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Deutsche Messe announces CeMAT Canada to be held in September 2017
CANADA will run parallel to the Canadian metalworking trade fair CMTS (Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show). The event venue is the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, which is adjacent to the Toronto Airport. -
Is MES On Its Way Out?
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The convergence of IT and OT is one of the more fascinating trends that has spawned many discussions throughout the industrial space., but does it sound the death knell for Manufacturing Execution Systems? -
How to Leverage Profibus and Profinet for Troubleshooting and Preventing Downtime
Diagnostic information from Profibus and Profinet can prevent downtime and accelerate troubleshooting. -
Okuma announces Koma Precision as 2016 Partner of the Year
Koma Precision received the highest number of votes amongst all 50 members of Partners in THINC in the annual partner effectiveness survey to earn the distinguished title. -
Mentor Graphics introduces Mentor Safe ISO 26262 qualification programs
Mentor is an automotive systems supplier providing design tools and embedded software in the areas of connectivity, electrification, autonomous drive and vehicle architecture. -
Carolina Color chooses Liad to automate color delivery product line
Carolina Color faced an interesting business decision arising from the launch of two new coloring technologies. Carolina Colors decided to find an automated solution that the customers could install and use in order to achieve a cost advantage. -
ASTM appoints Arman Shakkaliyev to International Board of Directors
Shakkaliyev holds a law degree from Gumilyov Eurasian National University; an economics degree from Karaganda State University; and a degree in standardization, certification, and metrology from Kostanay Engineering Economic University. -
AutoQuiz: What is the Purpose of a Breadboard in Electronics Applications?
A breadboard is a construction base for prototyping of electronics. -
Rotork provides automated shut-off for heating pipelines in Northern Sweden bridge
Opened in 2014, the 2.1 kilometre bridge also carries two 400 mm diameter district heating pipelines which are now protected by an emergency shut-off system incorporating Rotork pneumatic actuators. -
ISA announces Call for Abstracts for 2017 Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium
Abstracts should include a 250-word proposal outlining the topic to be presented. Prospective authors have the choice of presenting a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation, a paper presentation, or a poster session. Deadline for submission is 31 January 2017. -
HARTING CEO to discuss manufacturing and IoT on Fox Business show 'Worldwide Business'
Tune in to see HARTING on Fox Business Network on January 15, 2017 at 5:30pm ET and Bloomberg International on January 22, 2017 at 7:30am GMT, 10:30am CST D.F. and 3:00pm HKT. -
Plex Systems announces Richard Murray as Vice President of Engineering
Murray was most recently senior vice president of engineering at Bromium, where he led development for the company’s global enterprise cyber security solutions. -
TT Electronics announces participation in NASA mission to Mars
The Mars 2020 Rover will carry an entirely new subsystem to collect and prepare Martian rocks and soil samples. This subsystem will include a coring drill on its arm, controlled partially by TT Electronics’ Hall-effect sensors. -
Lakeview Farms uses Leading2Lean's CloudDISPATCH system to cut downtime by 34 percent
Six months after implementing Leading2Lean’s CloudDISPATCH system, however, Lakeview Farms experienced a 34 percent decrease in line downtime, a 15 percent reduction in repair costs, and a 30 percent increase in maintenance technician efficiency. -
ESA Automation announces acquisition of Selema.
The recent acquisition represents a step ahead towards the accomplishment of a complete supply chain for the world of industrial automation -
ISA Security Compliances announces ISASecure SLDA certification for Honeywell's Phoenix development site
The certification independently confirms that Honeywell’s named system development lifecycle (SDL), the Standard HPS Iterative Process (HIP), meets the security development lifecycle requirements of the ISASecure Security Development Lifecycle Assurance (SDLA) certification -
ISA and Automation Federation announce kickoff of 2017 FIRST Robotics competition
This year’s FRC, titled FIRST STEAMWORKS, is expected to involve approximately 85,000 high school students on more than 3,400 participating teams throughout the world. -
Hilscher announces IIoT Solutions Marketing Cooperation with Cirrus Link Solutions and Inductive Automation
The IIoT Solutions Marketing Cooperation is intended to support sales of high value Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions to industrial automation markets. -
Honeywell and Aereon to collaborate on IIoT solutions for oil and gas industry
The Inspire ecosystem is a key part of Honeywell’s Connected Plant initiative that helps manufacturers leverage the IIoT to improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of operations across a single plant or several plants across an enterprise. -
NI announces opening of Industrial IoT Lab
Designed with flexibility for the future, the lab’s operational focus includes areas such as microgrid control and communication, advanced control for manufacturing, and asset monitoring for heavy equipment. -
United Electric Controls' transmitter wins 2016 exida Safety Award
Selected in the sensor category, the United Electric Safety Transmitter (ST) incorporates a logic solver and high capacity safety relay output (SRO) in addition to an industry standard transmitter and an explosion-proof enclosure. -
CeMAT to partner and share locations with HANNOVER MESSE 2017
CeMAT and HANNOVER MESSE are being staged as standalone events, but their common ground will be prominently highlighted for the benefit of potential crossover visitors. -
System Logistics announces acquisition of Vertique to expand warehouse automation solutions
Vertique is located in Arden, North Carolina, and over the past 15 plus years, has grown to be one of the most important key players in the food & beverage market providing solutions for intra-logistics. -
Is the Internet of Things Creating Unfocused Urgency to Monitor Everything?
The hyper-focus on IoT is creating an unfocused urgency monitor everything, which could lead to over instrumenting automation systems & creating data noise. -
igus announces launch of 8th igus manus award competition
Prizes up to 5,000 euros will be awarded for the most innovative uses of iglide plain plastic bearings and will be presented at April’s Hanover Trade Show in Germany -
Bitflow shares 5 technology trends likely to affect machine vision in 2017
Each has the potential to significantly impact or even disrupt processes, and may poise the need for investment by manufacturers who face the risk of being late to adopt. -
CC-Link announces launch of CC-Link IE Field Basic
This is an open field network using general-purpose 100Mbps Ethernet communication and is a new network mode in the CC-Link IE Ethernet-based integrated network lineup. -
KASTO introduces KASTO machine monitoring app
The KASTOapp displays the status of all KASTO sawing machines in the network that are equipped with the EasyControl or ExpertControl systems. -
USMTO Report: Manufacturing technology orders drop slightly in November
The motor vehicle, aerospace and job shop sectors showed increased order activity in the last few months of the year, indicating capital investment in anticipation of a need for additional capacity. -
Kamstrup helps Aalborg District Heating automate meter reading system
The investment includes 38,000 intelligent heat meters and a fully automatic remote reading system from Kamstrup. This large project begins in March 2017.