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Daimler Truck will partner with Siemens to train their next generation of engineers and maintain technology leadership in the market.

Adrian Lloyd, CEO of Interact Analysis, discusses Covid, manufacturing and supply chains.

The newest factory will make El Paso, Texas, the home of Schneider Electric’s largest manufacturing operation in the United States.

OPC UA is often the best choice for the IIoT implementations characteristic of the fourth industrial revolution. This feature was originally published in the February 2022 edition of InTech magazine.

The original winning car will be part of the "Driving Toward Tomorrow" exhibition series at the Peterson Automotive Museum, LA until the end of the year.

Numerous exhibiting companies participate in the Call for Papers to present their concepts, technologies and best practices to a global audience.

A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity fell to a 14-month low in January amid an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, supporting the view that economic growth lost steam at the start of the year. But the survey from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) on Tuesday marked the third straight month of signs of improvements in labor and supplier delivery performance.

Bedrock Automation announced today that automation industry luminary Dr. Peter Martin has joined its advisory board.

Many STEM industries are now starting to incorporate soft skills into how they make hiring decisions.

The digital transformation of industries is having a profound impact in ICS.

ABB’s Baldor-Reliance Cooling Tower Direct Drive (CTDD) reduces energy usage and maintenance costs for Marriott Hotel in Pune.

The March session will focus on supply chain disruptions and cross-referencing solutions.

These new igus appointments expand leadership team to drive outstanding customer experience and growth initiatives.

Orders of manufacturing technology surpassed $5.9 billion in 2021, marking the best year ever, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT–The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

The ARC Industrial Digital Transformation Top 25 report identifies global industrial digital transformation leaders and what others can learn from them. This article was originally published in the February 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

This piece explores myths about Artificial Intelligence, such as "I need to go to a university and hire an AI PhD" and "I need to collect millions of images to even know if using AI is possible."

Inspiration and guidance for what today’s managers will have to do differently.

Pareto’s apprenticeship scheme will provide new talent to allow LogRhythm to enhance its UK customers’ security postures and deliver new value to the cybersecurity market.

As part of a $2 million National Science Foundation Grant, robots from KUKA Robotics are helping the University of Michigan (U of M) advance research that could result in robots working side-by-side with humans on building construction sites.

COVID-19 is still affecting the workplace, but the survey results show signs of recovery.

ABB has released the findings of a new global study of international business and technology leaders on industrial transformation, looking at the intersection of digitalization and sustainability.

Claudia Jarrett, US country manager at automation parts supplier, EU Automation, explains how a proactive approach to obsolescence management can help manufacturers reduce the risk of unplanned downtime.

As a Partner Country at the Hannover Messe Trade Fair this year, Portugal’s three thematic pavilions will feature dozens of companies involved in the Engineered Parts & Solutions, Energy Solutions and Digital Ecosystems sectors.

N2 Solutions (N2S), a leading supplier of nitrogen services to the energy, industrial and utility industries, has opened a fully integrated West-Gulf Coast facility in Highlands, Texas.

Promising faster delivery and establishing resilient supply chains is only possible with state-of-the-art warehouse automation systems. Anyone planning a retrofit project needs to find a competent partner and to keep a few factors in mind.

Micropsi Industries announced the successful closing of its $30 million Series B funding round. The company provides ready-to-use AI systems for controlling industrial robots to enable the automation of manufacturing processes that so far could not be automated.

Claudia Jarrett, US country manager at automation parts supplier EU Automation, explores how manufacturers can use technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to achieve success through sustainability.

Since its foundation in 1994, Bicker Elektronik GmbH, based in Donauwoerth/Germany, has established itself as a leading manufacturer and supplier of professional power supply solutions and system components.

Dassault Systèmes announced leadership evolutions today at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2022.

Let's take a look at various types of check valves and discuss how they work, how they're applied and how to select the right type.

The Strategic Alliance expands Wunderlich-Malec’s Sustainability Solutions to offer a highly secure, easy to implement and cost-effective solution that accelerates the Carbon Zero goals for Environmental Sustainability Governance.

5G can enable new levels of AI and Machine Learning, simplify requirements for infrastructure and increase network stability–which could dramatically increase performance and cost efficiency for Kollmorgen’s partners.

Selected as finalist in "company of the year" category for second year running, plus for the first time in "growth business of the year" category.

MHS, a single-source provider of material handling automation and software solutions, took home a 2021 Readers’ Choice Product of the Year Award.

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2021 increased 14% while wafer revenue rose 13% compared to 2020, topping $12 billion, to reach new all-time highs, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

Danfoss has announced it is now accepting entries for its thirteenth annual EnVisioneer of the Year award competition.

