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Strategic Partnership between Rittal and ZutaCore: Empowering Next Generation Data Centers with High Performance Chip Cooling Solutions

Strategic Partnership between Rittal and ZutaCore: Empowering Next Generation Data Centers with High Performance Chip Cooling Solutions

Rittal, a global system provider of IT infrastructure as well as industrial solutions and ZutaCore, a waterless, two-phase, liquid cooling company, have announced a strategic partnership. Together they offer highly efficient data center cooling solutions and will enable customers to cool processors up to and above 900W. Now data center owners and operators can harness computer power at significantly higher densities from the CPU level through to server, rack and data center levels.

 

 

 

Beckhoff USA Appoints Jacob Schieffer as Central Regional Sales Manager

Beckhoff USA Appoints Jacob Schieffer as Central Regional Sales Manager

Jacob Schieffer recently joined Beckhoff Automation LLC as Central Regional Sales Manager. Based at the subsidiary’s headquarters in the Minneapolis area, Schieffer will oversee sales development of new and longstanding customers throughout the Midwest, covering all key automation markets and centers of innovation. He joins Graham Harris, East Regional Sales Manager, and Joe Martin, West Regional Sales Manager, in leading skilled teams of sales and applications engineers across the U.S.

 

 

 

Emerson Releases Oversight 2

Emerson Releases Oversight 2

Emerson announced the release of Oversight 2, the cloud-based online portal which serves as the real-time resource for monitoring in-transit shipment information such as temperature, location and other measurements which may affect the quality of perishable cargo. The new interface features a host of enhanced functionality, including improved response time, intuitive navigation and multi-language support which provides an overall user experience that is both powerful and easy to use.

 

 

 

NSI Industries Appoints Tim Vanderaa as Director of National Accounts

NSI Industries Appoints Tim Vanderaa as Director of National Accounts

NSI Industries, LLC, a provider of electrical and control products, today announced the appointment of Tim Vanderaa as the company’s director of national accounts. Vanderaa brings more than 20 years of sales experience and will be responsible for managing and leading the team of national accounts managers and responsible for developing sales strategies.

 

 

 

#StrongerThanEver

#StrongerThanEver

As you may be aware, on October 13, 2019, Pilz was hit with a cyberattack. As soon as Pilz became aware of the attack, they shut down their servers and immediately started a plan to simultaneously protect their customer data and rebuild their network. Pilz are happy to report that none of their customer data was compromised in this attack, however data recovery is still being carried out.

 

 

 

LEMO Now Showcases its Product Line on EPLAN Data Portal

LEMO Now Showcases its Product Line on EPLAN Data Portal

The EPLAN Data Portal is an integral part of the EPLAN drawing platform, which enables users to significantly reduce effort & engineering time, and also to easily generate the detailed and accurate documentation that is required by today’s end users of automation systems. EPLAN Data Portal contains a wide library of CAD components: over 900’000 data sets from more than 290 manufacturers.

 

 

 

Allied Electronics & Automation Now Offers High-Resolution, 360-Degree Images Online for More Than 32,000 Products

Allied Electronics & Automation Now Offers High-Resolution, 360-Degree Images Online for More Than 32,000 Products

As part of its effort to help designers, engineers and maintenance repair operators better locate exact products for their specifications, Allied Electronics & Automation now offers 360-degree, high-resolution imagery for more than 32,000 industrial control, sensing, switching and circuit protection products available on its website.

 

 

 

Setpoint, LLC, A JR Automation Company, Opens New Facility to Centralize Operations

Setpoint, LLC, A JR Automation Company, Opens New Facility to Centralize Operations

On Tuesday, January 21st, employees, customers, community members, and local officials gathered to celebrate the new facility grand opening of Setpoint, A JR Automation Company. The 95,000 sq. ft. building officially opened in August of 2019 and the production floor is already filling up with projects.

 

 

 

Eaton to Acquire Power Distribution, Inc., Expanding Data Center Power Distribution and Monitoring Solutions

Eaton to Acquire Power Distribution, Inc., Expanding Data Center Power Distribution and Monitoring Solutions

Power management company Eaton recently announced it has agreed to acquire Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI), a supplier of mission critical power distribution, static switching, and power monitoring equipment and services for data centers and industrial and commercial customers. The company is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and had 2019 sales of $125 million.

 

 

 

Phoenix Contact pools business from smart services and cloud technology

Phoenix Contact pools business from smart services and cloud technology

As of January 1, 2020, Phoenix Contact has pooled its digital service portfolio in Phoenix Contact Smart Business GmbH, its new subsidiary in Berlin. It encompasses all activities around cloud technology, data analytics, and software services.The former Berlin startup SmartB Energy Management GmbH, in which the Phoenix Contact corporate venture capital company acquired an interest in 2017 and most recently owned 100 percent, will be merged into this new company.

 

 

 

New Year, New and Improved WS Series

New Year, New and Improved WS Series

See Water, Inc., an industry-leading developer and manufacturer of innovative electronic pump control panels for water and wastewater operations, proudly announces the latest enhancements to its premium line of WS Series control panels. The new design features a larger NEMA 4X-rated enclosure, raised terminal blocks for ease of access, and an enclosed cable tray to separate and organize wiring inside the panel.

 

 

 

Choose the Right I/O to Help Reduce Downtime through HART Modules with Premier Integration

Choose the Right I/O to Help Reduce Downtime through HART Modules with Premier Integration

Imagine you can achieve minimal disruption and maximum efficiency for your application. This is possible via the new HART modules with Premier Integration in our FLEX 5000 I/O portfolio. The HART I/O modules with Premier Integration simplify configuration and management of HART devices directly from the Studio 5000 Logix Designer application.