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May
01
2024

Steve Clouther — Industry Trends

April 2024 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business Indicating Order Backlogs Contracted for the 19th Consecutive Month

The Manufacturing ISM Report On Business is published monthly by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), the largest supply management organization in the world, as well as one of the most respected. Economic activity in the

Apr
30
2024

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Rockwell Automation Added GenAI Prescriptive Work Orders to Fiix Asset Risk Predictor Software

Rockwell Automation announced that it has added GenAI prescriptive work orders to its Fiix Asset Risk Predictor software

Apr
30
2024

Patrick Arnold — Company and Product News

ZEDEDA Edge Sync Brings Secure Edge Management to Disconnected Environments

ZEDEDA announced ZEDEDA Edge Sync, a secure edge management solution tailored for air-gapped environments and edge deployments that lack consistent cloud connectivity.

Apr
29
2024

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

China Issues "Implementation Plan for Promoting the Renewal of Equipment in the Industrial Field"

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and seven other governmental agencies are spearheading distribution of an implementation plan approved by the Party Central Committee and the State Council designed to promote the renewal of equipment in the industrial field.

Apr
29
2024

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) Launched by LF AI & Data Foundation

The Linux Foundation’s LF AI & Data Foundation announced the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) as its latest Sandbox Project.

Apr
29
2024

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

PTC Releases ServiceMax FieldFX 24R1, the Latest Update to Its Field Service Management Offering

PTC just released its ServiceMax FieldFX 24R1, the third “24R1” update as part of a series of Field Service Management enhancements across its entire ServiceMax product portfolio.

Apr
29
2024

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

Digi International Expands Remote Monitoring and Control Portfolio with Digi Connect Sensor XRT-M

Digi International introduced Digi Connect Sensor XRT-M, the latest addition to its remote monitoring and control portfolio.

Apr
26
2024

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Schneider Electric Launches All-In-One Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for Microgrids

Schneider Electric announced the launch of its latest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) designed and engineered to be a part of a flexible and scalable architecture.

Apr
26
2024

Gaven Simon — Industry Trends

April 2024 Energy Regulation Round Up

It has taken California regulators, utilities, and clean energy advocates roughly four years to work out conflicting ideas to solve the pressing issue of inputting massive amounts of intermittent clean energy sources onto the state's grid.

Apr
26
2024

Constanze Schmitz — Industry Trends

ISA @ EIF 2024

ARC’s European Industry Forum is part of our successful series of worldwide conferences in Europe, America and Asia.

Apr
26
2024

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

Hitachi Acquires German MA micro automation in Effort to Accelerate Expansion of Robotic SI Business in the Medical Field

Hitachi has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire all shares of MA micro automation GmbH to Accelerate Expansion of Robotic SI Business in the Medical Field

Apr
26
2024

Jim Frazer — Project Success Story

Largest Offshore Wind Project in U.S. History Receives Full Federal Environmental Permitting Approval

The Permitting Council announced that Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is the latest project to complete its required federal environmental permitting review and authorizations with permitting assistance from the Council.

Apr
26
2024

Jim Frazer — Industry Trends

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Billion to Support Transition to Zero-Emission Heavy-duty Vehicles

President Biden is Investing in America's agenda supporting solutions that address harmful pollution and has spurred $165 billion of private sector investments in zero-emission vehicle technologies for Zero-Emission Heavy-duty Vehicles

Apr
25
2024

Bob Gill — Podcasts/Videos

Online Condition Monitoring Enhances Operational Reliability of Control Valves

The reactive nature of conventional maintenance strategies used in most plants remains inadequate for maintaining maximum equipment uptime and ensuring continuity of production, and it is time for Online Condition Monitoring

Apr
24
2024

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Enhanced Strategy with New Hybrid Cloud Manufacturing Execution System Launched by AVEVA

AVEVA announced that it has expanded CONNECT, its industrial intelligence platform with data and visualization services for hybrid Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions.