Articles Tagged with ''automation''

The global food and beverage industry is witnessing rapid uptake of technologies ranging from cloud platforms, gene editing, 3D printing and enzyme engineering, to new packaging techniques that encompass the use of environmentally friendly and hybrid packing materials, smart packaging methods and nano-technology innovations.

Opto 22, Temecula, Calif., released Node-RED nodes for its industrial programmable automation controllers (PACs), designed to significantly decrease Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) application development time and complexity.

Opto 22, Temecula, Calif., developed RESTful API, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) application designed to reduce time to market in machine and system design.

To help executives step up to this challenge, IMD, Switzerland, launched a revamped Digital Supply Chain Management (DCSM) program.

Opto 22, Temecula, Calif., introduced the groov with Node-RED, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution that easily integrates automation systems, like automated packaging equipment, control refrigeration systems and manufacturing lines, with back-end IT or cloud-based systems.

Forrester Research, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., forecasts that cognitive technologies such as robots, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and automation will replace 7% of U.S. jobs by 2025.

U.S. manufacturers continue to invest in automation technologies, spurred on by competitive factors and supply chain pressures, according to a report published by MAPI (Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation), Arlington, Va.

For the first time, ProMat 2017 will exhibit in both the South and North halls of McCormick Place, Chicago.