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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.

Address challenges to quality operational data by paying attention to four key data aspects. This feature was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Aramco allowing the two companies to explore potential opportunities for seeding and localizing semiconductor chip manufacturing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, promoting growth in the industrial digital business domain.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

ACG’s Smart Connected–an innovative new adaptor kit that enables optimised machine performance through data analysis–allows manufacturers to remotely monitor machine conditions and predict when maintenance is needed.

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.

Capvidia, a leading CAD software provider in model-based definition (MBD) workflows, saw another record year in 2021.