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The company recorded the strongest half-year in its history in terms of order intake, sales and profit and strengthens its market position.

Robot mobility is booming worldwide: Unit sales of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in the logistics sector e.g. will increase by 31% between 2020 and 2023 annually.

Abaco Systems announced an award of $1.5m, supporting a major Turkish defense contractor with their naval combat management system (CMS).

ACEINNA, a market leading, inertial sensor company, today named Wade Appelman as the company’s president & COO, responsible for developing and implementing strategy for the company’s worldwide operations.

Co-located live events taking place August 10-12 at the Anaheim Convention Center will bring together machine builders and manufacturers around advanced smart manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

MT United immediately creates the largest integrated print, digital, and in-person network platform in the manufacturing technology ecosystem. Our combined expertise, industry knowledge, and resources generate a powerful synergy.

AMETEK Land, the world leader in high accuracy, non-contact temperature measurement systems, offers an accredited best-in-class global calibration service that ensures high performance, reduced downtimes, and protected investments for its range of infrared thermometers, line scanners and thermal imagers.

Process Insights, the market leader in premium technologies and solutions for the process and research industry, has opened a new facility in Houston, Texas, to better support its customers, distributors, contractors, and suppliers with improved delivery times, as well as on-site engineering, application consulting and process control solutions.

The partnership enables Epsilon’s customers to maximise the value of their cloud and digital investments with a unified SD-WAN edge platform.

The latest ISA Mentor Program blog answers the question: What is the best way to install a DP in level applications with a wet leg?

Special system demonstrations and informative exhibits showcase the latest connected industry solutions for automation and smart manufacturing applications at ATX West 2021 in Anaheim, Calif.

Company sponsors the Green Hydrogen Coalition in its mission to advance the production and use of green hydrogen in all sectors.

The recent announcement to acquire Spanish mobile robot company ASTI by global industrial automation player ABB underlines something we all knew: AMRs (autonomous mobile robots) have a big future in the industrial sector.

Doosan Robotics announced that the company appointed William (Junghoon) Ryu as its latest chief executive officer.

Newly appointed managing director will oversee business growth in Mexico and Latin America.

Industrial companies should start small when digitalizing their operations.

Guidance to help organizations design, develop, and operate networking solutions as they move to digital transformation.

In 2019, PETRONAS leveraged the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards within their company to coordinate a cybersecurity taskforce.

Nozomi Networks Inc., the leader in OT and IoT security, today announced a $100 million pre-IPO-funding round to help accelerate the company’s growth phase and extend its market leadership.

There is a huge base of installed machines in the world, typically referred to as “brownfield." This represents a tremendous opportunity for a predictive maintenance solution that can be “bolted-on” existing equipment to provide condition-based monitoring. For this solution to succeed, it must include: support for many machines in a single eco-system; simple, quick and remote commissioning; flexible choice of attached sensor devices; and built-in security.

Recently the Manufacturing Media Consortium and its founder, TR Cutler (TRC) set up a new division examining the role of manufacturing and technology in the entertainment industry. What follows is an interview of Jacob Kyle Young (JKY) actor and founder of Post Modern Entertainment.

With an increase in online shopping due to the COVID-19 pandemic, McMurray Stern recognized a greater need for their expertise. Shifting to automation, they have helped a mass number of companies, and have been able to improve their solutions in order to meet everyone’s needs.

Pyle joins the Graham Packaging team from Dana after a long history in the global automotive industry.

POSITAL has received certificates of compliance for its family of kit encoders that feature BiSS C interfaces. These encoders are designed to be installed in motors or drives, providing the control system with position feedback to over single- or multi-turn operating ranges.

The paper “Controlling industrial dead-time systems: When to use a PID or an advanced controller” won the nomination from the editorial advisory board as the best paper published in ISA Transactions in 2020.

Warehouse OEMs and integrators can accelerate successful project completion of even increasingly complex, automated systems with advanced platforms.

DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, today announced its global financial results for its first quarter, ending June 30, 2021, for its 2022 fiscal year, ending March 31, 2022.

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Basler AG is awarded the audit berufundfamilie certificate for the fourth time. The company sees an attractive and family-friendly working environment as part of its growth strategy.

Emerson’s donation of TESCOM regulators will help students fabricate a record-breaking rocket.

"In my role as cybersecurity technologist, I’ve seen firsthand that those who invested early in cybersecurity are much better prepared to launch a quicker, cheaper and more effective response to incidents," writes Chris Grove, Technology Evangelist at Nozomi Networks.

Patented, cETLus Certified and GMP-ready filling machines are designed specifically to streamline large-scale cartridge filling and capping of manufacturer packaging.

