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In his latest monthly column, ISA President Steve Mustard calls on YOU to volunteer with the Society.

When applying a security risk assessment on your business, be sure to review these three key security threats.

The automation division of a multi-disciplinary engineering firm has been chosen among a select few to partner with technology giant Siemens.

The move will help Accenture meet the accelerated demand to apply the power of data and digital to the design, engineering and manufacturing of products for leading companies around the world. Accenture’s expanded Industry X services enable productivity, growth and sustainability in core operations.

Bosch Rexroth’s Connected Hydraulics Roadshow is a traveling exhibit, bringing a complete “tradeshow booth on wheels” to plants and industrial parks across North America beginning September 2021.

The recent $30M growth round was led by Zeev Ventures and Insight Partners, with participation from Spider Capital and UpWest.

ISA executive board member Don Bartusiak, who has previously served as ExxonMobil’s chief engineer for process control, has become known as a significant champion of Open Process Automation. This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue.

Kaman Distribution, a leading value-added distributor of bearings, power transmission, automation, and fluid power products, celebrates its milestone of 50 years in business.

Next-generation Everon mmWave solutions simplify deployment in small- and mid-sized venues, including offices, factories and hospitals.

ISA and Maschinenbau-Institut GmbH (MBI), a service company of the German mechanical engineering industry association, or VDMA, are joining forces to offer a unique cybersecurity training program for German speakers. This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue.

MyCare helps customers to better manage service and support cycles for their flagship metrology systems sold in North America.

CloudFabrix, a leader in AIOps solutions, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Verge.io, a leader in Software Defined Datacenter solutions.

Multi-pick end effector solution wins for pick-and-place robotics technology in logistics.

An interview with 2020 Engineering Leader Under 40 Award winner Sandeep Kumar Raju Vysyaraju.

Lynx Software Technologies and the CODESYS Group announce a technology partnership to bridge IT and OT worlds in mission-critical industrial environments.

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA) announced the release of a position paper detailing the automation cybersecurity public policy views of the organization and its fifty industry-leading companies.

aeSolutions announced that the company has once again earned the Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Process Safety Specialist Certification.

Arno Stock, business development manager at CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) member Renesas Electronics, looks at what TSN can offer and the latest achievements that are shaping the future of industrial Ethernet.

Revolutionary approach to pick-and-place offers unrivaled speed, flexibility and ease of use.

PureCycle Technologies is planning a network of global facilities to enable large-scale recycling of a common but rarely recycled plastic. This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue.

Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical announces the launch of its Rapid Development Center in Delano, Minn.

Siemens announced today that is has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Industrial IoT Platforms and Applications in Manufacturing 2021 Vendor Assessment.

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA), along with admeritia GmbH, announced that it is a contributing organization for the release of the “Top 20 Secure PLC Coding Practices.” This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue.

By coupling threat detection systems with intelligent actions, organizations can better protect their processes from internal and external threats.

Hexagon experts embark on a summer mission to make manufacturing smarter for users across the U.S.

One of the key challenges of this century is to find solutions on how we can ensure access to a sufficient supply of healthy, diverse, and safe food for a growing global population while limiting the impact on the environment and coping with climate change. Advancing sustainability and efficiency with IIoT innovation in today’s agriculture are a central part of the solution.

The mechatronics and automation innovator will showcase packaging industry updates in PC-based control, IIoT, drive technology and EtherCAT networking solutions.

Industrial OT systems supported by enterprise IT organizations are seeing a switch from on-premises datacenters to public cloud computing architectures. Automation can help with the migration.

Vision-guided robotics deploying 3D machine vision has become the cornerstone of the global race for greater automation. In contrast to 2D vision systems, which can only provide 2-dimensional output images without depth information, 3D vision technologies are able to cope with the intricacies of the 3-dimensional space, delivering a 3D point cloud with X, Y, and Z plane data.

A growing list of leading manufacturers are finding that AR can be applied to a variety of industrial issues.

To gain a competitive edge, industries today need to take advantage of digital solutions to aid in their many production needs.

The ISAGCA recently released a public position paper that describes the policies and associated reference standards supported by the alliance.

Automation pros need to figure out how to operate servers and other power-hungry equipment while optimizing power consumption. Intelligent power distribution units (PDUs) control and distribute power as well as provide metering and switching capabilities.

Booth demonstrations and special presentations highlight new systems and solutions for applications ranging from subsea to cloud-based technologies at OTC 2021 in Houston, Texas.

Orders for manufacturing technology totaled $490.3 million in June 2021, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report published by AMT–The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

OPC UA and MQTT are open-source technologies representative of the industrial automation architectural shift toward greater flexibility and interoperability. The OPC UA IIoT Starter Kit combines them so users can create solutions for bandwidth-constrained applications.

Here, Hamish White, CEO of telecommunications software provider Mobilise, explores how the telecoms industry is adopting digitalization on every level.

IoT gateway devices market trends are driven by rising digital transformation and the increasing requirement for remote health monitoring and connected medical devices across the healthcare sector. In addition, IoT technology also provides remote monitoring and real-time access to a patient’s health data, fostering industry expansion.

Datacom Sales Group, LLC, a manufacturers’ representative firm that provides sales and marketing services to the datacom and networking industry, has announced a new partnership with Softing Inc., an industry leader in active network testing and cable testing products.

