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Robot sales in North American manufacturing up 12 percent
The North American robotics market showed strong growth: Total installations in manufacturing rose by 12% and reached 41,624 units in 2022. Number one adopter is the automotive industry: companies based in the US, Canada and Mexico installed 20,391 industrial robots…
Manufacturers urged to “adopt digitalisation now” to bolster supply chain resilience
A industry expert has called on manufacturers to now make a “step change” and leverage the opportunities offered by technology to increase supply chain resilience, amid ongoing network disruption. Luke Smoothy, Founder and Director of Get It Made, says that…
The end of the energy relief scheme: how smart meter utilities technology can help
The Covid pandemic and, more recently, the Russian invasion of Ukraine have taught businesses hard lessons around energy and highlighted vulnerabilities in the UK’s energy supply. For increased resilience and a smarter approach, digital transformation and the adoption of IoT…
ABB provides a complete range of robots for Nobia’s new kitchen factory
ABB Robotics has been selected by Nobia to supply robotic automation solutions for their new factory in Jönköping, Sweden. By securing the contract, ABB Robotics furthers its expansion into new industry segments. “ABB’s contribution to Nobia’s new state-of-the-art factory clearly…
OQ Technology’s 5G NB-IoT LEO-satellite operating growth
The seven satellites that will be added to OQ Technology’s constellation, are the previously announced ‘MACSAT’ and ‘PHI-Demo’ satellites and five additional 6U nanosatellites, Tiger-4 to Tiger-8, which the company has already ordered. Concluding the launch of the first batch,…
The changing role of women in manufacturing
In the build up to International Women’s Day, Georgina Goff, who leads marketing, communications and sustainability in EMEA for Flex, a $26 billion global design, manufacturing and supply chain company, takes a look at the past and the future of…
Zeroing in on Cyber Security Awareness Month
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, made to encourage industry members to learn about cyber risks. Smarter Technologies discusses. Although no models are truly impenetrable, we’re zeroing in on zero trust architecture as the number one thing your organisation…
IoT in agriculture and 10 agritech startups in India
IoT in agriculture has always been a hot topic since food is the basic essential element of people’s survival. TECHDesign has previously pointed out the rapid growth of the smart agriculture market to $15.3bn by 2024 from the article of…
How the contact centre, AI, and CRM landscape are converging
The COVID lockdowns triggered an unprecedented demand for customer service, with both contact centres and digital channels seeing rapid growth. Tim Pickard, Chief Marketing Officer, Sabio Group discusses the changing landscape. Indeed, demand for human reassurance across some sectors resulted…