacturing cannot be, and is most certainly not, business as usual. With ongoing market disruptions, supply chain challenges, and let’s not forget, the current...

What’s Next For Manufacturing? – A Post-Election Update
In 2024, the manufacturing sector had very clear goals: to continue supporting economic stability and improve investment. And as we look back on Q1 and Q2, we can see a positive shift in business confidence in the sector and a boost in growth prospects. In addition,...
Press release: Innomech hosted automation and manufacturing workshop at B2B event
Tim Mead, commercial director at GB Innomech hosted an automation and manufacturing workshop at the Bench to Boardroom one day networking event and exhibition organised by One Nucleus (8 Mar 2011, Newmarket Racecourse; see www.onenucleus.com for more information)....
Press release: Innomech to lead automation workshop at B2B life science event
Tim Mead, commercial director at GB Innomech (Innomech), has been invited to lead a round table workshop on automation at Bench-to-Boardroom (B2B), one of the UK’s most popular networking exhibitions for the life science and healthcare industry. B2B is an intensive...
Press release: Innomech celebrates 21st birthday
Ely-based GB Innomech (Innomech) – which specialises in the design and development of advanced automation systems to improve manufacturing efficiency and costs – has celebrated 21 years of business success this week with a dinner for staff and their partners at...
Press release: Innomech trades technology for art with college sponsorship
GB Innomech (Innomech), which specialises in the design and development of advanced automation systems, is strengthening its community links and encouraging local students to develop their creativity through a unique tie up with nearby Witchford Village College...
Editorial: Quality without the Pain
Peter Woods, programme manager at GB Innomech describes new automated approaches in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers are constantly focused on guaranteeing product quality and patient safety. The highly regulated...
Press release: Innomech develops powerful ‘track and trace’ technology for healthcare markets
GB Innomech (Innomech), which specialises in the development of advanced automation systems, is helping develop a powerful new low-cost approach to uniquely mark pharmaceutical and related healthcare products and therefore improve product traceability. The technique...
Press release: Innomech teams up with biotechnology company for end-of-line test systems
One of the world’s leading biotechnology groups has appointed GB Innomech (Innomech) to develop a sophisticated, automated end-of-line testing system for a new drug delivery pen. Innomech was first asked to advise on the feasibility of automating an existing quality...
Editorial: Top tips for successful manufacturing development
One of the toughest challenges in bringing innovative products to market is bridging the gap between ‘proof of principle’ and volume manufacture. And it’s a massive hurdle for early-stage businesses who are often integrating new materials, functions and technologies...
Editorial: Online inspection delivers picture perfect products every time
An online vision system is at the heart of a new fully-automated production line for the volume manufacture of optical tiles that can be joined together to create video walls and advertising displays without visible joins or image variations. The new machine builds...
Editorial: The benefits of risk-based analyses during validated system development
In this article, we discuss the value of a properly focussed analysis of engineering risk in the design of automated manufacture and test systems for pharmaceutical applications, and illustrate our case with real examples seen in the manufacture of medical devices and...
Editorial: Working towards a cure for automation headaches
Introducing bespoke automation means a commitment to a high capital value investment and facing up to some degree of technical risk. Fortunately, techniques borrowed from medical device and pharmaceutical product validation can help ensure the outcome is positive for...
Press release: Innomech celebrates export sales success at Queen’s Award presentation
Staff at GB Innomech (Innomech) - a company specialising in the development of advanced automation systems for the pharmaceutical, medical device and environmental sectors - joined with customers, suppliers and other guests at a special event today to celebrate the...