This month, NOARK Electric joins their parent company, the CHINT Group, a global smart energy solutions provider, in unveiling their global 2030 sustainable development strategy, marking a milestone in their commitment to building a diversified future. The strategy was launched in collaboration with thousands of supply chain partners and Chief Sustainability officers (CSOs) of the Group’s key subsidiaries.
RS has recently welcomed Abhishek Singh — an expert in commercial transformations, go-to-market strategy, sales excellence, pricing and segmentation, and capability building — to the executive leadership team as the new Vice President of Margin Management, Pricing, and Procurement. Abhishek brings more than 16 years of experience in consumer analytics, advanced statistical modeling, pricing and procurement, and corporate strategy for the manufacturing and distribution industry to his new role.
Littelfuse, Inc. has recently announced that David Heinzmann, President and Chief Executive Officer, has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to retire as President and CEO. The Board has appointed Dr. Greg Henderson, a member of the Littelfuse Board of Directors, as President and Chief Executive Officer effective February 10, 2025. Mr. Heinzmann will remain on the Littelfuse Board through April 2025 and, to support a seamless transition, serve as an advisor to the Company through August 10, 2025.
LUTZE is excited to announce the opening of its new facility in Sparks, Nevada. This strategic expansion marks a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to enhancing service for its customers and distribution partners across the Western United States. Until now, LUTZE has served the entire North American market from its headquarters in Charlotte, NC. With the addition of the Sparks location, LUTZE aims to improve delivery times and elevate customer service levels for its partners in the western region.
Omron Automation Americas recently announced Xilix Systems as a new partner in the Omron System Integrator program. This collaboration highlights Xilix Systems’ extensive expertise in integration, automation, and machine design, particularly in complex motion applications. Having worked with Omron PMAC technologies for several years, Xilix Systems is uniquely positioned to enhance its offerings. This partnership will enable Xilix Systems to deliver more advanced solutions and services, fostering innovation in new process equipment development.
Emerson has won the “Industrial IoT Innovation of the Year” award for its DeltaV Workflow Management software at the 9th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards. The award recognizes Emerson’s next generation, software-as-a-service solution to help life sciences companies more efficiently develop, scale and manufacture life-changing cell and gene therapies. Designed specifically for companies in early-stage development with limited IT infrastructure, DeltaV Workflow Management provides a cloud-based solution that transitions drug recipe workflow data from paper-based records to digital records, providing a simple and scalable solution with no coding experience required.
RS offers the new Phoenix Contact TRIO3 Power Supplies — the world’s first power supplies with integrated circuit breakers. Designed to help machine builders overcome common challenges, these compact, plug-and-play power supplies offer space, energy, and cost savings, easy handling, and smart diagnostics, like the rest of the TRIO POWER range, and add integrated multi-channel circuit breakers for superior device protection and system performance.
In 1975, the Germany-based Weidmüller Group established a U.S. manufacturing headquarters in Chesterfield County, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond. Weidmuller USA is proud to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025, marking five decades as a pioneer of innovation in smart industrial connectivity and automation products and solutions. A highlight of the company’s year-long commemoration of this 50 year milestone anniversary is a grand opening event in Spring 2025 of its 24,000 square-foot engineering and manufacturing facility, which was completed in Fall 2024.
Molex, a parent to Phillips Medisize, recently announced that it has completed, through an affiliate, a previously announced acquisition of Vectura Group Ltd. (Vectura) from Vectura Fertin Pharma Inc., a subsidiary of Philip Morris International Inc. Phillips Medisize is a major provider in the design and manufacturing of innovative products for the pharmaceutical drug delivery, in vitro diagnostic and medtech markets. With the addition of Vectura, the company now offers a wider range of formulation, device design, combination product development and manufacturing services.
Beckhoff was delighted to announce that the company had been nominated for the Best of Industry Award 2024 in the Artificial Intelligence category back in mid-December of 2024. This prestigious award, presented by the Vogel Communications Group, honors outstanding innovations in the industry. Beckhoff’s TwinCAT 3 Machine Learning Creator is one of the top 3 innovations in its category. Votes were open for 5 months, and over 20,000 votes were collected across 15 different categories. Beckhoff is proud to be among the finalists and is thankful to everyone who supported by voting.
With the intelligent SIRIUS 3RC7 link module, Siemens is now offering a quick and easy way to achieve complete data transparency down to the field level. The plug-and-play expansion module is designed to combine information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) with minimal installation and commissioning effort. This means that the data available at the consumer can also be used efficiently. According to Siemens, the intelligent link modules SIRIUS 3RC7 can be seamlessly integrated into the existing automation environment as part of the automation concept Totally Integrated Automation (TIA).
A great opportunity for busbar market growth – Busbar systems are a major growth market, with several factors driving ever-increasing demand, for example, the growing importance of electrical energy in all areas, from the direct generation of electrical energy in solar and wind power plants to e-mobility. Digitization itself is a major consumer of energy in the ever more numerous and ever larger data centers. In addition, major economies such as the USA have changed their technical regulations, which means switching from cables to busbars in control cabinets of all kinds.
Rockwell Automation has recently announced that Paolo Butti has been named regional president, Global Industries, effective immediately. Butti will report to Scott Genereux, SVP and Chief Revenue Officer, and he succeeds Jane Barr, who has taken on the role of President, Americas Region. In this role, Butti will provide sales leadership and strategic direction for global account sales teams. He joined Rockwell in 2012. In his most recent role as global vice president, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Segments and Emerging Industries, he led a high performing team of Industry and OEM segment directors.
Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business have named Phoenix Contact USA as one of the Best Places to Work in PA. The awards are held in partnership with Best Companies Group. Phoenix Contact ranked #18 among large companies. “We are honored that our employees have once again rated Phoenix Contact as a Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania,” said Patty Marrero, interim vice president of human relations. “Phoenix Contact shares a passion for technology and innovation with our employees, and we’ve strived to build a culture that places people at the center. We hope that the work we do makes a meaningful impact as we work to create a smart and sustainable world.”
ABB has extended its relationship with bp through signing a five-year Global Frame Agreement (GFA) to supply automation, electrical and telecommunications equipment across bp’s upstream and downstream assets and facilities. The partnership, with ABB as a supplier, aims to streamline system integration, reducing risk, cost and project execution time. As part of the scope of the agreement, ABB will deliver an Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) with the ABB Ability System 800xA Distributed Control System across bp’s facilities.
P&M Sales Ltd. has been specializing the sale of electrical products throughout the six New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, through a network of stocking distributors. Their strength is in engineered products, shelf goods and commodities sold to the industrial MRO, residential & commercial construction and institutional markets through wholesale distribution.
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