At the recent online ARC Industry Forum Asia, Hajime Sugiyama, Digital Manufacturing Architect, Factory Automation Systems Group at Mitsubishi Electric, spoke about digital manufacturing by providing real-life examples, with emphasis on SMKL (Smart Manufacturing Kaizen Level) and KPIs.

EdgeX Foundry Ireland release has been announced. Focused on edge/IoT solutions, EdgeX Foundry’s second major release overhauls API sets, removes technical debt, provides more message-based communications, and simplifies and secures interfaces

Siemens is collaborating with Dow to showcase the future of automation with a process automation test bed at MxD, a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing institute and innovation center near downtown Chicago.

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced the IIoT Networking Framework (IINF) publication.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced its Seequent business unit's acquisition of Imago Inc, a developer of cloud-based software for the capture and management of geoscientific imagery.

Amazon announced that SageMaker Edge Manager now integrates with AWS IoT Greengrass Version 2, allowing users to deploy ML model packages and Edge Manager agent (the on-device inference engine of Edge Manager) to fleets of edge devices easily.

John Kirkman and Harry Forbes discussed their views on Industry 4.0, interoperability, Open Process Automation (OPA), and standards in the context of the ERDi TestLab

ClearBlade and Phoenix Contact announce a partnership that delivers field IoT and Edge solutions via Intelligent Assets. Together, the two companies can provide a full solution including hardware, connectivity, edge, and cloud services to Power Critical Infrastructure

Siemens Digital Industries Software announces the release of NX Automation Designer software and NX Industrial Electrical Design software, which extend the Xcelerator Portfolio to provide a central design application for industrial electrical and automation design.

GE Digital announced the availability of the latest release of its Advanced Distribution Management Solution (ADMS). ADMS helps to enable a More Resilient Electric Distribution Grid