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The ISA/IEC 62443 series of cybersecurity standards are finding their place among the essential building blocks of a secure industrial control system.

MQTT is considered to be a lightweight messaging protocol for sending small packets of information in limited bandwidth applications.

Fujitsu livestream at Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021 highlights the competitive advantage available to manufacturers from full digital integration of supply chains with engineering chains. Official media highlight tour demonstrates how Fujitsu Integrated Shopfloor addresses strategic choices that discrete manufacturers face today.

Celonis, IBM and Red Hat partner to deliver more flexibility and choice in how customers deploy process mining, intelligence and automation technology to core enterprise system functions.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced its NEMA MG 1 Motors and Generators Standard is now available for free.

Maintenance and service costs will come to the forefront in the aftermath of the pandemic. Periodic contracts could bring some welcome certainty.

Aiming to offer holistic solutions along the Customer Journey, CAS Software presents integrable CRM/XRM and CPQ configurator solutions from one provider for industry, mechanical engineering, and equipment construction at the digital Hannover Fair April 12-16, 2021.

Giving a boost to the idea of a multivendor converged IT/OT industrial control system based on open standards, the 4diac open-source IEC 61499 project could dramatically accelerate industrial digitalization.

Trusted UR+ partner to sell and deploy UR cobots with the new Scale Q-Span Workstation Kits.

In 2020, Festo was able to increase sales in the "machines and systems for battery production" segment by 40%. The demand for automation for battery cell production and other e-vehicle components is increasing. Festo sees great opportunities for further growth in this segment.

C&C Power, Inc. identified that it was on a burning platform which was getting in the way of being able to make essential business changes. This is the story of how the company achieved a reduction in stock-outs by 25% thanks to real (not general) materials requirements planning (MRP) functionality, reduced the impact on processes associated with design changes after orders are released to manufacturing, and achieved faster order turn time and a hugely improved customer experience.

Plastic packaging is ubiquitous in our daily lives. It plays an important role in protecting food as it moves through the economy and has a role in reducing food waste and its climate impact.

The 1990s saw worldwide conversion of older controls to computer-based distributed control systems (DCS), which offered pros and cons for alarm management.

At ProMatDX this year, SICK is presenting six demonstrations and two educational sessions that highlight how intelligent sensors can improve supply chain operations for robotics, safety, and smart logistics.

IEC 62443-4-1 certification demonstrates product development in line with highest security requirements.

Since 2011, Bosch has generated sales of more than four billion euros with Industry 4.0–and more than 700 million euros in 2020 alone.

At the Hannover Messe Digital Edition, more than 1,800 exhibiting companies show their solutions for the factories and energy systems of the future.

Fuzzy Logic Robotics is announcing the first release of Fuzzy Studio, a game changer for unlocking flexible robotic production, during Hannover Messe Industry 2021.

Because Bladon’s business is built on innovation and reliability, it needs manufacturing partners that can deliver consistent quality, even for the most difficult parts. And that’s just one of the reasons that Bladon has chosen CloudNC to make and deliver its most challenging critical parts.

5G roll-out is in full swing. 144 5G networks have been launched with 90 more expected in 2021. More than 200 5G devices are now on the market, and 5G is expected to reach 1 in 5 people by the end of 2021.

Piezo Motion's new partnership will expand its reach to manufacturers needing precision motion in North America.

The increasing challenges of automation cannot be met by coexisting products, but only by complete solutions. With ctrlX AUTOMATION, Bosch Rexroth will demonstrate how this works at the digital Hannover Messe trade fair from April 12-16th, 2021.

Phoenix Contact invites customers to experience Phoenix Contact Dialog Days – Edition Hannover Messe. From April 12-16, 2021, this interactive digital trade fair will feature nearly 40 live conferences, along with guided tours, live chats and more.

Remove operational obstacles from legacy pressure instruments. This article comes from the March 2021 Ebook InTech Focus: Temperature and Pressure.

The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) is pleased to announce the release of a report analysis – “Leading Pack vs the Rest – A Data Driven Story."

AMETEK TMC, the industry leader in advanced floor vibration cancellation technology, has proudly established a new partnership with Lynx to better serve its customers in Brazil.

Abaco Systems, Inc. and CoreAVI announced an extension of their partnership through the signing of a licensing agreement that allows Abaco to implement the AMD Embedded Radeon E9171 GPU, associated COTS-D hardware IP, and Vulkan graphics and compute capabilities from CoreAVI into a new rugged embedded graphics processor to be produced and delivered by Abaco.

Control the temperature of the fluids and air servicing a building. This article comes from the March 2021 Ebook InTech Focus: Temperature and Pressure.

Factory Automation Systems joins Veo as its second Certified Systems Integrator.

Company releases next generation Autonomous Mobile Robot able to carry more materials faster than any other heavy-class AMR on the market.