Conveying & accumulation

Two-phase Upgrade at Ferrara Candy

After four scale/bagger systems produced welcome results on primary packaging efficiency, some impressively versatile and compact case packers were added to the mix.

September 24, 2020

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Digital Transformation

Banner Engineering Launches Business Unit

Banner Engineering Corp.

Banner Engineering launches new business unit, SmartSolutions, featuring easy-to install, integrated, and customizable IIoT kits of its sensors, wireless solutions, and LED lighting.

September 16, 2020

Robotics

Yaskawa and Phoenix Contact Announce Partnership

Yaskawa America, Inc.

Yaskawa and Phoenix Contact announce an agreement to utilize PLCnext Technology from Phoenix Contact in the development of the next generation machine controller and PLC platform realizing the i3-Mechatronics solution concept lead by Yaskawa.

September 14, 2020

Controls & machine components

PI North America Announces Website Expansion to the Spanish Language

PI North America

PI North America, the non-profit member-supported organization for PROFIBUS and PROFINET technologies in North America, announces an expansion of its website to the Spanish language.

September 14, 2020

Robotics

RōBEX Names New President

RōBEX

Craig Francisco was named President of RōBEX. He will lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the company and its three business units: Automation & Robotics, Industrial Services and Annealing Lehr installation & maintenance for glassmakers.

September 11, 2020

Controls & machine components

Motion Industries Acquires Applied Machine and Motion Control

Motion

Motion Industries, Inc. completed the acquisition of Applied Machine and Motion Control, Inc.

September 2, 2020

Controls & machine components

Beckhoff Technology Sets Vendor ID Record

Beckhoff USA

The EtherCAT Technology Group issued its 3,000th EtherCAT vendor ID in July 2020. Beckhoff introduced the EtherCAT real-time Ethernet system to the market in 2003 and disclosed its details within the ETG the same year.

September 1, 2020

Robotics

Bosch Rexroth Announces Management Changes in North America

Bosch Rexroth Corporation

Paul Cooke, President and CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America, will retire on December 31, 2020 after 38 years with Bosch. His successor as of December 1, 2020, will be Greg Gumbs.

August 31, 2020

Controls & Machine Components

Conducting a Virtual FAT

With COVID-19 making it difficult to schedule in-person business meetings of any kind, this Italian packaging machinery OEM is leaning on remote work solutions.

August 26, 2020

Controls & machine components

Allied Electronics and Schneider Electric Team Up to Help Engineers Build Better Industrial Control Panels

RS

Allied Electronics & Automation and Schneider Electric are partnering to deploy a suite of digital resources, hosted on Allied’s Build a Better Control Cabinet digital hub, that can help customers design, build, and maintain industrial control panels.

August 11, 2020

Controls & machine components

Beckhoff Employee Appointed to IEEE Committee

Beckhoff USA

Beckhoff's Dr. Karl Weber is the first representative from EU appointed to the IEEE Committee. He will represent the German Federal Ministry in the international Government Engagement Program on Standards

August 6, 2020

Controls & machine components

Motion Industries Announces Two Acquisitions

Motion

Motion Industries, Inc., entered into agreements to acquire TRC Hydraulics, a Canadian-based supplier of hydraulic products and services, and F&L Industrial Solutions, Inc., a distributor of T-slotted aluminum extrusion components.

August 3, 2020

Controls & machine components

Busch Vacuum Solutions Named Germany's Top Family Business

Busch Vacuum Solutions

Busch Vacuum Solutions was named one of Germany's Top Family Business for 2020 by German Business Magazine Wirtschaftswoche.

July 31, 2020