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1. Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing Installs A New Filling System In Their Isolator-Based Filling Line 5/31/2021

   Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing (BSM), a small-scale sterile fill finish operation located in Lee, Massachusetts, has installed a new, state-of-the-art filler in their semi-automated isolator-based filling line.

2. Vention And OnRobot Partner To Bring A One-Stop-Shop For Cobot Applications To Manufacturers Globally 5/27/2021

   Vention, a manufacturing automation platform (MAP), today announced its partnership with OnRobot, which makes tools for collaborative applications. This partnership combines Vention’s online-first manufacturing automation platform with OnRobot’s library of plug-and-play end-of-arm tools to accelerate the design and deployment of end-to-end cobot applications. This press release features multimedia.

3. Renesas Expands Portfolio Of World’s Smallest Photocouplers For Industrial Automation And Solar Inverter Applications 5/27/2021

   Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today expanded its family of 8.2mm creepage photocouplers with three new devices designed for operation in harsh industrial automation equipment, solar inverter, and EV charger operating environments.

4. Delta Launches The AX-308E, Its First CODESYS-Based AS Series-Compatible Motion Controller 5/27/2021

   Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions and industrial automation systems, has introduced the AX-308E as the first of its compact, mid-range AX-3 Series PLC motion controllers.

5. Koch Industries Collaborates With Mobile Industrial Robots To Deploy Autonomous Mobile Robots Worldwide 5/26/2021

   Mobile Industrial Robots, the global market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), today announced a worldwide strategic collaboration with one of the world’s largest private companies, Koch Industries.

6. Mitsubishi Electric’s Nagoya Works And Industrial Mechatronics Systems Works Acquire IEC 62443-4-1 Certification 5/24/2021

   Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that its Nagoya Works and Industrial Mechatronics Systems Works, both engaged in the development and manufacture of industrial automation in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, have each obtained a certification under the International Electrotechnical Commission’s IEC 62443-4-1 standard regarding the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) of industrial automation and control systems.

7. Third Wave Automation And Toyota Industries Announce Strategic Partnership To Produce Next Generation Autonomous Material Handling Vehicles 5/19/2021

   Third Wave Automation, Inc. (“Third Wave”) and Toyota Industries Corporation (“TICO”) today announced a strategic partnership to produce the next generation of intelligent, fully autonomous material handling vehicles.

8. Balyo Selects Ouster’s Digital Lidar For Its Robotic Forklifts 5/17/2021

   Ouster, Inc., a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors for the industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics, and automotive industries, today announced that it has signed a strategic customer agreement with Balyo, a technological leader in the design and development of innovative robotic solutions for material handling trucks, to deploy Ouster’s 3D digital lidar on its robotic forklifts.

9. Rockwell Automation Makes Widespread Implementation Of CIP Security Possible With New Proxy Device 5/17/2021

   Industrial companies can now implement CIP Security expansively in their systems with the Allen-Bradley CIP Security Proxy. Traditionally, industrial networks had little-to-no security built into them. Now with a more Connected Enterprise, it is needed more than ever. The CIP Security Proxy allows users to implement CIP Security on most devices on their network, helping to protect plant operations – even with older systems.

10. ABB Robots Increase Automation In Solar Industry 5/17/2021

    To enable the transformation to a sustainable society and preserve resources, production of solar collector panels must be precise, highly efficient and cost effective. To achieve this, Absolicon and ABB have developed the world’s only complete solution for the mass production of concentrated solar collectors, in Absolicon’s factory in Härnösand, Sweden.