The company founded in 1988 by Arnoux and Richard Messrs in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the capital of the Swiss watch industry, celebrated its 30 years of success on June 22, 2018
At the Achema trade fair, Peppel+Fuchs and SAP announced that they envisage to consolidate their IoT cooperation in the process industry and coordinate the development of joint solutions
The transformation of the oil and gas sector passes through digitalization at this year's ADIPEC. The world’s top energy event is shifting gears to encompass evolved programme addressing artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics and more
The new joint venture company, created by Haver & Boecker and Windmöller & Hölscher to officially seal their historical collaboration, will include both companies' porfolio of filling technology, palletizing and load securing technology
The technology company Continental was honored with a total of eight prizes for its innovative products among which there are the Trackman XP, vehican interior solutions and surface pioneering materials
Nanotron Technologies will be exhibiting at Geo IoT World 2018 its swarm bee location awareness modules which combine accurate UWB and long-range Chirp radio technologies in a single application
A new appointment at HIMA Paul Hildebrandt sees Fabio Lodigiani as head of the Safety Services business segment
Celebrating its 25th year in Europe, Advantech is drawing a new model of co-creating with various domain fields’ partners that will also help deliver the Industrial IoT (IIoT) ecosystem, culminating with an IoT Co-Creation Summit scheduled for November
Safety is a paramount concern nowadays and in Oral Solid Dosage production the main challenge is the protection of operating staff. This is why containment solutions for OSD are primarily focused on safety
Shorter product cycles, a changing raw material base, more individualized customer demands – the process industry is facing a range of challenges. Modularization is one approach that helps move the process industry into the “4.0” age
Transport robotics concept for the security area at Oslo Airport-Gebr. Heinemann requires an automated transport solution and relies on EK Automation for replenishment of products at duty free shop
For a service provider in Düren, Germany, an automation retrofit includes secured remote access to ensure high equipment availability. To that end, the firm relies on Security Modules and a new Network Management Platform
In chemical and pharmaceutical environments, it is sometimes hard to maintain the integrity of the product during dispensing operations, especially in IBC. This challenge was accepted by CO.RA. with its DUK, a flexible and easy cleanable system
Accontrol S7 programmable controller simulation software from Delta Logic played a key role in the development and implementation of a new SCADA system for the Mont Blanc Tunnel. Thanks to this software, it was possible to achieve a smooth transition to t
Complex processes happen in petrochemical plants. Monitoring operations and preventing accidents is therefore of fundamental importance to improve production. Two case studies from Magnetrol explain how
Install, control, and report in hazardous areas. Pepperl+Fuchs can provide assembled enclosures in just five days thanks to the intelligent configurability, meeting the needs of installers that expect quick delivery from electrical equipment suppliers
For industrial and medical lasers
For difficult applications
With uniformly tailored hardware and software
To detect the operating behaviour of the machine
For projects with larger diameters
With an additional Electrical FFF module
To ensure gas purity
In ATEX versions
The joint project developed together with the Hydrogen Competence Center h2herten will contribute to the development of an electrolysis system to produce green hydrogen on a large scale
With a cooling system on a hybrid combination
Available both as an off-line or in-line unit
For single or multiple reactions
Car manufacturers are showing a high interest in additive manufacturing of metal parts in volume that they started conducting tests, setting up pilot production units and refining their strategy
From April 23-27, 2018, HANNOVER MESSE will run concurrently with CEMAT, drawing the attention to integration in supply chain and manufacturing
Conventional automation converges with IT to create new business models. This trend will be in the spotlight of Hannover Messe in its IAMD and Digital Factory halls
The companies planned to provide complimentary solutions for drive and controller-based motion control solutions for discrete and process applications with the aim to provide customers with a single company to fulfill essential automation requirements
At the last SPS IPC Drives, Bonfiglioli launched a new electric motor series: the BSR Synchronous Reluctance Motors
A study conducted by Deutsche Messe with Roland Berger and VDMA revealed why mechanical and plant engineering encountered issues to enter into platform economy and position themselves for the IIoT
Safety technology not only protects employees from injuries, but it can also contribute to predictive maintenance and increased productivity. For this reason, it must offer a higher level of diagnostic information
The turnaround carried out by the oil and gas company OMV in its Schwechat (Austria) refinery implied security measures to be observed. Thanks to Hima safety planning and controllers, OMV was able to start up production again on schedule
The Power-to-X process seems to be a valuable alternative to renewable energies for green energy supply and storage. The idea behind it is to reconvert to energy unused electricity for chemicals production that can be stored without significant loss
Founded as a young and creative start-up in 1989, Unitronics has soon enough become an international all-in-one PCL+HMI manufacturer, distributed to over 50 countries an recognized as reputed innovators in the industrial automation field
PCN Europe met Marc Siemering, Senior Vice President – Industry, Energy & Logistics at Deutsche Messe AG, who explained how the digital transformation changed the industrial world and triggered the Industrie 4.0 revolution
Taking stock of the current market scenario becomes necessary to analyze what happened in 2017 and anticipate future trends, getting ready for 2018 developments
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