A recent report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) which consisted of, domestic and international digital skill assessments, Assessing the State of Digital Skills in the U.S. Economy , shows that America is increasingly faltering and...
One of the biggest problems for many companies is to fill trade positions, such as machinists, welders, sheet metal workers, plumbers and others, who are all in short supply. Although the shortage of these skilled workers has been anticipated for decades, the very...
High area rapid printing technology (or HARP) is a new subset of additive manufacturing or 3D printing which can be used to generate continuous, high-throughput printing of large objects at rapid speeds. HARP is much faster and more efficient than traditional forms of...
Rockwell Automation has announced that it has acquired Plex Systems, the manufacturing software company, for US$2.22bn from Francisco Partners. The company today announced details of the definitive agreement which had been reached between Rockwell Automation and...
In the past, robots have traditionally worked alone inside safety cages or fences but today, however, more and more applications on assembly lines require humans and machines to work in close proximity and this human-robot collaboration is driving demand for new...
A little over two months after announcing plans to construct a battery manufacturing plant and innovation centre in Quebec, Lion Electric is set to further expand its locations, choosing Joliet, Illinois as the site for its new electric medium and heavy-duty vehicle...
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute has today announced that it is to launch an online resource, www.roboticscareer.org, which has been designed to help address the skilled workforce challenge in U.S. manufacturing. The Pittsburgh-based research...
AG Logistics Services has taken a new step forward in the innovation of services for Kraft Heinz in the supply chain field, thanks to the K.Handle Layer Picker. AG Logistics Services has chosen Körber to automate its new distribution center in Ede, in the Netherlands....
Until the advent of 5g, home automation and the automation of technical building equipment were mostly limited to roller shutter controls and heating-ventilation installations. However, the deployment of ultra-powerful networks, the rise of AI and IoT and the...
Intel have unveiled Ice Lake,the third generation of their Xeon Scalable processors. The company revealed that the new processors are intended for use in cloud providers and data centers. The new model certainly differs from previous ones, but will it be enough for...
