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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and long-term e-Factory solution partner Eplan are strengthening their digital solution's collaboration further as Mitsubishi Electric joins Eplan's new partner network; an initiative to further facilitate the structured implementation of digital manufacturing.

Elevating interoperability, community, and innovation as imperatives for the smart manufacturing ecosystem.

AI software solutions for predictive maintenance, predictive quality and predictive energy.

Google Cloud and Siemens simplify the deployment of artificial intelligence to the shopfloor, empowering employees and improving overall quality.

The highly reliable, precision FLT93C Sanitary Thermal Flow Switch from Fluid Components International (FCI) is today helping a major pharmaceutical company assure the necessary high quality of its rinse water for injection (WFI) is maintained on its batch lines during the production of COVID-19 vaccine.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the signing of an agreement with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) on April 13 to jointly undertake a proof of concept test (PoC) for the remote control of a plant system by utilizing 5th generation mobile communications (5G), the cloud, AI, and other technologies.

In the warehousing and logistics industry, pressures from increasing globalization including foreign competition and the need for ever faster operations has meant the industry has been an early mover on this innovative technology. Applications for IOT in this industry are already embraced, be it in the way warehouses inventory is tracked or how forklifts movements are monitored. IOT is allowing sites to raise the bar on performance to levels that were unattainable in the past, making sure they can compete in the global market.

The rotor and drive joint access from Seepex for large standard pumps saves up to 80% in maintenance time.

The four-day conference program included around 70 lectures, 8 workshops, and almost 80 experts from a range of companies.

The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) argues that the United States has a now-or-never moment to revitalize its industrial base and regain capabilities and market share—an effort that would simultaneously give the US economy greater momentum over the long term. The research takes a micro, activity-level view and finds that revitalizing growth and competitiveness in 16 key manufacturing industries could boost annual GDP by more than 15%.

In his April column, 2021 International Society of Automation (ISA) President Steve Mustard discusses the journey of Argos, a new oil and gas platform.

With its portfolio of products and solutions, the HARTING Technology Group is positioned as an electromobility technology partner and pioneer - and thereby driving the energy transition forward.

Electromate has been recognized as the 35th Best Workplace in Canada.

IFS bolsters executive leadership team to continue growth momentum.

New technology introduced at ProMatDX wins top honor of MHI Innovation Award.

The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) is pleased to announce its 2021 award winners.

Year after year, Hannover Messe is the showcase for industry and a catalyst for future topics such as AI, sustainable production and 5G. As a purely digital event, this year's HANNOVER MESSE served two roles: it revealed not only the future of industry, but also demonstrated what tradeshows will look like going forward.

ONCITE industrial edge appliance from German Edge Cloud (GEC) has been expanded to include components from the IBM Cloud Paks, which is built on Red Hat’s “OpenShift” Kubernetes platform for enterprises.

The HARTING Technology Group continues to offer its customers a comprehensive and innovative solution portfolio for the industrial automation, energy infrastructure, e-mobility and railway sectors also in 2021.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation today announced that Yokogawa has selected the C3 AI Suite as a platform to enhance enterprise AI applications and complement its digital transformation solutions and services for industrial customers.

Migration of Repsol’s exploration data to the cloud delivers significant performance and collaboration improvements.

Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced that Royal Dutch Shell has selected Polarion Requirements software as the foundation for managing and streamlining the flow of requirements across Shell’s global Capital Projects ecosystem.

Evonik expands cooperation with IBM in the field of digitization. The two companies extend their strategic partnership ahead of schedule until 2025. Taking this decision early creates more opportunities for longer-term projects.

Automation innovator maintains stable operation during COVID-19 crisis.

Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is through the digital transformation of the Indonesian industry. Festo is a strong partner in the government programme “Making Indonesia 4.0."

In early 2021, threat actors conducted a series of attacks using the Cring ransomware. These attacks were mentioned by Swisscom CSIRT, but it remained unclear how the ransomware infects an organization’s network. An incident investigation conducted by Kaspersky ICS CERT experts at one of the attacked enterprises revealed that attacks by Cring ransomware exploit a vulnerability in VPN servers.

AMETEK TMC, the industry leader in advanced floor vibration cancellation technology, is pleased to announce a partnership with Lambda Photometrics Ltd. to better support and serve customers in the U.K. and Ireland.

Senseye, the Machine Health Management company, welcomes ADLINK Technology Inc. to the Senseye Ready Partner Ecosystem, enabling customers to utilize ADLINK’s range of machine condition monitoring (MCM) devices to achieve plug and play integration with Senseye’s predictive maintenance software suite (Senseye PdM).

At its Haiger plant, Rittal consistently manufactures keeping with Industry 4.0 standards. Solutions from Rittal’s sister company German Edge Cloud are also used in the smart factory. A live dashboard system ensures transparency throughout the entire production process, enabling rapid intervention if necessary. A cycle of analytics, alerts and live dashboarding uses data to generate findings and optimisations.

The next phase of strategic partnership between Siemens and SAP delivers new predictive service and collaborative asset management plus integrated enterprise portfolio and project management solutions.

KUKA CEO Mohnen: "One effect of the pandemic: we are becoming faster, more digital, and we are finding new solutions."

Recognised by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Lighthouse facilities can also act as a guiding light for the manufacturing industry, as it navigates the technologies of Industry 4.0. But what makes a Lighthouse factory, and what can other manufacturers learn from them? Here, Dieter Heimerdinger, vice president of supply, Sandvik Coromant, at high-tech engineering group Sandvik, explains.

HARTING is featuring numerous innovative solutions and products at Hannover Messe digital Edition.

In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the pandemic, but was able to close with an overall operating result above the previous year. The workforce was also guided through the crisis in a stable manner. After a strong first quarter, the company expects a catch-up year in 2021. With smart and intelligent products as well as digital learning platforms, Festo supports the structural change in industry and society–from electromobility to vaccine production and laboratory diagnostics to energy efficiency and climate-neutral production.

JAI, a leading global camera manufacturer, appoints Michael Lisby Jensen as new CEO. Jorgen Andersen takes over the role as chairman of the board.

"We create visions and subject them to technical testing," said Prof. Martin Ruskowski, Chair of SmartFactory Kaiserslautern. "So it is with the GAIA-X project and also for Production Level 4 and the digital Hannover Messe. As researchers, we are always in unexplored territory. But, we do not let that deter us."

Insight Partners joins Altira Group, Chevron Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and Second Avenue Partners to fund Seeq product and market expansion.

Process control and industrial automation provider Yokogawa has launched its state-of-the-art technology manufacturing center at the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) Digital Hub.

The SLA Series Biotech mass flow controllers feature an ISO/IEC 17025 certification option for biotechnology and other life sciences customers who require high-level metrology capabilities for their processes.

When instruments are connected to HART smart cards, the end-user has three key benefits.

Localization, customization and 3D printing innovation close critical supply chain gaps.

Advanced Handling Systems (AHS, LLC) announced today that they will be partnering with Caja Robotics to optimize a Midwest distribution facility for a major retailer. AHS, LLC, a full-service systems integrator located in Erlanger, Ky., is a premier US partner of Caja Robotics and will be completing the installation and deployment of approximately 100 robots in the new facility.

GEC joins Catena-X Automotive Network, alongside BMW, Deutsche Telekom, Robert Bosch, SAP, and other leading names.

More than 750 students have already been trained at the CCI Industrial Cybersecurity Professional School since it began its activity in 2018–at that time only in Spanish. Now, all the knowledge and experience acquired is available to English-speaking students.

The ISA/IEC 62443 series of cybersecurity standards are finding their place among the essential building blocks of a secure industrial control system.

MQTT is considered to be a lightweight messaging protocol for sending small packets of information in limited bandwidth applications.

Fujitsu livestream at Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021 highlights the competitive advantage available to manufacturers from full digital integration of supply chains with engineering chains. Official media highlight tour demonstrates how Fujitsu Integrated Shopfloor addresses strategic choices that discrete manufacturers face today.

Celonis, IBM and Red Hat partner to deliver more flexibility and choice in how customers deploy process mining, intelligence and automation technology to core enterprise system functions.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced its NEMA MG 1 Motors and Generators Standard is now available for free.

Maintenance and service costs will come to the forefront in the aftermath of the pandemic. Periodic contracts could bring some welcome certainty.

