Rockwell Automation

Survey Shows Ties Between Industrial Safety, Security and Operational Improvements

 

Industrial companies are using safety to not only mitigate risks but also to improve productivity and profitability, according to a survey by LNS Research. The survey finds organizations are using the three core elements of safety maturity – which include safety culture, procedures and technologies – to avoid safety incidents and improve business performance.

 

 

Omron

Omron to Unveil New Collaborative Robot, Solutions in Traceability, Flexible Manufacturing and More

 

Automation solutions provider Omron is ready to demonstrate why it is the industry’s foremost trusted partner in packaging with a series of technology demos at the upcoming PACK EXPO 2018. These demos will include advanced solutions in traceability, flexible manufacturing, customization and more.

 

 

Emerson

New Emerson Corrosion Monitoring Solution Enhances Integrity Management For Remote Pipelines

 

Emerson is introducing the Roxar FSM Log 48 Area Corrosion Monitor, a new pipeline integrity management system that provides remote, continuous online corrosion and erosion monitoring, enabling operators to track localized corrosion and ensure cost-effective pipeline health even in challenging environments.

 

 

EIN 40 Schneider 1 400

Schneider Electric Canada Announces new EcoXpert™ Partners in Critical Power

 

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced the latest EcoXpert™ partners in Canada. These partners are trained by Schneider Electric to leverage the latest in IoT-enabled technology to deliver improved power availability, safety and operational efficiency to their customers.

 

 

ISA

New ISA/IEC Standard Specifies Cybersecurity Capabilities for Control System Components

 

The ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards, developed by the ISA99 committee as American National Standards and adopted globally by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), is designed to provide a flexible framework to address and mitigate current and future security vulnerabilities in industrial automation and control systems (IACS).

 

 

Siemens

Siemens Canada empowers underserved communities with donation of 200 laptops to create meaningful change

 

Hundreds of underserved young people in Canada will soon have access to technology and digital learning thanks to Siemens Canada and local charity Corporations For Community Connections (CFCC). Siemens is donating 200 decommissioned employee laptops to CCFC that will ultimately be distributed to underserved communities by WE, a family of organizations that makes doing good, doable.

 

 

Eramosa

CEO Award of Merit

 

The 2018 Ontario Consulting Engineering Awards Award of Merit in the category of Industry, Energy + Resources was awarded to Eramosa Engineering Inc. for their collaborative work with the London Health Sciences Centre power plant and energy systems data management and visualization project.

 

 

Schneider Electric

Two Schneider Electric Smart Factories Recognized as the Lighthouses of the Fourth Industrial Revolution by the World Economic Forum

 

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, has today had its Le Vaudreuil factory in France selected among the world’s top nine advanced “lighthouse” site that embed the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution into modern production at the World Economic Forum’s 12th Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China.

 

 

ATS Automation

ATS to Acquire KMW to Strengthen its Position in the Electric Vehicle (EV) Market

 

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc., an industry-leading automation solutions provider, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire KMW Konstruktion, Maschinen- & Werkzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG and KMW GmbH (collectively, “KMW”), a German-based supplier of custom micro-assembly systems and test equipment solutions.