Day: November 10, 2017
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Enabling Industry 4.0: Baumüller at SPS IPC Drives 2017
Industrial automation specialist Baumüller is presenting its exhibits for its main theme “Enabling Industry 4.0” at SPS IPC Drives in hall 1 at booth 560 from November 28 to 30, 2017. The trade fair visitors will be able to see how Baumüller makes the smart digitization and networking of machines and systems possible for its…
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Material handling: An overview of a fast-moving market
Material handling refers to the movement of items within relatively small spaces, such as a warehouse. In that sense, it’s different from logistics, which refers to movement of goods over longer distances, from city to city or across countries and continents. But material handling falls within logistics, obviously, and can sometimes be categorised within intralogistics…
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Robotics and automation reshaping Thailand’s economy, as it looks to sell more industrial robots
Asian country’s government-backed investment organisation talks up ‘Thailand 4.0’, highlighting the industrial robot manufacturing sector, where sales are forecast to increase by 133 per cent from 2,131 units in 2013 to 7,500 units in 2018 – and it’s offering huge tax breaks to achieve it Thailand has been doing well as a result of globalisation,…
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Luxembourg ‘leading the way’ towards the fourth industrial revolution
The tiny country of Luxembourg is claimed to be “leading the way towards the fourth industrial revolution”. Luxembourg may have one of the highest per capita GDPs in the world but it’s more a city than a country. It has a landmass of about 2,500 square kilometres and a population of just over half a…
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Advantech wins award from Chinese consulting company for its digital factory technologies
Advantech, a provider of industrial computers and related technologies, has received an award from from ROI Management Consulting, in China. The award is for its Industry 4.0-compliant digital factory. The “ROI Industry 4.0 Award China” was given to Advantech at the awards ceremony in Shanghai in recognition of its “Industry 4.0 achievements as a pioneer…
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Industrial sector ‘still in early stages’ of IoT, says report
The industrial sector is “still in the early stages” of internet of things adoption, according to a new report, although it says the vast majority have made a start. Bsquare’s 2017 Annual IIoT Maturity Study reveals 86 percent of industrial organizations have adopted IoT but “fewer than half” are using advanced analytics and only a…
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Material Handling Systems acquires Atronix Engineering and Advanced Production Systems
Material Handling Systems has acquired Atronix Engineering and Advanced Production Systems. MHS is a provider of advanced parcel sortation systems engineering and equipment. It has 115 employees and says it generates $1.2 billion revenue “from an installed base”. Atronix is a controls systems integrator, while APS specialises in the engineering, design, and assembly of control…