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.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are continuing to grow in importance within Industry 4.0. With Industrial Intelligence as its lead theme, the upcoming HANNOVER MESSE is putting this development center stage.
In many areas, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry can be proud of its progress with regard to digitization. Protection against hackers is falling behind, however – as is education and training.
The recently held Mazak Canada Discover Automation with Mazak event drew much attention from regional manufacturers, area students and the media, so much so that a third day was added.
Companies that want to protect critical information, productivity and safety in connected operations require products that are developed with security in mind.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and NKS Corporation announce that Yokogawa will acquire all shares of NKS Corporation.
Validere, a venture-backed oil and gas IoT and artificial intelligence platform has raised $7 million in seed funding to transform oil and gas trading and logistics through reliable data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) insights.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has developed a software platform that enables software packages to run on general-purpose computers in a redundant configuration, and has added this to its OpreX™ Control and Safety System family.
Rockwell Automation and PTC yesterday announced that they have launched FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, a software suite that enables companies to optimize their industrial operations and enhance productivity by providing decision makers with improved data and insights.
Leading industrial cybersecurity officials from government and private industry gathered in Houston on Monday, October 29, to discuss new ways of countering the rising threats of cyberattack in the energy sector.
For the third consecutive year, Hatch has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, which recognizes employers at a national-level that lead their industries through thoughtful innovation and exemplary practices.
Asset Performance Monitor is B&R’s first cloud application based on ABB AbilityTM, ABB’s unified, cross-industry offering of digital solutions. By giving OEMs a reliable overview of all their machines in the field, it allows them to identify potential improvements, take service operations to the next level and unlock new business models and revenue streams.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
