After Automation World columnist Jim Pinto gave his prognostications for 2012, reader Phil Christopher offered his own vision for the factory of the future. It includes a virtual grid of PLC ...

Dublin, Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Industrial Control and Factory Automation Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global ...

How to train young engineers in industrial automation is a thorny issue. Most factories have big things that can do a lot of damage and cost tons of money if the newbie causes a crash. Solution: ...

We live in a collaborative world. Tens of thousands of programmers combine efforts in open-source initiatives such as Linux. Crowdfunding enables ordinary people to convert prototypes to market-ready ...

A modern factory is a far cry from Henry Ford’s 1913 assembly line. That plant revolutionized manufacturing, but the introduction of industrial computing in the 1950s marked the beginning of ...

Reducing shop-floor hardware, Siemens’ Simatic Automation Workstation delivers centralized software-defined factory automation and control. The system allows manufacturers to replace a hardware ...