During preparations for the construction of two new cleanroom facilities, NorthX Biologics, a leading Swedish biological drug manufacturer and process developer, reviewed its environmental monitoring and control procedures, and decided to switch to a new Vaisala system, including almost 150 monitoring locations within cleanrooms and associated facilities.

ABB in India is leading the way in sustainable and responsible resource consumption in manufacturing after achieving water positivity ratings and Mission to Zero status for one of its factories in Nashik.

Eriks has welcomed the first apprentices to its newly designed apprenticeship programme. The new programme demonstrates its commitment to fostering a new generation of engineers and bridging the engineering skills gap.

A key feature of the NSK stand at EMO Hannover 2023 (18-23 September) will be a live demonstration of a condition monitoring system developed by Brüel and Kjær Vibro, a member of the NSK Group.

The TSN/A Conference has established itself as the premier international conference for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) experts to gather to learn the latest developments of this vital technology for the future of industrial automation. The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) will support the event as a gold sponsor to highlight CC-Link IE TSN for industrial automation applications.

Danfoss Scotland, part of global hydraulics and electric powertrain systems supplier Danfoss Power Solutions, has received a grant worth £4,941,809 from the UK Government through the Red Diesel Replacement Phase 2 Competition. Danfoss will use the funds to validate its Dextreme Max system in a 30-ton electric excavator, which it expects will reduce energy consumption by 50%.

ABB is to invest some $280 million to expand its manufacturing footprint in Europe and build a new state-of-the-art ABB Robotics European Campus in Västerås, Sweden.

Rockwell Automation reports that its seamlessly integrated hardware and software control solutions are proving pivotal to the success of a new form of carbon-free heat supply and storage.

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When Profile Developments, a renowned door manufacturer in Ireland, wanted to implement a new production line, one key challenge was the simultaneous, accurate control of multiple drives in real-time. The technology used to address this issue and connect the line to other sections of the factory was CC-Link IE open gigabit industrial Ethernet.