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What Does a Chiller Skid Have to Do With a $10 Billion Data Center?
Cooling OEMs answer that question with a PLC, not an IT department. If you are a controls engineer or an OEM product architect evaluating your platform for data center work, here are the questions you should ask. -
ABB Ethernet-APL Technology to Support Future Autonomous Operations at Chinese Chemical Facility
ABB has been selected as a strategic partner for intelligent chemical production facility in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China. -
Open, Proprietary or Managed Ecosystems Require Critical Business Management Decisions
Industrial control and automation systems investments require critical business management decisions for long term competitiveness, growth and profits over time. -
Beckhoff Celebrates 30 Years of TwinCAT Automation Software
A single software platform for all automation functions marks three decades of success in the field. -
How to Choose and Deploy the Right Industrial Ethernet Switch
Antaira Technologies breaks down 10 mission-critical capabilities that separate industrial-grade switches from commercial-grade compromises — and why it matters on the plant floor. -
Why SGP.32 Specification Is Changing the Rules of Vehicle Connectivity
Software-defined ecosystems exist for both industrial vehicles and consumer automobiles. The SGP.32 specification is at the center of a change in how vehicles connect to mobile networks globally. -
PI North America Holds 4th Annual 2026 North American PROFINET Plugfest
PI North America held the event in cooperation with PROFI Interface Center, and Emerson hosted it. -
PLCopen Process Industry Work Group Strives to Harmonize the PLCopen Process Function Block with MTP and OPC UA/OPC FX
During the PLCopen Process Control Work Group kickoff meeting, members came to a consensus regarding a goal: harmonization between the PLCopen Process function block with MTP and OPC UA/OPC FX. -
The Shop Floor Is Ready for AI. Is Your Network Ready, Too?
ARC Advisory Group research explains why the network is the strategic decision manufacturers can no longer afford to defer. -
OPC Foundation Advances OPC UA for the AI Era with Companion Specifications Optimized for Agentic AI
The initiative transforms more than 430 industry information models into AI-ready assets for engineering copilots, semantic search and intelligent automation. -
Antaira Technologies Achieves SEMI E187 Certification for Semiconductor Cybersecurity
"Achieving SEMI E187 compliance is a testament to our ‘Resilience-first' engineering philosophy," said Frank Hou, CEO at Antaira Technologies. -
Unlocking Easier Automation with Openness, Resilience and Right-Sized Design
As automation systems grow more complex, machine builders are rethinking how they design and deploy motion. -
OPC Foundation and LoRa Alliance Launch Joint Activities to Map LoRaWAN to OPC UA
The new collaboration will help bridge low-power wide-area networking and industrial interoperability through a standardized mapping approach. -
OPC Foundation Advances Open, Standards-Based, Digital Product Passport Adoption from Shop Floor to Cloud
The OPC Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to enabling the next generation of Digital Product Passport (DPP) solutions with open, interoperable and standards-based technologies. -
Yokogawa Obtains Certification to O-PAS Standard’s OPC UA Profile, an Industry First
Yokogawa's OpreX Open Automation SI Kit for Open Process Automation systems has been certified for conformance with the OPC Unified Architecture profile of the Open Process Automation Standard. -
Predictive Maintenance: Using Displacement Sensors for Real-Time Condition Monitoring
Learn how laser, eddy and other displacement sensors work and how they plug into IIoT PdM systems. They’re game changers on the shop floor. -
Why Secure Industrial Communication Depends on Deployment as Well as Protocols
The Industrial Security Harmonization Group (ISHG) has released a joint industry perspective highlighting a critical truth in industrial cybersecurity. -
The One Protocol Every Data Center Will Need in 2026
Redfish-inside PLCs — driven by Unitronics — are reshaping cooling, control and DCIM integration. -
Yokogawa Integrated Control and Safety System Receives ISASecure Certification
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that its integrated control and safety system has received ISASecure System Security Assurance (SSA) Level 1 certification. -
Siemens Expands Its Private 5G Infrastructure to the United States and Seven Additional Countries
"The industrial world deserves a 5G solution that speaks its language," said Axel Lorenz, CEO of Process Automation at Siemens.




















