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  • ABB announces APW virtual conference for the oil, gas, and chemicals industry

    The event, “Outperform in an uncertain market,” will focus on the oil, gas and chemicals industry and will take place November 10, 2016, 11:00 am-4:00 pm EST. The online conference is free to attend.
    03 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • HARTING earns second Excellence in Production award for tool manufacturers

    Together with an expert panel of judges, the Fraunhof Institute for Production Technology (IPT) and the Aachen RWTH Tool Machine Laboratory (WZL) came up with a list of the best tool and mould production businesses across four categories based on a detailed comparison, also making on-site visits.
    03 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Fluke's DATAPAQ tracker system saves fuel for Polish steel manufacturer

    In the current project, Danieli Centro Combustion made use of the new DATAPAQ Insight Basic software, which comprises all essential visualization, analysis, and reporting functions.
    03 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Bosch Rexroth to highlight IIoT packaging solutions at PACK EXPO 2016

    During this year’s PACK EXPO, attendees will have the opportunity to explore Rexroth technologies on the Innovation Tour. With demonstrations available in the Rexroth booth as well as select customer booths, the tour highlights a number of Rexroth’s Industry 4.0, Safety on Board, Open Core Engineering and 4EE capabilities.
    03 November, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • SICK's LaserGuardian Intrusion Detection System earns Benchmark Innovation Award

    The LaserGuardian from SICK and The HawkEye Effect software provides the ability to know the exact location of an intrusion and pinpoint it on an overview of the facility or interior blueprint.
    03 November, 2016 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By SICK, Inc.
  • Focus SB chooses Epicor ERP to facilitate resource planning

    Focus SB, a UK-based manufacturer of bespoke electrical accessories, evaluated several ERP solutions, but chose Epicor ERP as it felt it was the only available software application on the market that suited the company's business needs.
    03 November, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • KION group completes acquistion of Dematic

    As a result of the transaction, the KION Group will start managing its business and reporting financials by three segments in December 2016: Industrial Trucks and Services, Supply Chain Solutions and Corporate Services.
    02 November, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • ISA’s Standards & Practices Board presents annual awards

    This year, five individuals were presented with awards at the recent ISA Leaders Meeting by Nicholas P. Sands of DuPont, the 2015-16 Vice President of ISA’s S&P Department.
    02 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • AMCI releases Ethernet/IP programming webinar

    This pre-recorded webinar is designed to explain how to add and program EtherNet/IP products when using EDS files, and some short cuts that this simplified approach provides.
    02 November, 2016 | 1 minute
  • FCI announces Fluid Components Saudi Arabia Ltd joint venture with GAS Arabian Services

    The facility provides access to FCI engineering and technical support, local spare parts inventory and supply, repair and re-calibration services, factory certified field service personnel, client product and service training, site dispatching and on-site installation and start-up assistance.
    01 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
    Sponsored By FCI - Fluid Components International
  • Managing Industrial Ethernet in the IoT Age: Simplifying EtherNET/IP and PROFINET Network Management

    By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Industrial Ethernet networks are critical to implement IIoT technologies, and uptime is essential for essential production. Using a systems approach, Cisco's Industrial Network Director aims to simplify the management of EtherNET/IP and PROFINET networks.
    02 November, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Emerson partners with IPRES to facilitate automated resevoir management

    Under the terms of the agreement, Emerson will sell IPRES’s flagship solutions IPRISK and IPRESOURCE to its existing and prospective customer base.
    01 November, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • Fluke announces 2016 Fluke Connect Student Contest

    Student teams use Fluke Connect wireless tools and software to collaborate and solve real-world operational problems. The first place team and its advisor will receive an all-expenses paid trip to visit Fluke Park for three days and two nights plus $3,500 worth of Fluke tools for the school’s department.
    01 November, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Molex announces acquisition of Phillips-Medisize corporation

    Phillips-Medisize will operate as an indirect subsidiary of Molex, LLC. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Phillips-Medisize focuses on medical solutions that include drug delivery, mobile and portable medical devices, and pharmaceutical packaging
    27 October, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork delivers data collection at bulk-powder plant

    The goal of the pilot was to collect information on the line’s bulk-powder process – including event-based data on when production stopped, started, faulted or went into a different state – to ensure operators focused on the correct machine problems during downtime events.
    27 October, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • The Backbone of the Industrial Internet of Things: A Solid, Flexible Communication Network

    By Thomas J. Schoepf, Belden With answers to some of the more common questions about industrial Ethernet, teams can explore and design solutions, confident that they can deploy an optimal communication network for their organization.
    31 October, 2016 | 5 minutes
  • SICK to partner with AutoCoding Systems at Pack Expo to discuss food safety

    The presentations will focus on how technology suppliers are working to help food and beverage manufacturers meet FSMA requirements. The in-booth presentation will be delivered at the SICK booth by Erik Phillips, US Director of Sales and Business Development at AutoCoding Systems.
    28 October, 2016 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By SICK, Inc.
  • Beckhoff opens new facility in Mason, Ohio

    Strategically located in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, this 3,300 square-foot office adds greater local sales and engineering presence for customers in Ohio and the Great Lakes region.
    31 October, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Emerson announces launch of Operational Certainty engineering performance program

    Operational Certainty is a technology and engineering-based program designed to help industrial companies achieve top performance and recover more than $1 trillion in operational losses globally.
    27 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Okuma earns ISO 9001:2015 certification from PRG

    Okuma is the first CNC machine tool builder to earn the latest ISO certification. This standard is based on a number of quality management principles including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach and continual improvement
    28 October, 2016 | 1 minute
    Sponsored By Okuma America Corporation
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