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Manish Kumar

From day dreaming designs at IIT, Delhi lecture halls to building his own furniture, this avid woodwork artist knows design like the back of his hand. In his more than two decades at SOLIDWORKS, Manish Kumar has led early development of translators, surfacing, modelling, sketcher, assembly, weldments, sheet metal, drawings and more.

In his current role as CEO, Manish spearheads the synergy between R&D and the brand’s vibrant community of users and helps in accelerating the adoption of the expanding SOLIDWORKS portfolio. As the Vice President of SOLIDWORKS R&D, he has played a key role in the development of SOLIDWORKS product and technology strategies

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  • GE Digital software boosts connectivity in Brazilian steel plant

    Gerdau has decided to rollout GE Digital’s Asset Performance Management (APM) solution to connect 600 assets in 11 plants across Brazil.
    22 September, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Stahlin's enclosures provide protection for ECS compost temperature sensors

    Engineered Composted Systems needed a strong corrosive resistant NEMA 4X enclosure that could survive this environment and protect their RF TeleProbe system. Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures was able to put together an enclosure package that met ECS needs.
    22 September, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Prime Competence and Unmanned Life announce pilot deployment of drone based mail sorting center

    The Prime Competence and Unmanned Life joint initiative will introduce a combination of drones and autonomous ground vehicles to be used indoors for postal sorting.
    22 September, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for Axiomtek introduces CEM300 embedded PC

    Axiomtek introduces CEM300 embedded PC

    The Axiomtek CEM300 is ideal for IIoT-connected industrial controls, medical imaging, retail equipment, MMK (Multi Media Kiosk), industrial gateway, automation and POS terminals related applications.
    22 September, 2016
  • Thumbnail for Parker introduces upgraded SensoNODE product line at Sensors Midwest

    Parker introduces upgraded SensoNODE product line at Sensors Midwest

    The latest additions to the SensoNODE product line include SCOUT Mobile 3.0, a Vacuum sensor, a 4-20mA transmitter and a wireless version of Parker's ServiceJunior pressure gauge
    22 September, 2016
  • Riken Keiki SDWL1RI wireless gas detector gains ISA100 Wireless certification

    The SDWL1 is a wireless flammable gas detector built to extend the benefits of wireless detection into safety applications. The SDWL1’s non-dispersive infrared detection system ensures accuracy while the advanced reliability features of ISA100 Wireless ensure wireless communication signal truancy.
    21 September, 2016 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Thumbnail for Six Key Steps for an Effective Industrial Business Process Change

    Six Key Steps for an Effective Industrial Business Process Change

    Efficient business processes could not be more important in the current climate of competitive global markets, subdued demand, and competitive pricing.
    By: Contributing Authors
    21 September, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Honeywell UOP introduces Connected Performance Services IIoT offering

    Honeywell UOP introduces Connected Performance Services IIoT offering

    The CPS offerings include applications to address critical challenges for refineries and petrochemical and gas processing plants, including better asset utilization, unplanned downtime, energy efficiency, and gaps in expertise as plants becomes more sophisticated and experienced engineers retire.
    21 September, 2016
  • Bots will work alongside humans in the future

    Machine learning and artificial intelligence have made the most seemingly impossible things possible in recent years. After the successful integration of IoT systems in various enterprises, the entire digital world is striving for adding bots to various industries to have a more-than-human experience.
    20 September, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Integration of Automation in End-User Industries to Promote Deployment of Industrial Dispensing Systems and Equipment

    The increasing production output of automotive, chemical, food and beverages, agriculture, and aerospace industry worldwide is directly influencing the rise in demand for industrial dispensing system.
    20 September, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Evolving Towards the Industrial IoT

    By Bob McIlvride, Skkynet Amidst all the conversation and occasional hype about the Industrial IoT, there has been cautious but steadily increasing implementation. Here are some questions to consider when evaluating an IIoT solution, to help cultivate an evolutionary approach
    19 September, 2016 | 4 minutes
    Sponsored By Skkynet Cloud Systems
  • Analytik Jena announces Ulrick Krauss to be next CEO

    Ulrich Krauss will become the company’s new Chief Executive Officer as of 1 October 2016. Klaus Berka, who founded Analytik Jena with two partners in April 1990 and has led the company ever since, will become a member of the Supervisory Board as of 1 April 2017.
    19 September, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Rockwell Automation opens registration for 25th Automation Fair

    Manufacturers and producers across the globe can see the latest products, services and solutions that help enable a Connected Enterprise at this year’s event, being held at the Georgia World Congress Center on Nov. 9 and 10 in Atlanta.
    19 September, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Automation Controllers & Word Processors Embrace the Technological Shift or Die

    The foundations of the automation industry are being reshaped right now from the torrent of ideas driven by Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Given today’s trends, are industrial automation controllers headed down a path to extinction?
    By: Bill Lydon
    19 September, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • OPC UA PubSub: Bringing the Power of the Cloud to Industrial Automation

    By Randy Armstrong, Sparhawk Software The widespread deployment of cloud based solutions has many factory operators wondering how they can take advantage of it to streamline their operations. The needs of these users have been the driving force behind the OPC UA PubSub Specification.
    19 September, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • NUM launches NUMmill CNC control solution

    NUMmill is designed specifically for CNC milling machine manufacturers and control retrofitters. It offers an extensive suite of canned cycles, ranging from simple center drilling, boring and threading to pocket cycles and complex profile milling cycles
    19 September, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • OPC Foundation, PLCopen and OMAC start OPC UA communications collaboration

    Collaborative efforts by standards organizations, such as OMAC, OPC Foundation, and PLCopen, align with the Industrial Internet Consortium's goal to ultimately identify and define building blocks for interoperability that help make smart factories and IIoT possible.
    19 September, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Where Do Humans Fit in the Factory of the Future?

    Where Do Humans Fit in the Factory of the Future?

    As technology grows in sophistication and complexity, it is vital to define new and improved skills, knowledge, and experiences.
    By: Contributing Authors
    19 September, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Thumbnail for EVT Eye Vistion introduces EyeSense Presence

    EVT Eye Vistion introduces EyeSense Presence

    The sensor measures the time the light needs to be reflected back from the object. This technology in combination with the EyeVision software, is suited for images in the fields of factory automation
    19 September, 2016
  • Thumbnail for Exele announces TopView for OPC Alarms & Events alarm notification software

    Exele announces TopView for OPC Alarms & Events alarm notification software

    TopView for OPCA&E allows users to monitor, filter, display, log, report, analyze, and send notification (Email, SMS, Voice callout/VOIP, Text-to-speech, …) for events generated from one or more OPC Alarms and Events Servers.
    19 September, 2016
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