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A t the 2023 Hannover Messe, the world’s largest exhibition of industrial automation solutions, Canadian companies showcased their advanced manufacturing capabilities. The annual conference was hosted in Hannover, Germany in April 2023. Hannover Messe is the event where companies bring the latest research and emerging technologies, and speculative demos for future processes to spark ideas and strategies for the long term.
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The rules of manufacturing are shifting—are you ready? Tariffs, automation, and supply chain disruptions are forcing manufacturers to adapt fast or fall behind. Join Karan Talati, CEO of First Resonance and former SpaceX Manufacturing Engineer, in this on-demand webinar to learn how leading manufacturers are: Navigating tariffs with data-driven supply chain strategies Leveraging automation and AI to eliminate bottlenecks Building resilience with predictive supplier management Adapting flexible s
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Motion demonstrates the Asset Monitoring Gateway for remote equipment monitoring through the use of multiple sensor devices.
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I brought two questions along to my visit to Folsom, California and the 11 th Ignition Community Conference. How are people using HMI/SCADA software? Why, after all these years, do companies still need to pursue “digital transformation”? I’ll have a few posts from the event. Plenty of news. And time to write since I wasn’t invited to the user group meeting in Anaheim starting today.
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My mission involves going beyond the hype of the marketing term digital transformation into the reality of implementation. Companies have actually been doing this for many years. It’s just that we learn better ways to implement it, and suppliers have developed better tools. This implementation will be interesting to watch unfold. Rockwell Automation aids iconic BIC to shift towards standardized and paperless operations with its Plex Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
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