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FEATURED NEWS: Photo highlights from Hannover Messe 2016 |
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Congratulations to Harting Technology Group for winning the coveted Hermes Award for the second time, garnering the industrial innovation prize on Sunday evening at Hannover Messe 2016. The company beat four other competitors with its Modular Industry Computing Architecture (MICA) mini-industrial computer.
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Schmolz + Bickenbach Canada, a manufacturer, producer and distributor of steel products, pleaded guilty and has been fined $100,000 after a worker suffered injuries that resulted in amputation. How did this happen?
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U.S. president Barack Obama visited the Phoenix Contact booth on Monday as part of the opening activities at Hannover Messe 2016. At the booth, Frank Stuehrenberg, Phoenix Contact CEO, and Jack Nehlig, president of Phoenix Contact USA, showcased the CCSplus electric vehicle plug for the American and European markets to Obama and other guests.
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The federal government has announced funding totalling $19.6 million for new projects to help seven automotive suppliers in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec “gain a competitive edge through the development of new innovative products and processes.”
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Schneider Electric says it has opened a “significant expansion” to its existing facility in Brossard, Que., which it says will give Canadian customers “more order flexibility and reduced lead times.”
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In both manufacturing and logistics, the primary business challenges nearly always include identifying hidden costs and increasing productivity. Enter the Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, a series of connected solutions that help manufacturers and logistics companies improve productivity and cut costs. Among the tools that will make the IIoT a reality are indoor positioning systems, but how so?
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Industry 4.0, digitalization and The Industrial Internet are just several concepts prominently highlighted at this year’s Hannover Messe in Germany. Billed as the world’s largest trade fair for industrial technology, the show takes place April 25-29 and will see more than 5,200 exhibitors, representing approximately 75 nations. Check out our photos from Hannover Messe so far!
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Schunk says its has extended its series of digitally controllable magnetic grippers with the EGM-M monopole gripper, a unit which does not require compressed air or vacuum to activate.
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Danfoss says its Vacon 20 AC drive’s “compact size,” power range, and built-in PLC functionality makes the unit “one of the most adaptable, cost efficient AC drives for packaging machine applications.”
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ABB says its new smart sensing solution can reduce downtimes of low voltage motors by up to 70 per cent and extend their lifetime by up to 30 per cent.
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Event Calendar |
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Location: Montreal, Que.
Date: May 16-18, 2016
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Location: Mississauga, Ont.
Date: May 17, 2016
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Location: Munich, Germany
Date: June 21-24, 2016
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