Industry News
Robotic warehouses to increase by over 1000% in six years
Over 4 million commercial robots will be installed in over 50,000 warehouses by 2025 — up from just under 4000 robotic warehouses in 2018 — according to ABI Research. [ + ]
ABB names Björn Rosengren as new CEO
Rosengren will join ABB on 1 February 2020 and succeed current CEO Peter Voser on 1 March. [ + ]
MEGATRANS returns to Melbourne in 2020
Logistics and transport event MEGATRANS will be returning to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 1–3 April 2020, after a successful debut in 2018. [ + ]
Applications close soon for CORE Start Award
The award provides promising early-stage energy and resources technology start-ups with three months of co-working opportunities, coupled with industry connections, mentoring and network links. [ + ]
AI can enhance Australia's wellbeing: report
With careful planning, artificial intelligence offers great opportunities for Australia. [ + ]
UGL secures new rail and mining services contracts
CIMIC Group's services company, UGL, has been awarded new rail and mining services contracts across Australia, generating combined revenues of approximately $260m. [ + ]
Funding the future of Australia's energy resources
The Australian Government is providing $2 million in funding to help deliver the future of energy resources innovation. [ + ]
Nominations open for 2019 exida Safety & Cyber Awards
The 2019 exida Safety & Cyber Awards honour the most outstanding functional safety and cybersecurity products and processes certified by exida per IEC 61508/IEC 61511/IEC 62443. [ + ]
SKF enters strategic supply partnership with PROK
Under the terms of the SKF Equipped Programme agreement, SKF has now secured a supply contract with PROK for a range of components. [ + ]
Clean energy event open for registration
All-Energy Australia has announced the launch of visitor registration for its free-to-attend event to be held in Melbourne in October. [ + ]
Yokogawa receives Best Practice Award from Frost & Sullivan
Yokogawa Electric has received the Global Customer Value Leadership Award for Integrated Performance Management from Frost & Sullivan. [ + ]
10 factories leading the way in innovation
The World Economic Forum has added 10 new factories to its global Lighthouse Network — a community of manufacturers that are showing leadership in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. [ + ]
How robots will change the world
Oxford Economics recently brought together a team of economists, econometricians, modellers and technology experts to analyse the robotics phenomenon. [ + ]
Hawk Measurement and FLO-CORP announce merger
The combined company will provide both measurement technologies and cloud-based monitoring. [ + ]
Digitalisation creates savings for Australian businesses: report
A new study by Schneider Electric reveals tangible benefits for businesses and organisations when they apply digital transformation to energy management and automation. [ + ]