The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) today announced that Aamir Paul, president of North America operations at Schneider Electric, will deliver a keynote address titled “Redefining Industry: A Bold New Era for American Manufacturing and the Opportunities It Creates for the American Workforce” at Automate 2025 on Wednesday, May 14, at 9 a.m. Paul will explore how…
In celebration of its grand opening, Southwire held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the company’s new facility in Youngsville, N.C. on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Members of the Southwire and Youngsville communities, including county leaders, Southwire customers and Southwire team members and executives, attended the ceremony held at the new facility.
ABB Installation Products opens its new manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico to meet increased demand for Elastimold cable accessories and Fisher Pierce circuit solutions used to help improve electrical reliability and safety for consumers, businesses and communities. The more than $40 million investment reinforces ABB’s focus on supporting critical utility projects and U.S. infrastructure improvements, where about 80% of the products will be installed. An additional $15 million was invested in equipment upgrades and automation.
Bel Fuse Inc. has recently launched a new website for their portfolio of power supplies and components. In addition to consolidating Bel’s power products into one convenient location, the website is designed to enhance functionality, improve user experience, and provide efficient access to our extensive product catalog. The new website features a robust, AI-powered parametric search function, enabling users to quickly locate and compare multiple products.
Made up of countless small towns that come together to form what some call “America’s Heartland,” the Midwest is known for its industry, farming, landscapes, and friendly, down-to-earth attitudes. On a trip to the region, you’ll get a little bit of city, a little bit of country, and everything in between. What a perfect setting for NOARK to announce a new partnership with Mtech MN, a Minnesota-based manufacturer’s representative for Process & Factory Automation, dedicated to providing customers with solutions for their factory and process automation applications.
Rockwell Automation, Inc. has recently announced the winners of the fourth annual PartnerNetwork awards during its PartnerNetwork Conference event from March 31 to April 3 in Los Angeles, California. The invite-only event was focused on alignment within the PartnerNetwork ecosystem by strengthening the model, offerings and collaboration to deliver differentiated value to customers and drive accelerated profitable growth together. The event featured keynote presentations from Rockwell Automation leadership and guest speakers, open discussions with partner program managers, networking, and breakout sessions focused on topics that matter most to the partner community.
During Hannover Messe 2025, Rockwell Automation and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced that they are working together to help streamline and accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry. By combining Rockwell’s operational technology (OT) with AWS’s advanced cloud services and global infrastructure, manufacturers will be equipped with scalable, secure, and flexible cloud solutions that help optimize asset performance, increase operational visibility, and deliver actionable insights from raw data.
The landscape of AI and vision technology in inspection and quality control is set to transform with the development of more generalized algorithms. These advanced systems will be capable of tackling a wide range of inspection challenges, moving away from the current trend of specialized algorithms designed for specific tasks. This evolution promises to enhance the versatility and efficiency of AI, making it a more powerful tool for industries that rely on precise and reliable inspection processes.
Recently, Phoenix Contact USA announced a partnership with Xona, a major provider of secure access solutions for critical infrastructure and operational technology environments. This partnership brings together the best in industrial networking and OT cybersecurity to provide unparalleled zero-trust remote access, specifically tailored to address the unique requirements of ICS/OT environments. The interoperability between the Xona Platform and the Phoenix Contact EP Raptor series of switches will enable secure access by internal, remote, and authorized third-party users, while minimizing rackspace, power consumption, and cabling.
HANNOVER MESSE 2025 – March 31, 2025 to April 4, 2025 – At the world’s biggest industrial trade fair, companies from the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and digital industries as well as the energy sector will come together to present solutions for a high-performance, but also sustainable industry. More than 4,000 companies will be acting as an interconnected industrial ecosystem and demonstrating how climate neutrality can be achieved through electrification, digitization and automation.
RS offers Schneider Electric’s Lexium product portfolio, which combines innovative, tested and proven mechanical, electrical, and PLC logic devices — including cobots — with powerful, intuitive software to provide end-to-end integrated smart manufacturing solutions ideal for use in automotive, electronics, consumer packaged goods, metal, machinery, life science, logistics, and warehouse applications.
Weidmuller USA is introducing the PRO Partner Program, an exclusive initiative for the organization’s elite distribution partners in the United States. The first PRO Partners welcomed into the program include: H.H. Barnum Company, based in Brighton, Mich.; GDL Industrial Electronics, based in Midland, Texas; Hermitage Automation & Controls, based in Ashland, Va.; Steiner Electric Company, based in Itasca, Ill.; and Viking Electric, based in St. Paul, Minn.
ABB has recently acquired a minority stake in North Carolina company DG Matrix to support the commercialization of solid-state power electronics for generative AI data centers and renewable microgrids. The company’s Power Router platform replaces conventional systems with an all-in-one solution that is up to five times smaller and has best-in-class energy efficiency of 98 percent. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. As global electricity demand grows, legacy infrastructure must evolve to support the needs of AI data centers, smart industries, EV charging and the energy transition.
nVent Electric plc has recently announced appointments to its executive leadership team to support the company’s portfolio transformation and to create greater focus on regional growth. Having recently completed pivotal steps in its portfolio transformation, including the sale of its Thermal Management business and latest acquisition of Trachte, and recently announced agreement to acquire the Electrical Products Group business of Avail, nVent is announcing key executive leadership appointments.
Control Station has recently announced the successful acquisition and integration of its Ireland-based joint venture and distribution partner. Originally formed in 2016 to support the needs of multi-national process manufacturers, Control Station Limited strengthened the company’s market positioning both in the EMEA region and globally. Through this acquisition Control Station significantly expands its international reach with the addition of expert sales and engineering services staff.
RS recently became a key U.S. stocking distributor for Siemens Process Instrumentation products, which were previously only available as configure-to-order solutions that had to be sourced directly from Siemens. The Siemens Process Instrumentation product line offers a wide range of temperature, pressure, and level measurement solutions that are engineered for seamless integration with most industrial automation and control systems and designed to deliver reliable, high-precision performance in a variety of challenging industrial environments.
