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Moxa earns Aon Hewitt Best Employer 2016 award
The Aon Hewitt Best Employers Study, Asia 2016, was conducted in twelve countries across the Asia-Pacific region, including Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. -
GE Digital software boosts connectivity in Brazilian steel plant
Gerdau has decided to rollout GE Digital’s Asset Performance Management (APM) solution to connect 600 assets in 11 plants across Brazil. -
Stahlin's enclosures provide protection for ECS compost temperature sensors
Engineered Composted Systems needed a strong corrosive resistant NEMA 4X enclosure that could survive this environment and protect their RF TeleProbe system. Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures was able to put together an enclosure package that met ECS needs. -
Prime Competence and Unmanned Life announce pilot deployment of drone based mail sorting center
The Prime Competence and Unmanned Life joint initiative will introduce a combination of drones and autonomous ground vehicles to be used indoors for postal sorting. -
Riken Keiki SDWL1RI wireless gas detector gains ISA100 Wireless certification
The SDWL1 is a wireless flammable gas detector built to extend the benefits of wireless detection into safety applications. The SDWL1’s non-dispersive infrared detection system ensures accuracy while the advanced reliability features of ISA100 Wireless ensure wireless communication signal truancy. -
Six Key Steps for an Effective Industrial Business Process Change
Efficient business processes could not be more important in the current climate of competitive global markets, subdued demand, and competitive pricing. -
Bots will work alongside humans in the future
Machine learning and artificial intelligence have made the most seemingly impossible things possible in recent years. After the successful integration of IoT systems in various enterprises, the entire digital world is striving for adding bots to various industries to have a more-than-human experience. -
Integration of Automation in End-User Industries to Promote Deployment of Industrial Dispensing Systems and Equipment
The increasing production output of automotive, chemical, food and beverages, agriculture, and aerospace industry worldwide is directly influencing the rise in demand for industrial dispensing system. -
Evolving Towards the Industrial IoT
By Bob McIlvride, Skkynet Amidst all the conversation and occasional hype about the Industrial IoT, there has been cautious but steadily increasing implementation. Here are some questions to consider when evaluating an IIoT solution, to help cultivate an evolutionary approach -
Analytik Jena announces Ulrick Krauss to be next CEO
Ulrich Krauss will become the company’s new Chief Executive Officer as of 1 October 2016. Klaus Berka, who founded Analytik Jena with two partners in April 1990 and has led the company ever since, will become a member of the Supervisory Board as of 1 April 2017. -
Rockwell Automation opens registration for 25th Automation Fair
Manufacturers and producers across the globe can see the latest products, services and solutions that help enable a Connected Enterprise at this year’s event, being held at the Georgia World Congress Center on Nov. 9 and 10 in Atlanta. -
Automation Controllers & Word Processors Embrace the Technological Shift or Die
The foundations of the automation industry are being reshaped right now from the torrent of ideas driven by Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Given today’s trends, are industrial automation controllers headed down a path to extinction? -
OPC UA PubSub: Bringing the Power of the Cloud to Industrial Automation
By Randy Armstrong, Sparhawk Software The widespread deployment of cloud based solutions has many factory operators wondering how they can take advantage of it to streamline their operations. The needs of these users have been the driving force behind the OPC UA PubSub Specification. -
NUM launches NUMmill CNC control solution
NUMmill is designed specifically for CNC milling machine manufacturers and control retrofitters. It offers an extensive suite of canned cycles, ranging from simple center drilling, boring and threading to pocket cycles and complex profile milling cycles -
OPC Foundation, PLCopen and OMAC start OPC UA communications collaboration
Collaborative efforts by standards organizations, such as OMAC, OPC Foundation, and PLCopen, align with the Industrial Internet Consortium's goal to ultimately identify and define building blocks for interoperability that help make smart factories and IIoT possible. -
Where Do Humans Fit in the Factory of the Future?
As technology grows in sophistication and complexity, it is vital to define new and improved skills, knowledge, and experiences. -
Key Ingredients for Designing Smart Machines and Equipment
By Dan Seger, Rockwell Automation Today in the era of smart manufacturing, end users want to optimize their production and supply chain by bringing together islands of information – and they want OEMs to help. Delivering on the promise of smart manufacturing is paramount. -
UL announces Cybersecurity Assurance Program for industrial control systems
UL CAP is for control system manufacturers looking for support in assessing security risks while they continue to focus on product innovation to help build safer, more secure products, as well as for OEMs, machine tool builders, system integrators, and retrofitters. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Final Control Element in a Process Control System?
A final control element is a device that directly controls the value of the manipulated variable of a control loop. -
Deutsche Messe facilitates Industry 4.0 with Shanghai industrial fair
PTCA ASIA, CeMAT ASIA, ComVac ASIA, and Industrial Supply ASIA collectively unite roughly 1,700 exhibitors on a display area of 130,000 square meters. Approximately 80,000 visitors are expected in 2016.