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Applications for the 2023 Canadian Automation Awards close Oct. 20!

Automation Mag

This is a chance to showcase successful automation implementation within Canadian discrete manufacturing plants! Manufacturers handle multiple challenges on a regular basis – such as labour shortages, supply chain issues, gruelling competition and changing customer demands, among other things.

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Three Product Announcements From Honeywell User Group 2023

Gary Mintchell

Rather than a couple of hours of presentations with maybe one or two interviews like many conferences, we had two days of presentations and 1:1 interviews. Digital twins exist not only in discrete manufacturing. Well organized and a lot of information.

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How robotics-as-a-service can help manufacturers with operations challenges

Control Engineering

Robotics insights The consumer packaging industry faces significant challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and a worker shortage, leading to a need for increased automation. Courtesy: Chris Vavra, CFE Media and Technology “Automation is inevitable,” he said.

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Hannover Messe emphasizing climate-neutral, networked industry technologies

Control Engineering

Climate change, energy shortages, interrupted supply chains, a shortage of skilled workers: The challenges facing industry are immense. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will be presenting a series of technologies that contribute to sustainable value creation. stand and at the stand for the FabOS research project.

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Global manufacturing industry growth reached 3.8% in 2022

Control Engineering

Regionally, the US manufacturing industry has performed strongly, and the Americas growth rate hit 6.9% Despite ongoing supply chain issues and inflationary pressures, it is expected that overall global manufacturing industry output growth reached 3.8% for manufacturing, and 12% for machinery production overall.”

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Six industrial robotics trends for 2023

Control Engineering

Sustainability is a growing trend throughout manufacturing and industrial robots are no exception. External factors, from the pandemic to geopolitical insecurities and supply chain issues, have had an outsize impact on the industrial robotics sector in recent years.

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Manufacturing, global economy: Mild 2024 recession

Control Engineering

Offset a mile recession in 2024 and depression in 2030 in part with manufacturing automation. Be prepared: Companies have the opportunity to pull ahead and improve automation and efficiency in operations and reduce supply chain bottlenecks. Improve manufacturing automation, address labor issues. Automation will help.