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Rockwell Automation Named a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems for the Second Consecutive Year

Rockwell Automation, Inc. recently announced its recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for the second consecutive year. Since the 2018 report, Rockwell Automation improved its position in the Leaders quadrant in both its ability to execute and completeness of vision. The report evaluated 16 vendors across criteria spanning 15 different elements.

 

 

 

Grand Opening for New ‘North Campus’ Facility A Big Success

Grand Opening for New ‘North Campus’ Facility A Big Success

On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, FANUC America had the great pleasure of hosting a Grand Opening of a new 461,000 square-foot facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Constructed and in full operation just one year after breaking ground, the new facility houses several departments including engineering, product development, manufacturing and warehousing.  Now, to keep pace with the growing demand for robots and automation, FANUC occupies over one million square feet of building space in Oakland County, Michigan.

 

 

 

Siemens ensures safe electrical installation at the new Bauhaus Museum Dessau

Siemens ensures safe electrical installation at the new Bauhaus Museum Dessau

The new Bauhaus Museum Dessau (Germany) opened its doors in September 2019, featuring technology from Siemens Smart Infrastructure to help keep visitors and its extensive collection safe. A comprehensive solution for safe electrical installations extends throughout the museum’s 5,500 square meter footprint, which includes over 1,000 exhibits from the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s collection. The latter comprises 49,000 objects, making it the second-largest Bauhaus collection worldwide. It contains numerous student works and teaching documentation, as well as drafts and prototypes from the workshops of the renowned art academy, which celebrates its 100 th anniversary this year.

 

 

 

Unique Team Spirit makes Rittal Systems Ltd. a Great Place to Work for the 7th consecutive year!

Unique Team Spirit makes Rittal Systems Ltd. a Great Place to Work for the 7th consecutive year!

Rittal Systems Ltd. is proud to announce that we have been certified as a Great Place to Work® after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. This certification is based on direct feedback from employees, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about the workplace experience.

 

 

 

Legrand’s Andrew Wale Appointed to CABA Board of Directors

Legrand’s Andrew Wale Appointed to CABA Board of Directors

The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Wale, Vice President Product Marketing, Building Control Systems at Legrand, North & Central America, to its board of directors. Legrand is a global innovation leader in power, light, and data technologies for homes, workplaces, and data centers.  CABA is an international nonprofit industry association that provides information, education, and networking to help promote advanced technologies for the automation of homes and buildings.

 

 

 

Performance boost through model-based control

Performance boost through model-based control

B&R has added three new model-based control functions for its ACOPOS P3 servo drive. The functions are available in B&R’s Automation Studio engineering environment and allow for more precise control performance that increases machine productivity and speed. Reducing vibrations and oscillations extends the service life of machine components and reduces maintenance costs.

 

 

 

Legrand honored by 2019 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards

Legrand honored by 2019 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards

Legrand North and Central America, a global innovation leader in power, light, and data technologies for homes, workplaces, and data centers, announced today that its data infrastructure solutions were recognized among the best in the industry by the 2019 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards. The stellar third-party judging panel included cabling and communications system specifiers, designers, integrators and managers with vast professional experience.

 

 

 

ABB demonstrates concept of mobile laboratory robot for Hospital of the Future

ABB demonstrates concept of mobile laboratory robot for Hospital of the Future

ABB recently opened its first global healthcare research hub on the Texas Medical Center (TMC) campus, in Houston, Texas – showcasing a number of concept technologies, including a mobile YuMi robot, which will be designed to assist medical and laboratory staff with laboratory and logistics tasks in hospitals.

 

 

 

Canadian Companies Announce the First-ever German Technology Day with a Focus on Industry 4.0 Solutions

Canadian Companies Announce the First-ever German Technology Day with a Focus on Industry 4.0 Solutions

 

EPLAN, PILZ, Rittal and WAGO, four leading companies in automation and advanced manufacturing, based in Canada with their headquarters in Germany, are hosting Canada’s inaugural German Technology Days. Each company will share their latest industry-leading, energy-efficient solutions, and introduce you to some of the most innovative technology in the industry!

 

 

Ryson: Bag Handling Spiral Conveyors

Ryson: Bag Handling Spiral Conveyors

Ryson’s Integrator Partner, ProVantage Automation specified four of our model 1600-500 Unit Load Spirals to incline the bags to an elevation of 11’. These bag handling spirals were the best value in saving floor space and are robust enough to handle the heavy loads. They will be used to feed conveyors that supply the bag palletizers in another area of the plant. The spirals shipped totally pre-assembled, reducing on-site implementation costs.