Aiming to offer holistic solutions along the Customer Journey, CAS Software presents integrable CRM/XRM and CPQ configurator solutions from one provider for industry, mechanical engineering, and equipment construction at the digital Hannover Fair April 12-16, 2021.

Giving a boost to the idea of a multivendor converged IT/OT industrial control system based on open standards, the 4diac open-source IEC 61499 project could dramatically accelerate industrial digitalization.

Trusted UR+ partner to sell and deploy UR cobots with the new Scale Q-Span Workstation Kits.

In 2020, Festo was able to increase sales in the "machines and systems for battery production" segment by 40%. The demand for automation for battery cell production and other e-vehicle components is increasing. Festo sees great opportunities for further growth in this segment.

C&C Power, Inc. identified that it was on a burning platform which was getting in the way of being able to make essential business changes. This is the story of how the company achieved a reduction in stock-outs by 25% thanks to real (not general) materials requirements planning (MRP) functionality, reduced the impact on processes associated with design changes after orders are released to manufacturing, and achieved faster order turn time and a hugely improved customer experience.

Plastic packaging is ubiquitous in our daily lives. It plays an important role in protecting food as it moves through the economy and has a role in reducing food waste and its climate impact.

The 1990s saw worldwide conversion of older controls to computer-based distributed control systems (DCS), which offered pros and cons for alarm management.

At ProMatDX this year, SICK is presenting six demonstrations and two educational sessions that highlight how intelligent sensors can improve supply chain operations for robotics, safety, and smart logistics.

IEC 62443-4-1 certification demonstrates product development in line with highest security requirements.

Since 2011, Bosch has generated sales of more than four billion euros with Industry 4.0–and more than 700 million euros in 2020 alone.

At the Hannover Messe Digital Edition, more than 1,800 exhibiting companies show their solutions for the factories and energy systems of the future.

Fuzzy Logic Robotics is announcing the first release of Fuzzy Studio, a game changer for unlocking flexible robotic production, during Hannover Messe Industry 2021.

Because Bladon’s business is built on innovation and reliability, it needs manufacturing partners that can deliver consistent quality, even for the most difficult parts. And that’s just one of the reasons that Bladon has chosen CloudNC to make and deliver its most challenging critical parts.

5G roll-out is in full swing. 144 5G networks have been launched with 90 more expected in 2021. More than 200 5G devices are now on the market, and 5G is expected to reach 1 in 5 people by the end of 2021.

Piezo Motion's new partnership will expand its reach to manufacturers needing precision motion in North America.

The increasing challenges of automation cannot be met by coexisting products, but only by complete solutions. With ctrlX AUTOMATION, Bosch Rexroth will demonstrate how this works at the digital Hannover Messe trade fair from April 12-16th, 2021.

Phoenix Contact invites customers to experience Phoenix Contact Dialog Days – Edition Hannover Messe. From April 12-16, 2021, this interactive digital trade fair will feature nearly 40 live conferences, along with guided tours, live chats and more.

Remove operational obstacles from legacy pressure instruments. This article comes from the March 2021 Ebook InTech Focus: Temperature and Pressure.

The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) is pleased to announce the release of a report analysis – “Leading Pack vs the Rest – A Data Driven Story."

AMETEK TMC, the industry leader in advanced floor vibration cancellation technology, has proudly established a new partnership with Lynx to better serve its customers in Brazil.

Abaco Systems, Inc. and CoreAVI announced an extension of their partnership through the signing of a licensing agreement that allows Abaco to implement the AMD Embedded Radeon E9171 GPU, associated COTS-D hardware IP, and Vulkan graphics and compute capabilities from CoreAVI into a new rugged embedded graphics processor to be produced and delivered by Abaco.

Control the temperature of the fluids and air servicing a building. This article comes from the March 2021 Ebook InTech Focus: Temperature and Pressure.

Factory Automation Systems joins Veo as its second Certified Systems Integrator.

Company releases next generation Autonomous Mobile Robot able to carry more materials faster than any other heavy-class AMR on the market.

ISA's 2021 IIoT & Smart Manufacturing Virtual Conference highlights trends and reviews real-world applications for IIoT and smart manufacturing.