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How sensors enable smart factories and more efficient manufacturing

Control Engineering

With the high inflation, increasing labor costs, labor shortage, energy crisis and hybrid working, the manufacturing industry experienced significant turmoil in 2022. Although some of these have started to get eased, 2023 is still expected to be a challenging year for the manufacturing industry with many transitions ahead.

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IMTS emphasizes the importance of information

Control Engineering

After four years, the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) returned to McCormick Place in Chicago. The show took all four halls at McCormick with an emphasis on automation, robotics, additive manufacturing, cybersecurity, heavy machinery and much more. The rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0