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  • Microchip releases free Code Configuration Plug-In

    The MPLAB Code Configurator enables firmware developers to quickly initialise the device and implement peripheral drivers for faster time to market
    27 January, 2015 | 1 minute
  • Onset adds Android to HOBOmobile data logger app

    The free app enables users to graph and analyze environmental data collected with Onset HOBO MX Series data loggers.
    27 January, 2015 | 1 minute
  • Rock-Tenn and MWV to merge

    The two packaging companies will form an unnamed company that will have combined net sales of $15.7 billion.
    26 January, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • Global PLC Market coming back

    The PLC market dropped in 2012, but it’s coming back strong.
    22 January, 2015 | 1 minutes
  • Boulting Technology to automate Thames Water

    Boulting to supply motor control centers and automation and system integration services.
    21 January, 2015 | 1 minutes
  • IE4 “Super Premium Efficiency” motors gaining ground

    HIS says while the world transitions to higher efficiency IE2, IE3 and NEMA Premium low-voltage (LV) motors, IE4 motors marketed as “Super Premium Efficiency” motors have rapidly carved out a space in the high efficiency motor market.
    20 January, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • SCADA Market Expected to Enjoy Strong Growth in the Future

    This is partly because SCADA products are mostly used in large investments in the energy business—such as in oil and gas and power facilities—an area that is performing better than other sectors.
    20 January, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • Virtualization and The Cloud: What’s the Right Approach?

    By John Senese for Industrial IP Advantage Virtualization is highly beneficial in an industrial IT scenario where there are lots of software applications that perform functions for a small number of machines or manufacturing processes.
    19 January, 2015 | 4 minutes
  • Virtualization and EtherNet/IP

    Interview with Christopher Di Biase, Principal Consultant, Rockwell Automation.
    19 January, 2015 | 3 minutes
  • September Orders See Monthly Growth, but Lag Behind 2014

    September U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $321.77 million, up from August’s $290.25 million and down 49.6% when compared with the $638.82 million reported for September 2014
    09 November, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • Bluetooth Temperature Datalogger Protects the Magna Carta

    The best-surviving copy of the Magna Carta, currently on exhibition in Britain’s Salisbury Cathedral to commemorate the document’s 800-year anniversary, is stored in a glass display case--along with an Onset data logger.
    09 November, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • 3S-Smart Software open office in Italy

    CODESYS Italia opened its doors in Milan, Italy as subsidiary of the CODESYS manufacturer, 3S-Smart Software Solutions.
    09 November, 2015 | 1 minute
  • AUMA installs actuators at sewage treatment plant in Bahrain

    40 AUMA electric actuators were installed at the Bahrain Ministry of Works’ Muharraq Sewage Treatment Plant in Bahrain.
    06 November, 2015 | 1 minute
  • Automation and "Factory of the Future"

    By Bill Lydon, Editor The growing need in the biotechnology industry for many new products that serve smaller populations is driving manufacturers to consider highly flexible, modular facilities. The emerging “Factory of the Future” model is intended to address this new customized, small-batch product demand.
    09 November, 2015 | 5 minutes
  • Industrial Supply 2016 coming to Chicago

    Industrial Supply 2016 is part of HANNOVER MESSE from April 25-29, 2016
    06 November, 2015 | 5 minutes
  • Smart Grid Market (Distribution Automation, Software and Hardware) Future Trends by 2019

    The growth of the global smart grid market is mainly driven by the increased global demand for power supplemented by higher transmission and distribution losses.
    06 November, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • Lenze appoints Mark Collins director of engineering

    Collins has worked with Lenze for over 25 years. Most recently, he served as manager of power electronics.
    05 November, 2015 | 1 minute
  • Selecting Valves to Improve Process Cooling in Winemaking

    By Scott Cameron, ASCO Numatics Several types of valves are used to control cooling in the fermentation stage of industrial winemaking. The wine cooling process itself is fairly straightforward. But examining that process may highlight how valves can function as surprisingly important ingredients in improving a wide variety of cooling applications.
    05 November, 2015 | 7 minutes
  • Dr. Norbert Stein elected chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation

    Stein follows Hans-Dieter Baumtrog, Senior Vice President ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Winnenden, Germany, whose term of office ended after three years.
    03 November, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • Systems integration for Industry 4.0

    By Nick Boughton, Boulting Group Connected devices have infiltrated every aspect of our lives, including the most traditional industry sectors. Here arethe challenges connectivity poses for industry, particularly with regard to systems integration and the water industry.
    03 November, 2015 | 5 minutes
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