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  • Disruption Drives Adaptability and Innovation in Manufacturing

    Disruption Drives Adaptability and Innovation in Manufacturing

    Recently, we had an opportunity to talk with Williams about the shifts in manufacturing she was seeing prior to the pandemic, the impact of COVID-19 on DELMIAworks’ customers, and how the company has adapted to support their needs.
    By: Renee Bassett
    24 September, 2020 | 4 minutes
  • The Engineering Simulation Revolution Has Begun

    The Engineering Simulation Revolution Has Begun

    Generative design and digital twins join other business drivers to increase demand for engineering simulation tools.
    By: Joe Walsh and Petra Gartzen
    13 September, 2020 | 4 minutes
  • CODESYS Tech Talk User Conference Debuts Online in October

    CODESYS Tech Talk User Conference Debuts Online in October

    Registration open! Book your spot at the CODESYS Tech Talk Users Conference Oct. 16-22, 2020.
    13 September, 2020 | 1 minutes
  • AVEVA Roundtable Insights: Digitalization Reenergizing Industry

    AVEVA Roundtable Insights: Digitalization Reenergizing Industry

    AVEVA hosted a virtual roundtable panel discussion Aug. 26, 2020 with key people from the world’s largest oil & gas organizations to understand how technology is reenergizing industry.
    By: Bill Lydon
    03 September, 2020 | 7 minutes
  • Changes to Bosch Rexroth Management in North America

    Changes to Bosch Rexroth Management in North America

    Paul Cooke, President & CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America, will retire on Dec. 31, 2020. His successor as of Dec. 1, 2020, will be Greg Gumbs, most recently VP & GM Electrical Automation Solutions at EATON Corporation.
    27 August, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Siemens Digital Industries Software and CADENAS Speed Design Time, Digitalization

    Siemens Digital Industries Software and CADENAS Speed Design Time, Digitalization

    3DfindIT.com, the engineering search engine for 3D components from CADENAS, provides users with easy access to millions of CAD models from thousands of international manufacturers and a range of intuitive search methods.
    04 August, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Accenture Continues Digital Manufacturing, Industry X.0 Expansion

    Accenture Continues Digital Manufacturing, Industry X.0 Expansion

    Accenture in Italy has completed the acquisition of Turin-based boutique systems integrator PLM Systems.
    02 August, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Era of Empowerment for Automation Professionals

    Era of Empowerment for Automation Professionals

    Automation professionals are critical to successfully selecting and applying these technologies and guiding management to maximize their productivity. This role will continue and expand, as more companies look to make informed productive technological investments and implementation decisions to yield profitable results.
    By: Bill Lydon
    15 July, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Sophie Borgne named Engineer Powerwoman 2020

    Sophie Borgne named Engineer Powerwoman 2020

    The prize, which is usually awarded during the opening of the WomenPower career conference, became part of the digital event after the corona pandemic caused the cancellation of HANNOVER MESSE. Engineer Powerwoman 2020 marks the eighth time that Deutsche Messe is honoring a pioneer in the STEM field who through her commitment, her ideas and her work promotes technical innovation within her company.
    13 July, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Siemens and SAP SE announces partnership to accelerate industrial transformation

    Siemens and SAP SE announces partnership to accelerate industrial transformation

    Through this agreement, both SAP and Siemens will be able to complement and integrate their respective offerings in order to offer customers solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM), supply chain, service and asset management.
    13 July, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Mobile Industrial Robots announces Søren E. Nielsen as president

    Mobile Industrial Robots announces Søren E. Nielsen as president

    Nielsen brought his background in mechanical engineering to his role at MiR, along with the experience gained from more than 25 years of managerial positions with major international corporations such as Danfoss and Siemens.
    06 July, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Festo introduces BionicMobileAssistant robotic hand

    Festo introduces BionicMobileAssistant robotic hand

    The BionicMobileAssistant is a prototype of a robot system that moves independently in three dimensions and can identify objects, grip adaptively and work together with humans.
    02 July, 2020 | 3 minutes
  • How Industry 4.0 Can Get Factories Running At Full Speed

    How Industry 4.0 Can Get Factories Running At Full Speed

    By Chris Turlica, MaintainX Modern factories are as sophisticated as any server farm or computer lab, and to keep them firing on all cylinders we’ll need high-tech solutions too.
    By: Chris Turlica
    30 June, 2020 | 4 minutes
  • EPLAN's Cogineer helps Hanseatic Power Solutions automate control cabinet engineering

    EPLAN's Cogineer helps Hanseatic Power Solutions automate control cabinet engineering

    Hanseatic Power Solutions GmbH (HPS) automated its control cabinet engineering in several steps and has just implemented EPLAN Cogineer. The company has now used a "before and after" comparison to record actual time savings. Electrical planning alone now takes only 20% of the original time.
    29 June, 2020 | 3 minutes
  • HANNOVER MESSE announces Digital Days virtual event

    HANNOVER MESSE announces Digital Days virtual event

    The HANNOVER MESSE Digital Days launch on 14 July with a diverse, top-class program. The event begins with the panel discussion “Forward to the New ‒ New Opportunities for Progress?” featuring Siemens board member Klaus Helmrich; Festo chairman Oliver Jung; BDI president Dieter Kempf; Friedhelm Loh Group owner and chairman Friedhelm Loh; Robert Bosch managing director Rolf Najork; and SAP board member Thomas Saueressig.
    23 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Microchip Technology releases Analog Design eBook

    Microchip Technology releases Analog Design eBook

    Microchip’s Analog Design eBook is intended to expand knowledge with insightful technical articles that will help any engineer.
    23 June, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Optimation announces Wendy Smith as Chief Operating Officer

    Optimation announces Wendy Smith as Chief Operating Officer

    Smith has experience in a variety of manufacturing environments including continuous flow, batch processes, hot glass, refractory, finishing and assembly.
    21 June, 2020 | 1 minutes
  • PTC LiveWorx on Moving Digitalization from Vision to Reality

    PTC LiveWorx on Moving Digitalization from Vision to Reality

    The multi-session live event, recorded and available on demand for those who missed it, described how digitalization is a competitive imperative for manufacturing and production companies that want to thrive and survive.
    By: Bill Lydon
    18 June, 2020 | 6 minutes
  • Rise of the Robots: How Robotics Are Rising to New Challenges in the COVID-19 Era

    Rise of the Robots: How Robotics Are Rising to New Challenges in the COVID-19 Era

    By Cory Fogg Here are few of areas outside of the factory where innovative robotic solutions are the answers to specific needs.
    By: Cory Fogg
    17 June, 2020 | 3 minutes
  • Deutsche Messe AG announces 2020 HERMES AWARD nominees

    Deutsche Messe AG announces 2020 HERMES AWARD nominees

    Originally, the prize was to be announced at HANNOVER MESSE 2020 in April, which was cancelled due to the developments surrounding Covid-19. As a result, Deutsche Messe, together with the jury, decided to announce the winner during the HANNOVER MESSE digital event on 14 July
    11 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
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