Vacuum specialist Schmalz acquires the Swedish company Binar Handling AB and its four subsidiaries in Europe and Asia, strengthening its market position in ergonomic handling technology. Binar Handling manufactures handling systems for loads weighing up to 600 kilograms.
NKE Austria GmbH designs and manufactures bearings for wind turbine gearboxes and generators. The bearing solutions will be presented at the WindEurope Annual Event in Bilbao, Spain, in April 2022.
ODVA held its 21st Annual Meeting of Members in San Diego, California, USA on March 10, 2022. With over 85 industry professionals from 30 companies in attendance, highlights of the Annual Meeting included a keynote on the future of the field instrumentation layer in process automation by Paul R. Maurath, PhD, Technical Director – Process Automation, The Procter & Gamble Company; perspectives from the ARC Advisory Group analyst Harry Forbes on the next decade of industrial automation; and an update from the organization’s leadership on both the accomplishments and future initiatives for ODVA as a whole. The ability to meet in person, with appropriate safety precautions, helped to accelerate the diffusion of new ideas as well as to drive progress on existing initiatives to further enhance EtherNet/IP.
The leadership for ODVA’s 22nd term was elected and announced at the 21st Annual Meeting of Members in San Diego, California, USA on March 10, 2022. The introduction of the Market Advisory Committee is notable in that it will help ensure EtherNet/IP is well positioned for the future in this time of technological change.
Precision engineering and manufacturing technologies company, Renishaw, will showcase its latest innovations for measurement, calibration, additive manufacturing and motion control, at MACH 2022, from April 4th to 8th 2022, at the NEC, Birmingham, UK.
The market leader in collaborative robotics will show attendees at North America’s largest supply chain expo how cobots can automate new hard-to-staff palletizing and piece-picking tasks in new applications from partners including Mujin and RightHand Robotics.
We are proud to present the new M series of distributed IO, the natural choice for demanding applications in rugged environments with extreme temperatures, vibrations, etc.
GE Renewable Energy’s Hydro division signed a contract with SPIC Brasil to lead the full modernization project of São Simão Hydroelectric Power Plant’s generating units and auxiliary services.
Safran Reosc has been selected to design and produce the primary optical ground support equipment (OGSE) for the German company IABG’s (Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH) Space Test Center in Germany.
The Minato MIRAI Innovation Center, the research and development base for Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Murata Manufacturing") and the largest of its kind in the Kanto region, will run on 100 percent renewable energy beginning March 1, 2022.