Integrating cloud-based geoscientific imagery platform with geology data management and modeling tools, helping solve earth, environment, and energy challenges.

In recent years, there has been a global shortage of welders. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) reports that almost 81% of manufacturers can’t find enough skilled welders to meet their needs. Thankfully, automation can help fill the gap. Here, Claudia Jarrett, US country manager at automation parts supplier EU Automation, explains why cobots may be the solution to the world’s welding shortage.

Prudent American Technologies, a premier USA-based contract manufacturer of highly engineered injection molded plastics and precision machined products, is pleased to announce the addition of Eric Jackson as business development manager, Aerospace.

In a dynamic labor and supply chain landscape, IntelliStok saves manufacturers time and money.

Bright Machines Modular Production Approach reflects growing trend of standardized machine modules to improve efficiency and profitability.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions announces CRC Distribution as an authorized Trelleborg distributor.

Register today for our 2021 Digital Transformation Virtual Conference, happening on August 31, 2021!

A review of recent cybersecurity incidents that impacted critical infrastructure, and how the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards thwarted many of them.

New facility in Broomfield, Colorado, will add training opportunities, high-tech showroom and space for recently formed Advanced Applications Team.

Nozomi Networks Labs has discovered five vulnerabilities affecting Mitsubishi safety PLCs, used in many industries. Asset owners should assess their security posture now and take general mitigations until patches are available.

The Executive Summary and Conclusions of "Mining Electrification: Vehicles, Generation, Repurposing 2022-2042" gives the current and future mining situation and electrification options in new infograms, roadmaps, and forecasts. Interpretation and data gathering is by PhD level, multilingual IDTechEx analysts worldwide.

The company recorded the strongest half-year in its history in terms of order intake, sales and profit and strengthens its market position.

Robot mobility is booming worldwide: Unit sales of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in the logistics sector e.g. will increase by 31% between 2020 and 2023 annually.

Abaco Systems announced an award of $1.5m, supporting a major Turkish defense contractor with their naval combat management system (CMS).

ACEINNA, a market leading, inertial sensor company, today named Wade Appelman as the company’s president & COO, responsible for developing and implementing strategy for the company’s worldwide operations.

Co-located live events taking place August 10-12 at the Anaheim Convention Center will bring together machine builders and manufacturers around advanced smart manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

MT United immediately creates the largest integrated print, digital, and in-person network platform in the manufacturing technology ecosystem. Our combined expertise, industry knowledge, and resources generate a powerful synergy.

AMETEK Land, the world leader in high accuracy, non-contact temperature measurement systems, offers an accredited best-in-class global calibration service that ensures high performance, reduced downtimes, and protected investments for its range of infrared thermometers, line scanners and thermal imagers.

Process Insights, the market leader in premium technologies and solutions for the process and research industry, has opened a new facility in Houston, Texas, to better support its customers, distributors, contractors, and suppliers with improved delivery times, as well as on-site engineering, application consulting and process control solutions.

The partnership enables Epsilon’s customers to maximise the value of their cloud and digital investments with a unified SD-WAN edge platform.

The latest ISA Mentor Program blog answers the question: What is the best way to install a DP in level applications with a wet leg?

Special system demonstrations and informative exhibits showcase the latest connected industry solutions for automation and smart manufacturing applications at ATX West 2021 in Anaheim, Calif.

Company sponsors the Green Hydrogen Coalition in its mission to advance the production and use of green hydrogen in all sectors.

The recent announcement to acquire Spanish mobile robot company ASTI by global industrial automation player ABB underlines something we all knew: AMRs (autonomous mobile robots) have a big future in the industrial sector.

Doosan Robotics announced that the company appointed William (Junghoon) Ryu as its latest chief executive officer.

Newly appointed managing director will oversee business growth in Mexico and Latin America.

Industrial companies should start small when digitalizing their operations.

Guidance to help organizations design, develop, and operate networking solutions as they move to digital transformation.

In 2019, PETRONAS leveraged the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards within their company to coordinate a cybersecurity taskforce.

Nozomi Networks Inc., the leader in OT and IoT security, today announced a $100 million pre-IPO-funding round to help accelerate the company’s growth phase and extend its market leadership.

There is a huge base of installed machines in the world, typically referred to as “brownfield." This represents a tremendous opportunity for a predictive maintenance solution that can be “bolted-on” existing equipment to provide condition-based monitoring. For this solution to succeed, it must include: support for many machines in a single eco-system; simple, quick and remote commissioning; flexible choice of attached sensor devices; and built-in security.

Recently the Manufacturing Media Consortium and its founder, TR Cutler (TRC) set up a new division examining the role of manufacturing and technology in the entertainment industry. What follows is an interview of Jacob Kyle Young (JKY) actor and founder of Post Modern Entertainment.

With an increase in online shopping due to the COVID-19 pandemic, McMurray Stern recognized a greater need for their expertise. Shifting to automation, they have helped a mass number of companies, and have been able to improve their solutions in order to meet everyone’s needs.

Pyle joins the Graham Packaging team from Dana after a long history in the global automotive industry.

POSITAL has received certificates of compliance for its family of kit encoders that feature BiSS C interfaces. These encoders are designed to be installed in motors or drives, providing the control system with position feedback to over single- or multi-turn operating ranges.

The paper “Controlling industrial dead-time systems: When to use a PID or an advanced controller” won the nomination from the editorial advisory board as the best paper published in ISA Transactions in 2020.