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Rockwell Automation announces expansion of Threat Detection Services
To help prevent incidents and combat the unpredictable threats that cause them, industrial companies around the world can now manage cyber risk in their operations using the Rockwell Automation Threat Detection Services powered by the Claroty threat detection platform. -
DENSO announces grants to 26 North American colleges and universities
Grants will be used towards programs focused on design, materials management, mechanical and electrical engineering principles, thermodynamics, robotics and more. -
Return of the IoT Botnet: Silex Exposes the Soft Underbelly of IoT Devices
By Alan Grau, Sectigo Like the Fast and Furious movies, IoT botnets and cyberattacks just keep coming. The most recent attack, the Silex botnet, is particularly nasty. It doesn’t use devices to create DDoS attacks or attempt to steal personal data. -
IGEL releases info brief on developoing Linux OS-based devices at the edge
The IDC InfoBrief finds that the digital worker’s demand for speed, collaboration and innovation has never been higher. This is compounded by the rapid growth of Millennials and Generation Z employees in the workforce. -
igus linear guides help Spanish company build drones keep pests at bay
The “FitoStinger” was developed by the Technology & Advances Centre of Barcelona. It includes an extendable arm, which allows the precise spraying of pesticides. The maintenance free linear guides made by igus are a key component to the drone. -
RT Engineering announces opening of Controls Direct automation parts store
Controls Direct’s goal is to deliver an easy process for ordering automation parts. They offer support, with access to all of RT’s mechanical and electrical engineering expertise, whether if it just more information on a product, or assistance for any ongoing or future projects. -
CIMdata releases 2019 Simulation & Analysis Market Report
The PLM MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the PLM market during calendar year 2018. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth. -
What Should a Plant Manager Do During the First 90 Days on the Job?
Learn five "must-do" activities that every new industrial plant manager should build into initial plans to ensure everything kicks off in the right direction. -
FDT Group announces Executive Committee approval of FDT IIoT Server (FITS) specification for release to the FDT membership
The emerging FITS standard, set to release at year-end, will provide control system and device vendors with the opportunity to advance their intelligent automation solution offerings with FDT's standards-based, platform-independent, information-driven business models meeting the demands of the process and discrete markets. -
Dow Performance Silicones earns 2019 Customer Excellence Award from Siemens
At an executive level meeting called in 2017 between Siemens and Dow, the companies mutually agreed to initiate a special program called “PCS 7 health check.” The main objective was to optimize system reliability. -
Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Partnership awarded $12 Million Department of Labor grant to scale manufacturing apprenticeships
The funding will play a vital role in helping Ohio address the workforce shortage and skills gap affecting manufacturing, as manufacturers across the state have repeatedly cited workforce as their top issue of concern. -
Democratizing Digitalization to Achieve Manufacturing Competitiveness at PTC LiveWorx 2019
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com While attending LiveWorx 2019, for example, it was obvious to me that that PTC has created the most open system architecture which manufacturers can use to leverage digitalization and collaboration to achieve strong competitive positions in their industries. -
Samsung Electronics selects Optomec’s Aerosol Jet for electronics production
The Optomec Aerosol Jet 5X system supports 5-axis of coordination motion with a 200mm x 300mm x 200mm (x, y, z) print envelope and the ability to print features ranging from 10 microns to millimeters. -
Rittal partners with Atos and Siemens to develop Intelligent Edge Data Center
The ‘Intelligent Edge Data Center’ (IEDC) is a configurable datacenter solution that enables companies to process IoT data in real-time -
A Superhero’s Toolkit: The Engine Behind Automation
By Jack Wilson, Optimum Consultancy Services Even superheroes have toolkits that can make or break their ability to power automation for large complex processes. This article covers a few of those tools. -
Industrial Internet Consortium announces IIoT Maturity Assessment
The IIoT Maturity Assessment helps organizations become adopters of IIoT by guiding business managers through a range of questions about the adoption, usage and governance of IIoT within their organizations. -
Raw Beginnings: The Evolution of Offshore Oil Industry Pipeline Safety
A lot of insight and work goes into oil industry leak detection projects, and a lot of amazing things come out. -
Yale helps Continental Tire enhance drive process optimization
Continental Tire needed a technology-based solution to provide greater lift truck fleet visibility and drive process optimization. The telemetry solution needed to address four key areas. -
Comau to build an automated manufacturing line for lithium-ion battery modules for Leclanché
The solution selected by Leclanché is capable of automating the entire battery manufacturing process, from pouch cell stacking and welding to the final assembly of up to 32 different product configurations. -
Siemens to help European Space Agency develop aerospace design applications for metal additive manufacturing
The Design4AM project will result in a validated process for using Siemens’ additive manufacturing software to design and produce optimized, light-weighted structural parts for space applications, such as, among others, fittings (structurally bonded to CFRP panel), supports, and bipods.


