As manufacturers face increasing pressure to improve reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and do more with existing assets, the Smart Factory Institute, operated by Peak Performance Inc., will host ...

With AI embedded across planning, production and quality, auto companies are making intelligent manufacturing the foundation ...

The automotive factory floor doesn't look like it used to. Walk into Hyundai's new Georgia facility or Xiaomi's smartphone plant in China and you'll see robots working alongside humans, and AI systems ...

The long-established global provider of high-quality solutions for the sheet metal processing business Bystronic has reinvented itself by expanding its portfolio beyond offering standalone machines to ...

The basics of industrial automation, smart factory, and Industry 4.0. The importance of power and connectivity in smart factories. The outcome of applying the lessons learned. Automation does not a ...

TRUMPF, a high-tech company offering manufacturing in the fields of machine tools and laser technology, has opened its new smart factory in Farmington, Connecticut. Following a May 20 ribbon-cutting, ...

We are witnessing a transition from passive automation to integrated, agentic autonomy — a shift that moves beyond simple ...

With the forward drive into Industry 4.0, getting equipment to integrate on a broader level—through warnings prior to a safety problem—is increasingly important. Some of the greatest safety concerns ...

Smart factories are not just the future—they’re the only way forward for midsize manufacturers determined to stay competitive and profitable. As global competition, labor shortages, and rising costs ...

Today’s manufacturing CIOs are responsible for a wide variety of issues on the shop floor, ranging from IoT security to supporting business operations and modernizing the smart factory. A key focus ...

For decades, Connecticut — and much of the United States — has wrestled with the thorny problem of how to rebuild its once vibrant manufacturing industries in the face of lower-cost competition from ...

When a business leader at Rolls-Royce wants cash for smart factory upgrades, they need to appear on Dragon’s Den. Okay, not the actual reality series where entrepreneurs compete for the attention and ...