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Festo controls help glue the smallest electronic components with pinpoint accuracy using cartridge applicator units.

Multiple working demos and booth presentations highlight the company’s latest high-precision automation technology at SEMICON West 2021, Dec. 7-9, in San Francisco.

Siemens Digital Industries Software is selected as the preferred bidder for the next generation engineering environment and product data management environment.

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Global database and IoT technology provider FairCom is wrapping up another year in which the company had much success, especially in the forefront of data management for IoT and Industry 4.0 environments.

Dploy Solutions, a global leader in digital manufacturing and industrial IoT technologies, today releases customer case study with Bonnell Aluminum showing best safety record ever for the aluminum manufacturer while improving quality and productivity.

Energy Development Corporation will use Honeywell Forge and Alarm Performance Optimizer to enhance alarm management across multiple sites.

The international family-owned and -managed business generated sales of EUR 869 million, up 14.5% on the previous year (EUR 759 million).

NEMA has partnered with the U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA) to host a virtual Advanced Manufacturing Summit. The goals of the summit are to grow U.S. leadership in International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)-based Standards and use more Advanced Manufacturing (AM) systems in newly industrialized countries.

AAEON, a leading manufacturer of advanced hardware platforms for SDN, NFV, SD-WAN and white box uCPE solutions, was awarded Gold Partner again in Intel Network Builders Winners’ Circle 2021.

Now in its eighth year, the popular Demystifying EMC conference will be held in a virtual format in January 2022. It will build on the global reach it achieved in 2021, when participants from more than 60 countries joined the free industry event with its high-quality trainings and networking opportunities.

Jörg Kipper, managing director of Festo Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, has been appointed as the new chairman of the VDMA Integrated Assembly Solutions (VDMA IAS) sector group.

Computer vision expert Basler acquires its two long-standing Korean trading partners DATVISION and IOVIS and thus expands its direct business in Asia. The acquisitions are an important step in the company's growth strategy.

See equipment and talk to experts about the latest in fluid dispensing, test, inspection, and plasma treatment in one booth: #I2716.

How the next step for innovating biomass boiler efficiency is digital twin technology.

Digi-Key Electronics announced that it significantly expanded its portfolio in 2021 by adding more than 500 new suppliers across their core business, Digi-Key marketplace and fulfilled by Digi-Key program.

System yields faster analysis and repair of oil and gas operations to reduce the accidental leakage of methane.

Partnership to enable rapid development, implementation, and provisioning of unique and secure identity for IoT applications.

The Digital Transformation Council (DTC) will be holding its Annual Meeting on Feb. 14, 2022. The meeting will return to an in-person format, hosted at the Renaissance Orlando Hotel at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida (in conjunction with the 26th Annual ARC Industry Forum).

Together with mining electric vehicle drivetrain developer MEDATech, the two companies demonstrate secure exchange of operational data for production optimization.

To ensure a steady supply of FPGAs, BitFlow met with Altera to establish forecasting and lead times, ultimately resulting in purchasing additional stock.

The leadership team of Okuma America Corporation, a worldleading builder of CNC machine tools, controls and automation systems, is pleased to name Gosiger as the 2020 Okuma Distributor of the Year.

Celebrating a quarter century of success, the Beckhoff engineering and runtime platform continues to deliver maximum functionality through bold decisions and a drive for innovation.

Molex predicts that 2022 will usher in the era of mass customization as consumers’ increasing demands for tailored experiences propel continued technology innovations in the new year and beyond.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Cook as global segment director, off-highway and marketing Americas segment manager, Fluid Power.

ABB’s Distributed Control Systems (DCS) maintained a leading share of around 20 percent in 2020 in a market worth more than $14 billion.

Siemens signs a Memorandum of Understanding with LG Energy Solution: Both companies will collaborate in the field of battery manufacturing intelligence.

The liaison agreement will advance the use of augmented reality and digital twin technologies for training and much more.

As the number of cyberattacks on industrial control systems increases—as does their visibility to the public—many businesses in the automated manufacturing space are shifting cybersecurity strategies to protect their industrial networks.

The leading automation networking event is back in-person and will feature mentalist Kevin Viner.

This shared-source, not open-source, code is based on the nxtControl IEC 61499 runtime engine code donated by Schneider Electric.

The use of industrial robots in factories around the world is accelerating at a high rate: 126 robots per 10,000 employees is the new average of global robot density in the manufacturing industries–nearly double the number five years ago (2015: 66 units).

Dragos will provide more information on the bourgeoning Activity Groups as it becomes available.

Here we are at the end of my term as President of ISA.

New orders of manufacturing technology totaled $571.5 million in October 2021, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT–The Association For Manufacturing Technology. The three consecutive months ending in October totaled $1.7 billion, the largest three-month total since April 1998.

By connecting CNC machines online, factory operators can identify critical productivity issues and take the necessary steps to correct them with very little downtime, maintenance or additional costs.

Fibox is celebrating its 30th Anniversary. To mark this Anniversary, Fibox will donate thirty thousand euros to charities across the globe helping children, animals and the environment.

Richard Lind has been a board member of I.A.R. Systems Group AB since 2019 and is a former CTO of the Internet of Things (IoT) at Microsoft.

Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG)—a diverse coalition focused on expanding, integrating, and modernizing the North American high-voltage grid—has elected National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Vice President Operations Patrick Hughes as president.

Merit-based scholarships invest in students' leadership potential and vision for the future.

Chinese manufacturing is under pressure from both ends: raw material and energy prices are rising sharply; while consumer demand is weak. However, despite considerable supply chain problems during the latter part of the year, the 4th quarterly update of our Manufacturing Industry Output (MIO) tracker, shows that Chinese manufacturing is on track to achieve 5.9% growth.

The VMA membership elected the 2021-2022 Board of Directors, following the announcement of the slate of candidates at its Annual Meeting, which took place in October.

Companies need to reevaluate their operations from the ground up to fully take advantage of IIoT.

The company has announced intent to acquire a healthcare IoT security provider. The Series E funding will be co-led by new investor SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Deployment of Seeq software will expand production insights to support data-based decisions at Aramco.

“In the past few years, open process automation and industry initiatives have focused on open modular, interoperable and portable solutions,” Bridget Fitzpatrick, Process Automation Authority for Wood Applied Intelligence, said during her keynote speech at the International Society of Automation (ISA) Process Industry Virtual Conference (PIC).

Electric vehicle, commercial transportation, renewable energy and storage system designers can benefit from silicon carbide stack solution that drives performance and cost efficiencies and accelerates time to market by up to six months.

The UA Cloud Library makes it easier than ever to find, share, explore, and use OPC UA Information Models by applications, end-users and standards bodies.

Vanderlande has successfully delivered its largest project on Russian soil to date, with the installation of its first ADAPTO shuttle-based automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) for Leroy Merlin, one of Russia’s largest DIY (do it yourself) retailers.

Automated wastewater treatment systems can help food processors remain in compliance with EPA and local standards, while significantly reducing the cost of treatment, labor and disposal.

Molex, a global electronics leader and connectivity innovator, has acquired core technology and intellectual property (IP) from Keyssa Inc., a pioneer in high-speed contactless connectors.

Industrial software company secures funding from venture capital and strategic angel investors to meet customer demand and grow market share.

Digital transformation improves plant availability and enhances MEAG Power’s diverse generation fleet.

AMETEK Land, the world leader in high accuracy, non-contact temperature measurement systems, offers high-performance infrared temperature measurement systems with a low, consistent and reliable lead time.

Now that bad actors have witnessed the impact an attack can have on critical infrastructure OT systems, they’re emboldened to try and expand cyber campaigns to illustrate supremacy and increase public distrust and anxiety. So, we’ll dive into some of the most significant concerns that OT leaders need to be aware of in the coming year–and what can be done to strengthen your security posture.

To support the spread and interoperability of PROFINET over TSN, PI has launched a PROFINET community stack project.

Rohde & Schwarz and Sivers Semiconductors have jointly tested the performance of the latest generation of RF transceiver chipsets, which so far supported the IEEE 802.11ad and 802.11ay standards, against 5G NR signals up to 71 GHz.

Imubit, the leader of artificial intelligence (AI) process optimization for refiners and chemical operators, has appointed Kelly Harred as vice president of customer success and Roland Schneefuss as vice president and head of global sales.

In this insight, we take a look at German manufacturing, where COVID-19 recently forced the cancellation of the leading global show for advanced manufacturing and industrial technologies: Smart Production Solutions (SPS) in Nuremberg.

Private 5G wireless network supports industrial connectivity at the production development center and pilot hall at Volkswagen’s headquarters plant in Wolfsburg.

Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures 2021 were announced today, and Electromate was recertified as a national winner in the Emerging Market category.

Eighty-three percent of Fortune 1000 CIOs and CTOs surveyed have transitioned to 5G or anticipate doing so within two years.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions announces the launch of the Fluid Power Seals-Shop.

Dave Kroening, IT leader, and Martin Miller, data analytics leader with Koch Ag & Energy, discussed two high value digitalization applications using AWS (Amazon Web Services) including Monitron and SeeQ software in a re:Invent session.

Vibration measurement for machine condition monitoring has evolved from the simple screwdriver to advanced AI applications.

The survey is designed to determine a reasonable foundational set of knowledge needed to secure control systems.

Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT platforms.

Rupmaya Shoe Last Industries, India’s largest shoe last manufacturer, recently completed a major CNC machine tool upgrade program which has enabled the company to increase production capacity to 1,500 pairs of quality shoe lasts per day.

ODVA announced today that The EtherNet/IP Specification has been enhanced to enable EtherNet/IP networks to support the Ethernet-APL physical layer for process automation.

With the growing number of controller choices available to automation engineers, separating the chaff to find the best device for their particular application can be difficult when evaluating multiple platform types.

New solutions will combine MiR’s autonomous mobile robot (AMR) navigation and software expertise with Logitrans’ decades of material handling knowledge to fill the gap in ground-to-ground pallet movement.

UGV Energy is an international engineering company that has affiliated companies in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Austria: INFOCOM LTD, UGV Chargers and TEMERLAND.

The two companies aim to build the world’s largest industrial cyber security practice to safeguard critical infrastructure in energy, maritime, manufacturing, chemicals, healthcare and other sectors.

Budgeting and implementation strategies surrounding digital transformation processes present a series of challenges.

The new calibration rig at Houston Campus provides superior service for customers.