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Deutsche Messe AG will stage this year’s CeMAT ASIA, 27 to 30 October, in Shanghai.

igus has revealed partly recycled and fully recyclable bicycle components set for mass production, with Advanced Bicycles as the first customer.

SINEC Security Guard: Intuitive cloud-based software-as-a-service to improve cybersecurity on the shop floor.

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) was envisioned to create single network to meet all requirements including audio, vision, and data with guaranteed speed and determinism for all applications.

Hannover Fairs USA (HFUSA) has partnered with the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) to host the IFPE Fluid Power Zone during the Motion Drive & Automation North America 2014 (MDA North America) trade show and conference September 8-13, 2014.

Has the industrial automation industry matured enough to avoid a standards war like the 1990s “Fieldbus wars?"

By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation At the start of the 20th century, developments in aviation technology took off and the first airline to operate international flights was launched in 1917. Since then, the ability to travel and transport goods internationally has dramatically altered the way companies do business.

This year’s CeMAT RUSSIA, a Russian Federation intralogistics trade show, will open on 19 September with around 150 exhibitors

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Amazon is clearly focused on manufacturing and, based on industry events, interviews, analysis, and briefings with users applying AWS technology, is causing another round of disruption in industrial automation.

The interface between the EPLAN Platform and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform of Dassault Systèmes will be systematically expanded by both parties working together

By Bill Lydon, Editor Communication technology is taking a role in strengthening U.S. manufacturing. Tom Bianculli, Motorola Solutions’ Senior Director of Emerging Business, talks about the type of technological advances that will improve operations on the manufacturing floor.

My Measurement Assistant+, ABB’s industrial device maintenance solution, now features multilingual Copilot integration.

The companies combine their expertise to help accelerate the manufacturing industry’s digital transformation with cloud-enabled offerings.

ICONICS announces the availability of energy-smart software solutions for industrial, manufacturing and building applications.

NEXCOM will play vital roles in Productivity 4.0, helping realize man-machine coordination, extended machine uptime, flexible manufacturing planning and scheduling, shortened lead time, and zero inventory for the ultimate goal of industrial transformation and value-added industries.

The platform provides software vendors with deep, data-driven insights into license usage, optimizing business models and enabling customer-centric licensing recommendations.

Manufacturing is back, and Chicago will be the epicenter, as an estimated 90,000 people will attend IMTS–The International Manufacturing Technology Show, which runs from Sept. 12-17 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Can another standards war be avoided with exciting new industrial multivendor interoperability and plug and play standards?

The market increasingly demands individualized products. Product life cycles are getting shorter and average lot sizes are getting smaller. Considering this, cost efficient production in a globalized and resource limited environment requires a highly flexible (IT-) infrastructure that also works well in cross-enterprise networks. It requires a reshaped automation data pyramid.

By Steve Hughes, REO Industry 4.0 will ultimately represent a significant change in manufacturing and industry. In the long run, the sophisticated software implanted in factory equipment could help machines self-regulate and make more autonomous decisions.