Aerospace & Defense Automation Vendors

CNC Robotics is a UK-based robotics integration company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Bootle, Merseyside. As the UK's leading integrator for robotic machining and additive manufacturing applications, the company pioneers the use of industrial robots as an alternative to traditional CNC machine tools — delivering greater flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness across aerospace, automotive, marine, composites, and creative sectors. CNC Robotics is a KUKA Platinum System Integration Partner, one of a small number of companies to achieve this accreditation in the UK, and the only UK reseller for HITECO. Core capabilities include robotic CNC milling, robotic trimming, large-format robotic additive manufacturing (in partnership with Caracol), and bespoke robotic cell integration. The company has delivered hundreds of robotic systems internationally and is listed on the Crown Commercial Service DPS Spark Framework.

Loop Technology is a UK industrial automation and robotics specialist founded in 1998, headquartered in Dorchester, Dorset, with additional offices in Sheffield and Bristol. With over 80 staff, the company delivers highly advanced robotic and automation systems for high-value manufacturing sectors including aerospace, defence, and renewable energy. Loop Technology is globally recognised for its proprietary FibreLINE system — an end-to-end automated composite preforming platform that delivers a step change in production rate for carbon fibre structures, deployed with leading aerospace manufacturers worldwide. Additional capabilities include robotic CNC machining, machine vision, automated laser cleaning, automated fastening, and ultrasonic trimming. Loop Technology is a KUKA Platinum System Partner and the UK distributor for CleanLASER systems and Robotmaster offline programming software.

SP Automation & Robotics is one of the UK's longest-established automation manufacturers, designing and building bespoke automated systems from its purpose-built facility in Dundee since 1984. The company offers end-to-end project delivery covering mechanical design, software and control engineering, project management, and full after-sales support. Industry coverage spans food and beverage, pharma and cleanroom, medical device, electronics, automotive, and packaging. SP integrates Yaskawa industrial robots alongside Universal Robots cobots (through its SP Elements division), Keyence vision inspection systems, and OnRobot end-effectors. The company is ISO 9001 accredited and has won multiple industry awards including Engineering/Technology Company of the Year at the Made in Scotland Awards (2022).