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  • Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly

    ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course.
    08 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Uwe Keiter joins OMAC executive committee

    Keiter will take over as the representative for technology suppliers in the executive committee of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup (OPW).
    By: B&R Industrial Automation Corp.
    06 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • ISA appoints Bill Lydon chief editor for InTech

    Automation.com's Bill Lydon was appointed editor of InTech, further strengthening ISA’s partnership with Automation.com to jointly publish several e-newsletters for InTech and Automation.com subscribers.
    02 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner

    In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions.
    30 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • ABB orders decline 15% in Q3

    ABB reported third-quarter net income of $1 billion. Orders declined 15% and revenue was down 5%.
    By: ABB
    29 October, 2009 | 9 minutes
  • Purdue Calumet wins PMMI Student packaging design contest

    The contest challenged the students to address a palletizing need. The teams were provided customer specifications and were directed to find a solution that was fast and economical.
    14 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Thomson publishes Guide to Motion Solutions for Packaging Applications

    Covers pick-and-place/palletizing, label printing/scanning, stretch wrapping, carton packing, PET bottle manufacturing and filling machines.
    By: Thomson Engineering, Inc
    14 October, 2009 | 1 minute
  • RNA robot handles spoon challenge

    RNA used a step feeder, bulk storage hopper and an ABB IRB360 robot to stuff plastic spoons into a fast food container at a rate of 120 containers per minute.
    By: RNA Automated Systems Inc.
    12 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters

    The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals.
    07 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • PackML Implementation Guide

    This implementation guide, by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, has been created to aid software developers in achieving a clean and efficient implementation of PackML.
    05 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Siemens merges four divisions into one

    Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    01 October, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Linear guide feeds robots in pill sorting application

    PBC Linear’s Redi-Rail linear guide was installed as a replacement positioning system for Manchac Technologies’ fully automated pharmaceutical robot.
    24 September, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • July manufacturing technology consumption up 9.2%

    July U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $149.51 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, and AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
    14 September, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • What are you doing to improve business performance?

    MESA invites producers and manufacturers to respond to a new industry survey: Correlating Plant Performance to Business Performance.
    09 September, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • U.S. manufacturers call for Federal strategy to transform factories

    A federal strategy and support is critical if American manufacturers are to thrive in the post-recession global economy, leading U.S. manufacturing experts said Wednesday.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    09 September, 2009 | 4 minutes
  • Sealant Equipment dispensing system works with Motoman robot

    The Servo-Flo meter, Yaskawa encoder and supply pump system are integrated into the Motoman robot for precision dispensing of fluids with excellent response time for start and stop of extruded beads.
    By: Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc.
    31 August, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding

    This comprehensive resource includes information and selection guidelines on safety solutions, including Laser Scanners, Perimeter Access Guards, Programmable Safety Controllers, Force Guided Relays, Light Curtains, Contact Strips and Edges, and more.
    By: OMRON Scientific Technologies, Inc.
    23 August, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Engent expands its micro-electronics manufacturing capability

    Engent recently expanded its Norcross, GA facility by 8,000 square feet to support manufacturing expansion of its small form factor micro-electronics products.
    20 August, 2009 | 1 minute
  • ABB Q2 revenues down

    Orders decreased across all divisions and regions compared to the second quarter of 2008 on a combination of lower volumes and price decreases resulting from both lower raw material costs and reduced demand.
    By: ABB
    23 July, 2009 | 8 minutes
  • AMT President urges Congress to assist small manufacturers

    Testifying before the House Small Business Committee, Douglas K. Woods, President of AMT, said the effects of tax breaks and other provisions within the stimulus law have so far been minimal on the struggling manufacturing industry.
    15 July, 2009 | 2 minutes
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