2016
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element14 launches safety-oriented wearables design challenge
15 designers will use Texas Instruments development boards and kits to build wearables in ‘Safe and Sound’ challenge
12/21/2016 -
Southwire snags Sumner Manufacturing
Acquisition expands Southwire’s tools and equipment offering.
12/19/2016 -
Industrial Internet Consortium inks MoU for industrial Internet in China
IIC and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology will work together to help ensure interoperability in the Asian country.
12/15/2016 -
Sercos over TSN, more, debut at SPS IPC Drives show
Presentation at German show meant to highlight Sercos as investment that will drive industry forward.
12/15/2016 -
D.L.S. Electronic Systems receives ACIL award
Award based on quality of customer service the Illinois-based D.L.S. provides.
12/13/2016 -
IDEC PLC wins Good Design Award from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion
The MicroSmart FC6A garners recognition out of more than 4,000 submissions.
12/08/2016 -
The Association for Advancing Automation surpasses 1,000 members
The three organizations that make up the association, RIA, AIA and MCMA, all set new records.
12/07/2016 -
Advantech unveils 6-sector, Industry 4.0 focus
General IIoT, IEM, iFactory, energy and environment, transportation and iNetworking will be the company’s focal point.
12/07/2016 -
CC-Link IE and PROFINET interoperability specification released
Specification builds on announcement at the 2015 SPS/IPC/Drives fair, where both promised to maximize the transparency between the two protocols.
12/07/2016 -
Advantech and ARM partner on end-to-end IoT platform
Technology will service a range of sectors from device to cloud.
12/04/2016 -
Mouser Electronics names femtosatellite launcher as first winner of I.S.S. design challenge
Andy Filo-designed device launches satellites about the size of a postage stamp.
12/04/2016 -
Weidmuller buys Bosch Rexroth Monitoring Systems
Acquisition strengthens the German company’s presence in the wind-power industry.
12/04/2016 -
Phoenix Contact invests in wind IoT firm Windesco
This Series A financing round is a co-investment between Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures and Rusheen-RWE Commercialisation Partners.
12/02/2016 -
Koch Pac-Systeme GmbH becomes EtherCAT Technology Group's 4,000th member
Koch Pac-Systeme GmbH were welcomed at the SPS IPC Drives 2016 show in Nuremberg, Germany.
12/01/2016 -
Motion control shipments increase to $2.4B worldwide
Stats from the Motion Control & Motor Association show a 5 percent spike in the first nine Months of 2016.
12/01/2016 -
ETG publishes EtherCAT P specification documents
First official draft of industrial Ethernet technology that combines EtherCAT communication and power lines into one standard 4-wire cable.
11/30/2016 -
Report: U.S. manufacturing needs policymakers to back smart manufacturing
Tech-policy think tank ITIF releases a report on how concentrating on smart manufacturing would reduce advantages of low-wage nations
11/30/2016 -
Opto 22 partners with Dell for IoT app development
The automation manufacturer and Dell join forces to bridge the gap between existing industrial infrastructure and mobile, cloud and IT.
11/29/2016 -
PMMI releases revised B155.1-2016 standard
Standard seeks to improve safety of packaging and processing machinery and eliminate injuries to personnel working on these systems by establishing machinery requirements.
11/28/2016 -
Report: 135,000 industrial robots bring more jobs to the U.S.
The 2016 World Robotics Report finds increase in industrial robots has led to nearly 230,000 jobs.
11/23/2016