BROWSING: ABB

Nokia headlines “giant” Finnish 5G research project into industrial “megatrends”

Nokia will provide the cellular plumbing for a new €18 million public-private research initiative into the application of 5G in the industrial space. The project, which goes under the moniker 5G Vertical Integrated Industry for Massive Automation (5G VIIMA), is being billed as a...

Ericsson, ABB to accelerate ecosystem for flexible wireless automation

The Swedish vendor said this agreement will enable Industrial IoT and artificial intelligence technologies in the future Ericsson and ABB, a Swiss-Swedish company focused on digital industries, have strengthened their collaboration to accelerate the industrial ecosystem for flexible wireless automation, the vendor said in a...

From 50ms to 1ms and 5x9s to 6x9s – Nokia makes case for private industrial networks

Note, this is the second part in a feature about Nokia'snew industrial strategy. The first instalment can be found here.  Nokia’s latest results, which saw shares slip on a slow forecast for 2019 5G sales, present the company’s strategic re-organisation around three so-called ‘pillars’ –...

Investor confidence rises as venture capital funds start to flow into IIoT market

Investor confidence in the burgeoning industrial ‘internet-of-things’ (IIoT) market is up, reckon industry commentators. A slew of enterprise funds and venture capital has been staked on the sector’s growth in recent months, as vendors have got a better grasp of the technology and industrialists have...

Appetite for smart manufacturing grows, but the market remains troubled and confused

The appetite for new digital technologies is growing among manufacturers, with certain brands in certain sectors in certain regions experiencing a considerable uplift in performance. But the take-up of smart manufacturing solutions remains tentative, as companies are unsure how to start with digital change...

Regret, but no surprise – the market responds to the demise of GE Digital

The market’s response to reports of the impending sale of GE Digital combined both regret, that the company’s barnstorming run as a digital-change agent is potentially over, and a distinct lack of surprise, that its parent’s performance and culture has finally told against it. Reports,...

Beer, cars and robots: Five smart manufacturing use cases

Momentum is building, fast, for smart manufacturing. Here, Enterprise IoT Insights presents five use cases from five leading industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions providers. Also, look out for the report and webinar on smart manufacturing, published on August 22. 1 | ASSET MANAGEMENT | TELIT |...

From AI to AR: The top 10 (+1) smart manufacturing platforms

A new investigation by analyst house ABI Research has ranked the top smart manufacturing platforms, and placed PTC’s ThingWorx top of the pile. PTC has ranked at the top consistently in recent research into the leading digital factory platforms. ThingWorx scored highest for augmented reality...

Eight crucial technologies to drive the digital revolution in smart manufacturing

The move to a ‘lights-out’ factory has already begun, but the developing transition requires an overhaul of industrial facilities, equipment, systems and people if it is to go the distance. Transformation of the manufacturing industry, or ‘vertical’ in service-provider parlance, must also make way...

What is OPC UA TSN, and how does it work? (The long read, with Cisco and SAP)

The emergence of the OPC UA TSN communications stack, backed by a loose-knit consortium of automation specialists, is a key part of the developing industrial IoT narrative, with halting technological innovation and industrial transformation set to be kick-started by its release and deployment in...

The IIoT interview: “It’s a huge breakthrough for factories,” says Cisco

Cisco appears to have found its rhythm in the enterprise IoT space by integrating communications technologies and data streams in its Kinetic platform for smart factories and smart cities. Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Bryan Tantzen, in charge of its manufacturing IoT business,...

Rockwell joins Bosch, Cisco and Schneider to develop OPC-UA comms standard

US firm Rockwell Automation is heading a team of industrial automation specialists and solution providers to create a new communication solution based on the OPC-UA protocol for real-time and sensor-to-cloud applications. ABB, Belden, Bosch Rexroth, B&R, Cisco, Hilscher, KUKA, National Instruments, Parker Hannifin, Phoenix Contact,...

Best in show: the smartest smart factory demos at Hannover Messe 2018

Hannover Messe is the biggest industrial fair on the planet; this year's smart factory set-ups were its most exciting yet - exhibiting high speeds, high security, and high performance, and suggesting high times for manufacturers in the coming months and years. Here, we select...

Jack-of-all-trade tech providers will fail at IIoT, says automation specialist ABB

Industrial transformation companies must specialise and collaborate if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by the Industry 4.0 movement, according to Swiss automation company ABB. The chorus line of companies at Hannover Messe proclaiming ‘end-to-end’ technology solutions for the digital transformation of the...

Nokia intros cloud data centre for industrial automation at the network edge

Nokia has unveiled a new cloud-based data centre for edge computing. The Finnish telecoms vendor said the new data centre solution supports automation functions in industrial settings, as well as localised data processing in standard network architecture. New 5G technologies will encourage operators to implement...

South Korea and Germany lead ‘automation index’; US and UK off the pace

South Korea, Germany and Singapore are best positioned to lead the world for industrial automation, thanks to their approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. These three, along with Japan and Canada, are the top five countries for “automation readiness”, according to a new report...

IIoT is booming, with ready solutions for slicker processes, says Siemens

Siemens has hailed the arrival of the digital enterprise as an industrial movement in full swing, with ready for slicker processes. The German manufacturing giant said at Hannover Messe the industrial IoT (IIoT) market is alive and kicking, and that companies of any size...

ABB and HPE intro micro-modular data centre for IIoT edge computing

Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB has partnered with US IT software provider Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and German IT hardware maker Rittal to launch a new micro-modular data centre to handle data processing at the network edge in smart factory environments. The new ‘secure edge data...

ABB to invest €100m in industrial automation R&D campus in Austria

Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB is to splash €100 million on a new innovation and training campus at the home of Austria-based automation systems manufacturer B&R. It is the largest internal investment ABB has ever made in industrial automation. The new campus will develop technologies...

How gigabit LTE and 5G challenge RF front end design

Qualcomm highlights RF front end design at CES In the ongoing discussion around 5G—the standard release, network infrastructure readiness, support for sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave frequencies—device compatibility is a major issue and challenge. With the 3GPP working toward a standalone 5G New Radio specification...

ABB opens IoT center in Ohio for its pulp and paper business

The new IoT center will leverage ABB’s pulp and paper expertise to provide data-driven solutions for its customers Swiss company ABB announced it has opened a new IoT center in Westerville, Ohio. The new facility will function as the central focal point for resources and...

Ericsson cuts 3,000 jobs in Sweden, plans to recruit 1,000 in R&D

Telecommunications vendor Ericsson confirmed on Tuesday the company intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden. It also plans to recruit 1,000 in R&D. Ericsson intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, the company announced on Tuesday morning. The telecommunications vendors employs today approximately 16,000 people in its...

Smart factory: Robots make plastic spoon production faster than ever

A smart factory for spoons DeSter, a company out of Belgium that designs and manufactures food packaging including plastic cups, mugs, plates and cutlery, created a smart factory to cut cycle times, according to a case study provided by IoT-One. Its products are brought to the market as...

IoT-centric, usage-based insurance set to surge

IoT-centric, usage-based insurance is finally coming of age and it is turning the traditional car insurance sector upside down. "Internet of Things" adoption in various vertical markets is set to disrupt traditional industries by introducing new business models. IoT-centric, usage-based insurance, which uses real-time information...