Manufacturing Trends Noticed at Hannover
My Website traffic dropped significantly during the week of Hannover Messe in April. As an independent thinker/writer, I cannot afford such a trip unless I can find a sponsor. There were none this year. I do enjoy Hannover. It’s an intense few days walking about 10...
Cyber Integrity Software Update Released
I’m still catching up from the flurry of press releases in April and early May. This one from Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence and from the PAS group they acquired a couple of years ago. The new version is PAS Cyber Integrity 7.3. Updates include: Delivering an...
Honeywell Cyber Insights Announcement
Honeywell began sending press releases about things called Forge and Connect and Connected Enterprise in 2019. I was puzzled. Then came the pandemic making contact and conversations difficult. I think this was much like initiatives from a few other former automation...
Beckhoff Celebrates 20 Years of EtherCAT
I remember my introduction to industrial “fieldbus” technology that came even before I became an editor with Control Engineering. That was in the 90s. Another indication of the maturity of the automation and control market lies in this announcement from the EtherCat...
KPMG and Context Labs Partner for Carbon Metrics
What’s the old saying, “You can’t control what you can’t measure”? Here is news about a partnership to better measure environmental footprint. KPMG LLP and Context Labs today announced an alliance to help companies better measure, quantify, and reduce their...
Conversations At Conferences
I don't travel like I used to. There is no pressure from sales to see and be seen in the faint hope of selling advertising. However, I will be at Siemens Realize in Las Vegas June 12-15 and Honeywell User Group in Orlando June 19-21. I am curious to find out how...
Deep How Uses AI For Skills Training
What workforce problem has populated every industrial trade press issue for the past 10-15 years? Baby Boomers are retiring taking decades of knowledge with them. How can the new workforce of engineers and technicians be provided the skillset quickly? Actually, new...
A Step Forward for Modular Manufacturing Control
While I see companies that are predominantly American rushing to capture open technology initiatives and make them as proprietary as possible, here is another predominantly German initiative pushing for using standards to move manufacturing technology forward. This...
Litmus Adds Digital Twin Support
There were a couple of process automation news items. Now, let’s switch to the industrial edge and talk data. Litmus announced the availability of digital twins for users of Litmus Edge and Litmus Edge Manager. Now manufacturers have a streamlined way to collect,...
Festo Connects To Emerson DCS
Quick news update from Festo—who is certainly keeping their PR machine busy. Festo now offers CPX valve manifold configuration to Emerson DeltaV DCS systems for fast, simple, and effective programming, commissioning, and validation of Festo-based pneumatics for skids...
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