CIMdata and Eurostep have announced the PLM Road Map & PDT 2024 North America conference, scheduled to take place at the Marriott Hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia, USA on May 8th and 9th. 

In the MX-System, Beckhoff offers a flexible, space-optimized, intelligent system solution that completely eliminates conventional control cabinets and can thus revolutionize the world of automation. This innovation has now been recognized with the Industry 4.0 Innovation Award.

ZF honors seven of its global suppliers for their excellent performance. The ZF Supplier Awards are presented as part of the Group-wide Global Supplier Summit, which this year focuses primarily on sustainability. At the virtual conference, around 1,000 participants from all over the world gain an insight into the technology group's corporate strategy, new technologies and the resulting new requirements and challenges relating to purchasing and logistics.

Gates has announced an event that celebrates the capabilities of their Design Power Mobile app. In April 2023, Gates launched the Design Power Mobile app, revolutionizing how engineers and enthusiasts design belt drive systems. Now, they want to celebrate the achievements of app users with the Design Power Mobile Sonic Tension Meter Microphone Giveaway.

Siemens Digital Industries Software and CEA-List, a technological research institute focused on smart digital systems research, has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on research to further extend and enhance digital twin capabilities with artificial intelligence (AI) and explore greater integration of embedded software on both virtual and hybrid platforms.

Digital transformation is one of the most effective approaches to help today’s CPG companies solve productivity and sustainability challenges. There are new and emerging automation technologies that CPGs can integrate within production lines to reduce energy consumption, streamline processes, increase machine availability and drive new levels of productivity and sustainability.

Siemens Digital Industries Software and Stoneridge, Inc. together announce Stoneridge’s adoption of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software and services to support development of its next generation of technologies for the automotive, commercial vehicle and off-highway industries. 

ANIE Automazione and OPC Foundation are proud to announce a comprehensive collaboration program, focusing on the technology transfer and for further adoption of OPC UA in the Italian market. 

Wachendorff Automation GmbH & Co.KG has developed an intelligent and simple solution. Instead of relying on the usual adapter cables and parameterization boxes, the company decided to use NFC - Near Field Communication - as the configuration interface when developing the new incremental encoder.

Automate 2023 features educational tracks on everything from AI, smart automation, and innovations to AMRs and collaborative robots. The following article examines some of the key topics and presentations during the show.