SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC and Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) are celebrating five years of partnership by reflecting on the club’s ability to minimise the environmental impact of its activities across all operations, with the aim of achieving the ultimate goal of being net-zero by 2040.

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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION has publised the results of the 9th annual 'State of Smart Manufacturing Report', offering valuable insights into trends, challenges, and plans for global manufacturers. The study surveyed more than 1500 respondents from 17 countries, including the United Kingdom (UK), France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

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AT WORLD leading technology event, CES 2024, Siemens announced new partnerships and breakthroughs in AI and immersive engineering to enable the industrial metaverse, and reported how these technologies are empowering the world’s innovators to thrive using its open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator.

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AT SPS – Smart Production Solutions 2023, the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) announced new products and services for the development of safety devices with CC-Link IE TSN connectivity.

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IN THIS ROKStudios interview, Curtis Reilly, technical consultant manager at Rockwell Automation, discusses how native cloud solutions can help remove hidden costs for manufacturers.

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NEW FROM AI processing specialist XMOS, xcore-voice is a complete voice solution built on xcore platform hardware, software and tools. The solution provides voice pipeline example designs using XMOS industry-proven audio front-end, incorporating far-field processing and support for third party ISV voice algorithms.

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The AL4xxx range of digital input modules from ifm electronic, which allow sensors to be connected direct to fieldbus networks, has been extended to include versions for use with Modbus TCP networks.

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WORLDWIDE, RESEARCH and development work on the future 6G mobile communications standard is picking up pace. Bosch is reported to be leading the way and is actively involved in projects, alliances, and initiatives at both the national and international level to lay important foundations for 6G technology.

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PHOENIX CONTACT has announced the latest project in the PLCnext Technology community: The Beehyve – with swarm intelligence towards the future of sustainable automation.

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JOIN HARTING for its second Industrial Ethernet Week, which takes place between 21 and 23 February 2023. Featuring technical experts and IIoT pioneers from a range of global brands, you’ll discover solutions for driving industrial transformation via insightful user cases, discussions, talks and tech sessions.

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THE CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) has published a new white paper that examines the real-world benefits that Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) can deliver to businesses in the manufacturing and processing sectors.

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AFTER ALMOST four years of close collaboration between the four leading standards development organisations – FieldComm Group, ODVA, OPC Foundation, and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) – combined with significant support from 12 major industry project partners, the participants are pleased to announce a successful completion of the APL Project. The result is a completely available 10Mbit technology for a new two-wire, Intrinsically Safe Physical Layer called Ethernet-APL.

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WITH THE new connection of the Engineering Base (EB) platform to SAP's asset management system EAM, software developer Aucotec is expanding its integration spectrum with an important module, especially for plant operators. This means that engineering can now communicate seamlessly with all the areas covered by SAP EAM (formerly SAP PM) – and vice versa. Experts no longer have to leave 'their' system and do not need any special knowledge of the other one.

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TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR, David Richards, is to chair a new commission for the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to accelerate the adoption of digital technologies such as robotics, sensors, 3D printing and augmented reality within UK industry.

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ERICSSON AND Porsche have announced a trial project for the first deployment of a private 5G network at one of Porsche’s production complexes. The 5G network will help accelerate production and lay the groundwork for a 'smart factory' model.

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THE CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) has published a free white paper on the development ecosystem for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) compatible automation devices. Created for automation vendors, 'Getting your TSN product to market' provides a practical insight on how to implement the technology and the importance of conformance testing for TSN products.

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MOXA EUROPE and Crosser, a pioneer in edge analytics for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), have announced a collaboration that will see Crosser’s edge analytics platform and Moxa’s reliable network, connectivity and edge computing solutions help manufacturing companies connect their devices to offer better collaboration between systems, processes, and people.

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MAKE UK has collaborated with Malvern-based technology start-up FloWide, on an innovative new tracking system for the CNC area of its Technology Hub in Aston, Birmingham.

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AN INDEPENDENT Wi-Fi consulting service for logistics, manufacturing, retail and other supply chain users has been introduced by Renovotec.

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FOLLOWING THE announcement from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that £53 million funding is being made available for UK manufacturers to boost competitiveness through digital technologies, an online event has been announced that aims to address the scope and possible effects of automation.

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