Maximizing Your Digital Potential: The Role of Managed Security Services in Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation

Credit to Author: Guest Blogger| Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 19:00:00 +0000

As manufacturers and supply chains digitize operations, they increasingly depend on system connectivity to gather critical data and analysis to realize cost savings, improve quality, and enhance productivity. This added machine connectivity widens the potential digital and cyberattack surface, heightening the need for cybersecurity management….

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How a Control Panel Maker Cut Build Time by 66% and Costs by Almost 30%

Credit to Author: Erik Barnes| Date: Mon, 08 May 2023 18:40:34 +0000

In my conversations with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who build equipment for industrial applications, they often ask some form of, “How can I gain a competitive edge with rising labor costs and ongoing supply chain disruptions?” I tell them that there’s a major innovation in…

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CBAM is a key instrument to reach the EU’s GHG reduction targets

Credit to Author: Antoine Meurville| Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 11:14:52 +0000

The EU has green ambitions – but to hit CO2 reduction targets, energy-intensive production from outside the EU must reduce GHG emissions The European Union has ambitious plans to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Its “Fit for 55” package aims to reduce GHG emissions by…

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How green steel manufacturers achieve process optimization while electrifying and digitalizing operations

Credit to Author: Mo Ahmed| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000

The iron and steel industries are responsible for 9% of global CO2 emissions and are under significant pressure from governments, citizens and many customers to decarbonize their operations. For instance, leading automobile manufacturers demand that steel component suppliers provide them with green steel (steel manufactured…

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How IEC 61499 streamlines PLC-driven plant processes

Credit to Author: Fabrice Jadot| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000

As manufacturing continues to evolve, the ability to respond to rapidly changing market conditions has become a growing competitive advantage. Achieving a flexible and low-cost infrastructure that enables fast adaptations requires innovative and open automation systems. Operating from an open architecture, as defined by the…

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Software Enables Decarbonization, Not Hardware

Credit to Author: Jessica Bethune| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:05:00 +0000

How can we make our operations more efficient? It’s a question I get asked a lot by industry leaders. As the process automation board member of German industrial association ZVEI, I’m able to speak with organizations directly – learn what’s needed to optimize their operations…

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Three ways electrical, automation systems, and advanced analytics play a critical role in green steel production

Credit to Author: Mo Ahmed| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Steel is one of the world’s most vital engineering and construction materials for buildings, cars, trains, machinery, and more. Annual steel demand has tripled over the past 50 years and is expected to reach ~1.8 Megatonnes (Mt) in 2023. However, iron ore mining and steel…

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How can semiconductor manufacturers reduce their CO2 emissions?

Credit to Author: Dallal Slimani| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:53:58 +0000

Semiconductor manufacturers can’t reduce CO2 emissions and energy consumption without digital technology and an end-to-end strategy While it’s imperative that semiconductor manufacturers cut their carbon footprint, that’s a lofty goal that is proving hard to reach. That’s because the industry has major sustainability challenges to…

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