Loop Technology @Loop_Technology

🏆Did you know Loop Technology won the FANUC Global Robot Partner of the Year Innovation Award in 2025? FANUC are one of the world's largest industrial robot manufacturers, and this award recognises Loop Technology's reputation for solving the hardest automation problems in advanced manufacturing. For 28 years, Loop Technology have built up a reputation as system integrators that manufacturers turn to when they've been told a process can't be automated. Our capabilities include: ✅Vision-guided robotics: 3D path planning, localised correction and calibration for automated fastening, metrology and defect detection ✅Advanced motion control: FibreLINE and FibreFORM for high-rate composite manufacturing, placing carbon fibre plies to within ±2 mm and scaling to plies over 30 metres ✅ Bespoke automation software: connecting equipment with no common interface, plus RealPATH for automatic robot path generation Robotic machining cells: machine-tool accuracy at a fraction of the cost, with options including iKCAM and RoboMACH HA. Loop Technology have delivered for aerospace, defence, renewables, automotive, oil and gas, logistics, food and drink, and education. We have facilities in Dorset, Bristol and Sheffield and now through Loop Technology US Inc. in Seattle, Washington. See FibreFORM live at the FANUC Europe Open House in Coventry on 3 and 4 November. Come and meet Matt Hardman, Global Head of Sales, and Adam White, Technical Sales Engineer, to find out how Loop Technology can speed up your advanced manufacturing. Read the full story: looptechnology.com/did-you-know-l… @FANUCAmerica

❓ Need large-volume machining without the cost and rigidity of a traditional CNC? 🤖 Loop Technology’s RoboMACH HA delivers high-accuracy robotic machining out of the box - drilling, milling, cutting, trimming and ultrasonic processing on materials from cured carbon fibre and aluminium to wood, foam, plastics and sand-casting moulds. 💻 Built around a high-rigidity FANUC Europe M-800iA/60 as standard, RoboMACH HA is designed for demanding path accuracy on harder composites, while remaining modular and adaptable. Scale the guarding, add rotary axes or a 1500 kg seventh-axis positioner, and reconfigure for mixed, low- to medium-volume work that would be expensive or inflexible on a fixed-bed machine. ✅ Need even tighter precision? Pair it with ikCAM, Loop Technology's proprietary solution, for up to a tenfold increase in machining accuracy versus a standard robot - including as a retrofit. 👩‍🏭 And we don’t just supply the cell. Loop Technology delivers complete turnkey solutions: application engineering, installation, training and ongoing service - with a very quick turnaround from enquiry to a running system. 🏭 If your parts are large, complex or constantly changing, robotic machining can be the faster, more affordable route. Read more: looptechnology.com/robotic-machin… #RoboticMachining #Automation #Composites #Aerospace #Manufacturing #Industry40 #FANUC @FANUCAmerica

🤩 It's round 2 with Jonathan Taylor at @compositeweekly and our Head of Sales Matt Hardman at CAMX - The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo 2026! 🗣️ Listen to Matt tell Jonathan about our FibreLINE technology and how it can layup large composite plies every 30 seconds, integration with RTM processes, its configurability to automotive applications, as well as our work with @sheffielduni @TheAMRC. 🤖 You can also learn about the teams robotic machining and laser cleaning capabilities and the recently opened Loop Technology US Inc. in Seattle, Washington. 💫 Find Matt Hardman in his sparkling jacket at Booth L18 with @ZundAmerica1 today!!

