Industry News
Rockwell Automation launches Digital Partnership Program
Program announced and record attendance celebrated at Rockwell Automation's 27th annual Automation Fair. [ + ]
Report: How close are we to autonomous cars?
Autonomous driving systems are currently very expensive, but the cost is expected to decrease rapidly in the coming decade. [ + ]
SPX FLOW appoints Dynapumps as channel partner in Australia
Dynapumps will market SPX Flow's APV brand pumps, valves and mixers as well as WCB brand pumps and valves in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. [ + ]
ABB confirmed as DCS market leader for 20 years: report
A market analysis report by the ARC Advisory Group confirms that ABB increased its share of the distributed control system (DCS) market to 20%. [ + ]
Bringing 5G to the factory needs a new approach from telcos
Targeting enterprise verticals is vitally important for telcos and the successful deployment of 5G. [ + ]
Seeq Corporation achieves AWS Industrial Software Competency
APN Partners undergo AWS technical validation and assessment of the security, performance and reliability of their solution. [ + ]
Lithium Australia starts JV, enters energy storage market
Soluna Australia formed as joint venture with China-based DLG Group. [ + ]
ABB enhances its manufacturing management technology
ABB has announced the new version of ABB Ability Manufacturing Operations Management will offer an extended range of capabilities and new digital applications. [ + ]
World first test of blast furnace using hydrogen fuel
German steelmaker thyssenkrupp begins live testing of blast furnace powered by hydrogen instead of coal. [ + ]
Beckhoff to supply BMW with IPCs
In a deal worth several hundred million euros, Beckhoff will supply the German car maker with its industrial PC needs until 2030. [ + ]
KOBOLD announces 'world's smallest' dual-tube Coriolis meter
Small meter achieves high precision at low flow rates and has low sensitivity to interference. [ + ]
Cloud solution for machine vision AI at the edge
The solution is said to combine Intel toolkit, AWS Greengrass, Amazon Sagemaker and ADLINK Edge to simplify edge AI deployments. [ + ]
ODVA announces EtherNet/IP enhancements
ODVA has published enhancements to the EtherNet/IP Specification for IO-Link integration and NE107 diagnostics. [ + ]
Chemical engineer wins award for metal made of holes
Metal–organic frameworks, known as magic crystals, can be used to clean air and water and in other industrial processes. [ + ]
IICA Technology Expos for 2020 open for bookings
The Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation (IICA) has released details of its 2020 Technology Expos. [ + ]