Presented by PROFIBUS and PROFINET International, an event at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, will address practical issues arising from the use of digital communications technologies in automated manufacturing and process industry applications – with particular attention to Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

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Industrial IT solutions specialist SolutionsPT has announced the release of Citect SCADA 2018 R2.

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ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has migrated all elements of its ESAB Digital Solutions offering to a unified platform powered by Microsoft Azure IoT and using the ThingWorx Industrial Innovation Platform from PTC. The move enables the system to seamlessly share data between components on the backend.

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ifm electronic's M30 range of ultrasonic position sensors with IO-Link are designed for applications where continuous level measurement and object detection for bulk materials or liquids applications are required.

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ABB will bring together the elements of a ‘factory of the future’ at PPMA 2019, at the Birmingham NEC, 1st – 3rd October 2019, demonstrating how its latest automation and robotics technologies can transform performance in food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.

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PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) is driving the subject of Industry 4.0 and setting out steps for future-proof further development of today's solutions.

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MAC Solutions has been appointed preferred partner in the UK, Ireland and France for distribution of the OPC Router from inray Industriesoftware.

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SICK is inviting PPMA Total Show visitors to gain a behind-the-scenes insight into its new Industry 4.0 smart sensor production facility in Freiburg, Southern Germany.

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Celebrating 50 years in the UK, Lenze will use IMHX 2019 to showcase its Smart Motor Solutions, a scalable mechatronic drive system that combines motor, gear unit and electronic drive in one easy-to-use package.

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Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) is a key technology for the factory of the future, according to Harting.

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Carlo Gavazzi's smart factory solutions will be on show at this year's PPMA Total Show (NEC, Birmingham, 1st to 3rd October 2019).

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A new configurator from Stäubli Electrical Connectors simplifies planning and supports design process optimisation through simple integration of step data files.

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Rittal and Innovo Cloud have created digital twins, as well as the necessary infrastructure ecosystem for connected Industry 4.0 scenarios.

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Emerson’s Plantweb digital ecosystem is a next-generation Industrial IoT portfolio that extends the power of automation beyond process control to the entire enterprise.

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The cover of Raconteur.net's independent insert, as published in The Sunday Times, showcases digital transformation in the manufacturing industry as an orchestra with a maestro at the helm – perform in concert, transform successfully. Choose to ignore these guiding directions and be exposed to a cacophony of cross-purposes noises, rather than a symphony, says Radwell International.  

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ifm electronic's LR Smartobserver is an ‘out-of-the-box’ application software product that enables companies to use data acquisition to see what is happening on their manufacturing plant – down to individual sensor level – and then store data for analysis later.

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Manufacturers have been urged to unlock the value in their production data and learn from the historical knowledge embedded in their organisations.

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Ericsson and Comau used the 5G connectivity at Hannover Messe to show their Digital Twin innnovation. The project, which is currently being tested, is said to represent a further step in the partnership between Ericsson and Comau aimed at developing new use cases and solutions for Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing. 

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Martin Thomas, European marketing manager at Radwell, shares his thoughts on what the Internet of Things (IoT) means for manufacturing.

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When new technology emerges, there’s a distinct split between digital innovators who want to implement it first, and those who prefer tried-and-tested methods, comments electric motor repair specialist, Houghton International.

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