As manufacturers face increasing pressure to improve reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and do more with existing assets, the Smart Factory Institute, operated by Peak Performance Inc., will host ...

The long-established global provider of high-quality solutions for the sheet metal processing business Bystronic has reinvented itself by expanding its portfolio beyond offering standalone machines to ...

We are witnessing a transition from passive automation to integrated, agentic autonomy — a shift that moves beyond simple ...

With the forward drive into Industry 4.0, getting equipment to integrate on a broader level—through warnings prior to a safety problem—is increasingly important. Some of the greatest safety concerns ...

The basics of industrial automation, smart factory, and Industry 4.0. The importance of power and connectivity in smart factories. The outcome of applying the lessons learned. Automation does not a ...

With AI embedded across planning, production and quality, auto companies are making intelligent manufacturing the foundation ...

The automotive factory floor doesn't look like it used to. Walk into Hyundai's new Georgia facility or Xiaomi's smartphone plant in China and you'll see robots working alongside humans, and AI systems ...

Imagine the day when the packaging machine on the plant floor automatically detects that it needs more materials and it alerts the supplier—ordering and paying for product and scheduling delivery, all ...

Smart factories are not just the future—they’re the only way forward for midsize manufacturers determined to stay competitive and profitable. As global competition, labor shortages, and rising costs ...

Part IV of a four-part series. Machines used to be dumb. They didn’t make decisions, nor could they learn anything new. That is changing rapidly. With the integration of software and sensors, a ...

When a business leader at Rolls-Royce wants cash for smart factory upgrades, they need to appear on Dragon’s Den. Okay, not the actual reality series where entrepreneurs compete for the attention and ...

Walk the floor of any modern plant, and you’ll sense a quiet shift. The old soundtrack of clanking metal and shouted instructions is being joined by softer, digital murmurs like status pings from ...