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August 6, 2024 With globalized production increasing and the shift towards EV manufacturing, automotive supply chains have become more complex and increasing the need for bar codes to meet a common standard. See how OMRON’s innovative barcode verification systems can confirm compliance to ISO and other standards, helping prevent unreadable bar codes maintaining supply chain…
Marine vessel operators are increasingly commissioning electrically powered and controlled bow thrusters as an energy-efficient and environmentally safer alternative to hydraulic-based systems on boats. With 100 per cent more efficiency and little or no environmental hazards such as oil or other contaminants leaking from hydraulic lines, it has become cost-effective to build new or retrofit electric thrusters controlled by variable frequency drives (VFD).
ABB recently hosted Billions of Better Decisions – Empowering the Workforce with the Industrial Internet of Things, a panel moderated by Molly Wood, Climate Investor and Journalist, and Managing Director of Launch. There she interviewed three industry experts: Peter Terwiesch, President of Process Automation at ABB, Ahmed Hashmi, Senior Vice President, Digital at bp, and Michael Wade, Professor of Innovation and Strategy and Director of Global Centre for Digital Business Transformation at IMD. This article highlights what these experts address as the mega trends of digitalization and sustainability and how leaders can use the industrial IoT to make better decisions and tackle the massive threat of the climate crisis.
AGRANA, the Austrian-based food processing group, recently held the official opening of the second wheat starch production plant at its Pischelsdorf site. ABB supplied, installed and commissioned hundreds of drives and the complete low voltage (LV) power distribution system that ensure the safe, reliable control of every aspect of the plant’s operation, from receiving raw materials, through processing to storage.
If you still only view safety as a matter of compliance, you’re missing the bigger picture in the era of smart manufacturing.
Smart, networked safety can deliver measurable business benefits. And it can push the boundaries of what’s possible in your operations.
In both the Process and Discrete industries, unplanned downtime is a serious issue for many companies and not limited to company size or Industry. Downtime can lead to millions of dollars in lost revenue, wasted product and stand still of production lines. Many companies use a reactive approach rather than a proactive solution to dealing with the unscheduled downtime.

Weidmüller’s scalable engineering software, u-control 2000, adapts individually to your requirements. And, the u-control is powerful, compact and fully compatible with Weidmüller’s I/O system u-remote. This article looks at what makes u-control the heart of your automation.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are one of the main components of any automated system. A typical control system has inputs, outputs, controllers (i.e., PLCs), and some type of human interaction with the system, a human machine interface (HMI), for example.

December 18, 2025 Questions created by Krystie Johnston, Managing Editor at Kerrwil Media Ltd. Answers to be attributed to Nick Rinaldi, Director of Business Development – Home Builders, Schneider Electric Canada Canada’s housing market is demanding smarter, more sustainable solutions, and Schneider Electric Canada is helping to lead this transformation. Their innovative residential technologies make homes more energy Read More…
December 18, 2025 By Krystie Johnston There is something special about having a passion and putting it to work for a good reason. And that is exactly what STUDSON and HighBar are doing right now with the recent launch of their HighBar-equipped SHK-1 industrial helmet. A revolution in head safety, the concept version was introduced just last year Read More…