First-hand success with groundbreaking products prompts 3M, Ericsson and Armstrong International to invest in Everactive.

PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO is the only show this year covering the entire packaging and processing industry spread across four expansive convention center halls.

Innovations in automation have transformed the gold mining industry by increasing efficiency, productivity and safety. As mines get increasingly deeper, grades increasingly decline and investors pressure companies to adhere to global environment, social and governance principles, such innovations are necessary for the industry to prosper.

FANUC America, the leading supplier of CNCs, robotics, and ROBOMACHINEs will demonstrate a variety of automation solutions designed to help manufacturers improve their efficiency and maintain a competitive edge at ATX West in Anaheim, Calif., in booth #4201.

HARTING is partnering with Volkswagen in a 48 state drive in the VW ID.4, a new compact SUV that was designed to bring electric vehicles to the mainstream.

The path forward is clear. In order to maximize their competitiveness, manufacturers will need to start automating their workplace safety much like they already automate other aspects of their operations.

Baking the perfect loaf, and in large enough quantities, demands furnaces that accurately control the process from beginning to end. This was precisely the task faced by Mechatronics Ltd., a system integrator and official distributor of Delta motion, drive, control and robotics products based in Bulgaria.

The Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers, announced that Dragos will be the first industrial cybersecurity company to become a member.

The global Robot as a Service market was valued at US$ 12.6 billion in 2020 and is expected to surpass US$ 41.3 billion by 2028, registering a CAGR of 15.9% during the forecast period (2021-2028), as highlighted in a report published by Coherent Market Insights.

Dresser Utility Solutions, formerly Dresser NGS, a leading provider of metering, electronics, instrumentation, flow control, distribution repair products, and over pressure protection devices to utility and industrial customers, has announced a new partnership between Texsteam and WellAware.

Learning never stops. Especially in drive technology, it is critical to learn continuously in order to identify innovate opportunities early on and apply them to the development of applications.

New Gen Z data reveals increased interest in exploring manufacturing jobs, but misperceptions persist.

Lanner Electronics announced its partnership with Microsoft Azure to launch Edge-to-Cloud AI Solution, integrating Lanner AI accelerated intelligent edge appliance with Azure IoT edge module, runtime and cloud interface.

A two-day interactive event all about calibration.

Wibu-Systems, the maker of one of the world’s leading IT protection, licensing and security technologies, is advancing the licensing capabilities of all legacy software publishers.

Industrial computers have always been an industry in which Taiwanese manufacturers enjoy an advantage, with a total annual revenue of nearly 8 billion U.S. dollars.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced today that Debra Phillips will be the next president and CEO of NEMA.

New location expands Brooks Instrument’s production, service and applications engineering capabilities, providing enhanced support to key customers in the region.

Company’s ceramics are essential to high-tech innovation in communications, computing, medicine, automobiles, space exploration, many other industries.

See the recipients for the recently announced ISA 2021 Celebrating Excellence Awards.

Franklin Templeton and Temasek lead Blaize $71m Series D funding aimed at acceleration of AI Edge Computing and Automotive/EV product roadmap.

How to mitigate and assess your cyber risks in an automated manufacturing environment.

Enriching subsurface digital twins through electromagnetic remote sensing for water, environmental and infrastructure resilience.

Hymer uses WERMA CO2 traffic lights to ensure the health and safety of all persons present.

PI North America, the non-profit member-supported trade association for promoting industrial networking technologies in North America, has signed a contract with the IO-Link Community, on behalf of the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation (PNO) to become a Regional IO-Link Interest Group (RIOLIG) for North America.

In the evolving landscape of electric vehicle manufacturing, is "giga" always better? Within this sector, a rivalry between two diametrically opposed manufacturing methods is playing out.

Catching up with Utilita: currently using three measuring machines for microcomponent inspection.

Continued improvement in the quality of the revenue mix with software at 74% of revenue.

The new Fluke IRR1-SOL Solar Irradiance Meter makes the critical measurements needed for installing, testing, and maintaining photovoltaic systems.

Startup Autobahn program connects new companies with major brands for investment and development.

Increasing efficiency using real-time, tag-based localization solutions. This article comes from the IIoT & Industry 4.0 eBook.

With environmental concerns looming, CO2 has been at the forefront of new refrigerant alternatives.

With this major project, the two Groups are promoting the development of electricity storage which is essential in driving the evolution of the energy market towards greater sustainability.

According to 2019 figures from the UK Government, there are now just over a million women (1,019,400) in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce. This translates to an increase of more than 350,000 women (24%) entering these areas of work. While this may be encouraging to hear, there is still a long way to go for gender equality in these male-dominated industries.

How can Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) edge analytics improve manufacturing efficiency?

