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Southwire Announces Partnership with READY Robotics

Southwire Announces Partnership with READY Robotics

Southwire is pleased to announce a partnership with READY Robotics, a provider of cutting-edge automation solutions that overcome obstacles faced by manufacturers, to deploy automation at five of the company’s facilities. Through the partnership, Southwire’s Retail East Customer Service Center (CSC) in Villa Rica, Ga.; Utility Products Plant in Carrollton, Ga.; Kentucky Plant in Hawesville, Ky.; Florence Plant in Florence, Ala.; and Bremen Campus in Bremen, Ind., will participate in the automation pilot.

Schneider Electric and Compass Datacenters Expand Partnership with $3 Billion Multi-Year Data Center Technology Agreement

Schneider Electric and Compass Datacenters Expand Partnership with $3 Billion Multi-Year Data Center Technology Agreement

Schneider Electric has recently announced at its Capital Markets Day meeting with investors a $3 billion multi-year agreement with Compass Datacenters. The agreement extends the companies’ existing relationship that integrates their respective supply chains to manufacture and deliver prefabricated modular data center solutions. The skyrocketing generation and consumption of data, in large part due to the burgeoning AI market, requires a new breed of data centers that can be standardized in their design, manufactured efficiently, and delivered more quickly at a lower cost.

Beckhoff Wins the Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award for the MX-System
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Beckhoff Wins the Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award for the MX-System

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 Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award. In the MX-System, Beckhoff has bundled over four decades of automation expertise into a modular system that performs all of the tasks and exhibits the properties of a classic control cabinet.

CDM Electronics Is Now An Authorized Stocking Distributorship For Positronic
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CDM Electronics Is Now An Authorized Stocking Distributorship For Positronic

CDM Electronics has announced an agreement with Positronic to stock and distribute their line of high-reliability Rack & Panel connectors, contacts and accessories at their Turnersville, NJ location. Positronic, a subsidiary of Amphenol Corporation, is one of the world’s major manufacturers of interconnect products for defense, industrial and commercial applications. CDM now provides the full range of Positronic GAP and GAPL series PCB-terminated rectangular connectors, along with the MIL-DTL-28748-qualified GM and GMCT series connectors.

Bud Adds Synergistic Component Sales as Rep in New England

Bud Adds Synergistic Component Sales as Rep in New England

Bud Industries is excited to announce the addition of Synergistic Component Sales as its rep in the New England area.  Their territory includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Connecticut.  Synergistic Component Sales fills Bud’s open sales territory that was previously covered by Logan Sales for over 30 years. Led by Jerry Cray and Doug Lewis, the firm has assembled a group of knowledgeable sales people including Bill Hiller and Dan Smith.

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Rockwell Automation Completes Acquisition of Cybersecurity Software and Services Company Verve Industrial Protection

Rockwell Automation has recently announced it completed its acquisition of Verve Industrial Protection, a major asset inventory system and vulnerability management solution. This acquisition will expand Rockwell’s cybersecurity offerings and help build resiliency and security of customers’ operations. “We are excited to welcome Verve’s team to Rockwell Automation,” said Matt Fordenwalt, senior vice president, Lifecycle Services at Rockwell Automation.

Rockwell Automation Celebrates 32nd Automation Fair

Rockwell Automation Celebrates 32nd Automation Fair

Rockwell Automation, Inc. opens its annual event, Automation Fair, in Boston with members of its global PartnerNetwork. The event brings together more than 10,000 participants from around the world to Discover What’s Possible with the hottest innovations, the smartest experts, and the latest strategies.  Automation Fair is a one-of-a-kind annual event, held this year at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Nov. 6 – 9. It offers an immersive experience showcasing the value and power of Rockwell’s expertise and solutions.

Jeff Hall Announced as Newly Promoted Plant Manager for Robroy Industries Enclosures Division

Jeff Hall Announced as Newly Promoted Plant Manager for Robroy Industries Enclosures Division

Robroy Industries Enclosures Division, manufacturers of Stahlin and AttaBox enclosures, has recently announced that Jeff Hall has been promoted to Plant Manager for the company’s enclosure manufacturing facility in Belding, Michigan. Mr. Hall will be responsible for all plant functions as well as managing maintenance team and providing support to the Operations Team. He provides extensive experience from nearly 17 years with Robroy Industries as a plant engineer. Additional expertise includes tool and mold design, injection molding, and facilities management.

