Workforce

Kevin Metz Promoted to Southeast Regional Director of Beckhoff USA

With a career filled with impressive results in sales, sales leadership, and application engineering, Metz brings a well-rounded skillset to this key leadership position.

July 21, 2025

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Controls & Machine Components

EtherCAT Terminals

Beckhoff USA

Beckhoff has updated its EL14xx and EL24xx EtherCAT Terminals, which are digital I/O modules that now feature flexible logic configuration and adjustable input filters, enhancing their use in industrial automation systems.

July 17, 2025

Controls & machine components

Schneider Electric Opens Robotics and Motion Center of Excellence in Raleigh

Schneider Electric

Housed within its existing Raleigh Hub facility in North Carolina, Schneider Electric's center focuses on innovations in AI, digitalization, and automation technologies.

July 2, 2025

Controls & machine components

Weidmuller USA Announces Grand Opening of Engineering & Production Facility at Richmond HQ

Weidmuller USA

Expansion event is coupled with celebration of 50^th anniversary in Richmond.

June 13, 2025

PMMI News

PMMI Unveils Aftermarket Parts & Service Report: Essential Insights for 2025 and Beyond

New report reveals growing aftermarket opportunities, setting the stage for PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

May 5, 2025

Controls & Machine Components

Controls Architecture Ready to Scale with Machine as Disruptive Tech Emerges

When JOA began looking to develop a never-before-seen dry molded fiber converting machine and platform, it found the technological capability and know-how with Bosch Rexroth’s ctrlX Automation toolkit.

April 22, 2025

Workforce

Andrew Bollinger Becomes IPC Product Manager at Beckhoff USA

Beckhoff USA

Bollinger's experience in application engineering, business development, and product management has prepared him for the role.

March 12, 2025

Workforce

Fernando Callejon Joins Beckhoff USA as Product Marketing Leader

Beckhoff USA

Extensive engineering and product marketing experience make Callejon the ideal expert to guide the launch and promotion of breakthrough automation technologies from Beckhoff.

March 6, 2025

Workforce

ABB Names Susana Gonzalez as B&R's Chief Sales Officer Machine Automation Division

B&R, a division of ABB Group

With over 25 years of industrial automation experience, Gonzalez will lead B&R's global sales division, succeeding Luca Galluzzi, who steps down from the position after five years.

February 26, 2025

Robotics

Robotiq Expands Adaptive Gripper Compatibility Across Major Cobot Brands

Robotiq

Robotiq extends its adaptive gripper compatibility to Universal Robots, FANUC, Doosan, Omron, and Techman cobots, simplifying deployment and boosting efficiency for manufacturers facing labor shortages and increasing production demands.

February 20, 2025

Controls & Machine Components

E-PAK Machinery Names New Regional Sales Manager

E-Pak Machinery Inc.

E-PAK Machinery appoints Chase Swedersky to its sales team, where he will lead efforts in the Southeastern territory.

February 14, 2025

Controls & Machine Components

Automation Unscrambles Bottling Chaos

Pace Packaging harnessed flexible automation in a versatile robotic unscrambling and orienting solution that delivers industry-leading throughput in an ultra-compact machine footprint.

February 11, 2025

Digital Transformation

Survey: AI Chat-enabled Packaging Machine Copilots to the Rescue?

New research from PMMI Media Group shows an appetite among CPGs for changing the way operators and technicians interact with machines on the plant floor. Is it time for packaging and processing equipment to come with a ChatGPT-style interface?

January 31, 2025