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Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence announces acquisition of FASys Industrie-EDV-Systeme GmbH
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, FASys is a vendor of manufacturing software solutions, including DIN 4000/4003-based tool and resource management, and the integration of presetting and CNC machines (DNC). -
What Production Data is Necessary to Drive Your Industry 4.0 Agenda?
By Mathew Daniel, Sciemetric Instruments Data, data and more data. It’s the hot topic in manufacturing today with all the hype and anxiety around Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things. How should it be collected, managed and used effectively? -
Honeywell's Profit Blending and Movement shows improving refinery operations
Honeywell’s solution is designed to improve safety, efficiency and productivity through control, optimization and monitoring of product blending, movements and inventories in refineries, tank farms and terminals. -
Rockwell Automation announces expansion of PartnerNetwork Program
The PartnerNetwork program is designed to help industrial companies better solve their production and automation challenges by working with an expansive network of suppliers, distributors, system integrators, and machine and equipment builders. -
Rockwell Automation to focus on digital transformation and Industrial IoT at Hannover Messe 2017
Rockwell Automation will be showcasing the technologies, solutions and services that can help companies successfully and securely take advantage of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) at Hannover Messe 2017, April 24-28 in Hannover, Germany. -
ABB chooses Omnify PLM software to enhance design processes
ABB Drives and Controls was lacking a component information management system with a centralized database for their Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) components and the mechanical parts that included PCBAs. They selected Omnify Empower PLM -
HighJump's 3PL WMS solution brings Canadian frozen storage company to the cloud
HighJump’s cloud solution is designed to simplify each step of the supply chain while assuring levels of service through system uptime, response time and security. -
RedViking helps GKN Driveline ensure manufacturing visibility
GKN, a manufacturer of automotive driveline products, was seeking an end-to-end traceability strategy and discovered the Argonaut system from RedViking -
Magic Software's Magic xpi brings Industry 4.0 to Swiss manufacturer
Assa Abloy AG, the Swiss global leader in locking systems and security technology, has put the Magic xpi Integration Platform at the heart of the company’s new fully automated manufacturing system for its KESO keys. -
Bringing Data Visualization to the Forefront in Fastening Operations
By Anthony Borges, PINpoint Information Systems Patterns, trends and associations that might go undetected in text based information can be understood easier with manufacturing execution software that puts data visualization forefront. -
Closing the Loop on Manufacturing Error-proofing with MES
By Anthony Borges, PINpoint Information Systems Considering that quality and efficiency are the life blood of any manufacturing company, closing the loop on error-proofing is not only important but often ignored. -
Scalable MES Can Increase Speed to Smart Manufacturing
By Greg Schmidt, Rockwell Automation Manufacturing execution systems (MES) can help companies better understand their operations and get more out of their workforce, equipment and materials. However, traditional MES is often an all-in, enterprise-wide investment. -
The New Era of Automation Architectures: What does it mean for users?
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The application of revolutionary new concepts and technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), sensor advances, embedded controllers, and improving technology, are rapidly changing automation architectures. -
How Your Automation Infrastructure Can Meet Demand for Quality Ingredients
By Dave Sharpe, Rockwell Automation Whole and healthy ingredients can create obstacles in production, while ingredient transparency is also an issue. Luckily, an automation infrastructure that lets IT and OT communicate can solve many of these complications -
Omnify announces technology partnership with SiliconExpert
The integration between SiliconExpert and Omnify Empower PLM supplies detailed part information to users when creating new, corporate parts/part numbers within Empower. -
Cloud-Based MES: The Effort to Empower Small Manufacturers
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com In this day and age, it can sometimes seem like the small manufacturer is getting buried underneath the bigger entities in the industry. Yet, many of today’s advances, like the cloud-based MES, are making it possible for small and medium size manufacturers to improve their operation -
Enhanced productivity to be on display at the 2017 HANNOVER MESSE
What happens when a machine fails or a customer changes its order? Production has to be re-configured, which is time-consuming and expensive. What if there was a better way? -
Werum announces service partnership with EIS
Since January 1, 2017, EIS is thus a "PAS-X Endorsed Service Partner" and will support Werum customers in Europe and in the USA in the on-site-implementation of Werum's PAS-X MES. -
Lockheed Martin chooses Aegis' MES for Colorado facility
Operators at Lockheed Martin Space Systems will use the MES solution to increase factory speed, control, and visibility for several government satellite programs. -
Bill's Top 10 Automation & Control Trends for 2017 - Convergence, Divergence, or Chaos?
2016 was an exciting year of innovation and exploration in industrial automation. All this cutting-edge development fuels the excitement, but also begs a relevant question: Will these developments lead to convergence, divergence, and/or chaos in 2017?
