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Connecting the Factory Floor and Back Office: The Next Step in End-to-End Automation

Manufacturers have spent decades automating physical production. Robots assemble components, sensors monitor equipment, and control systems coordinate increasingly complex operatio...

How JLCMC is Redefining Industrial Automation Solutions for Modern Factories

The manufacturing industry is changing rapidly. Factors are facing pressure to generate more, waste less, and adapt rapidly, while maintaining costs under control. The heart of thi...

How Automation Improves Efficiency in Manufacturing and Beyond!

Imagine saving money, increasing productivity, and minimizing waste, all simultaneously. With automation, you can transform traditional manufacturing into a streamlined, data-drive...

Simple Automation for an Older Factory

Not every factory upgrade needs to be a full robotic overhaul. For plants that have been running the same lines for a decade or more, the idea of “automation” can sound expensive,...

Intelligent Automation: AI Workflows on the Plant Floor

For decades, automation on the plant floor meant machines doing the same thing very fast, very reliably and very literally. A robotic arm welded exactly where it was told, a convey...

Industrial Automation: Improving Control, Reliability, and Operational Efficiency 

Modern production facilities depend on reliable equipment, accurate processes, and consistent system control. Industrial automation can help businesses manage machinery and process...

PIA Automation to build BMW E-Drive assembly line with 46 robots and digital twin technology

PIA Automation is developing a highly automated assembly line for E-Drive units at the BMW Group plant in Steyr, Austria. Featuring 78 processing stations, 27 robotic cells and 46...

Digitizing the Shop Floor: Job Tracking vs. Full Production Intelligence

Digitizing the shop floor has moved from a nice-to-have to a genuine competitive need for small and mid-sized manufacturers. Picking the right software, though, is a real fork in t...

VW and Fraunhofer develop hybrid assembly automation

Fraunhofer IWU's work on the ID.3 shows that parts designed without automation in mind will continue to need human hands The post VW and Fraunhofer develop hybrid assembly automati...

Intrinsic’s vision for physical AI: Building the software-defined factory

For decades, industrial automation has largely followed the same formula. Production lines have become faster, robots have become more capable, and software has steadily improved,...

Cetec ERP AI and Automation Features for Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturers

Cetec ERP has released a series of product updates that help manufacturers reduce manual work, access ERP data more quickly, and automate common business processes.

Why Design Automation Is Starting to Reshape Inspection Workflows

Design automation does not just make fixtures easier to design. It makes quality control more responsive.

From Humans to Machines and Back Again: How “Efficiency” Has Evolved in Manufacturing

It’s no secret that the manufacturing industry is changing. State-of-the-art machinery, advanced production techniques, new levels of insights, and tech like AI have all propelled...

From Automation to Intelligence: ARC’s Next Industrial Technology Chapter

In 1986, industrial technology looked very different. Factories were becoming more automated, but they were still dominated by specialized systems built to control specific machine...

Building Networks That Can Keep Up With Modern Automation

Industrial networks used to have a fairly contained job: connect a few controllers, operator stations and plant systems, then keep them running for years. That model is changing qu...

How software-defined manufacturing fits into real factory operations

Roby Lynn explains how R2 Labs bridges PLCs, robots, and AI to unify fragmented manufacturing systems. The post How software-defined manufacturing fits into real factory operations...

Eclipse Automation unveils immersive factory planning platform at Automate 2026

Eclipse Automation has unveiled Eclipse RealitySync, a new immersive collaboration platform designed to help manufacturers evaluate, de-risk and scale factory automation projects b...

How certified systems integrators reduce commissioning risk in robotic production cells

Commissioning a robotic production cell requires coordinated testing across robot controls, drives, safety functions, field devices, and plant networks. A robotic cell can run clea...

Uvation announces participation in Automate 2026 to support industrial innovation

Uvation announces its upcoming participation in Automate 2026 to showcase how scalable technical infrastructure enables advanced manufacturing. The technology company will demonstr...

Integrating Safety and Automation: Wire Mesh Guarding for Robotic and Automated Facilities

KUKA deploys Automation Management Platform for North American automakers

KUKA has deployed its Automation Management Platform at KTPO, a major manufacturing facility in Ohio. The post KUKA deploys Automation Management Platform for North American automa...

<span class="overline">IMTS 2026</span><br>VersaBuilt Showcases Practical CNC Automation Solutions for...

IMTS 2026VersaBuilt Showcases Practical CNC Automation Solutions for High-Mix Manufacturing Standardized systems designed to simplify deployment, reduce labor constrai...

Automation is Leaving the Factory Floor and Moving into the Back Office

For decades, automation had a definite home. It lived on the factory floor, in the warehouse, and along the production line, where robots and programmable systems handled physical,...

Digital twins, software maturity lead manufacturing automation trends

AI-powered simulation and other types of robotics technologies are becoming more powerful and cost-effective, per speakers at the Automate conference.