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Learn More About Cloud Faxing Services

December 28, 2021 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Cloud computing is still a relatively new technology. Because of its comparative novelty, states are still trying to figure out how to tax transactions that occur within the cloud computing industry.

They regularly issue new policy statements, enact new legislation, and promulgate new rules regarding the taxability of cloud-based transactions, so it can be hard for the average business owner to keep up.

Modern companies that utilize cloud-based solutions must be aware of the complexity of state sales and use tax treatment. To that end, this article will offer a basic introduction to the tax treatment of the three types of cloud computing transactions. [Read more…] about Learn More About Cloud Faxing Services

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: applications, business, cloud, cloud-based, computing, consumers, iaas, paas, SaaS, sales, service, services, software, state, states, tax, taxable, transactions

Timken acquires automation solutions manufacturer Intelligent Machine Solutions

August 23, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

The Timken Company, a maker of engineered bearings and power transmission products, has acquired Intelligent Machine Solutions, a builder of industrial robotics and automation solutions.

The addition of iMS expands and complements Timken’s Rollon linear motion product range with larger and heavy-duty applications, such as seventh-axis robotic transfer units (RTUs) and gantry systems.

iMS, which was founded in 2008, is based in Norton Shores, Michigan, in the United States. The company, which has approximately 20 employees, designs and manufactures floor-mounted, overhead, rotary and extreme seventh-axis RTUs and gantry systems used by manufacturers across industries to automate certain production processes. [Read more…] about Timken acquires automation solutions manufacturer Intelligent Machine Solutions

Filed Under: Business, News Tagged With: applications, automation, business, comp, expands, gantry, growing, heavy-duty, ims, linear, motion, product, production, range, robotic, rollon, rtus, seventh-axis, solutions, space, states, systems, timken, transfer, united

Central McGowan expands its highly automated distribution hub

November 16, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Central McGowan is expanding its Fargo, North Dakota CO2 distribution hub, with the intention of turning it into a fully-stocked retail store and distribution site.

Central McGowan is a supplier of gases and technology for the manufacturing, welding, medical, and food and beverage industries in the upper Midwest. And the company is a Fanuc-authorized integrator of automation or robotic solutions

Central McGowan’s Fargo store is located at 1226 38th St N, Fargo, ND 58102 (next to the newly painted water tower). The store officially opens today. Central McGowan has had a presence in the area since 2017, when it acquired Pro-CO2. [Read more…] about Central McGowan expands its highly automated distribution hub

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: area, automation, beverage, central, cloud, company, customers, distribution, fargo, food, industrial, market, mcgowan, northern, sales, st, states, store, welding

Locomation completes autonomous truck test involving three states

November 11, 2020 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

Locomation, a startup company providing autonomous trucking technology, has completed an on-road test that involved three different states in America.

The pilot program is intended to showcase autonomous trucking technology for the SmartBelt Coalition (SBC), a collaboration of five transportation agencies and seven research and academic institutions, located throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Over the course of one week, two Locomation trucks performed three separate interstate routes under close observation from representatives of all involved organizations. [Read more…] about Locomation completes autonomous truck test involving three states

Filed Under: Autonomous vehicles, News Tagged With: agencies, autonomous, coalition, collaboration, completed, food, including, institutions, involved, involving, locomation, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, pilot, platform, policy, real, smartbelt, states, technology, test, three, transportation, truck, trucking, trucks

SEMI backs US government initiative to support to chipmaking in America

June 12, 2020 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

Global semiconductor manufacturing industry association SEMI has expressed its backing for the US government’s initiative to support to chipmaking in America.

Facing a staggering “50 percent decline” in the US share of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity over the past 20 years, Congress has introduced the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act – also known as CHIPS for America Act.

The measures called for in the Act include a federal investment tax credit, which is “strongly supported” by SEMI, which represents the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain. [Read more…] about SEMI backs US government initiative to support to chipmaking in America

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: america, chain, chips, design, facilities, federal, global, government, incentive, incentives, manufacturing, percent, semi, semiconductor, states, supply, support, united

SICK adds flagship safety light curtain to US production lines

April 15, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

SICK has launched new flagship light curtain line called deTec4

As a sensor supplier for major manufacturers throughout the United States, SICK has local United States production capabilities that enables us to better serve its customers to keep the supply chain moving.

SICK produces materials in a close-to-the-market fashion, with a regional focus.

In the US, SICK has positioned production sites in each region to meet the demand from customers in each region. [Read more…] about SICK adds flagship safety light curtain to US production lines

Filed Under: Industry, News, SICK Sensor Intelligence Tagged With: capabilities, customers, facility, local, minneapolis, produces, production, products, sensor, sick, states, united

ASTI Mobile Robotics wins European Technology Award for automation

January 27, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

ASTI Mobile Robotics has won the “European Technology Award” in the category of “Automation”.

The European Awards are organised by the Professional and Business Excellence Institute and were presented in a ceremony at the Ritz Hotel in Paris recently.

The CEO of the company, Verónica Pascual, together with Jean-Michel Beghin, president of Keensight Capital, and Jean-Louis Menu, ASTI MR France country manager, collected the award which consolidates ASTI as a leader in mobile robotics and automation within the European market. [Read more…] about ASTI Mobile Robotics wins European Technology Award for automation

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: agvs, asti, automated, automation, award, business, company, dedicated, european, france, germany, group, guided, insystems, leader, market, mobile, movements, pascual, robotics, robots, solutions, spain, states, systems, technology, united, vehicles, verónica, vision

Indian government to replace sewage workers with robots by 2020

September 11, 2019 by Mai Tao

An Indian company called GenRobotics has developed a range of robots to undertake work down manholes and in sewage environments, and has been receiving orders from a number of states in its home country as well as many places abroad. 

GenRobotics was launched in relatively quiet circumstances in 2015, but then, last year, the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, was in attendance at the launch of the company’s second-generation robots.

Malaysia and the UAE are among the outside nations from which orders have been received for GenRobotics machines, and they join Indian states such as Tamil Nadu, in the south, and Haryana, in the north of the massive country of more than 1 billion people. [Read more…] about Indian government to replace sewage workers with robots by 2020

Filed Under: Features, Industry Tagged With: authority, company, country, designed, environments, genrobotics, indian, inside, local, manhole, manholes, manual, minister, number, orders, people, provide, range, rashid, robots, scavenging, sewage, states, suit, work, workers

Public policy group calls for updating of laws to enable driverless truck platooning

July 23, 2019 by David Edwards

A US public policy organization called the Competitive Enterprise Institute is urging states to update their laws to enable driverless truck platooning.

The CEO says the measures would offers safety, economic, and environmental benefits.

New automated vehicle technology will help freight truck companies transport consumer goods in a more fuel-efficient way, reducing transportation costs and emissions and boosting highway safety thanks to always-on automatic emergency braking. [Read more…] about Public policy group calls for updating of laws to enable driverless truck platooning

Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: automated, automatic, braking, cei, emergency, laws, platooning, report, safety, state, states, technology, truck, update, vehicle

DoCoMo and Itochu to trial IoT solution for delivery fleet management in the US

April 18, 2019 by David Edwards

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NTT DoCoMo and Itochu Logistics are planning to trial an internet-of-things solution for delivery fleet management in the US.

The system uses devices compatible with low-power, wide-area LTE-M technology to enable delivery businesses to visualize the status of outsourced trucks in their fleets.

The trial will begin in the United States on May 1, 2019. [Read more…] about DoCoMo and Itochu to trial IoT solution for delivery fleet management in the US

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