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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.

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.

The new eSIGN signal tower is a breakthrough and a clear sign of WERMA's continual technological progress: this signal tower sets new standards in terms of individuality and flexibility with full-surface signalling, robust industrial design and impressive features.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Endress+Hauser, a leading provider in the industry, offers a wide range of IO-Link products for a large selection of process parameters.

i.Sense CF.D sensors use high-frequency technology to detect defects in bus and data cables, preventing expensive system downtimes.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

“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).