ARCwire Industry News

The OPC Foundation has and continues to be committed to ensuring the OPC UA standard provides the highest levels of security and as such has reviewed the claims made in the Kaspersky report.

Rockwell Automation introduced its new IntelliCENTER Integration Unit, designed to help process and electrical operators access data through a single system versus two separate systems.

IBM announced that North Carolina State University (NC State) will join the IBM Q Network as the first university-based IBM Q Hub in North America.  The university will work directly with IBM to advance quantum computing and industry collaborations, as part of the IBM Q Network's growing quantum computing ecosystem.

Industrial manufacturers operate in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment.  This environment is characterized by intensified global competition, cost pressures, environmental compliance mandates, widening safety legislation, and ongoing cybersecurity threats.

In the wake of initiatives like Industrie 4.0 and Industrial IoT (IIoT), commercial IT continues to penetrate and influence traditional, conservative manufacturing and process industries like no other trend in the past.  This was more evident at the 2018 Hanover Fair than at previous shows.

Industrial organizations around the world are entering a period in which new digital technologies augment people and processes to an unprecedented degree. New, commoditized computing resources in the cloud (and at the edge) and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing how people work. Approaches such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industrie 4.0 have helped pave the way for digital transformation across a broad swath of industrial sectors.

In the wake of initiatives like Industrie 4.0 and Industrial IoT (IIoT), commercial IT continues to penetrate and influence traditional, conservative manufacturing and process industries like no other trend in the past.  This was more evident at the 2018 Hanover Fair than at previous shows.

While the imperative to improve industrial cybersecurity for both industrial control system hardware and software only started to receive significant attention around 2001, the need to do so has been known for decades.

Emerson announced it has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of €527 million.  Aventics is among the global leaders in smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory automation applications.  Emerson is a leader in fluid automation technologies for process and industrial applications.

Siemens launched the new member of Siemens Simotics XP explosion-proof series LV AC motors, flameproof series.