Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Typically the market consists of smaller software companies, although much consolidation occurred some time ago as GE Digital, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and companies that became AVEVA/Schneider Electric acquired MES companies. Rockwell has been on a recent buying spree as it picked up cloud capabilities with Plex.

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 5, 2023

This move both impacts the motor and drives market in general and further reveals business strategies now undertaken by large automation and controls suppliers. For those of us who are close observers, we have noticed similar moves by other companies such as Rockwell Automation, Emerson, Honeywell, and Schneider Electric.

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i4.0 today

MAY 13, 2024

The highly anticipated return of Automation UK is fast approaching, with the show once again taking place at the Coventry Building Society Arena, between 18 th and 19 th June 2024. BARA recently announced Vanessa Loiola, the founder of Valoy Automation as a keynote speaker at the seminars.

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Metrology

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Plex Systems, a Rockwell Automation company and a leader in cloud-delivered smart manufacturing solutions, recently announced compliance enhancements to its Quality Management System (QMS) solution, Plex QMS, to meet updated.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MARCH 22, 2023

For example, Rockwell Automation offers Plex, a multi-tenant SaaS, cloud-native smart manufacturing offering that includes fully integrated, easy-to-deploy solutions for advanced manufacturing execution systems (MES), quality management systems (QMS), supply chain management (SCM), asset performance management (APM), and production monitoring.

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AU Manufacturing

JUNE 7, 2023

Amid the challenges and opportunities of new technology for the automotive industry, industrial automation and digital transformation technologies provider Rockwell Automation announced the results of its 8th annual “State of Smart Manufacturing Report: Automotive Edition.”

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Control Engineering

JUNE 28, 2023

Smart manufacturing can provide immediate bottom-line benefits by streamlining and enhancing a company’s operations, but it also can help improve partnerships with their suppliers and help make operations more agile and sustainable. Suppliers want to understand how they can help support manufacturing business needs.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A spice ingredient supplier wanted to upgrade their PLC-5 system to a more Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)-friendly platform. The project was successfully executed to schedule to meet the spice supplier’s focus to continue their journey to digital transformation. The obsolete equipment was limiting network connections.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Wibu-Systems USA, subsidiary of WIBU-SYSTEMS AG, a leader in the software protection and licensing market, has announced its membership in the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), North America’s preeminent automation trade association and a global advocate for advancing the benefits of automation.

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Control Engineering

JULY 27, 2022

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity in the automation market. Even with inflationary and possible recession headwinds, there is substantial buyer activity, led by seasoned players in the automation sector. July 2022 automation transactions.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Many of the problems they’re facing are the same as what everyone is going through,” said Cody Aston, a network and cybersecurity solution consultant for Rockwell Automation. The wastewater industry’s problems are not unique in the manufacturing or critical infrastructure world.

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Automation Mag

JUNE 21, 2022

The gap is driving the adoption of what has been dubbed Robotic Process Automation (RPA), which is essentially the deployment of sequences of computer code, called bots, that execute repetitive tasks in robot-like fashion. . “It It’s one thing to say we’ve got a machine that can automate a task. Moving forward.

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Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 27, 2023

We’re excited to be building upon our specialty fasteners, industrial products, machinery, technology, and other categories.” – Morgan Wilson, IFE Show Director For three exhilarating days, the IFE experience becomes your networking haven, bridging connections with clients, new suppliers, and fastener professionals worldwide.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 18, 2024

“We’ve definitely invested in lots of automation and new equipment supported by the best software resources, plus we’ve trained our team members to machine as fast, accurately and efficiently as possible,” he continues. Managing ComPlexity Plex by Rockwell Automation Inc. Source | Delta Mold Inc.

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Automation Mag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

ARC explains that much of the growth was due to inflation-induced price hikes imposed by suppliers in 2021 and 2022 and due to the enormous backlogs accrued by suppliers due to chip shortages. Many suppliers shipped PLC systems in 2022 that had been ordered the previous year with long lead times.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how advances in PC-based controls, motion controls and robotics for food and packaging are making automation for food and beverage packaging easier to automate. Pack Expo Las Vegas, as of mid-July, expected more than 2,000 suppliers in more than 40 vertical markets.

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Automation Mag

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In an exclusive Q&A with Manufacturing AUTOMATION, Tim Dawson, senior research director and principal analyst for Interact Analysis, shares his insights on global trends shaping the motion control market for the manufacturing industry. A general sense of increased openness is a common request of customers of major suppliers.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The automation market continues to show resiliency and strength in terms of activity and interest from a diversified group of strategic buyers and financial sponsors. Further evidence of the robust M&A activity in automation is provided by the below list of transactions. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Automation Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips: This morning we're covering news from PLCopen, Unitronics, Software ToolBox, Universal Robots, Fisher, ISA, as well as upcoming events, new videos, and a Tech Tip on Rockwell's CCW (and more) in this edition of Automation This Morning for Friday, January 27, 2023.

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i4.0 today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Its compact design and ability to handle complex movements precisely make the HEPP particularly suited to applications in the electronics and small parts industry, laboratory automation and special machine building. The objective is to benefit from bionics as a source of inspiration and to realise these in industrial automation.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JANUARY 27, 2023

While there have been many acquisitions in the automotive industry, especially Tier 1 suppliers, the main obstacle is the lack of time and money to unify and align the companies merging after acquisition. Such smart manufacturing platforms break down silos, allow system consolidation, and unlock data across the enterprise.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 5, 2022

On its face, there’s lots to like about modular automation. In oil & gas, modular automation offers significant savings across the lifecycle of a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO). However, to realize the potential of modular automation the industry must come together around a common objective.

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Automation Mag

JANUARY 8, 2024

Fadool, global OEM technical consultant at Rockwell Automation, points to a big current push to replace hydraulics with servo motors, as hydraulics are noisy, expensive, have safety issues and produce a lot of heat and waste oil. IO-Link is increasingly embraced by users and well-supported by automation component suppliers.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Automation. Global supplier of high-quality mold materials Finkl Steel highlights its patented pre-hardened mold steel grade MD Xtra. The Regal BFP type high-conductivity core pins are made from a C-18000 beryllium-free copper-based alloy providing 95-98 Rockwell B (20-25 Rockwell C) hardness. Automation.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 23, 2023

This FABTECH section outlines some of the products and demonstrations expected to be on display by more than 1,500 world-class suppliers in three exhibition halls. The tool is designed to be loaded directly into your automated machining center to get to work immediately with no special adaptors needed. Greenerd Press & Machine Co.

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Automation Mag

MAY 8, 2024

Sponsored by Comau Comau’s team members at the 2024 Automate Show shared the company’s highlights for the show, its innovations in robotics and automation and the company’s overall vision. Here is what they had to share: Manufacturing AUTOMATION: What are the highlights from Comau at the 2024 Automate Show?

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