Next Level for Siemens Industrial Edge: New Cloud Service, More Devices, and Low-Code Integration
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Next Level for Siemens Industrial Edge: New Cloud Service, More Devices, and Low-Code Integration

Industrial companies are increasingly relying on what’s known as edge computing in their production. It allows them to capture and process data where it’s generated: at the field level in the plant. At this year’s SPS trade show in Nuremberg, the technology company Siemens is expanding its range of products and services for Industrial Edge at all levels. This will allow users to connect their information technology (IT) even better with the operational level (OT). Industrial Edge is also part of the portfolio of the Siemens Xcelerator open and flexible business platform.

ISA Underscores Importance of People to Automation in New Position Paper

ISA Underscores Importance of People to Automation in New Position Paper

The International Society of Automation (ISA) has recently announced the publication of a new position paper, “Automation Depends on People to Make the World a Better Place.” Automation is all around, impacting everything from food people eat to clean drinking water to devices people use to reliably communicate to the safety of vehicles people travel in. Advances in manufacturing, technology, sustainability, and safety will all depend upon automation technologies and people working together to bring the most creative and innovative solutions to bear.

Roger Schroder Promoted as New Operations Manager for Robroy Industries Enclosures Division
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Roger Schroder Promoted as New Operations Manager for Robroy Industries Enclosures Division

Robroy Industries, manufacturers of Stahlin, a major brand of fiberglass electrical and industrial enclosures; and AttaBox, the most durable, extensive family of polycarbonate enclosures, has recently announced that Roger Schroder has been promoted to Operations Manager for the company’s enclosure manufacturing facility in Belding, Michigan.

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. to Exhibit at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. to Exhibit at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. will be exhibiting at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2023 at the Phoneix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. CareerTech allows attendees to meet with a multitude of organizations that provide solutions for career growth through networking, program sessions, and more. Mitsubishi Electric Automation will be showcasing its Workforce Development Program, titled Diamondworks!, designed to empower students, employees, and employers with cost-effective and tailored programs.

CDM Electronics Now Stocks Positronic Products as An Authorized Stocking Distributorship

CDM Electronics Now Stocks Positronic Products as An Authorized Stocking Distributorship

CDM Electronics has announced an agreement with Positronic to stock and distribute their line of high-reliability Rack & Panel connectors, contacts and accessories at their Turnersville, NJ location. Positronic, a subsidiary of Amphenol Corporation, is a global manufacturer of interconnect products for defense, industrial and commercial applications. CDM now provides the full range of Positronic GAP and GAPL series PCB-terminated rectangular connectors, along with the MIL-DTL-28748-qualified GM and GMCT series connectors. CDM also stocks the appropriate series’ of contacts and hardware for those Rack & Panel connector groups.

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Verve Industrial Protection to be Acquired by Rockwell Automation in Definitive Signed Agreement

Rockwell Automation, Inc. has recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Verve Industrial Protection, a cybersecurity software and services company that focuses specifically on industrial environments, expanding the offerings of Rockwell with an asset inventory system and vulnerability management solution. A recent Rockwell Automation report found that operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) attacks are on the rise, with 60% of the incidents studied resulting in operational disruption.

Rockwell Automation Presents: What’s New in Hardware at Automation Fair This Year

Rockwell Automation Presents: What’s New in Hardware at Automation Fair This Year

Rockwell Automation, Inc. is excited to share what new products are coming to Automation Fair. The company is getting ready to rip the covers off the most innovative and groundbreaking industrial automation hardware in the market. And you are invited to learn more. Automation Fair is a one-of-a-kind annual event, held this year at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Nov. 6 – 9, and is expected to attract over 10,000 participants from around the world to Discover What’s Possible with the hottest innovations, the smartest experts, and the latest strategies.