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The $18 million deal covers a complete automation system for a 662 kilometer pipeline through the Amazon Forest.
Opening with a vision of the future from General Mills and closing with
a detailed look at plant-floor data acquisition as it's practiced at
Tropicana Products, the May 23 Packaging Automation Forum played to a
packed house at Chicago's Marriott O'Hare.
The agreement targets the market for vision-guided robotics. As it celebrates a significant investment by Motorola, the Southeast Asian city-state reiterates its commitment to manufacturing. Company executives lay out wireless road map for the future to media and customers. Company executives lay out wireless road map for the future to media and customers. Siemens executives stress innovation, collaboration and partnering at expanded user event. The deal will create the industry’s third largest enterprise software provider. With its planned acquisition of the Scientific Technologies’ Safety Products Group, Omron aims to become a major global player in industrial safety. Despite last year’s strong results, heavy dependence on the automotive industry and other concerns raise a caution flag for 2006. New industrial robots from Motoman feature flexible arm technology that the company says can handle tasks previously done only by people. Buoyed by 44 percent growth in robot orders this year from the automotive industry, North American robot companies look for a record year in 2005. The acquisition expands FactoryTalk plant-wide information software offerings. The increasing sophistication of manufacturing in Southeast Asia, coupled with some innovative financing by automation suppliers, add up to growing automation markets. The Milwaukee-based automation vendor lays out its plan to integrate the space between plant control and enterprise systems. Regulatory changes made in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will spur faster automation growth, study says. Two direct sellers of automation equipment trade salvos in court and in the press over alleged breach of partnership obligations and trademark infringement. With six quarters of profitability, a stable of new products, and a customer base of Fortune 1000 companies, robot systems manufacturer Adept Technology looks to a brighter future and a return to the NASDAQ exchange. Demand from automotive and metalworking industries drives record second quarter robot orders, trade group says. Touch-screen technology and Windows CE become popular choices for European human-machine interfaces.
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