The right software can dynamically detect changes in data patterns and create best-fit forecasting models to account for multiple variables like warehouse workload, employee preferences, corporate equity rules, labor laws and regulations, and much more.

Air entrapment or gas bubbles are one of the most common causes of poor fluid performance and parts failure in modern fluid management. Loris Medart, a fluid dispensing engineer with more than 20 years’ experience and founder of feed systems manufacturer SR-Tek, discusses the eight most common reasons for gas entrapment and how they can be avoided or managed out of the production process.

Comau UK and Ilika plc, a pioneer in solid-state battery technology, are collaborating on a 12-month Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) funded project, to design the scale up of Ilika’s lab-based manufacturing capacity.

Honeywell today announced that its cloud-based Honeywell Enraf Inventory Calculation Module (HEICM) has been integrated into Royal Vopak’s MyService Terminal Management System (TMS).

Endress+Hauser BioSense to develop equipment and methods for fast molecular analyses.

Current technologies are enhancing our connectivity today and bringing us closer to seamless connectivity tomorrow. This article comes from the IIoT & Industry 4.0 eBook.

To provide cybersecurity for the many devices and connections encompassing industrial automation and IIoT systems, organizations should follow a three-pronged approach based on the right policies, technical tools, and education.

ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance Chairperson Megan Samford recently sat down for this interview with NasdaqTV's TradeTalks.

Seeq on AWS enables faster insights for their customers Covestro and allnex with features and innovation for advanced analytics.

HARTING has been a member of the nationwide pioneering initiative of Climate Protection Companies for a total of ten years.

Siemens to add FORAN marine design software to its Xcelerator portfolio of integrated software and services, helping marine customers adopt a comprehensive digital twin approach to ship design and construction.

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has appointed Rohan Kelkar as the new executive vice-president of Power Products global business.

Comau was named a GM Supplier of the Year winner in General Motors’ 29th annual Supplier of the Year awards.

The data model forms the basis for standardizing data across a wide range of raw input data. But what exactly is a data model, and why is data modeling important for Industry 4.0? This post aims to address these questions and provide an introduction to modeling data at scale.

Know where vulnerabilities lie and the steps needed to secure interfaces and monitoring systems. This article comes from the IIoT & Industry 4.0 eBook.

Outsourcing product design and development can bring fresh perspectives to internal design teams and empower corporate R&D managers to take on new projects.

Advanced Handling Systems (AHS, LLC) announced today that they have been contracted by Comoto Holdings to design and integrate an Exotec Skypod System to optimize its Omnichannel aftermarket fulfillment process.

With the new funding led by Innovation Endeavors, Fero Labs expands its sustainable solutions to help factories reduce emissions, optimize quality and increase profits.

Acquisition adds to Robotics and Machine Automation solutions to deliver unique automation portfolio, further expanding into new industry segments.

"Digitalization in Machine Tool Manufacturing - Infinite opportunities from infinite data" is this year's Siemens trade show motto.

‘A problem shared’–new virtual assistance support service from ABB provides instant access to virtual face to face expert technical advice.

Here, Claudia Jarrett, US country manager at industrial automation supplier EU Automation, explains how some of the most common downsides of cobots are being overcome.

Learn how to empower operations to adapt and thrive in the next normal business environment.

Research scientists with the Energy Materials Telecommunications Center, National Institute for Scientific Research in Quebec, Canada, have developed a groundbreaking technique to acquire 3D images at over 1000 frames per second with resolution as high as 1180 x 860--far beyond the capabilities of available systems today--by eliminating information redundancy in data acquisition.

SPE enables IT and automation to walk hand in hand. This article comes from the IIoT & Industry 4.0 eBook.

Read an excerpt from the recently published white paper, Applying ISO/IEC 27001/2 and the ISA/IEC 62443 Series for Operational Technology Environments.

Whether it's smart maintenance, quality control, or inventory, operationalizing AI in manufacturing leads to many benefits.

The series of six executive webinars will feature a range of technologies leading up to Automate, North America’s premier automation trade show.

Letter of intent signed for the construction of one of Europe’s largest energy storage facilities in Wunsiedel, Germany.

Customerville to be integrated into the IFS Cloud proposition helping IFS customers increase engagement with their own customers, improve revenue and profitability, and drive product, service and outcome innovation.

Honeywell and Alturus will collaborate to provide Energy Storage as a Service (ESaaS) and deliver meaningful performance.

Understanding your application can help to miniaturize your battery-powered solution. This article comes from the IIoT & Industry 4.0 eBook.

Nigel Smith, CEO of Shibaura Machine, formerly Toshiba Machine, partner, TM Robotics, gives three rules to live by when choosing a 3D vision system for manufacturing.