Think about a scenario in which your customers send you a schedule that is automatically pulled in by a system and understood, and then the system chalks out a production plan in the back end. This ...

For many manufacturers, the path to building a smart factory can be overwhelming. To get started, manufacturers should view digital transformation as a journey that will transform the manufacturing ...

Tetra Pak has won the Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) 2026 in the Scale! category for its next-generation ...

For the past several years, the focus of the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 has rested squarely on subsystems, components such as sensors and switches, big data, and ...

One sure way to boost operational efficiency and factory throughput is to automate. Robots, special machines, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and other equipment can usually do the jobs faster ...

If you want to optimize the use of machinery, materials and labor and ensure orders are completed on time and to standard, then a digital workflow is a great step towards creating a smarter ...

Technology and point cloud data can help OEMs and tier-one suppliers establish KPIs to optimize production processes. Credit: NavVis. In automotive manufacturing, key performance indicators (KPIs) can ...

A narrated video tour of Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg (often called Giga Berlin) explores the facility’s manufacturing processes, interviews employees, and highlights its efficiency and ...

I’m not telling you anything don’t already know: The modern factory or other production facility could not function without the ability to sense its surroundings and the status of its critical ...

The evolution of PCBs from large and antiquated “printed wiring boards” to today’s fine-line designs on high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs, IC substrates (ICS) and more, has been matched by ...

REMSCHEID / NEUMÜNSTER, Germany — MARCH 19, 2026 — For the first time, Barmag is presenting itself alongside its new parent company, Rieter. At this year’s ITM in Istanbul, both companies will be ...