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Topical Roundup: March 2025
Check out some of the most important updates in digital transformation, safety & cybersecurity, enterprise architecture & networks, operations & management, and automation & control right here on Automation.com. -
Manufacturing Technology Orders Post Strongest January Since 2022
Orders of manufacturing technology totaled $357.3 million in January 2025, down 29.8% from December but up 5.7% from January 2024. -
Schneider Electric Unveils Major New Energy Innovation Center in Houston to Showcase AI-Driven Solutions
The flagship technology facility in Houston is part of a continued investment in advancing growing automation and energy sectors in North America. -
The OPC Foundation Elects Three New Members to Board of Directors, Names Shinji Oda as Chairman
The OPC Foundation Board of Directors has been expanded to include Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Huawei. -
A Promising Path to Recovery: Growth Forecast for Global Manufacturing in 2025, But Challenges Remain
The outlook for the global manufacturing industry looks uncertain in 2025, with political and economic events hampering growth. -
Open Systems Initiatives Require Critical Business Management Decisions
Understand the trade-offs and investments needed to create an integrated, real-time, industrial manufacturing business. -
Sharing More Insights on ISA/IEC 62443
Let's look at a few media placements received by the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards in February 2025. -
Mouser Explores Innovative Memory Solutions and Design for AI Edge Applications in New eBook from Micron
5 Experts On Addressing The Hidden Challenges of Embedding Edge AI into End Products explores processing data at the edge, closer to where data systems can perform real-time data processing and decision-making. -
Southwire Champions Domestic Electrical Manufacturing with NEMA Make It American Program
The MiA Program is designed to support the industry in assessing, meeting and offering to the market products that comply with BABA domestic content requirements. -
ISA Wins Multiple vFairs Eventeer Awards, Recognizing the Best-in-Class Events in 2024
The International Society of Automation (ISA)—the leading professional society for automation—has announced wins in multiple categories in the annual Eventeer Awards. -
Siemens Announces $285 Million Investment in U.S. Manufacturing
Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, including two new facilities in California and Texas. -
Turnkey Robotic Systems Are Already Behind the Times
Pre-built, pre-configured systems are here for machine tending and packaging. -
Report: Cybersecurity, IT/OT Collaboration and AI Efficiency Driving Decision-Making for Industrial Networks
Cybersecurity continues to be a top challenge for manufacturers running industrial facilities, but IT/OT collaboration can improve cybersecurity. Despite this, only 19% of firms have collaborative IT/OT teams. -
Exergio Starts Testing Humanoid Robots for Smarter Buildings With $66B Market on the Rise
Exergio offers a use case: integrating humanoid robots into property and energy management for commercial buildings. -
Using AI to Capture Industrial Expertise
Specific AI algorithms can help manufacturers extend OT knowledge. -
Harnessing IIoT with Digital Twins: Transforming Manufacturing Operations
The manufacturing industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by advancements in digital technology. -
ABB Partners with US Start-up Molg to Transform Drive Design, Accelerate Contribution to the Circular Economy
The companies will develop design architecture for drive manufacturing by optimizing testing and assembly processes in Molg’s robotic Microfactories. -
RightHand Robotics Announces Strategic Investment from Rockwell Automation
RightHand Robotics has announced a strategic investment from Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation. -
Siemens Presenting Developments in Industrial Automation Digitalization for the Intralogistics Industry at Logimat
Siemens is introducing innovative automation and digitalization solutions that increase efficiency, adaptability and sustainability in intralogistics. -
Deep Learning Classifies Non-Contact Droplets Using Only Visual Images
Non-contact dispensing is widely used in fields like microfluidics, bioprinting, drug discovery, microarray fabrication and electronics manufacturing. -
Hexagon Prepares for the Spin-off of Its Asset Lifecycle Intelligence Division and Related Businesses
Hexagon AB will separate its Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division and related businesses (“NewCo”) by way of a Lex Asea distribution to its shareholders. -
New Record: UniversalAutomation.org Now Has More Than 100 Members
Founded in late 2021 by nine companies, the independent non-profit organization today has more than 100 members. -
CaPow Secures $15M Series A to Redefine Industrial Automation
Backed by Toyota Ventures, IL Ventures, Elements VC, Payton Planar and Doral Energy, CaPow scales production and R&D to meet growing demand worldwide. -
How to Use AI for Circular Manufacturing
AI’s potential for long-term sustainability will only grow, particularly when it comes to circular manufacturing. -
Rockwell Automation Achieves IEC 62443-4-2 Cybersecurity Certification for Variable Frequency Drives
