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The April 27-30 championship—which celebrates excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), innovative thinking and teamwork—culminates regional qualifying competitions involving K-12 students across 39 countries into a final experience.

By Rich Carpenter, GE Digital The connectivity made possible through Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is fueling the growth of the Industrial Internet. These industrial technologies are creating disruptive opportunities that will define a new set of winners and losers in the industrial space.

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The U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report (USMTO) for February 2016 showed that orders were down 5.1% compared to the previous month, and down 12.8% compared to the same month in 2015.

The newest additions to the Comtrol line of IO-Link Master products, the 4-PNIO(4-Port IP67), 8-PNIO(8-Port IP67) and DR-8-PNIO(8-Port IP20 DIN rail) support the IO-Link 1.1 standard for full IO-Link device compatibility.

The 2016 HERMES Award is given to first-time exhibitors whose products showcase technological innovation, industrial productivity, environmental sustainability, and economic and social impacts in the global industrial automation field.

The new board seat is an extension of Microsoft’s support for OPC Foundation since the company first became a member in 1995.

CodeMeter creates secured code and licenses that can be bound to a secure element in the target system, ensuring that the code and the licensed features are only used on that system.

The PMV D3 improves operational efficiency by allowing communication to and monitoring of process control/sensor equipment, wherever they are sited, but especially for remotely located valves.

The combination of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology with InformaTrac's Auto-ID technology provides automated tracking and location history.

Global test automation market was valued at US$ 12.91 Bn in 2015 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 23.6% from 2016 to 2024, reaching US$ 85.84 Bn by the end of the forecast period.

IEC-1131 is the first international standard for process control software. By using IEC-1131, a programmer can develop a control algorithm for a particular brand of controller, and import that same program to another brand with minimum modifications, primarily to process input/output subsystems.

By Jan Baan, Founder, Vanenburg Software The Pace-Layered Application Strategy Model from Gartner distinguishes three layers, which are helping organizations improve their applications by categorizing, selecting, managing and educating themselves on those applications.

By Rick Delgado, Freelance Technology Writer When it comes to big data analytics, manufacturing companies have discovered numerous use cases and applications, all of which bring notable benefits in a highly competitive marketplace.

FirstLight Fiber is a fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England.

The 12 October conference will showcase the latest insights, trends and best practices for process plant operators seeking to improve calibration quality, safety, accuracy and profitability; lower costs and optimize production.

U.S. BYOD market size was valued close to $30 billion in 2014 and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of over 15% from 2015 to 2022

Servotronix’s motion-control system for Gleason includes the softMC motion controller and four CDHD drives, running over an EtherCAT bus and controlling three linear axes and one rotary axis

Beckhoff Automation has been offering multi-core industrial controllers since 2006 with users benefiting from the advantages that this increased performance delivers. We discuss multi-core technology with Beckhoff Automation’s Daymon Thompson, Automation Specialist.

Stories from veterans illustrate how their skills seamlessly transfer from the military to the industrial automation and manufacturing sectors.

Interconnect Systems specializes in the design and manufacture of high density silicon packaging with advanced interconnect technologies.

By TE Connectivity This guide shares how the IP rating system works and how users can decipher what they mean.

Ingenious is a supplier of proprietary software and consulting services to the global chemical, oil & gas, and energy industries

The AGVs will help automate production of riding lawn mowers at Airiens' plant in Brillion, Wisconsin

The definition of span is the algebraic difference between the upper and lower range values.

The cell will speed the H & E Knowles' production of wheelbarrow full and part frames by eliminating many labor-intensive aspects of production.

In Hall 2, B16, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will present innovative technologies for future energy supply, lighting, and lightweight construction.

Global power transformer market was valued at $21.52 billion in 2014, with estimation of $34.64 billion by 2022, growing at 5.9% from 2015 to 2022

The primary driver for the global engineering software market is the growing demand for automation, along with an additional demand for integrated solutions adoption.

The Power Industry Division (POWID) and EPRI Symposium will take place 27-30 June 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina USA.

The new control system will integrate traditionally disparate, malt-production processes into a single, networked, EtherNet/IP-based solution to provide plant-wide visibility and actionable data from the malting plant’s production floor to SAB’s top floor.

The new Technology Center is over 100,000ft² (9,600m²) and will include 200 workplaces, laboratories, environmental chambers, and an auditorium for seminars and training events.

ABB will deliver a complete engineered solution to Kruger Packaging for a paper machine rebuild project at Kruger’s Trois-Rivières Mill in Quebec, Canada.

The OPC Foundation addition of publish/subscribe communication functionality to OPC UA provides the necessary infrastructure to achieve seamless interoperability for IIoT, IoT, and industry4.0 applications and devices.

The OPC Foundation and OMG have developed a technical positioning and FAQ document for usage of both the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) and the OMG Data Distribution Service™(DDS) standard.

The OPC Foundation has committed resources to moderate/maintain and extend the technology to keep pace with technology changes in the industry as well as the extensions to the OPC UA architecture and corresponding companion specification.

The online Product Finder tool supports easy-to-navigate access by smart phones and other mobile devices.

By Jens Kautzor, Hoffman + Krippner Today, membrane keyboards and switches have become indispensable for many industries. Often unnoticed by consumers, the simple keypad has now developed into a sophisticated high-tech system.

A host of potentially disruptive technologies are creating digital “Always-On” Supply Chains that will provide better efficiency, visibility and customer service across a variety of industries, while challenging companies to find the talent to manage them

Khoubbieh will lead 3eTI's solutions-consulting business to deliver comprehensive applications that improve customer experience in line with emerging cyber threats.

Micro Coax cable is available in smaller sizes to meet the growing need for signal transmission in confined spaces.

Festo Mobile App delivers quick and easy access to the Festo FAST Catalog of industrial automation components.

By Alex Herbert, Kepware Technologies Since implementing the IoT Gateway for KEPServerEX, Faurecia was able to decrease its transparency project from a complicated six-month scope to a functioning solution in just a couple of days.

Classes typically are a combination of classroom and hands-on training on either the Endress+Hauser PTU (Process Training Unit), a full-scale, working process skid with on-line instrumentation and controls, or live instruments in training stands, both designed to simulate operating conditions.

As IIoT technology develops, challenges on its adoption are beginning to dissipate.

Jeff Pope, Manager of Facility Decommissioning & Demolition Services at Burns & McDonnell recently spoke with marcus evans about topics to be discussed at the upcoming 2nd Power Plant Decommissioning Process Optimization Conference

Survey says 75% of execs admit Digital Transformation of the supply chain is “important” but only 5% are very satisfied with progress so far.

Natali relocated from Genoa, Italy, to join the Leicester-based company after working as a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) engineer for three years.

The solution will utilize ABB’s Internet of Things, Services and People concept to manage data signals from more than 50,000 devices and coordinate operation of the entire flood protection system.

By Adam Chapman, Fluenta The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to change the capability of businesses to monitor and measure an almost unlimited number of different objects. Deploying this capability will be crucial for the Oil & Gas Industry over the coming decades, particularly as it relates to flaring and cold flaring (venting).