Festo’s decision to be a founding technology partner in Next Generation Manufacturing/NGM Canada – the new advanced manufacturing supercluster – is in keeping with the company’s vision of being an innovation developer and catalyst locally as well as globally.
At its 2018 Pre-Light + Building media event in Frankfurt, ABB showcased its range of connected smarter building and e-mobility solutions that will transform the way we all live, work and play now and in the future, to over 100 participants from 10 countries.
Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies. This is the tenth year that the Ethisphere Institute has named Rockwell Automation to the distinguished list of 135 global companies that influence and drive positive change and improve ethical leadership and corporate behavior.
Rittal, a leader in the design and supply of technically sophisticated enclosure, climate control and power distribution solutions, is pleased to welcome EnerQuest, a company that excels in customized power distribution and electrical solutions, as a Rittal Certified System Integrator.
Spartan Controls Ltd. has announced it is now the exclusive representative of Osprey Informatics in Western Canada. Spartan will sell, supply, and service Osprey’s intelligent visual monitoring solutions designed to manage costs, and mitigate safety, environmental and security risks at industrial operations.
Spartan Controls Ltd. is pleased to announce it is now the exclusive representative of Ambyint in Western Canada. Spartan will sell, supply, and service Ambyint’s industry-leading artificial lift and production optimization solutions to help customers deliver best-in-class efficiency improvements throughout the entire lifecycle of a well.
The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute announced today that FDI technology, an industry initiative to facilitate integration of FOUNDATION Fieldbus (FF) function blocks into a wide variety of systems, now supports ISA100 Wireless.
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced it has published a new book that highlights the increasing industry importance of and growing career opportunities in mission-critical operations fields.
Aurora has aligned its Veritas(TM) visualization, operations and administration system with the emerging Industry 4.0 initiatives in the PV industry. “Industry 4.0” refers to “smart factories” that will ultimately incorporate sensors at every stage of the manufacturing process, cloud computing and cognitive computing for fine-grained process and quality control.
Industry is advancing in giant strides towards digitalization and the utilization of IoT functions and applications. With MindSphere, Siemens has developed a cloud-based open IoT operating system with high performance capability to meet this growing demand.
Emerson has announced it has acquired ProSys Inc., a global supplier of software and services that increase production and safety for the chemical, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and refining industries. By building intuitive processes for plant operators, these solutions make everything from everyday operations to responding during abnormal situations easier.
Pilz and TÜV Nord have been setting an international standard for machine safety qualification since 2013 with their CMSE – Certified Machinery Safety Expert programme. CMSEs can pursue recertification to advance their knowledge base, remain up to date with the latest developments in the field of machine safety and retain their certification.
Humber College and Festo Didactic, Inc. are entering into a five-year partnership agreement designed to address the skills gap between industry needs and educational programming. Students and employees of advanced manufacturing companies will benefit from this partnership by receiving hands-on training to learn the Industry 4.0 skills necessary to succeed in an evolving economy.
Frost & Sullivan’s new analysis, North American Digital Grid Communication Infrastructure, Forecast to 2023, provides an assessment of disruptive trends and technologies, market share, and competitive analysis of key players such as ABB, Siemens, Landis & Gyr, Elster, and Itron.
Manufacturers across North America continue to adopt robotics and automation at a record pace across multiple industries and applications. “Our customers in the prepared foods, consumer products, oil and gas, and machining market segments are looking to apply robotics, but are often new to robotic applications,” said Nelson Leite, Director of Sales and Marketing for JMP’s Automation Division.
Over the last 30 years, JMP Engineering has experienced significant growth across North America. To further support their growth strategies, JMP would like to announce that as of January 19, 2018
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
