2022 is a special year for the industrial camera manufacturer IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH. The company was founded 25 years ago in Obersulm, Germany. The North American subsidiary IDS Inc. followed 10 years later and thus now celebrates its 15th anniversary, with much potential for the future. Intelligent cameras such as those in the IDS NXT series are a key component for this, making many previously impossible applications a reality and thus helping to change the possibilities of industrial image processing.
In cooperation with the "Institut für Management- und Wirtschaftsforschung" (Institute for Management and Economic Research), the magazine FOCUS has investigated the quality of training in the 20,000 companies with the most employees in Germany.
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has been chosen by distribution grid operator Distributie Energie Oltenian (DEO) in Romania to supply its latest Advanced Distribution Management Software (ADMS) to a control center in Craiova, a town about 200 km West of Bucharest.
Oceaneering International announced today at MODEX that it has chosen BlueBotics, S.A, to provide navigation technology for its line of industrial autonomous mobile robots.
Littelfuse, Inc., (NASDAQ: LFUS), an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, launches its SB5000 Industrial Shock Block Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) to help protect workers from electrical shock by detecting leakage current, and interrupting the circuit for loads up to 60 A. SB5000 series protects personnel from electrical shock and reduces nuisance tripping.
Vision Components will present smart components, sensors and imaging technologies for OEM intralogistics projects at the LogiMAT trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany, at booth #4-C26.
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.