A new era of smart manufacturing is coming to North America. Registration is now officially open for the first edition of SPS – Smart Production Solutions Atlanta, taking place September 16–18, 2025, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. This highly anticipated launch marks the North American debut of the internationally recognized SPS brand,…
Weidmuller USA has hosted a Grand Opening of the company’s new 24,000-square-foot engineering and production facility on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The event also served as a significant highlight of the year-long celebration of Weidmuller’s milestone 50th anniversary in Richmond. Headlining the event were several company, state and local leaders: Dr. Sebastian Durst, CEO of Weidmüller Global; Dr. Christian von Toll, Chief Sales Officer of Weidmüller Global; Randy Sadler, President & CEO of Weidmuller USA; Juan Pablo Segura, Commonwealth of Virginia Secretary of Commerce & Trade; and Jessica Schneider, Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors.
By Lucas Faulkner, Senior Application Engineer, and Matt Roberts, Technical Project Manager in Engineering at Pfannenberg – In the face of rising energy costs and stringent environmental regulations, industries are increasingly exploring innovative solutions to maintain operational efficiency while reducing their carbon footprint. In the thermal management space, especially for industrial applications, one of the most practical solutions is hybrid cooling—an approach that, while not entirely new to the industry, is being refined and adapted to achieve more significant energy savings, reduce operational costs, and minimize environmental impact.
Rockwell Automation, Inc. recently announced that Volga, a Rockwell Systems Integrator Partner and Brazil-based manufacturer of electrical panels and automation systems, reduced control panel wiring time by 66% using Rockwell Automation’s newly released EtherNet/IP In-cabinet Solution. The result highlights how Ethernet-enabled technology can help manufacturers more efficiently design and build sustainable, higher-quality control panels.
With over 40 years of field experience, electrical contractor Guy St-Amour developed an innovative product that led to the founding of Boîtiers STA. In 2011, a special request for a safe outlet for an 800-amp mobile load bank resulted in the prototype for a line of custom-made boxes designed for quick and secure electrical connections. Boîtiers STA quickly grew from a garage operation into a thriving business, now co-owned by Guy’s daughter, Karianne St-Amour.
It is with profound sadness that Panduit Corp. announces the unexpected passing of our Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Brett Lane on April 25th. In his role as CTO, Dr. Lane was responsible for driving sustainable business growth by delivering a continuous flow of innovative solutions through research, advanced development, and corporate entrepreneurship. “Brett’s passion for innovation was truly contagious, touching everyone who had the privilege of working with him,” explained Shannon McDaniel, Panduit president and CEO.
By Marina Shatalova, Energy Efficiency and Building Commissioning Engineer, Siemens – Decarbonization, Zero Waste, and Net Zero carbon emissions: they’re increasingly common goals for organizations, building owners, and facility managers. The first step toward achieving these goals, of course, is to measure building emissions to create a baseline. This measurement allows building owners and operators to assess the effectiveness of their sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives and demonstrate progress toward climate commitments. Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) are outcome-based policies and laws aimed at reducing the carbon impact of the built environment.
Amphenol RF is excited to announce the expansion of its locking cable assembly portfolio with configurations utilizing high-frequency SMA connectors. The secure locking feature of the locking connector on these cable assemblies increases the necessary force required to de-mate the connector, making them ideal for strenuous applications that undergo continuous movement or vibrations. The 1.13 mm cabling used on these assemblies is easily routable, and comes in pre-configured lengths of 50 mm to 400 mm.
In an industrial setting, developing Automated Test Equipment (ATE) in-house is often approached as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) project involving the ambitious task of constructing a critical support system using internal engineering resources. Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems serve the critical purpose of ensuring that electronic devices operate according to specifications in the field. The aerospace and defense sectors make substantial investments in ATE due to the criticality of lifesaving electronics utilized in military equipment such as aircraft, naval vessels, and ground vehicles, as well as in various systems like weapons, radar, and wireless communication.
HANNOVER MESSE 2025 – March 31, 2025 to April 4, 2025 – At the world’s biggest industrial trade fair, companies from the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and digital industries as well as the energy sector will come together to present solutions for a high-performance, but also sustainable industry. More than 4,000 companies will be acting as an interconnected industrial ecosystem and demonstrating how climate neutrality can be achieved through electrification, digitization and automation.
RS recently became a key U.S. stocking distributor for Siemens Process Instrumentation products, which were previously only available as configure-to-order solutions that had to be sourced directly from Siemens. The Siemens Process Instrumentation product line offers a wide range of temperature, pressure, and level measurement solutions that are engineered for seamless integration with most industrial automation and control systems and designed to deliver reliable, high-precision performance in a variety of challenging industrial environments.
Panel building on machine tools is no longer as simple as wiring a few components and calling it a day. Now, there are more deadlines, cost pressures, standards, new directives, plus an increasing pressure to innovate. Besides commonly encountered problems related to time, cost, compliance and quality, there is also an increased degree of automation in the pre-fabrication of cables and the automated production of sheet metal parts.
February 28, 2025 By Robert Cox, Vice President of Marketing, ROLEC Enclosures, Inc. When Customization Comes As ‘Standard’ Today’s new standard HMI enclosures are now more customizable than ever because the modifications start on day one – not at the end of the process. Customization is effectively built in as standard, so specifying bespoke panel…
This machine safety webinar reviews ANSI B11.0 Technical Report 11 (TR11) which presents a strategy and approach on how to CE mark machinery using ANSI consensus standards. This allows machine manufacturers to meet the European Union’s Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) in the Machinery Directive (MD). The Machinery Directive is a European Union (EU) law that sets safety standards for machinery.
What is the future of data centers? It’s an interesting question in large part because, on the surface, it doesn’t seem like there’s much room for change with how data centers are built. At the end of the day, data centers house IT racks that generate heat which must be dissipated in order to create efficient computing. The future of data centers is not necessarily about changing the core components of IT infrastructure — it’s more about thinking of these components in a more flexible way that allows for greater adaptability and scalability, especially given the rapid increase in AI data centers.
The number of data centers across the globe is increasing. While this is good news for data center engineers, it does pose a significant operational challenge when it comes to the amount of energy required to power these IT facilities. This, in turn, will require new regulations to be put in place. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that data centers account for about 1% of global energy demand. But by 2030 it’s estimated that the demand for data center energy will increase by more than 160%. In the U.S. alone, data center workloads are expected to increase by 10% annually through 2030, and this means more energy necessary to power this kind of advanced computing.