In 2022 and beyond, automation will continue to cement itself as an essential technology.

Products from Lanner, aeSolutions, and Rockwell are featured in this roundup.

Claroty released a new report, revealing that 80% of critical infrastructure organizations experienced a ransomware attack in the last year, with an equal number reporting that their security budgets have risen since 2020.

Automation experts and thought leaders discuss Ethernet on the course to IIoT.

In our latest OT/IoT Security Report, Nozomi Networks Labs brings together an in-depth analysis of industry trends and our own security research findings.

Sustainability efforts depend on creating value from data, a key aspect of digitalization. This article originally appeared in the February 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

The U.S. market for robotics and artificial intelligence career openings is exploding based on early 2022 trends from job postings on Robots.Jobs, the marketplace specifically for robotics and AI companies looking for talent and for jobseekers looking for the latest industry opportunities.

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA) is partnering with QC Media to present the Cyber Security for Critical Assets USA summit, being held March 29-30 in Houston, Texas.

Honeywell announced its successful work with Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in providing automation control solutions to achieve highly intelligent and digitized vaccine production for China's first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine production plant.

New research from Interact Analysis shows that the low voltage motors market saw the highest revenue growth in living memory during 2021, driven by historic price increases as a result of supply chain disruptions.

With cleanliness and safety at the forefront of meat, poultry, egg and other fast moving consumer goods processing, KUKA Robotics spotlighted its expansive product range of automation solutions specifically for that market sector at the International Production & Processing Expo held in Atlanta.

SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today applauded the introduction of the America Competes Act of 2022 in the United States House of Representatives.

ARC Advisory Group is calling for those working in industrial manufacturing or operations to respond to the 2022 MES/MOM Manufacturing Operations Adoption Survey, which is designed to indicate and benchmark the maturity of respondents’ MES/MOM technology regarding digital transformation.

Following recent analysis of how its customers are using its visual drag and drop Flow Studio, Goran Appelquist, CTO at edge analytics software company Crosser, provides insight into the five most popular analytics modules being used to create data flows in its platform.

The Smart Event, comprising in-person and online platforms, to convene thousands of engineers, business leaders, disruptive companies, and innovative thinkers to design powerful solutions to today’s most pressing challenges.

How can we facilitate efforts to take advantage of the remarkable increases in the capabilities and opportunities in today’s PID controllers?

Yokogawa's survey highlights that the number of manufacturers moving forward with industrial autonomy is clearly increasing and that there is a high awareness of the expected benefits on environmental sustainability.

A successful collaboration between IT and OT hinges on a couple of conditions–the operational network must have the security and manageability capabilities of IT run networks, and IT tools, in turn, must adapt to the operational networks' unique industrial features.

Nokia announced it is partnering with OIV, a leading provider of national strategic communications infrastructure in Croatia, to deliver a 5G private wireless network solution that will enhance operational efficiency and enable new capabilities at AD Plastik’s automotive component manufacturing facility in Croatia.

Terminal blocks, connectors/cordsets, and interface modules connect electrical and control panels to the outside world. To ensure that the electrical interfaces between panels and field wiring perform reliably for the long haul, panel designers need to consider the best connectivity options. This article was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.

The Germany-based robotics company Magazino won technology group ZF as a customer for a pilot project with the SOTO robot.

ARC Advisory Group is proud to announce the first edition of its Digital Transformation Top 25 special report.

Gartner predicts that by 2024 hyperautomation—a business approach of automating as many processes as possible—will help organizations reduce operational costs by 30%. Successful execution of hyperautomation promises increased efficiency and reduced costs, but what are the barriers to pulling it off?

Global leaders in AI will provide expertise on how to effectively implement AI in industrial processes.

The new Association for Advancing Automation (A3) report shows $2 billion in sales (39,708 units) in 2021–up 28% over 2020 and 14% ahead of previous high in 2017.

The industrial software company receives technical validation for Industrial DataOps solution and readies go-to-market with AWS.

Growth in R&D spending by over 200 of the world’s largest electrical, machinery and medical equipment companies has been on the rise since mid-2020, according to new research conducted by Capital Economics and Accenture.

Mary Ramsey understood that organizations need to periodically recalibrate based on member and industry needs, and she has done a great job of collaborating with staff and member volunteers to craft clear definitions of ISA guiding principles. This article was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.

Yokogawa announces that it has been selected by ExxonMobil as the system integrator for the first field trial of an Open Process Automation* (OPA) system designed to operate an entire production facility.

IDTechEx has recently released “Mobile Robotics in Logistics, Warehousing and Delivery 2022-2042," a market research report exploring the technical, regulatory and market factors that are shaping the emerging industry around logistics mobile robotics.

