A major international standards program on smart manufacturing will receive end-user input from the International Society of Automation (ISA), a developer of widely used international consensus standards in key areas of industrial automation, including cybersecurity, safety and enterprise-control integration.
During its world Congress, held in Amsterdam, both the AIPIA President and its Chief Executive emphasized that the AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) message has changed emphatically during 2018. No longer are we talking about ‘How it Works’, said Dick de Koning in his presidential opening address, it is now all about ‘What it can do for the Brand Owners’ he proclaimed.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announce that it has reached a go-to-market agreement with Sphera Solutions, Inc., a provider of integrated risk management software and information services focusing on environmental health & safety, operational risk, and product stewardship. Starting December 3, 2018, Yokogawa will offer Sphera’s risk assessment and consulting services.
A review team of automation experts recently convened in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina to perform the third critical review of the Automation Competency Model (ACM) since its inception in 2008.
Seneca and KUKA Canada Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide Seneca students with state-of-the-art robotic equipment and the opportunity to enhance their manufacturing skills as future graduates within the postsecondary sector.
JMP Solutions, industrial technology partner to the Fortune 1000, announced today that they have acquired the assets of Alfacon Solutions, a 35-year-old custom material handling solution provider based in Milton, Ontario.
Through the use of IIoT to connect wireless pushbuttons in the field to ERP inventory and order management, Jergens Industrial Supply is transforming its business for the digital future of industry.
ERP systems are increasingly being connected to more and more things, including the AWS IoT button. This simple button, with the right use case, can streamline some processes.
The OPC Foundation has elected Juergen Weinhofer, vice president of common architecture and technology for Rockwell Automation, to its board of directors.
As industrial companies use digital transformation to improve productivity and profitability, they must also address its inherent security risks. CIP Security was created to help protect critical industrial communications as part of a defense-in-depth security strategy.
ABB has made its first UK delivery of TruONE® ATS units to building services contractor TClarke for installation at One Bishopsgate Plaza, a high-profile property development in the heart of the City of London.
The Executive Board of the OPC Foundation has elected Stefan Hoppe, Senior Manager Strategic Technologies at Beckhoff Automation, as its new President and Executive Director. Beckhoff has early recognized the value of important standards for industrial automation and actively implemented them in its products. This includes OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture).
At the 2018 Ontario Export Awards – Canadian Manufacturing, Innovative Automation Inc. from Barrie, Ontario was presented with the Leadership Award.
ABB Customer World 2018, with the theme of “Let’s write the digital future. Together!”, officially kicked off today at the Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center to showcase ABB’s cutting-edge technical achievements in power, industry, transport and infrastructure.
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. earlier this month has announced that the acquisition of KMW Konstruktion, Maschinen- & Werkzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG and KMW GmbH, a German-based supplier of custom micro-assembly systems and test equipment solutions, previously announced on September 13, 2018, has been completed.
Globalization is yesterday’s news – nowadays companies must follow multi-local competitive strategies to maintain enduring success, according to a study by international management consultants A.T. Kearney.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