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💫 Loop Technology US Inc. is at @the_CAMX! 🤩 We are co-exhibiting with @ZundAmerica1 on Booth L18 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, until Thursday September 24th this week! Visit the booth today to learn about FibreLINE for ultra high-rate composite preforming, integrated with Zund’s Aero Q-Line digital cutting - cut the ply, pick it, form it, and place it at material deposition rates that changes the factory-layout conversation. 🤖 But FibreLINE is only part of what we bring. Loop Technology US Inc.'s heritage is industrial automation across high-value manufacturing, not aerospace alone. You can learn more about: ✅ Bravura - a compact, high-power-density deployment system that takes tools into confined spaces other robots cannot reach, including sealing, fastening and inspection inside restricted assemblies ✅ RealPATH - automated robotic path generation from 3D scan data, so processes such as laser cleaning, painting, sanding and inspection can run without CAD or offline programming We offer broader automation for defence, renewables, automotive, energy and other high-value manufacturing sectors, built on the same robotics, vision and motion-control expertise. 🗣️ Talk to Matt Hardman Global Head of Sales as well as the Zund America team who can inform you about intelligent nesting, cutting, sorting and kitting to automated large-format aerospace production. If you’re on the show floor this week, stop by Booth L18. Full details: looptechnology.com/loop-technolog… #CAMX2026 #Composites #FibreLINE #Bravura #RealPATH #Automation #Aerospace #AdvancedManufacturing

🛩️ As we build up to @the_CAMX next week, we are looking forward to meeting all the composites professionals in Atlanta, Georgia. 🤖 Loop Technology US Inc. will be co-exhibiting with @ZundAmerica1 on Booth L18. We will be showing how Zünd digital cutting tables and FibreLINE combine together for ultra high-rate composite manufacturing: cut the ply, pick, form and place it. 📖 FibreLINE automates the traditional manual process of handling large-format plies, with greater precision, speed and scale. Compared with AFP/ATP, more material is placed in each cycle, with fewer machines. Because it is a continuation from large-ply manual layup, it is less disruptive for manufacturers to adopt. Customers do not have to radically redesign the process or their ply book around laying down thousands of individual tows or tapes. 🏗️ The manufacturer can qualify a part via a manual process and then add FibreLINE automation in stages. The smaller factory footprint is why it achieves the same output with arguably a quarter of the number of the production lines required with AFP/ATP. 🗣️ Matt Hardman, Global Head of Sales, set this out brilliantly in his interview with Jonathan Taylor Composites Weekly last year at CAMX 2025. Watch that interview via the link below: youtube.com/watch?v=esn72L…

🛩️ The aerospace industry is moving from metal to composites for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft. Making those structures at the rate the industry needs is one of the hardest manufacturing problems in the UK. Join us for 'Reach for the Skies: The race to automate high-rate manufacture of composite aerostructures.' ⏲️ When: Thursday 10 September, 7:00 pm ⛱️ Where: Hive Lecture Theatre, Coastland College (formerly Weymouth College) 🗣️ Speaker: Ross Horrigan, CTO of Loop Technology, Dorchester 🤖 Ross is an automation engineer with a career across automotive, aerospace and defence. Loop Technology have grown form a local Dorset business to an international machine integrator. Ross will talk about how the company is tackling the composites bottleneck with its FibreLINE system: robotic preforming, AI-powered defect inspection, and advanced automation for high-rate composite wing production. The talk looks at what it will take to keep wing manufacturing leadership in the UK. This event is organized by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Dorset and South Wiltshire Local Network and sponsored by TKMS ATLAS UK. Open to IET members and anyone interested. Attendance is free and you can register below: 👉localevents.theiet.org/register.php?e… Please share with colleagues who work in aerospace, composites, automation or manufacturing.

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⏱️ Loop Technology US Inc. will be at @the_CAMX 2026 this month! 🤝 We are co-exhibiting with @ZundAmerica1 on Booth L18, 22–24 September, in Atlanta, Georgia. Come and talk to Matt Hardman, Global Head of Sales, about FibreLINE and how it integrates with @ZundCutter's Aero Q-Line cutting systems for ultra-high-rate composite preforming. He will also be able to talk about our broader capabilities across industrial automation and robotics. 🏭 FibreLINE cells takes material from raw roll through cutting, sequenced kitting, robotic forming and placement. Large multilayer plies replace thousands of narrow AFP courses. Production targets are beyond 200 kg/h, with dry-fiber breakthrough trials at the @NCCUKinfo on track to exceed 350 kg/h - built for aerostructures, wind blades, drones and other high-rate defense and industrial parts. 📒 @CompositesWrld has just published a clear overview of the system and our CAMX presentation, which you can read via the link below. 🖱️compositesworld.com/products/ultra… ✅ Matt and the Zund America team will be there to discuss cell layout, plybook import and whether the approach fits into your respective programmes and facilities. 💯 Loop Technology US Inc. is based in Seattle, Washington and is keen to collaborate with US businesses that want to leverage our 28 year heritage delivering complex custom automation and intelligent robotics to drive next level productivity and output in their manufacturing lines.

