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Automation.com, April 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Energy has become a hot topic with vendors and standards organizations, many of which are offering and creating solutions for energy users.

ISA announces the dates, locations and Call for Papers for its technical division symposia in 2014.

By Thomas R. Cutler More than 80% of large (200,000+ square foot) distribution centers throughout North America and Europe are expanding automation spending in 2013-2015. The challenges for large operations include an effective turnkey solution with superior design, increased production, and reduced costs. Automation is at the heart of these solutions.

Automation.com, December 2012 By Rebecca Guthrie, Dan O'Brien, et al. Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies approached Honeywell Process Solutions for assistance on a solution for a standard manufacturing execution system (MES) platform that would reduce total cost of ownership and take advantage of industry standards.

By Nigel Rozier, Raima From batch processing to sophisticated real-time processes, effective data management is the key to boosting efficiency, increasing productivity and reducing costs in industrial applications. This article explores the role of data management solutions embedded within industrial automation systems.

To be held at the Hyatt Regency , from 7-9 August 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland, the event will include briefings by American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Water Environment Federation (WEF) officials, training opportunities, and a vendor exhibition that will showcase new products and services.

Since its opening in August of 2018, Fiserv Forum has quickly become home to many passionate Milwaukee Bucks basketball fans. Yet, aside from the on-court product, the new entertainment and sports center in downtown Milwaukee is an integrated facility, working to enhance fan experience, comfort and safety.

Personalized online instrumentation portals ease information exchange, reduce specification and ordering errors, and ensure access to updated documentation.

By Roger Yue, Antaira Having a redundant Ethernet network is important to W&WW management, because many plants are still legacy, meaning they were either built with a stand-alone station or have a traditional star topology Ethernet network.

By Paul Gruhn, Rockwell Automation Changes in technology have led to a variety of recent developments in process safety, with many suppliers releasing new systems that significantly depart from the past. These do’s and don’ts can help you choose the right safety-instrumented system for your process.

By Rainer Schmidt, Harting PROFINET is an independent, proprietary system, which is primarily used for communication between PROFINET components. If PROFINET wants to seamlessly communicate right into the SAP level, it runs into the structured cabling which the IT infrastructure of the company uses.

The 2015 ISA Process Control and Safety Symposium, held last week in Houston, Texas, drew more than 400 attendees.

By Innonimate Applications in various industries illustrate how TCP/IP connections provide remote maintenance capabilities via secure links.

By Bill Lydon, Editor I recently had the opportunity to discuss Ocean Data Systems – a little company you likely have never heard of - with Roy Kok, their VP of Sales and Marketing. Their product, Dream Report, is OEMed by a number of well-known software providers. Here is a synopsis of my interview with Kok.

Does automation always lead to job losses? Will you lose your job to a robot? Let's dive into the research and debates surrounding these questions.

OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645, ADR: OMRNY) and Scientific Technologies Incorporated ('STI'; NASDAQ: STIZ) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which OMRON will acquire STI for $94 million plus net cash and working-capital adjustments. The transaction, which does not include the purchase of STI's Automation Products Group ('APG'), was approved by both companies' boards of directors.

Excitement surrounding the use is high in some sectors but not all. “Everyone” keeps thinking Artificial Intelligence is "the next big thing," but what will it take to get there?

In the warehousing and logistics industry, pressures from increasing globalization including foreign competition and the need for ever faster operations has meant the industry has been an early mover on this innovative technology. Applications for IOT in this industry are already embraced, be it in the way warehouses inventory is tracked or how forklifts movements are monitored. IOT is allowing sites to raise the bar on performance to levels that were unattainable in the past, making sure they can compete in the global market.

Your plant or machine is assembled from objects–your control should be, too. New tools deliver the productivity of OOP without the complexity.