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Deere partners SpaceX on rural connectivity

John Deere has partnered with SpaceX to provide SATCOM service to farmers. The agreement is aimed at overcoming rural broadband problems for farmers in adopting precision agriculture. The SATCOM [...]

ABB boosts industrial digital experience

ABB has updated its Ability Connected Worker solution to accelerate digitalisation of technology available to field operators and reduce risk of human error and unscheduled downtime. The new software [...]

Dassault and BMW partner on digital twins

Dassault Systèmes and BMW Group have partnered to develop BMW Group’s future engineering platform which will feature Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform at its core. More than BMW 17,000 employees [...]

OPC to create I/O device profile for UAFX

The OPC Foundation has launched a working group to specify an I/O device profile for OPC UA Field eXchange industrial devices. The device profile will allow for improved interoperability [...]

Yokogawa partners TIM on industrial twins

Yokogawa Electric Corporation is partnering Korean digital twin platform TIM and has become a global value-added reseller for its industrial solution. The partnership strengthens Tokyo-based Yokogawa’s industrial digital transformation [...]

SHINING 3D joins Barcelona Industry ecosystem

Barcelona’s DFactory industry 4.0 ecosystem has added 3D scanning and printing developer SHINING 3D to its line-up of facilities.  SHINING 3D is a company specialized in the research and development [...]

NEXCOM: FWA over 5G for smart factories

Network appliance supplier NEXCOM is expanding use of fixed wireless access (FWA) over 5G to industrial automation and manufacturing. NEXCOM provides a 5G FWA uCPE range tailored for various [...]

EBRD brings Industry 4.0 to Serbian SMEs

A new laboratory is providing small and medium-sized businesses in Serbia with access to Industry 4.0 technologies and services. The laboratory aims to expand the country’s mid-tier manufacturing base [...]

Kontron partners Truminds on Private 5G

IoT computing provider Kontron is collaborating with Truminds Software Systems and Napatech to optimise energy-efficient private wireless networks. The three companies are using Kontron edge servers and Truminds’ TruCore [...]

INFICON buys manufacturing specialist FabTime

INFICON has acquired the assets of FabTime Inc. The acquisition strengthens the position of Swiss-based INFICON as a provider of semiconductor smart manufacturing software. Founded in 1999, FabTime is [...]

Thinaer digital manufacturing platform

IIoT platform Thinaer has launched an IIoT asset tracking and digital twin SaaS solution. It aims to fill manufacturing data blind spots and provide IIoT-centric digital manufacturing transformation. Through [...]

Agritask, Pessl enhance agronomic data analytics

Agritask is partnering Pessl Instruments to enhance agronomic data analytics with advanced weather data. Tel Aviv-based crop data intelligence software company Agritask and Vienna based agtech developer Pessl Instruments [...]