🙌This National Composites Week, we’re proud to celebrate the materials and the manufacturing that make lighter and stronger structures possible. 🤖At Loop Technology, we specialise in automating the preforming stage so composite aerostructures, wind blades and drones can be built at rates the industry needs. Our FibreLINE system facilitates cutting, sequencing, picking, forming and placing of large plies with millimetre precision, delivering deposition rates of 200 kg/hr and beyond - a step change versus traditional AFP/ATL and manual layup. 🥼That capability is developed and proven in our AdAPT cell at the Loop Technology Centre in Dorchester, our dedicated R&D and demonstration facility for advanced automated preforming. It is here that we continuously develop and characterise the latest generation of FibreLINE, run customer trials on different materials and geometries, and refine processes. 🏆FibreLINE is installed at the @NCCUKinfo and at @sheffielduni @TheAMRC COMPASS (as part of the @Boeing-led IHSS programme), the latter located near Loop Technology Sheffield. We were honoured when FibreLINE was recognised with the 2025 @JECComposites Innovation Award in the Aerospace Process category, as well as when FibreFORM received the Composites UK 2021 Innovation in Composite Manufacture Award. Composites can only deliver their full potential when we can manufacture them at speed and scale. That’s the challenge we are solving every day. Happy National Composites Week to everyone in the community. #NationalCompositesWeek #FibreLINE #AdAPT #CompositesAutomation #AerospaceManufacturing #AdvancedComposites

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Big news for North America’s composite manufacturing sector! 🚀 We are excited to announce that Loop Technology US Inc. will be co-exhibiting with @ZundAmerica1 at @the_CAMX in Atlanta, Georgia! Join us on Booth L18 from September 22nd–24th, where you can chat with Matt Hardman, Global Head of Sales at Loop Technology, about how our revolutionary FibreLINE high-rate composite preforming system seamlessly integrates with @ZundCutter's Aero Q-Line digital cutting technology. Together, this combined solution sets a new benchmark for composite manufacturing efficiency: ✅ Unmatched Speed & Precision: High-rate automated layup coupled with pure electromechanical linear drive cutting. ✅ Large-Format Scale: Continuous, single-pass processing for large-format materials without dimensional error. ✅Traceable Automation: Automated ply pick-and-place with complete process tracking, ideal for aerospace, wind energy, defense, and beyond. Following the launch of Loop Technology US Inc. Seattle, WA, a subsidiary of the Loop Group, our team is excited to connect directly with North American manufacturers. ⏲️ When: September 22–24, 2026 🌎 Where: Booth L18 | Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA 📷 Read the full announcement: looptechnology.com/loop-technolog… Will you be attending CAMX this year? Let us know in the comments or reach out to schedule a meeting with our team on-site!

🛩️ Loop Technology are delighted to have one of our FibreLINE systems installed at the COMPASS (Composites at Speed and Scale) facility at the @sheffielduni @TheAMRC. This is the largest system we have ever installed and includes two FibreFORMs for the layup of carbon fibre plies that utilise modern combined servo motor-drive units and a custom kinematic solver to precisely form the plies during transfer from cutting table to mould. Our end effectors are integrated with the largest industrial robots in the world in the FANUC M-2000iA’s, with the 1700L’s weighing an extraordinary 12.5 tonnes each! 🏗️ FibreLINE systems provide ultra-high rate preforming for the manufacture of composite structures, transforming the efficiency with which parts and components can be made. FibreLINE technology is applicable to manufacturing a wide range of composites including aerostructures such as wings, empennage, nacelles, flaps, slats, as well drones, wind turbine blades and automotive panels. 💻 FibreLINE facilitates the transformation of raw composite material into refined composite structures within a highly efficient factory layout. For aerostructures, traditional AFP-based approaches with multiple mould tools and associated tolerance stacks would require four to five times the number of production lines to achieve comparable output rates. The process is planned, simulated and managed through Loop Technology's bespoke software architecture. User friendly work flows support the import of customer geometry and plybook data, all the way through to planning and executing operations and there is full traceability built-in. 🤖 As an industrial automation specialist, Loop Technology have a range of capabilities that extend far beyond FibreLINE and composite manufacturing, with 28 years of experience in bespoke automation projects. We are experts in automated assembly, laser cleaning, robotic machining, non-contact measurement and inspection, vision guided robotics, custom automation software, user interfaces and operators tools for advanced manufacturing and much more. 👉 Find out more about Loop Technology here: looptechnology.com @Gudelmx @FANUCAmerica @ZundAmerica1 @ZUNDUK @ZundCutter

