Controls & machine components

PI North America Announces Website Expansion to the Spanish Language

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

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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

Digital Transformation

Matrox Imaging Announces Software Update

Matrox Imaging

Matrox Imaging announces an update to Matrox Design Assistant® X, the flowchart-based vision software. It now offers additional 3D camera interfaces, expanded image classification using deep learning, acquisition from CoaXPress cameras, and more.

July 30, 2020

Controls & Machine Components

End-of-line Specialist Moves Toward Condition Monitoring

Fallas Automation places an even greater emphasis on integrating early warning systems for predictive maintenance since COVID-19 set in.

July 30, 2020

Robotics

Fanuc Named GM 2019 Supplier of the Year

FANUC America

Fanuc was named Supplier of the Year by General Motors. This is the 16th time Fanuc has received the award.

July 27, 2020