Articles & News on Plant Facility Safety & Security

Endress+Hauser USA Reaffirms Commitment to Workforce Pipeline and Local Communities

  • February 8, 2024
  • News

The company is offering various programs and opportunities to students, teachers and community members.

2024 Trends in Asset Monitoring, Workspace Security and Data Management

  • by Javier Benjumea
  • February 6, 2024
  • Feature

Javier Benjumea, CEO of WILOC Technologies, outlines the trends that will define both the trajectory of the company and the industry in the coming year.

IoT in Supply Chain Management: Uses and Examples

  • by Anna Iuchanka
  • January 22, 2024
  • Feature

Meeting growing customer demands and optimizing costs while taking care of the movement of assets and their safety requires the implementation of new technologies to maintain operational efficiency.

DOE Announces Up to $70 Million to Strengthen Energy Sector Against Physical and Cyber Hazards

  • January 11, 2024
  • News

The all-hazards energy resilience funding opportunity will support research projects to help make the nation’s energy systems more secure, resilient and reliable, bolstering America’s ability to quickly recover from energy disruptions.

Two Hargrove Controls & Automation Employees Achieve TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Engineer Certification

  • January 5, 2024
  • News

Hargrove Controls & Automation’s Karen Griffin, P.E., and Heath Stephens, P.E., have achieved the TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Engineer Certification.

Collaborative Palletizing: A Logical First Step into Robotic Automation

  • by Chris Caldwell
  • January 2, 2024
  • Feature

Because more than 80% of goods in the United States are shipped via pallet at some point during their product life cycle, more companies than ever are looking to robotic palletizing as a logical first step into robotic automation.

Giving Mining Technology a Dusting Down: How Radar Sees Through the Problem

  • by Sam Wood
  • December 21, 2023
  • Feature

Let's take a closer look at how today’s technology is coping with dust in mining processes.

Enhancing Manufacturing Security Through Innovative Troubleshooting

  • by Ryan Guthrie
  • December 19, 2023
  • Feature

Advanced robot controllers can provide enhanced troubleshooting in smart factory settings—while prioritizing data security.

Understanding Standards-based Safety System Design

  • by Linda Caron
  • December 14, 2023
  • Feature

Regardless of the products selected for a safety circuit, the machine designer is responsible for ensuring compliance with the standards. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2023: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

The Evolution of Edge Computing: Transforming Industries with Real-Time Insights

  • by Rudy de Anda
  • December 5, 2023
  • Feature

Edge computing is empowering AI embedded applications and IoT to accelerate time to value for digital transformation initiatives. By 2023, according to IDC, more than half of new enterprise IT infrastructure will be at the edge.