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🛩️ Loop Technology had a wonderful time showcasing our FibreFORM technology on the Aerospace Technology Institute's stand at Farnborough International Airshow! 🤖 FibreFORM is a pick and place system that transforms the manufacture of composite structures through ultra efficient material deposition. It is part of Loop Technology’s broader FibreLINE product suite, for manufacturing aerostructures such as wings, empennage sections, flaps, slats as well as wind turbine blades and drones. 👏 A massive thank you to the ATI as well as the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and the other partners on the stand in Safran and Prestwick Aerosystems. ⏱️It was exhilarating to be there as the ATI launched its ‘Composites Framework for Growth’ that details the massive opportunity in the upcoming years to grow the composite sector in the UK and the route to achieving it through the use of integrated, certifiable and scalable industrial systems. 🗣️ The Loop Technology team in Alun Reece, Matt Hardman and Adam White thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the visitors to the stand throughout the week. 💻 If you would like to further discuss FibreLINE, other Loop Technology capabilities such as automated laser cleaning, robotic machining and dynamic labelling systems or our bespoke robotic and automation services, feel free to email [email protected] 📸 Flick through the photos of the stand and wider event below including on the Friday public day showcasing ‘Pioneers of Tomorrow’, when more of our team were in attendance and took in the spectacular airshow!

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The opening of the COMPASS (Composites at Speed and Scale) facility at the @sheffielduni @TheAMRC marks a new chapter in UK advanced manufacturing and a big step towards futuristic ultra-high-rate production of composite parts and components for the Aerospace industry. This pioneering new research and development facility that is now officially open in South Yorkshire provides next-generation aerospace manufacturing capabilities. The facility is home to @Boeing's biggest global research programme with the potential to create 3,000 UK jobs and around £2 billion annually in export opportunities. Loop Technology are key partners in the COMPASS facility and on the Boeing led Isothermic High-Rate Sustainable Structures (IHSS) project, that aims to reduce composite component processing time from forty hours to four. We are also system integrators on the project, extending the scope of our responsibilities beyond the operation of our FibreLINE preforming equipment into full factory sequencing. This is the biggest system we have delivered as an industrial automation specialist and we are honoured to be working and collaborating with Boeing, AMRC, @UKAeroInstitute , @SouthYorksMCA, @HVM_Catapult and University of Sheffield. Loop Technology CEO, Alun Reece, said of the opening: “It is deeply gratifying to see the COMPASS facility open its doors. Since the initial conception in 2019, this project has demanded vision, dedication, and outstanding teamwork from all the partners. Today marks a significant milestone, bringing us one major step closer to our goal of manufacturing composite aerostructures at greater speed and scale.” Check out photos of the COMPASS facility below which include two Loop Technology FibreFORM systems that total 64 slices and 576 motors. They are harnessed to pick, form and place large plies of carbon fibre material, demonstrating Loop Technology’s unique capabilities in the area of highly precise robotic motion control. We are on the Aerospace Technology Institute's Stand 1111 in Hall 1 at @FIAFarnborough today, if you'd like to chat more with our team about the COMPASS opening and FibreLINE. Full press release available here: looptechnology.com/major-step-for…

