Articles & News on Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0

Cyber Attacks on Manufacturers Up Globally, But Less Than Half Prepared in Security

  • February 24, 2025
  • News

80% of manufacturing firms experienced a significant increase in overall security incidents or breaches last year, but only 45% are adequately prepared in their cyber security.

AI-Powered Cybersecurity: Balancing Automation, Real-Time Detection and Strategic Oversight

  • by Ilia Sotnikov
  • February 24, 2025
  • Feature

By combining AI's advanced capabilities with strategic oversight and robust security measures, organizations can protect themselves against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

Emerson Opens Applications for 2025 Discrete Automation STEM Scholarship

  • February 21, 2025
  • News

Emerson is inviting U.S. college students pursuing degrees in STEM to apply for its 2025 Discrete Automation Scholarship.

Case Study: HighByte Helps Online Meal Kit Manufacturer Curate, Orchestrate and Model Data

  • February 21, 2025
  • Case Study

Online meal kit manufacturer Gousto turned to HighByte for help with scaling and proving "real-time" data and information in operations.

Mouser Electronics Launches Extensive Hardware Projects Resource Center

  • February 21, 2025
  • News

Mouser Electronics, Inc.is introducing a hardware projects resource center, empowering engineers to design and build innovative physical solutions from the ground up.

Honeywell to Establish a Center of Excellence in Singapore to Help Reduce Commercial Building Carbon Emissions with AI

  • February 21, 2025
  • News

The Center of Excellence in Singapore will develop building technologies using AI to help customers drive their decarbonization efforts across sectors in Southeast Asia.

Warehouse Automation with IoT: Imperatives and Forward-looking Solutions

  • by Barry Wells
  • February 20, 2025
  • Feature

Where does warehouse automation stand today, and where should it be headed? Let’s take an unbiased look.

January/February Automation.com Technology Update

  • by Melissa Landon
  • February 20, 2025
  • Opinion

Check out some of the most important updates in digital transformation, safety & cybersecurity, enterprise architecture & networks, operations & management, and automation & control right here on Automation.com.

Case Study: Empower Multi-Vendor Secure Alarm Aggregation, Real-Time Tunneling and Integration

  • by John Weber
  • February 20, 2025
  • Case Study

Alarm and event data is critical to industrial operations to notify operators of problems, convey status of process sequences, support the optimization of operations and predict maintenance needs.

Hannover: 'Current Economic and Geopolitical Realities Demand Decisive Action'

  • February 20, 2025
  • News

"Never before has attending HANNOVER MESSE been so vital to securing competitive advantage," said Dr. Jochen Köckler, chairman of the Managing Board of Deutsche Messe AG.