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The five-year framework agreement to implement automation software and technology will help paint manufacturer increase throughput and quality and reduce operating costs.

Crestview Partners, a leading private equity firm, is announcing the launch of its portfolio company, Convergix Automation Solutions, as part of its strategy to build a $1 billion global automation solutions company.

Through analysis, data not only can help optimize products and services but can also significantly improve operational efficiency, increase profits and create new business models that previously were not possible.

Presentations and demos will showcase how Seeq and the PI System enable customers to gain new insights to improve operations and production outcomes.

Swiss YC-backed startup Lightly has secured funding round led by Wingman Ventures to solve data challenges in machine learning as it plans to launch in Silicon Valley.

Endress+Hauser Canada has erected one of the country’s “greenest” commercial buildings for 20 million euros.

Because unscheduled downtime is far more costly than planned downtime, it’s important that manufacturers have real-time information about their equipment and processes to avoid unexpected faults and failures. Here Johan Jonzon, CMO and co-founder of edge analytics platform developer Crosser, explains how edge analytics provides instantaneous data to prevent unscheduled downtime.

The retired head of Instrumentation, Control & Electrical professionals within ExxonMobil Upstream makes the case for open systems development for automation projects. This feature originally appeared in the April issue of InTech magazine.

UniversalAutomation.Org has welcomed ExxonMobil as a member. ExxonMobil has been using the IEC 61499 runtime as part of an Open Process Automation test bed, having previously deployed the runtime for a successful prototype at an ExxonMobil pilot plant.

Brookfield partners with PassiveLogic to bring the first general purpose autonomous platform to the building market.

Johan Jonzon, CMO and co-founder of edge analytics pioneer Crosser, explains how manufacturers can prevent IoT project failure in the age of Industry 4.0.

Schneider’s decarbonization pathway espouses four basic steps: Define success, set targets, deploy programs and sustain results. Though each plant will need to apply the steps differently, some general principles for successful application apply in every case.

This article will outline some of the disconnects relating to performance management initiatives between the C-Suite and operations teams and shift supervisors working on the plant floor.

Gartner predicts that by 2024 hyperautomation—a business approach of automating as many processes as possible—will help organizations reduce operational costs by 30%. Successful execution of hyperautomation promises increased efficiency and reduced costs, but what are the barriers to pulling it off?

Growth in R&D spending by over 200 of the world’s largest electrical, machinery and medical equipment companies has been on the rise since mid-2020, according to new research conducted by Capital Economics and Accenture.

The international family-owned and -managed business generated sales of EUR 869 million, up 14.5% on the previous year (EUR 759 million).

AMETEK Surface Vision, the leading provider of online surface inspection solutions, has helped a major Japanese paper product manufacturer improve the quality of its papermaking, as part of an upgrade to its production facility.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced the availability of new professional certificate program covering the unique challenges of project management in the automation industry.

Outsourcing product design and development can bring fresh perspectives to internal design teams and empower corporate R&D managers to take on new projects.

Driven by the demand for digitalization and automation in the water industry, Royal HaskoningDHV and Mitsubishi Electric Europe are joining forces to develop specialized automation controls.