Nexans, Eversource and Ørsted sign Framework Agreement for North American Offshore Wind Farm development with the opportunity to provide up to 1,000 kilometers of export cable for multiple Ørsted projects till 2027 in United States

Nexans, Eversource and Ørsted sign Framework Agreement for North American Offshore Wind Farm development with the opportunity to provide up to 1,000 kilometers of export cable for multiple Ørsted projects till 2027 in United States

In the final quarter of 2019, Nexans, Eversource, and Ørsted announced a framework agreement. The agreement will reinforce their long-term partnership and will result in Nexans having the opportunity to provide up to 1,000 km of subsea high voltage export cables for Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in North America. The first delivery is expected by 2022 and the agreement extends until 2027.

 

 

 

ABB and B&R launch first fully integrated Machine-Centric Robotics solution

ABB and B&R launch first fully integrated Machine-Centric Robotics solution

B&R, a unit of ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business, announced the integration of ABB robots into its automation portfolio. With the ability to offer unprecedented levels of machine flexibility and precision, merging robotics with machine control into one unified architecture will enable manufacturers to embrace the trend of mass customization and optimize their lot size one processes.

 

 

 

Beckhoff Introduces Smart Engineering Directly in the Cloud

Beckhoff Introduces Smart Engineering Directly in the Cloud

Beckhoff Automation has introduced new TwinCAT Cloud Engineering software for IoT and Industrie 4.0 applications. With this feature-filled addition to the TwinCAT 3 platform, users can instantiate and use existing TwinCAT engineering and runtime products directly in the cloud. The solution is easy to access from the Beckhoff website with a web browser and requires no additional software.

 

 

 

Husky Injection Molding Systems Honors Beckhoff with EMEA Supplier Award

Husky Injection Molding Systems Honors Beckhoff with EMEA Supplier Award

The type of fruitful development partnership and trusting, reliable relationship that has existed between Canadian machine manufacturer Husky Injection Molding Systems and control system supplier Beckhoff for roughly 20 years is a rarity these days. Husky recently underscored this by honoring Beckhoff with its EMEA Supplier Award at the K 2019 trade show held in Düsseldorf, Germany, in October.

 

 

 

ISA publishes second edition of Motors & Drives: ‘A Practical Technology Guide’

ISA publishes second edition of Motors & Drives: ‘A Practical Technology Guide’

Keeping pace with significant advances in motor speed control technologies, the International Society of Automation (ISA) has published a second edition of Motors & Drives: A Practical Technology Guide. This new release has been updated to reflect innovative new motor and drive technologies that are safer, smarter, and easier to program and implement; provide superior diagnostic capabilities; and deliver seamless integration. 

 

 

 

Mitsubishi Electric Launches MOVE Elevator in European Market

Mitsubishi Electric Launches MOVE Elevator in European Market

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced recently that it launched its new MOVE elevator model featuring fast delivery, space savings and low environmental impact suited to use in medium- and low-rise office buildings and apartments in Europe. Development and manufacturing are being handled by subsidiary Mitsubishi Elevator Europe B.V., which will market the model in the Netherlands, UK, France and other European countries, targeting annual sales of 1,500 units in the fiscal year ending in March 2026.

 

 

 

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Upcoming FactoryTalk Batch Release Addresses Industry Challenges in Operational Lifecycles

Industrial producers with batch applications can now create more flexible, reliable and productive operations with the latest release of FactoryTalk Batch software from Rockwell Automation. The software will improve productivity of design teams and will assist operations with improved system reliability and enhanced mobility features.

 

 

 

Rittal Systems Ltd. honored with the North American Supplier of the Year Marketing Excellence Award 2019 from Affiliated Distributors

Rittal Systems Ltd. honored with the North American Supplier of the Year Marketing Excellence Award 2019 from Affiliated Distributors

Affiliated Distributors (AD)’s Electrical Business Unit hosted its U.S., Canada and Mexico members, supplier partners and service providers in Aurora, Colorado for a successful North American Meeting in Oct, 2019. The theme of the year’s meetings was “All In,” described as absolute commitment, pushing the status quo, getting fully involved and having an unwavering drive with customers, business partners and fellow associates. One highlight of the meeting was the unveiling of the 2019 AD Spirit of Independence Awards.

 

 

 

Johnson Controls Digital Solutions received perfect score in “vision and strategy” in Independent Analyst Firm’s 2019 report

Johnson Controls Digital Solutions received perfect score in “vision and strategy” in Independent Analyst Firm’s 2019 report

Recently, Verdantix, an independent research and consulting firm with expertise in environment, health, safety and quality, operational excellence and smart buildings, released their Green Quadrant IoT Platforms For Smart Buildings 2019 report. Johnson Controls was positioned as a leader in both IoT platform/application capabilities and momentum for strategic success in the Green Quadrant. The Green Quadrant graphical analysis was created using a flexible multi-criteria model to categorize and compare companies’ Integrated IoT platforms and Applications for Smart Buildings based on 21 key capabilities and six metrics gauging momentum for strategic success.

 

 

 

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FjordAL Aluminium builds its first plant with top-of-the-line technology from Schneider Electric

Quebec-based manufacturer FjordAL Aluminium is officially starting production in its inaugural plant at the end of November. The plant is one of the first to be fully built with the Schneider Electric EcoStruxureTM system in mind, aiming to open its doors as a safe, efficient, sustainable and reliable facility from the get-go.

 

 

 

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Rockwell Automation and PTC Celebrate First Year of Partnership With Momentum, Customer Growth, and Industry Recognition in Digital Transformation

Rockwell Automation today announced strong market momentum for its PTC partnership and joint digital transformation solutions. This performance includes a year of major achievements spanning new customers and use cases, innovations designed to accelerate the integration of OT and IT systems, and wide-spread industry recognition for the two companies’ combined industrial software suite, FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC.

 

 

 

Unique Team Spirit makes Rittal Systems Ltd. a Great Place to Work for the 7th consecutive year!

Unique Team Spirit makes Rittal Systems Ltd. a Great Place to Work for the 7th consecutive year!

 

Rittal Systems Ltd. is proud to announce that we have been certified as a Great Place to Work® after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. This certification is based on direct feedback from employees, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about the workplace experience.

 

 

Festo: Ready-to-install solutions for the lab-on-a-chip

Festo: Ready-to-install solutions for the lab-on-a-chip

In medical practices, mobile analytical devices featuring “lab-on-a-chip” technology enable fast testing to identify pathogens in the case of bacterial or viral diseases. In order to lighten the load of manufacturers of these devices for in vitro diagnostics, Festo offers ready-to-install automation solutions, including customer-specific engineering.

 

 

 

Yaskawa Receives Highest Risk Control Award

Yaskawa Receives Highest Risk Control Award

Yaskawa received the Highest Risk Control Award for the manufacturing sector of Columbus Insurance Ltd. This is awarded to the manufacturer who has implemented risk controls that yield an industry-leading workers compensation claims frequency rate for the past five years. Other metrics used to select the award winner include annual safety audit scores, employee engagement in safety programs, and net risk sharing with other members.