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  • Zenith Technologies announces Joe Haugh as CEO

    Zenith Technologies’ chief will lead the company’s strategic direction and operations, with the goal of furthering growth as demand for the integration of manufacturing software systems in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries increases.
    By: Zenith Technologies, a Cognizant Company
    28 April, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Werum IT Solutions acquires FactoryTalk's MES business

    All current Factorytalk MES employees will transfer into Werum IT Solutions Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. This ensures continuation and future growth of the operational Werum business in the Asia Pacific region.
    27 April, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Numascale uses ADLINK computers for Big Data applications

    ADLINK’s SETO-1000 platform runs Numascale software to implement big data analytics.
    By: ADLINK Technology
    14 April, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • From Legacy ERP to Smart Industry 4.0 - The Pace-Layered Application Strategy Model

    By Jan Baan, Founder, Vanenburg Software The Pace-Layered Application Strategy Model from Gartner distinguishes three layers, which are helping organizations improve their applications by categorizing, selecting, managing and educating themselves on those applications.
    11 April, 2016 | 9 minutes
  • Faurecia Improves Parts Traceability with IoT Implementation

    By Alex Herbert, Kepware Technologies Since implementing the IoT Gateway for KEPServerEX, Faurecia was able to decrease its transparency project from a complicated six-month scope to a functioning solution in just a couple of days.
    By: Kepware
    06 April, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Industry 4.0 Needs Horizontal Integration

    By Armin Singer, MPDV A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is not only suitable to support Industry 4.0 but a necessary requirement. This white paper describes MPDV's Hydra MES.
    By: MPDV USA Inc.
    04 April, 2016 | 5 minutes
  • Zenith to Supply Manufacturing Software to GE

    Zenith will supply biopharmaceutical process control systems, manufacturing execution system (MES) solutions and other supporting technologies to GE Healthcare Life Sciences
    04 April, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Getting the Most From Bulk Chemical Plants

    By Terumi Okano, Aspen Tech Successful chemical manufacturers are now implementing advanced integrated software solutions to help them maintain production margins, improve product quality and continue to meet regulatory compliance.
    By: AspenTech
    01 April, 2016 | 5 minutes
  • Omnify Empower PLM helps MRV Communications reach REACH

    PLM software manages information for REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), a regulation of the European Union (EU).
    31 March, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Rockwell Automation & OSIsoft to provide historian to BHP Billiton

    BHP Billiton will install FactoryTalk Historian at the company’s iron ore operations in Australia
    By: Rockwell Automation
    28 March, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Hexagon acquires FTI

    Forming Technology (FTI) is a provider of manufacturing software solutions designed to reduce the development time and material costs of sheet metal components.
    23 March, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Reshape the Automation Pyramid

    The market increasingly demands individualized products. Product life cycles are getting shorter and average lot sizes are getting smaller. Considering this, cost efficient production in a globalized and resource limited environment requires a highly flexible (IT-) infrastructure that also works well in cross-enterprise networks. It requires a reshaped automation data pyramid.
    22 March, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Siemens’ CAD/PDM/PLM software deployed at Bosch

    Siemens’ software solutions are replacing the legacy system of German automotive supplier Bosch in its Electrical Drives division.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    19 March, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • How Good Does Data Need to Be for Maintenance Practices?

    By Manjish Naik, Meridium Use high accuracy metrics or sufficiently-good data to analyze asset performance as far as it will allow, while you keep improving processes and the quality of the rest of your data to make it sufficiently good.
    17 March, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Rompetrol automates tank farms in Romania

    Implico is integrating OpenTAS software with SAP and field equipment at six tank farms and a refinery.
    11 March, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • B-Scada to Supply IoT Technology to Powerstorm

    Powerstorm ESS develops and manufactures smart energy storage solutions for electric grid, backup power and lead-acid replacement applications.
    By: B-Scada Inc.
    18 February, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Oztek replaces Excel with Omnify PLM

    Prior to adopting Omnify Software, Oztek utilized a manual, paper-based Engineering Change Order (ECO) system to track parts.
    12 February, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell releases Mobility App

    The app sends real-time plant performance and notifications direct to smartphones, giving managers real-time information at their fingertips
    By: Honeywell Process Solutions
    08 February, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Schneider Electric adds Dream Report to CitectHistorian

    Schneider Electric will be delivering Dream Report for CitectHistorian as a branded solution for plant reporting.
    By: Schneider Electric
    08 February, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Savigent Software is a MESA-Recognized Business

    MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) International has identified Savigent Software as a MESA-Recognized Business.
    By: Savigent Software
    22 January, 2016 | 1 minutes
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