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Fantastic to have our FibreLINE system featured in @AerospaceTweets! We are tremendously excited about @FIAFarnborough starting next Monday 20th July, with Loop Technology's FibreFORM on display on the @UKAeroInstitute Stand 1111 in Hall 1. The article also highlights our presence in the COMPASS facility at @sheffielduni @TheAMRC, a modern and spectacular building devoted to the ultra high rate manufacture of composite structures. Article here: aero-mag.com/shaping-the-fu…

Loop Technology are recruiting a software engineer in robotics and automation. If you are excited by the prospect of working on next-generation advanced manufacturing technology including revolutionary composite automation, operating the largest industrial robots in the United Kingdom and collaborating within an exceptional software team, then click the link below for the full job description! looptechnology.com/jobs/software-…

🤖 Loop Technology is pleased to announce its participation in the @FIAFarnborough 2026, taking place from 20 to 24 July 2026. We will exhibit on the @UKAeroInstitute stand, in partnership with the @HVM_Catapult, which will highlight advanced automation solutions for the UK aerospace sector. 1️⃣ Visitors will have the opportunity to view Loop Technology’s cutting-edge FibreFORM 3D conformal pick-and-place end effector at Booth 1111 in Hall 1, positioned near the main entrance. FibreFORM represents a significant advancement in composite manufacturing automation, delivering precise, high-performance handling capabilities for carbon fibre and other composite material to manufacture aerospace components. It is a constituent part of the broader FibreLINE system for ultra high rate composite manufacturing. 🗣️ Alun Reece CEO of Loop Technology, alongside Matt Hardman Global Head of Sales and Adam White Technical Sales Engineer, will be at Farnborough and available to discuss FibreFORM technology and our broader suite of automation capabilities. 👉 Find out more here: looptechnology.com/loop-technolog…

Great to be at the Manufacturing Technology Centre's 'Robotics & Automation' event in Coventry for both today and tomorrow! We are showcasing our Bravura snake arm robot that delivers entry into confined space, offering infinite rotation and a more efficient way to perform assembly, sealant and MRO tasks in Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and other industries. Stop by the Loop Technology Booth 21 to have a chat with both Adam White and Gary Ottley from our Sales team about Bravura, FibreLINE for ultra high rate composite manufacturing and the range of other Loop Technology automation services.

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Loop Technology are hiring for a Project Engineer! The Project Engineer will be responsible for the commercial, technical, and operational aspects of project delivery. They will lead a cross functional team to develop and deliver highly complex robot based electromechanical systems for use in factory and process automation. Duties include: ✅Present Loop Technology to the customer, suppliers and project partners, retaining a high level of professionalism at all times. ✅Deliver projects on time, to budget, and at the right quality. ✅Lead the project team to ensure tasks are completed effectively and efficiently and within agreed timeframes. ✅Prepare, maintain, and present project materials in accordance with Loop Technology’s project management process. Get full job description and salary via link below: looptechnology.com/jobs/project-e…

🪨 ⚡Loop Technology’s RoboMACH provides highly accurate robotic machining, offering a cost-effective alternative to a large capacity machine tool, but with much greater flexibility in the working envelope and versatility in applications. 🏗️ It is a compelling choice for customers looking to automate their machining processes, including for large and complex components. RoboMACH is available in different configurations and robot selections, delivering highly accurate automated cutting, trimming, milling, drilling, grinding and ultrasonic machining operations to the workpiece. 🛩️ Applications include shaping and refining cured carbon fibre aerospace and automotive panels, as well as wood structures such as beams or frames, plastic components, engineering foam and aluminum sheets. 💻 RoboMACH ikCAM incorporates Loop Technology’s proprietary software solution, to bring our customers up to 10 x increased precision compared to a standard robotic system, through as built kinematic correction. 🎯 Traditionally, to achieve this level of accuracy would require substantial investment, but ikCAM provides the same level of precision for a fraction of the price. It is controller agnostic and can be retrofitted to an existing machining cell. 🎙️ Listen in for the voiceover explanation and find out more about how Loop Technology can automate your machining process via: looptechnology.com/products/robom…