How 5G drives sustainability and business – lessons in smart ports from Ericsson and TIM
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Italian smart port of Livorno in Italy is to showcase how buzzword industrial tech like 5G, AI, and IoT can help enterprises, municipalities and governments to bring forward environmental …
Infineon recruits Software AG for €1.6bn smart factory to serve booming demand for EVs
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGerman semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies is investing €1.6 billion in a new, fully automated factory for producing 300-millimeter thin wafer chips in Villach, in Austria. It has recruited German data …
Secrets of the production line – the ‘cloak and dagger’ of industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe pursuit of cheaper, faster, and more varied production is intensifying. Factories are bustling with innovation experiments, as industrialists are availed of ever-more sophisticated digital tools. But the manufacturing sector …
Digital twins of 500 smart cities by 2025, says report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailDigital twins of smart cities will number 500 by 2025, from a handful today, according to ABI Research. The concept of digital twins will start move from smart factories, where …
Google-backed Canvass serves up AI takeaway to ‘biggest’ automation companies
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGoogle-backed analytics provider Canvass Analytics has signed with the two “largest industrial automation companies” to resell its takeaway AI solution for industrial companies. The Toronto-based firm, founded in 2016, is …
‘Greta dislikes you, but we like Greta’ – Sandvik on industrial revolution and the smartest little tool-house in Sweden (pt1)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail“The world is changing, and changing extremely fast,” explains Swedish manufacturer Sandvik at PI World 2019 in Gothenburg this week. The firm, a ‘lighthouse’ smart manufacturer for the World Economic …
OT industry puts IT industry back in its ‘magic box’ in battle for IoT hearts and minds
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe operational technology (OT) industry moved to shore up its position as the arbiter of industrial change at PI World 2019 in Sweden today by declaring that new-fangled digital technologies …
Ericsson completes Europe-US-Asia smart-factory axis to accelerate global 5G rollout
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEricsson has completed a SEK 500 million ($52 million) overhaul of its Nanjing factory in China, where it produces LTE (4G) and 5G gear, to create what it claims to …
Siemens deepens digital twin offer with purchase of Process Systems Enterprise
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGerman industrial giant Siemens has announced it will acquire UK based Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), a supplier of advanced data modelling software for process industries, including the chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, …
Gatwick’s ‘smart airport’ ambitions take flight as Vodafone rolls-out 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone has deployed a high speed, high capacity fibre optic network at Gatwick Airport in the UK to support 5G services, and enable higher levels of automation and intelligence in …
