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Collaboration offers industrial customers easier, smarter, and more productive ways to design, deploy, and manage robot applications.

PI North America, the non-profit member-supported organization for PROFIBUS, PROFINET, IO-Link, and omlox technologies in North America, is excited to launch a brand new PROFIBUS Online Training Course.

Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, like asset management sensors and environmental monitoring devices, deliver huge benefits to critical infrastructure and industrial organizations, including cost reduction and safety improvements. But they also create security gaps because many operators don’t have the tools needed to monitor and protect them.

Energy-efficient, cost-conscious and environmentally friendly: With its IE5+ synchronous motor, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS is setting new standards.

Supporting LCD and OLED displays, Microchip’s latest maXTouch touchscreen controller reduces integration complexity and cost for ultrawide touch displays up to 45 inches.

HMS Networks is now expanding its Ixxat SG-gateway series for networking of energy components.

Recently announced by Thomson Industries Inc., and available in the UK from authorised distributor, Heason Technology, the new Electrak LL actuator series builds upon the well-proven Thomson Electrak range with a high-performance and high-efficiency brushless motor and integral electronics that eliminates the need for standalone control.

The global connectivity solution provider Fischer Connectors has extended its flagship series of ultra-rugged and harsh-environment connectors with two new products.

Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program answer questions about optimization and organization in smart factories.

The ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards is a good starting point for building secure industrial control systems.

Mariner, a leading global Industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions provider focused on reducing manufacturers' cost of quality, has launched its new no-risk, no-obligation 30-Day Proof of Value program for its Spyglass Visual Inspection solution.

Senseye increases collaboration with its predictive maintenance customers to develop an expert community.

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.

Ewing-Foley, Inc. (EFI), a manufacturers’ representative firm that provides complete sales and marketing services to the datacom and networking industry, has announced its partnership with Softing Inc., an industry leader in industrial communications technology.

ODVA announces that the April 2021 publication of the DeviceNet and ControlNet Specifications have replaced the usage of the words “master” and “slave” within ODVA references.

AMETEK Land, a leader in non-contact temperature measurement and combustion emissions monitoring for industrial applications, has expanded its U.S. web store to bring a wider range of products and services directly to U.S. customers.

Festo Energy Saving Services and energy-saving products reduce CO2 emissions.

ODVA is pleased to announce that CIP Security, the cybersecurity network extension for EtherNet/IP, has added support for resource-constrained EtherNet/IP devices. CIP Security can now provide device authentication, a broad trust domain, device identity via Pre-Shared Keys (PSKs), device integrity, and data confidentiality for resource-constrained devices such as contactors and push-buttons.

By expanding their GNSS/INS (Inertial Navigation System) product family, Septentrio starts offering more application-specific positioning and orientation solutions.

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