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News | 29-06-22
CEO Joni Rautavuori joins BP and Castrol speaking at European Robotics Forum 2022

Event
Dynamo conference: Engineering success
Engineering success in North East UK robotics companies, Dynamo Conference 2021 will be focusing this year on how the region has excelled, succeeded and united to overcome the challenges that the current COVID-19 pandemic has presented to us. Dynamo is an annual conference that showcases technology and digital companies in the North East.
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June
Event
Digital Pathfinders: Exploring Digital Success
Paul Featonby is Director of Digital Technologies at Tharsus. He is a panellist at the Digital Pathfinders event, discussing with Caribe Coffee Co and Kielder Water & Forest Park Development Trust how they have been driving business success through digital. Not just for robotics companies in the UK, this event explores digital technology applications across different sectors in the UK.
15
June
Event
Rise and Design: Designing our way out of lockdown
While the current lockdown has been a harrowing experience for many of us, it does represent an opportunity to create a new world, and new businesses. We've all learned very quickly to adapt to remote working, social distancing etc, and as these things are going to be with us for some time, we need to rethink how we do business....
12
June
Event
Tech on The Tyne with Nick Martin
Our very own Digital Software Developer Nick Martin from our Digital Team is leading a machine learning event workshop He will be demonstrating how you can use machine learning to interpret the British Sign Language alphabet. He will be live coding in Python using tools like Tensor Flow and Typer to generate a working prototype from scratch.
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March
Event
Knowledge Transfer Network: Navigating the design to manufacture journey
Turning an idea into a commercial product is a challenge that faces many entrepreneurs, innovators and SMEs. The design to manufacture process must be given careful consideration to ensure that development costs, timelines and expectations are managed effectively.
10
March
Event
European Robotics Forum
3-5 March will see the largest gathering of the Europe’s robotics community converge on Malaga for the 11th annual European Robotics Forum. Tharsus are sponsoring the event this year and colleagues from our Business Development and Solutions Architecture teams will be exhibiting alongside a range of major companies and organisations, including ABB Robotics, Bosch and the Shadow Robot Company. During the...
03
March
Event
Knowledge Transfer Network
Tharsus' partnership with the Knowledge Transfer Network continues apace as we share commercialisation insights with delegates at their upcoming Innovation Canvas event.
13
February
Event
Robotics and Automation 2019
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October
News | 03-02-22
Tharsus a positive force for Blyth
A report from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership reveals that connecting Northern towns to nearby cities can boost their economies. The report highlights Tharsus as a “leading robotics company” that is a positive force for Blyth’s economy

News | 19-01-22
Tharsus Group poised for growth under new CEO Joni Rautavuori.
We’re excited to welcome Joni Rautavuori to our group to lead us through this next phase in our history. Joni brings many years’ experience running complex automation organisations and scaling them in multiple territories. His appointment represents an important point in the strategy to create a long-term sustainable future for our business as well as drive the important next...

News | 09-12-21
UK Manufacturing Growth
Growth in the UK's manufacturing sector has sped up for the second month in a row despite supply chains being squeezed, new data from IHS Markit and CIPS has shown.
