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AMETEK TMC, the industry leader in advanced floor vibration cancellation technology, is pleased to announce a partnership with Lambda Photometrics Ltd. to better support and serve customers in the U.K. and Ireland.

Senseye, the Machine Health Management company, welcomes ADLINK Technology Inc. to the Senseye Ready Partner Ecosystem, enabling customers to utilize ADLINK’s range of machine condition monitoring (MCM) devices to achieve plug and play integration with Senseye’s predictive maintenance software suite (Senseye PdM).

At its Haiger plant, Rittal consistently manufactures keeping with Industry 4.0 standards. Solutions from Rittal’s sister company German Edge Cloud are also used in the smart factory. A live dashboard system ensures transparency throughout the entire production process, enabling rapid intervention if necessary. A cycle of analytics, alerts and live dashboarding uses data to generate findings and optimisations.

The next phase of strategic partnership between Siemens and SAP delivers new predictive service and collaborative asset management plus integrated enterprise portfolio and project management solutions.

KUKA CEO Mohnen: "One effect of the pandemic: we are becoming faster, more digital, and we are finding new solutions."

Recognised by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Lighthouse facilities can also act as a guiding light for the manufacturing industry, as it navigates the technologies of Industry 4.0. But what makes a Lighthouse factory, and what can other manufacturers learn from them? Here, Dieter Heimerdinger, vice president of supply, Sandvik Coromant, at high-tech engineering group Sandvik, explains.

Insight Partners joins Altira Group, Chevron Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and Second Avenue Partners to fund Seeq product and market expansion.

Process control and industrial automation provider Yokogawa has launched its state-of-the-art technology manufacturing center at the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) Digital Hub.

HARTING is featuring numerous innovative solutions and products at Hannover Messe digital Edition.

In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the pandemic, but was able to close with an overall operating result above the previous year. The workforce was also guided through the crisis in a stable manner. After a strong first quarter, the company expects a catch-up year in 2021. With smart and intelligent products as well as digital learning platforms, Festo supports the structural change in industry and society–from electromobility to vaccine production and laboratory diagnostics to energy efficiency and climate-neutral production.

Fujitsu livestream at Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021 highlights the competitive advantage available to manufacturers from full digital integration of supply chains with engineering chains. Official media highlight tour demonstrates how Fujitsu Integrated Shopfloor addresses strategic choices that discrete manufacturers face today.

Celonis, IBM and Red Hat partner to deliver more flexibility and choice in how customers deploy process mining, intelligence and automation technology to core enterprise system functions.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced its NEMA MG 1 Motors and Generators Standard is now available for free.

Trusted UR+ partner to sell and deploy UR cobots with the new Scale Q-Span Workstation Kits.

Maintenance and service costs will come to the forefront in the aftermath of the pandemic. Periodic contracts could bring some welcome certainty.

In 2020, Festo was able to increase sales in the "machines and systems for battery production" segment by 40%. The demand for automation for battery cell production and other e-vehicle components is increasing. Festo sees great opportunities for further growth in this segment.

At ProMatDX this year, SICK is presenting six demonstrations and two educational sessions that highlight how intelligent sensors can improve supply chain operations for robotics, safety, and smart logistics.

IEC 62443-4-1 certification demonstrates product development in line with highest security requirements.

C&C Power, Inc. identified that it was on a burning platform which was getting in the way of being able to make essential business changes. This is the story of how the company achieved a reduction in stock-outs by 25% thanks to real (not general) materials requirements planning (MRP) functionality, reduced the impact on processes associated with design changes after orders are released to manufacturing, and achieved faster order turn time and a hugely improved customer experience.

Since 2011, Bosch has generated sales of more than four billion euros with Industry 4.0–and more than 700 million euros in 2020 alone.