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Predictive Maintenance 101

What does it mean, and why is it important? Learn more from a new PMMI Business Intelligence report.

February 25, 2021

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COVID-19 Provides a Push for Digital Innovation

As food and beverage manufacturers scramble to keep workers safe and shelves stocked, many have moved forward with automation and digital transformation initiatives that might have only been on the radar before the pandemic.

January 29, 2021

With demands caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, West Liberty Foods had to shift more of its production from bulk food service packages to smaller retail packages for consumers.

Get More From Your Existing Assets

Identifying why your equipment is running below its potential is the first step in boosting output. Visibility tools, remote diagnostics, and the care and feeding of your essential human assets can push throughput in the right direction.

November 17, 2020

Hixson designed renovations and a new line for Abbott Nutrition’s Tipp City, Ohio, plant. The facility features low-acid aseptic filling at greater than 800 bpm, segregated storage areas, state-of-the-art sterilization technologies, and highly flexible production and packaging lines.

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Nestlé Accelerates Use of Augmented Reality Amidst COVID-19

AR provides the remote assistance Nestlé needs to install new production lines, upgrade existing lines, and carry out maintenance safely and efficiently during the pandemic.

July 24, 2020

Nestlé and its suppliers are using augmented reality tools, such as smart glasses, to work on complex projects at its facilities across the globe during the coronavirus crisis.

OMAC To Develop Remote Interface Guidelines

OMAC, The Organization for Machine Automation and Control, has formed a Workgroup to be comprised of end users and service providers to create a comprehensive best-practices handbook for remote monitoring services.

June 29, 2020

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Bosch Updates Industry 4.0 Software to Digitalize Manufacturing

Along with its launch of the second release of the Nexeed Industrial Application System, Bosch has rolled out a ‘Manufacture #LikeABosch’ campaign to raise awareness for industrial digitalization.

June 19, 2020

Bosch’s new ‘Manufacture #LikeABosch’ campaign playfully shows how digitalization is improving production and logistics.

Fast-Track Fulfillment of a Frozen Food Favorite

Now better positioned to keep up with yearly double-digit growth of its popular Uncrustables line, The J. M. Smucker Company creates a highly automated facility that boasts the largest single baking line in the world.

June 5, 2020

A sophisticated system allows Smucker to add pack sizes without major impacts to the line.

A Data-Driven Industrial Marketplace Pushes Plant Optimization

Zira has taken a different approach to data analytics, showing food and beverage producers how to better recognize opportunities and prioritize actions.

April 16, 2020

FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety

The agency’s vision is based on three fundamental tenets: It must be people-led; it should be FSMA-based; and solutions should be technology-enabled.

April 15, 2020

Together, a New Era of Smarter Food Safety

Siemens Adds Artificial Intelligence to Control Logic

The neural processing unit module for the Simatic S7-1500 controller and the ET 200MP I/O system enables machines to recognize complex patterns.

September 25, 2019

Siemens demonstrated “flexible grasping” using AI and neural network processing.

Remote support technology for manufacturers

Augmented reality technology enables livestreaming to conduct FATs and support maintenance.

September 13, 2019

Morrison Container Handling Solutions remote support technology

Food Ingredients

Why food and beverage must keep pace or else perish

While transformation in the food and beverage manufacturing can be slow going, some manufacturers are looking to Industry 4.0 enablers to gain a competitive edge in the industry, but not every organization has taken advantage.

August 30, 2019

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The intersection of IoT and sustainability

Georgia Tech hosts an event connecting the dots between the corporate and societal digital transformations.

August 30, 2019

Robert Schmid, chief IoT technologist at Deloitte Consulting, at “The Internet of Things (IoT) for Sustainability Is Smart Business” event.

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Products

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HMI Systems for Industrial Automation

EXOR International unveils the eX200 Series—new "EDGE HMI" Systems that offer secure IIoT connectivity and high performance at a competitive price.

Connectivity Solutions

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