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Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is through the digital transformation of the Indonesian industry. Festo is a strong partner in the government programme “Making Indonesia 4.0."

In early 2021, threat actors conducted a series of attacks using the Cring ransomware. These attacks were mentioned by Swisscom CSIRT, but it remained unclear how the ransomware infects an organization’s network. An incident investigation conducted by Kaspersky ICS CERT experts at one of the attacked enterprises revealed that attacks by Cring ransomware exploit a vulnerability in VPN servers.

AMETEK TMC, the industry leader in advanced floor vibration cancellation technology, is pleased to announce a partnership with Lambda Photometrics Ltd. to better support and serve customers in the U.K. and Ireland.

Senseye, the Machine Health Management company, welcomes ADLINK Technology Inc. to the Senseye Ready Partner Ecosystem, enabling customers to utilize ADLINK’s range of machine condition monitoring (MCM) devices to achieve plug and play integration with Senseye’s predictive maintenance software suite (Senseye PdM).

At its Haiger plant, Rittal consistently manufactures keeping with Industry 4.0 standards. Solutions from Rittal’s sister company German Edge Cloud are also used in the smart factory. A live dashboard system ensures transparency throughout the entire production process, enabling rapid intervention if necessary. A cycle of analytics, alerts and live dashboarding uses data to generate findings and optimisations.

The next phase of strategic partnership between Siemens and SAP delivers new predictive service and collaborative asset management plus integrated enterprise portfolio and project management solutions.

KUKA CEO Mohnen: "One effect of the pandemic: we are becoming faster, more digital, and we are finding new solutions."

Recognised by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Lighthouse facilities can also act as a guiding light for the manufacturing industry, as it navigates the technologies of Industry 4.0. But what makes a Lighthouse factory, and what can other manufacturers learn from them? Here, Dieter Heimerdinger, vice president of supply, Sandvik Coromant, at high-tech engineering group Sandvik, explains.

HARTING is featuring numerous innovative solutions and products at Hannover Messe digital Edition.

In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the pandemic, but was able to close with an overall operating result above the previous year. The workforce was also guided through the crisis in a stable manner. After a strong first quarter, the company expects a catch-up year in 2021. With smart and intelligent products as well as digital learning platforms, Festo supports the structural change in industry and society–from electromobility to vaccine production and laboratory diagnostics to energy efficiency and climate-neutral production.

JAI, a leading global camera manufacturer, appoints Michael Lisby Jensen as new CEO. Jorgen Andersen takes over the role as chairman of the board.

"We create visions and subject them to technical testing," said Prof. Martin Ruskowski, Chair of SmartFactory Kaiserslautern. "So it is with the GAIA-X project and also for Production Level 4 and the digital Hannover Messe. As researchers, we are always in unexplored territory. But, we do not let that deter us."

Insight Partners joins Altira Group, Chevron Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and Second Avenue Partners to fund Seeq product and market expansion.

Process control and industrial automation provider Yokogawa has launched its state-of-the-art technology manufacturing center at the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) Digital Hub.

The SLA Series Biotech mass flow controllers feature an ISO/IEC 17025 certification option for biotechnology and other life sciences customers who require high-level metrology capabilities for their processes.

When instruments are connected to HART smart cards, the end-user has three key benefits.

Localization, customization and 3D printing innovation close critical supply chain gaps.

Advanced Handling Systems (AHS, LLC) announced today that they will be partnering with Caja Robotics to optimize a Midwest distribution facility for a major retailer. AHS, LLC, a full-service systems integrator located in Erlanger, Ky., is a premier US partner of Caja Robotics and will be completing the installation and deployment of approximately 100 robots in the new facility.

GEC joins Catena-X Automotive Network, alongside BMW, Deutsche Telekom, Robert Bosch, SAP, and other leading names.

More than 750 students have already been trained at the CCI Industrial Cybersecurity Professional School since it began its activity in 2018–at that time only in Spanish. Now, all the knowledge and experience acquired is available to English-speaking students.