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Industry 4.0: A catalyst for trade with Asia?
By John Browett, CC-Link Just as Asian vehicle manufacturers, such as Toyota, Nissan and Honda, build cars in Europe for the local market, European manufacturers should consider doing the same in Asia. Industry 4.0 can help do this. -
Global Motion Control Shipments down in First Half 2013
Global shipments for motion control products fell by 6.8% in the first half of 2013, according to the Motion Control Association (MCA), the industry’s trade group. -
HighJump Software signs reps in China
Anchor Information Technology, Hentor and Hyrus will rep HighJump's Supply Chain Advantage suite . -
Manufacturing technology orders down in June
June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $426.83 million, down 5.8% from May. With a year-to-date total of $2,538.55 million, 2013 is down 5.7% compared with 2012. -
Rockwell Automation Headquarters Earns LEED Certification
The 2.1 million square-foot building is the second-largest structure in Wisconsin to receive this certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. -
Top 10 Industrial Alarm System Blunders
Proper alarm methods improve safety, the environment and plant profitability. -
Infrastructure Investments drive High Power AC Drives Business
Investments in infrastructure in many part of the world caused continued demand for high power AC drives. -
Automation with less vibration
By Chris Hansford, Hansford Sensors A range of vibration sensors and monitoring techniques are now available that can help engineers detect and manage vibration, and thus extend the operating life of automated machinery beyond recommended maintenance intervals. -
Emerson signs SeaTec to support marine customers
SeaTec Repair Services will install Micro Motion fuel measurement solutions for marine customers. -
Micro assembly cells fitted with absolute encoders
By Renishaw Amicra Microtechnologies manufactures precision assembly systems. They replaced incremental measuring systems with absolute optical encoders and achieved ±0.5µm accuracy and 1.66 Cpk process capability. -
Why Automation Professionals Should Write and Present Technical Papers
As an engineer, your publications are as important for recognition of your expertise as publications of a supplier for recognition of a product’s capability. -
Gas Detector Market Driven by Strict Safety Regulations
Compliance with increasingly tough safety regulations will remain a major factor driving investment in safety systems and toxic gas detectors among oil & gas, refining, petrochemical and mining customers. -
WLAN and Bluetooth Dominate Wireless Automation Equipment
More than half of all wireless-enabled industrial automation equipment shipped in 2012 used Bluetooth or 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN (WLAN) technology. -
ABB to power copper mine in Zambia
ABB will provide a new substation and upgrade an existing one at Africa’s biggest copper mine, being built in the northwestern province of the country. -
Endress+Hauser expands in China
Endress+Hauser is expanding its flowmeter manufacturing factory in Suzhou, China. -
B&R testing laboratory accredited by Austria
B&R's environmental testing laboratory in Eggelsberg, Austria, was given accreditation in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17025:2007. -
Data Translation DAQ software supports TI Code Composer Studio 5.2.1
TI Code Composer Studio 5.2.1 can now be used to develop low-level DSP applications that can run stand-alone or communicate with a Windows application. -
Taking the lead on the development of the cybersecurity framework
Taking the lead on the development of the cybersecurity framework -
ISA to conduct technical training camp in Houston
ISA will conduct six of its most in-depth technical training courses over five consecutive weeks beginning Monday, 30 September 2013. -
Asia to Become Largest PLC Market Worldwide
ARC says Asia will become the largest PLC market from 2016 onwards. But what about Industry 4.0 and reshoring? Just wishful thinking? -
Konecranes offers machine control retrofit services
Konecranes provides various retrofit options including software design, integration and installation of new control packages to replace existing aged control systems. -
MIRTEC appoints Brian D’Amico President of Industrial Camera Division
D’Amico continues to serve as President of MIRTEC’s North American Sales and Service Division, MIRTEC Corp., and ISVI. -
CeMAT RUSSIA continues to grow
CeMAT Russia Is the leading intralogistics trade fair for the whole of Russia and the neighboring former states of the Soviet Union. -
Asia-Pacific spends the most on Automation
The Asia-Pacific region accounts for more capital expenditures on industrial automation products than anywhere else in the world, with 46 percent of global investments in 2012. -
AMETEK acquires Controls Southeast
Controls Southeast provides proprietary heating systems for industrial piping, valves and instruments as well as jacketed piping and specialty fabrication products. -
exida certifies Moore Industries SSX and SST for SIL 2
exida certified SSX and SST Safety Series isolator and splitter for functional safety, ensuring that they meet the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2 capability per IEC 61508:2010. -
How to Gain Automatic Control of Effluent Residual in Wastewater Treatment Plants
Important factors and specific trim controller configurations for gaining control of effluent residual in wastewater facilities. -
EMO Hannover 2013 focuses on India
India is on the way to becoming a manufacturing location of global status, and meanwhile ranks 6th among the world’s biggest markets for machine tools. EMO Hannover is taking this trend responsively with “EMO Focus on India.” -
Banner Engineering Enhances Mobile WebSite
The site has been configured to allow users to quickly access and share product data at the part detail level. -
InfinityQS installs ProFicient MES at Alpha Packaging
Alpha Packaging deployed InfinityQS ProFicient at its St. Louis and Bethlehem, Pa., plants with the remaining five plants scheduled for rollout during the 2013 calendar year.




