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STOBER Service Saves the Day for Food Processing Customer

Whether it’s the wrong size, wrong color, or wrong material, everyone is a consumer and has, at some point, ordered the wrong product, triggering a return process. However, when the wrong product is ordered in the food production industry, the financial impact of the error quickly multiplies exponentially. STOBER recently ran into a situation in which a customer ordered the incorrect shaft side, but STOBER customers know they’re in good hands when it comes to customer service. The STOBER manufacturing, materials, and production teams went straight to work, machining the correct parts same-day and shipping the correct product the following day.

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Schneider Electric Opens New Red Oak, TX Data Center Integration Facility

Schneider Electric has recently opened a new 105,000-square-foot integration facility in Red Oak, Texas that will be used to build prefabricated modular infrastructure to satisfy the growing demand for new data centers throughout the U.S. The facility’s opening will also create more than 200 jobs that are required to manufacture and ship the products from the North Texas region to locations across the U.S. Designed to build pre-engineered, prefabricated IT infrastructure, the facility will accelerate the production of integrated modular data center solutions to meet rising data center demand as the AI market grows.

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Red Lion and HMS Network Join Forces

HMS Networks has finalized the acquisition of Red Lion Controls from Spectris Group Holdings Limited. The two companies are now one entity and can start working together on common go-to-market strategies and product offerings. The acquisition, which was first announced December 11, 2023, has now been approved. This means that HMS Networks now has 1200 employees in 18 countries. Most staff are stationed in the U.S., Sweden and Germany.

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New Research: Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Continues to Grow

Manufacturers Alliance Foundation in collaboration with Siemens USA, recently released a research report highlighting the advances of digital transformation in manufacturing. According to the study, titled “Digitalization Gains: Manufacturers Forge Ahead with Digital Transformation,” over the past few years U.S. manufacturers have made solid progress toward digitalizing their entire value streams, including supply chain optimization, data analytics, and product development. However, the research also underlines how this progress has been slowed by corporate digital strategies that focus on fragmented one-off high-priority pilots rather than more long-term systematic approaches.

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Danielle Ragone Newly Promoted to General Manager Winchester Legacy Division of CDM Electronics

CDM Electronics has recently announced the promotion of Danielle Ragone to General Manager of their premier Winchester legacy product division. Danielle will be based out of the Turnersville global headquarters. In this new position Danielle will monitor daily activities within purchasing and quoting departments to include inventory optimization, timely order placement, cost savings initiatives and customer quoting requirements. Additionally, Danielle will coordinate with operations and manufacturing to ensure quality, delivery and divisional strategy objectives are met.

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nVent to Acquire Trachte

nVent Electric plc has recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the parent of Trachte, LLC for a purchase price of $695 million, subject to customary adjustments. Trachte is a manufacturer of custom-engineered control building solutions designed to protect critical infrastructure assets. nVent Chair and CEO Beth Wozniak said, “Trachte will expand our enclosures portfolio in new applications and enhance our system protection capability. It further strengthens our solutions in high-growth verticals, including power utilities, data centers and renewables.”

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AD and IMARK Electrical Announce Intent to Merge

In a move that is expected to positively affect the future of independent electrical distribution, AD and IMARK Electrical announce their intent to merge. The AD Board of Directors and the IMARK Electrical Boards of Directors are pleased to jointly announce that after many months of confidential discussions and extensive due diligence, both Boards have unanimously voted to merge IMARK Electrical and AD. The transaction is subject to IMARK Electrical shareholder approval, among other things, and is expected to close later this year.

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Rockwell Automation Collaborates with NVIDIA to Advance Intelligent Automation, Mobile Robotics in Manufacturing Logistics

Rockwell Automation, Inc. has recently announced further collaborations with NVIDIA to supercharge the development of safer and smarter industrial AI mobile robots. Earlier this year, Rockwell announced its ongoing work with NVIDIA to increase the scale and scope of AI in manufacturing. The collaboration is now expanding to involve robotics, helping drive the use of AI in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to improve performance and efficiency. Rockwell brings AMRs and production automation applications to industrial customers who are looking for increased efficiencies in their factories.

