October 19, 2022
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The port of Busan in South Korea is one of the world’s busiest – and now, one of the world’s most technologically advanced. ABB automation technology means that the quay cranes and yard cranes at Busan Container Terminal can be completely cabinless, operated remotely by controllers in an office – a huge gain in safety, quality of life, and reliability.
Automated solutions for battery recycling on the rise July 6, 2023 According to estimates, by 2025 some 600,000 tons of used batteries from electric passenger cars need to be recycled. Since batteries are energy storage devices made from valuable raw materials, this inevitably raises the question of sustainability. Festo therefore offers modular automation concepts in…
September 22, 2023 Cognex Corporation, a leader in industrial machine vision, has announced it has agreed to acquire Moritex Corporation (Moritex) from Trustar Capital, a private equity affiliate of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited, for ¥40 billion (approximately $275 million), in an all-cash transaction. Moritex is a leading global provider of optics components with a strong…
August 21, 2023 Edmund Boland Appointed as General Manager of ANCA CNC Machines ANCA is proud to announce the appointment of Edmund Boland as the new General Manager of ANCA CNC Machines. Edmund is the son of ANCA co-founder Pat Boland and brings an impressive 15-year tenure at ANCA. Pat Boland, ANCA co-founder said, “When…
November 6, 2023 GHGSat will launch the world’s first commercial hosted-payload focused on monitoring sources of CO2 later this year GHGSat, a global leader in high-resolution emissions monitoring from space, will launch the world’s first commercial hosted-payload focused on monitoring sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) later this year. Currently under construction, GHGSat-C10 will use the…
April 19, 2024 BWXT’s expansion will create over 250 good-paying jobs and support future nuclear generation The Ontario government is welcoming a $80 million investment by BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) to expand their Cambridge nuclear manufacturing plant. Their investment will create more than 250 new skilled, unionized jobs in Cambridge and support Ontario’s expansion of…
Paul Cooke, President and CEO of Bosch Rexroth North America, based in Charlotte, NC, USA, will retire on December 31, 2020 after 38 years of distinguished service in various international positions within Bosch Rexroth. His successor as of December 1, 2020 will be Greg Gumbs, most recently Vice President & General Manager Electrical Automation Solutions at EATON Corporation.
Weidmüller’s scalable engineering software, u-control 2000, adapts individually to your requirements. And, the u-control is powerful, compact and fully compatible with Weidmüller’s I/O system u-remote. This article looks at what makes u-control the heart of your automation.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are one of the main components of any automated system. A typical control system has inputs, outputs, controllers (i.e., PLCs), and some type of human interaction with the system, a human machine interface (HMI), for example.
March 16, 2026 By David Doria, Director of Engineering, Automated Driving, Magna Electronics, March 16, 2026 For years, progress in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) were driven by improving individual sensors. Higher resolution cameras. Longer-range radars. More precise lidars. Each step delivered incremental gains. But optimizing sensors in isolation only goes so far. As ADAS Read More…
March 9, 2026 By Krystie Johnston Vention accelerates democratization of automation with new funding and GRIIPTM, sets sites on Enterprise clients, reaches more industries and geographies Vention is on a journey to democratize automation, and they are picking up speed. Already, in Q1 of 2026, they have made two announcements that will accelerate their trajectory Read More…
