ARC Europe Viewpoints

Siemens has launched a new generation of machine-level block I/O devices in the form of the Simatic ET 200eco PN.  The new I/O family with IP65/67 degree of protection includes five digital I/O devices as well as an IO-Link master device.

Beckhoff Automation wins contract to supply BMW with IPC technology and multitouch control panels at automotive production sites worldwide through 2030.

On 25 November 2019, the RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia, made its final /22 IPv4 allocation from the last remaining addresses in their available pool and have now run out of IPv4 addresses.

Siemens and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. have implemented the first private 5G standalone (SA) network in a real industrial environment using the 3.7-3.8GHz band.

ICONICS has announced an agreement with Takebishi Corporation to integrate the Takebishi DeviceXPlorer OPC Server with its own OPC-based automation software solutions.

The IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona presented a conference and an exhibition, covering all aspects of IoT solutions, use cases and demonstrations.

The IPCs in manufacturing market grew at a good pace in 2017 and 2018, but the prognosis for the next five years looks not as positive as it did a year ago.

Siemens is planning the acquisition of Edge technology from the US company Pixeom, thereby strengthening its Industrial Edge portfolio by adding software components for Edge runtime and for device management.

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Idemitsu Snorre Oil Development Co., Ltd. has submitted a development plan of supplying power from floating offshore wind farm to the Snorre field through Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS.

Siemens presented a demonstrator for production flow control in an Industrie 4.0 factory showing a feasible path for upgrading to Industrie 4.0 manufacturing.