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Bel Awards Master Electronics as Distributor of the Year for 2023

Bel Fuse Inc has recently awarded Master Electronics with the Distributor of the Year award. This award is presented to the distributor that demonstrates exceptional sales growth, POS growth, customer count growth, and overall support and engagement. “I am delighted to present the Master team with Bel’s Distributor of the Year award. This honor recognizes their exceptional achievements in surpassing sales, POS, and customer count growth, along with their top-tier engagement and support in 2023. Awesome job, and a big thank you to the Master Team. We look forward to 2024!” said Dan Bernstein, President and CEO of Bel Fuse Inc.

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Phoenix Contact and Digital Foundry at New Kensington Partnership Drives Economic Growth

Phoenix Contact is partnering with Penn State’s Digital Foundry at New Kensington to help workers in Westmoreland County, Pa., develop skills for today’s smart manufacturing environment. The Digital Foundry is a regional hub that fosters the growth and economic vitality of Southwestern Pennsylvania through education, training, and the accelerated adoption of digital and smart manufacturing technologies. Students can use real-world automation equipment in a learning space that mimics an actual manufacturing floor. As a Technology Partner at the “Game-Changer” level, Phoenix Contact is providing in-kind donations, such as PLCnext control, Ethernet switches, cables, and other products.

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Weidmüller Group Announces Randy Sadler as New President & CEO of Weidmuller USA

Weidmüller Group is pleased to announce that Randy Sadler has been named the new President & CEO of Weidmuller USA, headquartered in Richmond, Va. Throughout his career, Sadler has been repeatedly relied upon to jumpstart and achieve impressive growth by rallying teams through a compelling vision, actionable strategy, resonant communication and building a collaborative culture. In his new position with Weidmuller USA, he will work to expand the company’s engineering and production footprint in the U.S. as well as fulfill Weidmuller’s “Made in USA” commitment by bringing smart industrial connectivity and Industry 4.0 solutions closer to U.S. customers.

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Extreme Environments in Industrial Settings: Learn More with nVent

For businesses involved in large-scale industrial operations, understanding the effects of extreme environments is essential. Having a good understanding of the potential hazards offers companies the opportunity to better protect their equipment, their people, and their products. This webinar, presented by Clay Cameron, Global Product Specialist at nVent, offers a comprehensive exploration into the unique challenges and solutions associated with industrial settings that are exposed to harsh conditions.

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Saving Millions Using a Vessel Automation and Digitalization Partner – A Rockwell Webinar Recording

The Floating Production segment is a key area for the application of digital operations given the plethora of systems and services involving the receipt on board of volatile hydrocarbons, from their processing, treatment and storage through exportation and reinjection all the way to carbon capture, seawater treatment and others such as personnel services. Recent projects suggest that, while digital technologies are being used, they are concentrated in the basic process and vessel design.

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Marshall Wolf Automation Certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

Marshall Wolf Automation, Inc, an industrial automation distributor, is proud to announce their national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and certified member of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC Certification is the gold standard for women-owned business certification in the United States. Regarding the achievement of these certifications, the CEO and President of Marshall Wolf Automation, Tina Hueppe, states “At Marshall Wolf Automation we believe being a WBENC member means more than being a women owned business.”

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Beckhoff at Achema 2024

At Achema 2024 from June 10 – 14, Beckhoff will showcase innovative solutions for the process industry’s entire value chain, ranging from manufacturing to packaging. As a specialist in PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology, Beckhoff will present an integrated control system for automating all process steps as part of it’s comprehensive product portfolio. Beckhoff’s concepts for plant digitalization, smart product transport systems for flexible packaging processes, and the Linux-based control with TwinCAT will take center stage.

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EPLAN Data Portal Update 01 May 2024

In this update of the EPLAN Data Portal, there are now a total of 489 manufacturers and more than 1,710,000 data sets available with the update on May 08, 2024. New manufacturer catalogs are available from DAUDIN Co., Ltd. with 48 new data sets for PLCs, and Mean Well Enterprises Co., Ltd. with 115 new data sets for voltage sources and generators.

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