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IndustryWeek | March 24, 2020

Cyber security has been an issue ever since organizations started embracing internet connections. However, the threat landscape has continued to evolve as organizations have progressively added their strategic manufacturing equipment into mix to capitalize on the many benefits of embracing big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, these same technologies can rapidly become weapons, especially with nefarious characters setting their sights on new targets. According to...

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CATL | September 29, 2021

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) announced that its Ningde facility has been recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a global Lighthouse factory, the first battery manufacturing base joining WEF's Global Lighthouse Network (GLN). As CATL is one of the 21 new Lighthouses globally, the WEF made the following remark about CATL's manufacturing competitiveness: "Confronted with increasing manufacturing process complexity and demand for high produ...

IndustryWeek | April 13, 2020

It is always exciting to watch emerging technologies evolve into the new normal. The key to this evolution is often rests with the ability to integrate the new offering as part of a proven technology. The adoption of artificial intelligence into machine vision is a prime example. Visual inspection is an important step for quality control in manufacturing. Yet, many companies still rely on error-prone manual inspection or inflexible rule-based machine vision to find small defects like scratches o...

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Schneider Electric | November 15, 2021

Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced it will build and equip three new manufacturing plants in North America and hire more than 1,000 new employees to increase production and speed the delivery of electrical products to customers in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Company officials are currently evaluating locations in Santa Teresa, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas for the U.S. manufacturing site. Land o...