This certification recognizes the Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755T-series and PowerFlex 6000T drives for adherence to the cybersecurity standards outlined in the IEC 62443-4-2 guidelines. -
HighByte Joins The Smart Factory by Deloitte @ Wichita
HighByte, an industrial software company, has announced the company has joined The Smart Factory by Deloitte @ Wichita. -
Fluke Networks Mark Mullins Named 2024 Recipient of BICSI’s Harry J. Pfister Award
Fluke Networks has announced Mark Mullins is the recipient of Harry J. Pfister Award for Excellence in the Telecommunications Industry. -
IFS and UKG Announce Strategic Partnership in North America
IFS.ai-powered ERP capabilities and UKG comprehensive HR solutions will provide seamless experience for managing business processes and human capital. -
HARTING Technology Group Appoints New Head of Communications
Magdalena Okopska will join on March 3, 2025, and Detlef Sieverdingbeck will leave on April 30, 2025. -
How Industry 4.0 Revolutionized Manufacturing and Maintenance
Let’s explore a few basics of Industry 4.0, then examine how maintenance practices are evolving in the manufacturing industry. -
BitFlow Helps CoaXPress Users Navigate Transition from Coaxial Cable to Fiber Optics
BitFlow is helping engineers navigate the transition from coaxial to fiber CXP with intelligent, flexible products that build on the company's innovative frame grabber portfolio. -
Europe's Employment Rate Hit Highest Level in Twenty Years as Gender Gap Closes
The employment rate for people aged 15-64 reached 71.7%. -
Festo Celebrates Its Centenary, Names a New North American CEO
Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker will become the new North American Business Region CEO on April 1. -
SEMI Cybersecurity Consortium’s NIST Semiconductor Manufacturing Community Profile Opens for Public Feedback
The community profile will provide a cybersecurity roadmap specific to semiconductor manufacturing, focused on bolstering the industry’s resilience to cybersecurity threats. -
S&T Professor Wins Medal from International Steel Manufacturing Association
Dr. Ronald J. O’Malley has been selected to receive the 2025 Tadeusz Sendzimir Memorial Medal for Innovation in Steel Manufacturing Technology. -
Vortab Flow Conditioners Tame Irregular Fluid Flows To Protect Process Equipment and Instruments
The Vortab Company’s product line of inline and insertion type flow conditioners nearly eliminates the upstream straight pipe run requirements for many types of equipment and instruments. -
Asia-Pacific Leads Fragmented Global Battery Recycling Equipment Market
The market may see the integration of different metallurgical techniques, leading to more efficient and environmentally friendly battery recycling solutions. -
Zebra Technologies Closes Photoneo Acquisition with Photoneo Brightpick Group
Photoneo Brightpick Group, a leader in 3D vision and AI robotics, has closed the sale of Photoneo to Zebra Technologies. -
Rockwell Automation Recognizes Partner Excellence and Important Business Achievements at 2025 Awards
EMEA-region PartnerNetwork members were honored for their commitment to innovation, sustainability and business excellence. -
ABB Completes Acquisition of Siemens’ Wiring Accessories Business in China
The acquisition provides access to expansive distributor network, extending ABB’s reach across China and Southeast Asia, and further into the retail market. -
Asia-Pacific Leads Fragmented Global Battery Recycling Equipment Market
The market may see the integration of different metallurgical techniques, leading to more efficient and environmentally friendly battery recycling solutions. -
How Will Quantum Computing Impact Industrial Cybersecurity?
Quantum computing could enable more efficient process improvements or data analysis work, but it brings with it potentially new cybersecurity challenges. -
ISA's Magazine Continues to Digitally Transform
February 2025 marks the debut of the latest iteration of the International Society of Automation’s magazine, Automation.com Monthly. -
6 Cybersecurity Considerations When Configuring Industrial IoT Devices
Integrating industrial internet of things (IIoT) technology into industrial settings improves safety and increases productivity while introducing risks. -
OMRON Partners with Wiferion for Inductive AMR Charging
Integrators and distributors worldwide can now implement Wiferion's solution in LD series deployments. -
How Digital Twins Transform Manufacturing Execution Systems
Real-time monitoring, process optimization and predictive maintenance can all improve. -
Tech Disruptions Spur Smarter Factories
Key technologies provide ways for manufacturers to retain their competitiveness. -
Yokogawa Releases White Paper Outlining Scenarios for the Year 2040
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced a white paper titled “Future Scenario 2040: Shaping Horizons of Uncertainty.” -
Verity Appoints Michael DeLeonardis as Chief Revenue Officer to Strengthen Market Leadership
With deep expertise in scaling commercial teams, DeLeonardis will strengthen Verity’s market leadership and accelerate its global expansion. -
Herrmann Ultrasonics Unveils State-of-the-Art Tech Center in Monterrey, Mexico
Herrmann Ultrasonics is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its newest Tech Center and laboratory in Monterrey, Mexico, on April 24, 2025.

















































