smart factory

After suburban lifestyles being the norm for generations of Americans, the pendulum is beginning to swing back towards urbanism: the United Nations says 54% of the world’s population lives in …

Manufacturing businesses are increasingly adopting advanced digital technologies to enhance their capabilities to satisfy customer demand for the production of more high-quality products at a faster rate than ever before, …

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. …

The new platform, dubbed Orange Fab, was launched in partnership with a group of investors and companies   French telecommunication group Orange has launched Orange Fab, a Silicon Valley acceleration …

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 …

Ultra reliability and low latency of 5G a major enabler of factory automation, robotics and other industrial use cases With the right technological stack in place, manufacturers could eventually operate …

Leading automotive manufacturers can expect to realise a remarkable 50 per cent jump in operating profits within five years of implementing a full smart factory set-up, according to new research. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

German manufacturer Bosch has said it will open an Industry 4.0 reference factory in Xian, in China, by 2020. The new plant will produce control systems and linear motion technology, …

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 …

Automation technologies are creating more jobs than they are destroying in Germany, according to a new report by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). Recent investments in digital technologies, …

UK manufacturers are falling behind their counterparts in Asia and the US in the international race for industrial transformation. They are also bottom of the pile for integrating artificial intelligence …

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 …

The German machine tool manufacturer recently opened a smart factory in the city of Chicago   German machine tool manufacturer and Industry 4.0 specialist TRUMPF has expanded its presence in …

What shall we call it? Cognitive manufacturing? The Industrial Internet of Things? Factory Digitization? Industry 4.0? Emerson Automation Solutions calls it the Plantweb Digital Ecosystem, and Bob Karschnia, Emerson’s VP/GM …

Siemens will work with an Austrian university to explore industrial IoT for manufacturing Siemens has announced a cooperation agreement with an Austrian university to research how 5G technology can support …

The Korean telco will partner with compatriot defense firm Hanwha Systems South Korean telecom operator KT and compatriot aerospace and defense firm Hanwha Systems are set to sign a memorandum …

China’s government selected 97 smart manufacturing projects last year China plans to expand its demonstration program for smart manufacturing by adding about 100 pilot projects during 2018, Chinese press reported. …

The new smart factory platform aims to improve steel mill’s production efficiency South Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with General Electric (GE) to develop …

The German company has already implemented smart analysis tools to carry out an energy-saving project German company Aixtron, a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, is in the …

 The Chinese government is promoting the implementation of smart manufacturing practices among local companies German company Siemens announced plans to build an ‘Industry 4.0’ smart manufacturing innovation center in China. …

The smart factory, located in Sunnyvale, California, features fully automated production line Quanergy, a provider of solid state LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solutions has recently opened a smart factory …

The processed meats producer implemented Cisco’s solutions at its new smart manufacturing facility in Burgos Campofrío Food Group, a Spanish producer of branded processed meats, is taking advantage of the …