Industrial processes in the era of IIoT and Industrie 4.0 need open communications between devices, systems, and layers. The industry began replacing industrial networks with Ethernet over a decade ago. Since Ethernet was designed in the 1970s for office use
Agnico Eagle Gold Mine, Kittilä, Finland Agnico Eagle, founded 1957, is one of the largest gold mining companies in the world. The Kittilä mine in northern Finland is the largest primary gold producer in Europe.
NAMUR is an association of automation and manufacturing IT users, service providers and technical or scientific institutions. The organization was founded in 1949 and has been growing steadily, especially in the 2000’s. It currently has 145 members.
GEA and Siemens AG announce a partnership to bring continuous manufacturing to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry by offering an integrated continuous tablet manufacturing line. The collaboration reportedly will deliver both production benefits,
Siemens and IBM Team Up to do What?
The 28th annual SPS IPC Drives show in Nuremberg, Germany closed its gates last week with the expected high numbers of visitors and exhibitors. The continued success of the show is due to its no nonsense approach, clear focus on discrete automation, and high quality of visitors. The s
The Panasonic Factory Solutions Europe team held an opening ceremony in their newly established Technical Center close to the Panasonic office near Munich, Germany. The Technical Center was officially opened after tape cutting and a toast spoken by Mr.
A myriad of valves are doing indispensable jobs in thousands of installations. How can the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) help suppliers and users to simplify and optimize the never-ending job of monitoring and maintaining those valves?
