Automation Market

Humans and robots are sharing workspace in more and more sectors, whether they be manufacturing, logistics or medicine. Safety plays a major role in this. Up to now, range-finders on …

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA), along with admeritia GmbH (admeritia), today announced the release of the Top 20 Secure PLC Coding Practices document. The document aims to provide a …

Data is the currency of the future. But how can companies access the immense quantities of data generated by their machinery and use it to modernize production? Researchers at the …

Robot orders in the first quarter of 2021 were up 20% over the same period in 2020, with substantial increases in purchases coming from companies in metals (up 86%), life …

New ARC Advisory Group research on the IO Modules in Discrete Automation market reveals that since programmable logic controllers and programmable automation controllers continue to be the preferred choice among …

“Europe’s best answer to the globally increasing competition of systems is to take action itself and strengthen the European economy. Therefore, the ambition of the EU Commission to build a …

Plattform Industrie 4.0 and CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute are working together to drive the digital transformation of manufacturing. Key aims are to promote interoperability and a shared set …

The VDMA study “Interoperability in Machinery and Plant Engineering” highlights the relevance of interoperable interfaces and associated standards in companies. Only the interoperability of machines and systems enables companies to …

Every year, HMS Networks carries out a study of the industrial network market to analyze the distribution of new connected nodes in factory automation. This year’s study shows that, despite …

The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance, an association of industrial companies aiming to drive digitalisation and create real added value on factory floors, will present itself in detail to a broad …

Member companies of the VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association expect good developments in their order intake and sales this year, according to a recent survey. “The demand for plastics …

The machine vision industry in Germany and Europe has been reporting high growth numbers and record sales figures for years. Between 2013 and 2019, sales in the German industry grew …

SmartFactoryKL continues to create the visions needed for the manufacturing systems of the future. In 2019, the basic modular design of Production Level 4 (PL4) upgraded the concept of Industrie …

The global Corona crisis has also led to high export losses for machinery and plant manufacturers. In 2020, machinery and equipment worth 160 billion euros were exported from Germany and …

Annual installations of industrial robots more than tripled within ten years (2010-2019) reaching 381 thousand units in factories around the world. The International Federation of Robotics shows top 5 trends …