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IIoT Deployments to Double: Manufacturers Reinvent Themselves with New Technologies

08/30/17, 05:34 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | IIOT, research
Dick Weisinger for Formtek: But a survey by ABI Research found that 74 percent of companies are investigating and planning to deploy IoT within the next 12 months. Over that period, IIoT deployments are expected to double.

Amazon robots bring a brave new world to the warehouse

08/28/17, 04:57 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Warehouse Systems
Michael Pooler for FT.com: An industrial dance takes place every day and night on the floor of Amazons huge warehouse in Manchester.

Has IIoT Become the Norm Across All Industrial Sectors? Industry Experts Say

08/23/17, 05:38 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | IIOT, IMTS, Industry 4.0, Tradeshows and Conferences
Larry Turner for Industry Week: Industry experts agree, it makes sense to start now and to make small steps towards the big idea of IIoT. Partnerships can help the process.

Small Town America's Newest Product: Advanced Manufacturing

08/21/17, 05:17 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing, Jobs / Employment
Harold L. (Hal) Sirkin for Forbes: People with skills and talent typically gravitate to "superstar cities," such as New York and Los Angeles, or to "knowledge and tech hubs" like Boston, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., not to small towns in the South.

Foxconn's Wisconsin plan raises skepticism as well as hope

08/14/17, 05:24 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Smart Factory
Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The magnitude of Foxconn Technology Groups proposal for a $10 billion electronics factory in southeast Wisconsin is matched by the gravity of the questions it has raised

Voodoo Automates 3D Printing to Take on Injection Molding

08/11/17, 05:57 AM | Additive & 3D Printing, Engineering | Injection Molding
Michael Molitch-Hou for Engineering.com: With Project Skywalker, Voodoo Manufacturing was able to automate an important part of its manufacturing process.

Toward additive manufacturing

08/09/17, 05:43 AM | Additive & 3D Printing, Engineering | Advanced Manufacturing, Research and Reports
Phys.org: Although additive manufacturing has been around since the 1980s, the technology has advanced rapidly over the past few years.

How GE Appliances Built an Innovation Lab to Rapidly Prototype Products

08/03/17, 09:11 PM | Additive & 3D Printing, Engineering | MicroFactories, Rapid Prototyping
Harvard Business Review: Midway through 2014, GE Appliances launched FirstBuild - a GE-equipped innovation lab and micro-factory - to augment the strengths of a long-established company with those of an entrepreneurial startup. Separation is the key.

Smart Factories Will Deliver $500B In Value By 2022

08/02/17, 06:46 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Research and Reports, Smart Factory
Louis Columbus for Forbes: Smart factories are revolutionizing manufacturing by enabling a 7X increase in overall productivity by 2022.

Japanese companies form alliance to accelerate smart factories

07/28/17, 05:52 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | japan, Smart Factory
Freddie Roberts for Internet of Business: A group of companies in Japan have formed the Flexible Factory Partner Alliance (FFPA) in order to encourage the use of IoT in factories.

Cermaq near to completing "smart" factory for salmon

07/21/17, 05:47 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Industry 4.0, Smart Factory
Madelyn Kearns for Seafood Source: "A modern salmon facility takes in the fish, evaluates quality, weight, grading, and during all processes automatically determines which department the fish should go to,"

Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act

07/19/17, 05:30 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | machine vision, Smart Factory
Steven Levy for Wired: Google Glass 2.0 is here, and it's found a home in an unexpected place: Factories.

3D Printing Will Make the Construction Industry More Sustainable

07/13/17, 11:09 AM | Additive & 3D Printing, Engineering | Construction
David Silverberg for Motherboard: Look at the past three years: In March 2017, Dubai construction firm Cazza said it plans to build the world's first 3D-printed skyscraper by 2020

Accenture Launches Industrial IoT Innovation Center

07/12/17, 05:43 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | IIOT, industrial automation, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing
Clients work with Accenture to design and prototype digital solutions that improve engineering, manufacturing, production and deliver new customer experiences

If Foxconn builds a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin, it won't be what many expect

07/03/17, 05:30 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | IIOT, Jobs / Employment, Smart Factory
John Schmid , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Does Wisconsin have the deep reserves of digital-age systems engineers who are coveted in the new manufacturing economy

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