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Escalating purchase and consumption of electronic products, rise in government concern over e-waste, support of favorable industry certifications and regulations, and urban mining are factors mainly responsible for the development of the global electronic recycling market.

While earlier image sensors primarily found usage in consumer applications, the market for the same is now dominated by mobile phones and tablets, with Sony dominating the market in both CMOS and CCDs segments.

While the benefits of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and network virtualization are well known in the enterprise IT and data center world, both technologies also bring a hosts of benefits to the telecommunications service provider/carrier community.

exida is now conducting ISASecure SDLA certifications for supplier development organizations of industrial control and automation systems (IACS) products.

While most batch processes use automated procedures extensively, most continuous processes still use manual procedures. Manual operation has a high potential for problems due to the variability of how

By Bill Lydon, Editor Enterprise software cloud offerings and their integration with industrial automation systems is an exciting, evolving development. The new offerings allow manufacturing companies of all sizes to operate more efficiently and be more responsive to customers with a lower investment and lower lifecycle cost.

The global robotic automation market will exhibit an unprecedented CAGR of 60.5% from 2014 through 2020. The market for IT robotic automation globally is forecast to reach US$ 4.98 Bn by 2020.

Network topology is the arrangement of the various elements (links, nodes, etc.) of a computer network. It is the topological structure of a network and may be depicted physically or logically.

Yokogawa will continue to supply Main Automation Contractor services (MAC services) to BP’s upstream entities.

Industrial Internet of Things is a new milestone in contemporary industrialization which redistributes manufacturing companies' impact on the market.

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, a plant construction specialist, will use Siemens' Comos plant engineering and plant management software.

The global industrial controls system market was valued at US$58 billion in 2014 and is expected to be worth US$81 billion by 2021, growing at a robust CAGR of 4.9% from 2015 to 2021.

The multi-channel measurement system for capacitive displacement sensors based on the modularity principle, capaNCDT 6200; has now been extended by the new controller DT6230. Compared to its “little brother”, the DT6230 does not only offer an Ethernet but also an EtherCAT interface as well as an integrated synchronisation. Thereby, the whole system offers more flexibility.

“Design as a Service” offers creation of master batch records for Werum’s PAS-X manufacturing execution system.

The need to track and locate assets, personnel and items for operational efficiency and security is driving the global real-time location systems (RTLS) market.

FRIMO has integrated 80 remote service connectivity solutions. Using VNC (virtual network computing) software, the entire screen content of the remote computer is transmitted and can be used by the service technician like a local PC.

While alarm performance monitoring measures alarm performance, periodic audit ensures adequate management and work practices for an alarm management system.

By Daniel Atzori, PhD Implementing a cost-effective automation strategy is a top priority in the current oil price environment – and critical to eradicating production downtime.

By introducing change management and version control software from for all its PLCs in five production plants, heat exchanger manufacturer SWEP has minimized the risk of machine downtime.