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Slamcore secures $14 million funding from investors including Rockwell Automation

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Slamcore, a developer of spatial intelligence software, has announced a $14 million funding round from top investors, including ROKStar Ventures, a subsidiary of Rockwell Automation, one of the world’s largest industrial automation and digital transformation companies. 

The round brings Slamcore’s total funding to $40 million, with backing from investors including Toyota Ventures, Interwoven Ventures, MMC Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and IP Group.

The investment arrives as global industrial operators face an urgent dual challenge: the need for productivity gains amid rising safety risks on factory and warehouse floors. [Read more…] about Slamcore secures $14 million funding from investors including Rockwell Automation

Perspective from Harting: The industrial reality check – why factory winners execute, not just innovate

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Rodriques Johnpeter, global industry segment manager, Harting

Manufacturers are operating in a moment where disruption is the norm, not the exception. Supply chain volatility, inflationary pressure and labor constraints all collide with a parallel push to embed automation and AI into plants that were never designed for today’s technologies.

Most facilities – well over two-thirds globally – are still brownfield sites, built around legacy machines, heterogeneous controls and fragile integrations that have been patched together over decades.

These environments leave almost no room for extended downtime or wholesale rip-and-replace projects, which is where many digital transformation strategies quietly break down.​ [Read more…] about Perspective from Harting: The industrial reality check – why factory winners execute, not just innovate

Digi International launches new serial device servers for modern IP networks

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Digi International, a provider of IoT connectivity products and secure connectivity solutions, has launched Digi Connect EZ 4 TS and Digi Connect EZ 8 TS, next-generation serial device servers designed to help organizations modernize legacy serial infrastructure with enhanced security and centralized management – without requiring enclosure or wiring changes. 

The EZ TS family builds on the current Digi Connect EZ platform and provides an efficient transition path for existing ConnectPort TS and PortServer TS deployments, while introducing new capabilities for today’s IT and OT requirements. [Read more…] about Digi International launches new serial device servers for modern IP networks

Tungsten Carbide Manufacturing and the Future of Next-Generation Robotics

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Robotics is often discussed through software, sensors, artificial intelligence, and automation platforms. Those areas deserve attention, but they are not the whole story.

Every robot still depends on physical parts that move, grip, cut, guide, press, rotate, and repeat the same motions for thousands or millions of cycles. That is where material choice becomes more important than many people realize.

As robots move into more demanding industrial settings, the question is no longer only what a robot can do. It is also how long that robot can do the work accurately. [Read more…] about Tungsten Carbide Manufacturing and the Future of Next-Generation Robotics

Vention expands conveyor platform with integrated end-of-line automation system

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Vention, a provider of an automation platform and hardware ecosystem, has announced the expansion of its conveyor ecosystem, delivering a fully integrated solution for material handling across assembly lines, warehouse logistics, and end-of-line packaging applications.

Vention’s conveyor ecosystem is part of its broader platform approach to industrial automation, where design, ordering, deployment, and operation are unified within a single environment.

By combining modular hardware with integrated control and intuitive software, Vention enables manufacturers to deploy and scale material handling systems with less engineering effort, lower integration risk, and reduced reliance on specialized expertise for setup and adjustments, driving greater operational consistency across sites. [Read more…] about Vention expands conveyor platform with integrated end-of-line automation system

How Industrial Automation Services Are Modernizing Legacy Facilities

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Many older plants still produce dependable output, yet the systems behind that output often show their age. Support teams are asked to meet modern production goals using control systems built for a slower operating model. The gap becomes obvious when downtime rises, and fault detection arrives too late.

Luckily, expert industrial automation services are helping these facilities modernize without forcing every asset into an expensive rebuild. The best projects are careful rather than dramatic. A good plan adds modern control where it creates value. It also protects proven equipment when that equipment still performs. [Read more…] about How Industrial Automation Services Are Modernizing Legacy Facilities

Comau partners with Omron to accelerate advanced industrial automation across high-growth manufacturing

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Comau and Omron Robotics have signed a strategic collaboration agreement aimed at accelerating the adoption and deployment of advanced industrial automation solutions for manufacturers worldwide.

The collaboration will focus on high-growth sectors including electronics, semiconductors, medical manufacturing and light industrial intralogistics – markets that continue to see strong demand for flexible, easily deployable automation.

The partnership responds to rising customer needs for scalable and adaptable automation solutions that integrate seamlessly into both existing production lines and next-generation manufacturing environments. [Read more…] about Comau partners with Omron to accelerate advanced industrial automation across high-growth manufacturing

Factory Automation: Bridging Promise and Real-World Production

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Walk into a modern shop floor and the contrast is immediate. Bright collaborative robot arms move with practised precision next to conveyors that have been running since the 1990s.

Touchscreen dashboards glow above workstations where an operator still keeps a grease-stained notebook with the real setup parameters.

That juxtaposition is the current state of factory automation: a layered environment where each new capability has to coexist with what came before. [Read more…] about Factory Automation: Bridging Promise and Real-World Production

The Convergence of AI, IoT, and Robotics in Modern Manufacturing

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Manufacturing had long relied on fixed schedules and manual control. Inventories were adjusted following shortages. Machines were repaired only after they broke down.

Production goals were frequently set on assumptions and not from real operational data. That model is changing quickly.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity along with robotics are propelling manufacturing into a more predictive configuration. [Read more…] about The Convergence of AI, IoT, and Robotics in Modern Manufacturing

Honeywell to sell warehouse automation business Intelligrated and Transnorm as portfolio overhaul continues

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Honeywell has agreed to sell its Warehouse and Workflow Solutions (WWS) business – which operates under the Intelligrated and Transnorm brands – to American Industrial Partners in an all-cash transaction, as part of a wider restructuring of its automation portfolio. 

The financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.

The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2026, follows closely on the company’s recent agreement to divest its Productivity Solutions and Services (PSS) division to Brady Corporation for $1.4 billion.

Together, the two transactions mark a decisive step in Honeywell’s multi-year effort to simplify its business and sharpen its focus on core automation technologies. [Read more…] about Honeywell to sell warehouse automation business Intelligrated and Transnorm as portfolio overhaul continues