2022 Global Alliance Partner Program Excellence Award winners announced

Schneider Electric has announced the winners of its 2022 Global Alliance Excellence Awards, an annual competition that recognises exceptional innovative initiatives, services and achievements within industrial digitisation. Encompassing alliance system integrators, machine integrators, and industrial automation distributors, the awards celebrate…

Global Alliance Partner Program Excellence Award winners

Schneider Electric has announced the winners of its 2022 Global Alliance Excellence Awards, an annual competition that recognises companies focused on industrial digitisation. Encompassing alliance system integrators, machine integrators, and industrial automation distributors, the awards celebrate those that have demonstrated…

LAC Logistics Automation’s first UK customer for Exotec

Exotec has announced that its UK partner LAC Logistics Automation has signed a contract to deploy Exotec’s Skypod system to iForce, the UK’s premier solutions provider for multi-channel fulfilment and returns. LAC Logistics Automation’s new customer acquirement will accelerate Exotec’s expansion into UK market through the partnership.…

Driving convergence under the spotlight at SPS

The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) will exhibit its latest advances in open industrial Ethernet with time-sensitive networking (TSN) functions, together with key applications, at SPS 2022. From the 8th to 10th of November, visitors to Stand 106, Hall 5 will…

Announcing World Robotics 2022!

The International Federation of Robotics is inviting industry journalists to an online press conference for the publication of the new World Robotics 2022 report. The new World Robotics 2022 Industrial Robots report shows an all-time high with half a million robots installed…

IoT sensors market estimated at $173.7 bn by 2032

Ever-improving electronics in automotive, IoT equipment, smart homes, and more, are welcoming new and future opportunities in the global IoT sensors market. Industry 4.0 initiatives across various regions, such as China and Europe are the most important key drivers of IoT…

Gov UK offers £200,000 to test security of smart devices

The UK Government has announced that organisations can now apply for up to £200,000 of funding to support research into the cyber security of Internet-connected devices. The initiative has been introduced to attempt to ensure that these connected devices are…

Combined innovation from igus and Commonplace Robotics

igus and its motion plastics are joining forces with the intuitive software from Commonplace Robotics to achieve simple, low-cost solutions in automation. Motion plastics specialist igus is investing in growing its low-cost automation activities and has now acquired a majority…

The integration of interdisciplinary data

From the 8th to 9th of November, COPA-DATA will present various cross-disciplinary application examples of the zenon software platform from production, infrastructure, and laboratory automation at the SPS (Smart Production Solutions) Trade Fair in Nuremberg. Increasingly, companies are recognising the…

Tesla’s Optimus robot prototype unveiled

Elon Musk has revealed his humanoid robot as part of his electric vehicle company, Tesla at its major artificial intelligence event in September. The robot was introduced at Tesla’s event, Tesla AI Day, on the 30th of September at the…