Although the list of considerations to evaluate when planning the design for a secure OPC UA architecture is considerably longer than what is discussed here, these offer a starting point to drive a conversation within your organization to ensure a system that meets the unique requirements of your project.

One Network's Leading Control Tower will be deployed on its Digital Supply Chain Network to deliver multi-tier visibility, collaboration and execution capabilities, to accelerate HPE's digital transformation.

SEMI and the American Semiconductor Academy (ASA) Initiative today announced a partnership to build a comprehensive workforce development program designed to close the microelectronics industry’s widening talent gap.

Together with the network technology supplier Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom has extended its campus network portfolio.

Pushing the capabilities of sealing technology for hydraulics, Trelleborg’s focus has been on enhancing performance while making fluid power applications more sustainable.

Major IoT vendors including AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and SIEMENS leverage secure, standardized information exchange in edge-to-cloud applications based on OPC UA.

Comau is teaming up with Mullen on the build out of an automotive body shop at Mullen’s AMEC manufacturing facility in Tunica, MS. Total expansion plans for AMEC include 1.2 million sq ft of body shop, paint shop and general assembly.

ITTIA DB SQL is targeted to those building embedded systems that need real-time-fresh process and management data.

A worksheet that calculates control valve installed gain can be part of any control valve selection process. This article was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.

VITA has announced that Dean Holman has accepted the position as VITA's president and executive director effective Feb. 1, 2022.

When automation is fused with intelligent technology like artificial intelligence (AI), it can be more effective.

Protect smart manufacturing and IIoT systems using a security framework that presents information in matrices arranged by attack stages.

As the first camera manufacturer in the member group, Basler supports the platform in bringing together the fields of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) and establishing 5G in the industrial sector.

Recognizing a demand in the marketplace for thermoplastic to thermosetting elastomer bonded multicomponent solutions, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions invested in a Multicomponent Development Center to solve the issue of bonding these types of materials to each other.

A revolution is afoot, and investments in Decision Intelligence help shore up predictive analytics efforts, introduce a prescriptive simulation capacity, and empower executives to make optimal operational, tactical and strategic decisions.

We are now seeing the awareness and utilization of RPA expand into traditionally non-IT domains, promoting exponential growth of RPA across the organization.

UiPath, a leading robotic process automation (RPA) software company, announced it has become a Builder sponsor of The Smart Factory @ Wichita, a new Industry 4.0 immersive experience center by Deloitte.

The measurement and analysis of sound is a powerful diagnostic tool in noise reduction programs.

Mobile Industrial Robots experienced a 42% increase in sales in 2021 over 2020. December alone was a record month for the company, with close to 300 robots shipped, which is more than any previous month.

Universal Robots, the Danish producer of collaborative robots, has reported record annual revenue of USD 311M, 41% up on 2020 and 23% up on pre-pandemic results in 2019.

EGAT has moved forward with its policy of using clean energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions with smart technology by deploying Siemens' SICAM Microgrid Control and Photovoltaic Plant Control.

Continuous-process industries are at an inflection point regarding what they can do with automation, making now an ideal time to address inefficiencies and hazards. This feature was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.

North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $3.92 billion in billings worldwide in December 2021 (three-month moving average basis), according to the December Equipment Market Data Subscription Billings Report.

More than 100 companies from partner country Portugal have already registered for Hannover Messe 2022.

Has the industrial automation industry matured enough to avoid a standards war like the 1990s “Fieldbus wars?"

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Aramco allowing the two companies to explore potential opportunities for seeding and localizing semiconductor chip manufacturing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, promoting growth in the industrial digital business domain.

Address challenges to quality operational data by paying attention to four key data aspects. This feature was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.

The new facility will increase manufacturing capacity for large-volume products.

This feature explores the key strategies driving success in manufacturing environments that represent the vanguard of smart manufacturing/industry 4.0.

The AWS IoT TwinMaker provides a comprehensive set of tools and services to federate, model and make use of data from any source including sensors, controllers, video, drawings, 3-D models, ERP, logistics and energy to create digital twins leveraging existing and new data sources.

Somfy’s TaHoma Gateway has been selected as a Gold winner by Product Magazine’s MVP Awards in the Connected Home category for 2021.

Comau has developed and deployed an automated e-drive assembly line for Geely Automobile Holdings at its Geely Veremt plant in Ningbo (China), for the end-to-end assembly of the electric motor, gearbox and inverter.

The Xcelerator provides the ability to work in a collaborative and connected way, significantly reducing cycle times across each digital thread.

NEMA President and CEO Debra Phillips issued a statement in response to the White House's urging Congress to pass legislation—the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA)—to strengthen U.S. research, development, and manufacturing for critical supply chains, including semiconductors.