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Somfy’s TaHoma Gateway has been selected as a Gold winner by Product Magazine’s MVP Awards in the Connected Home category for 2021.

Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) has introduced the iQx instrument system–a device that measures air temperature and velocity, surface temperature, air pressure drop, and humidity. Measurements can be made concurrently or individually.

Just as the world came to terms with a new age of virtual data and remote work, Wibu-Systems helped put the finishing touches on the CloudProtect project, a collaborative initiative made in Germany aimed at providing more robust protections for machine operating software, configuration data and digital designs.

NORD’s condition monitoring solution focuses on status-based maintenance to increase service life of components and machines, predict undesirable operating conditions, and reduce unplanned downtimes, service costs and material costs.

Comau has developed and deployed an automated e-drive assembly line for Geely Automobile Holdings at its Geely Veremt plant in Ningbo (China), for the end-to-end assembly of the electric motor, gearbox and inverter.

The Xcelerator provides the ability to work in a collaborative and connected way, significantly reducing cycle times across each digital thread.

NEMA President and CEO Debra Phillips issued a statement in response to the White House's urging Congress to pass legislation—the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA)—to strengthen U.S. research, development, and manufacturing for critical supply chains, including semiconductors.

Inaccurate or overlooked alerts on manufacturing data can be reduced with proper data handling when developing and deploying predictive models. This article first appeared in the December 2021 issue of Intech magazine.

Asset management software proves to be a comprehensive, customized, easy-to-use, quick to deploy, cost-effective, and flexible solution.

Kassow Robots is strengthening its sales team with the appointment of Ulrich Möller as sales manager for the DACH region. In taking this step, Kassow Robots reinforces its sales presence, which is an established goal for 2022.

Plans are to replace the distributed control systems (DCS) at pulp mills in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada with the Valmet DNA, a single automation system for process, machine, drives and quality controls.

This vulnerability allows attackers to remotely control and execute code on vulnerable machines.

2.4 GHz wireless SoCs improve AI/ML performance by 4x using 1/6th the energy New AI/ML Software Toolkit Optimizes TensorFlow for all Silicon Labs SoCs.

TDK Corporation presents the new B78416A* series of compact EPCOS transformers with EP 6 cores for ultrasonic applications.

Controlling a dynamic beam laser with galvo scanner enables on-the-fly beam shape orientation changes, delivering new welding and laser powder bed fusion capabilities.

The new offering of Threat Detection Managed Services from Rockwell Automation provides application-level, real-time monitoring and response services to help detect, identify, contain, eradicate and recover from a cyber incident.

With a background in delivering award-winning cultural transformation, Jordan will lead the group’s talent and leadership capabilities and the development of an organisational culture that empowers its people.

Although it would be ideal to always select common controls and implementations for both IT and OT, organizations have had challenges in doing so. A new ISAGCA whitepaper explains how to apply ISO/IEC 27001/2 and the ISA/IEC 62443 series to secure operational technology environments. This article originally appeared in the December 2021 issue of Intech magazine.

While most of the Automation Salary Survey 2020-21 results focus on variations in salary, we also surveyed participants about other effects of the pandemic on the workplace, like changes in job functions, opportunities for remote work, and laid off or furloughed employees. COVID-19 is still affecting the workplace, but the survey results show signs of recovery.