Industrial Efficiency

Industrial Defender and Fortress cut "which machines does this flaw hit" from weeks to minutes

Industrial Defender and Fortress integrated OT asset intelligence with AI-driven vulnerability correlation, aiming to rank what’s affected in minutes for critic

Natural language CAD automation is moving into production workflows, and voice-first wearables are a preview of how operators will trigger it

PTC’s new natural-language path to reusable CAD automation scripts points to a UI shift that voice-first AI wearables are already training users to expect.

Custom Coaters Making More Revenue Due to IntelliFinishing System

Some custom coaters are experiencing a significant uptick in revenue thanks to the implementation of their IntelliFinishing systems. Equipped with high volume capacity and enhanced flexibility, the system allows coaters to undertake and efficiently manage larger contracts that were previously unatta

Can a Finishing System adapt to fluctuating labor availability?

Labor shortages have become a pressing issue across many sectors, including manufacturing, where the availability of skilled workers is increasingly precarious. As businesses strive to maintain productivity and efficiency, the adoption of automated solutions has proven to be a viable strategy to cou

Conveyorized Finishing Systems that are Expandable and Scalable

In today's industrial landscape, flexibility and scalability are essential attributes for manufacturing systems. As labor shortages continue to impact various sectors, companies are turning towards automation to maintain efficiency and productivity. Conveyorized finishing systems, like the one offer

The importance of Data in a Conveyorized Finishing System

In conveyorized finishing operations, the volume of data generated across a single production shift is substantial. Paint batches, carrier timestamps, load bar launches, line speeds, and process recipes all produce records that can either be captured and used or quietly lost. For finishing operation

IntelliFinishing Systems Adapt Better When Labor is Short

Labor availability has become one of the most persistent operational challenges across manufacturing. Recruiting skilled workers, particularly in specialized roles like painting and finishing, is difficult in most markets. For facilities running traditional finishing lines, a single absent employee

AI safety agents hit zero misses in first industrial trials as automation sector accelerates

Industrial AI safety deployments achieve a perfect recommendation capture rate in early trials, while automation launches and leadership moves signal a sector i

Cranswick deploys Rockwell Automation pick-and-place robots to hit 240 cycles per minute in end-of-line packaging

UK food maker Cranswick replaced manual end-of-line packaging with autonox Delta robots running Rockwell Automation controls, reaching 240 picks per minute.

Cranswick deploys Rockwell Automation robotics at 240 picks per minute to automate its most labor-intensive packaging line

Cranswick's pigs-in-blankets line now runs 240 robotic picks per minute using autonox Delta robots and Rockwell Automation controls, freeing workers for higher-

Cranswick deploys Rockwell Automation robotics to hit 240 picks per minute on pigs-in-blankets line

UK food maker Cranswick replaced manual end-of-line packaging with an autonox Delta robot system that picks and places 240 sausages per minute.

What features should Custom Coaters consider if looking for a new finishing system?

Choosing a new finishing system is a significant capital decision for any custom coater. The range of parts, the pace of production, and the unpredictability of future contracts all create pressure to get the specification right the first time. Industry practitioners who have gone through that proce

How Many Product Painting Recipies Do You Need?

For custom coaters and some OEM manufacturers, finishing recipe flexibility is not a luxury. It is a core operational requirement. Managing a wide range of part numbers, substrates, and customer specifications means that coating systems must be configurable enough to handle significant variation whi

What is SCADA?

SCADA, or supervisory control and data acquisition, is a foundational technology for plant managers and operations teams that need real-time visibility and control over industrial processes. Despite how widely it is deployed across manufacturing and process industries, the term still draws blank sta

What is a friction driven conveyor used in finishing?

In finishing environments, conveyor selection has a direct impact on cleanliness, noise levels, maintenance costs, and overall operational efficiency. One technology that draws consistent attention from facility managers and finishing professionals is the friction-driven conveyor, a system built aro

Prince Hydraulics Finally Gets The SCADA System They Wanted

For Prince Hydraulics, the road to a functioning SCADA system was more than a decade in the making. As far back as 2011, a group of plant employees presented to corporate leadership with a clear ask: find a way to bring all the information operators need into one place and make it easy to apply to t

Agentic automation hits enterprise scale: Automation Anywhere, Yaskawa, and KUKA signal a new operating model for industrial AI

From billion-request IT service desks to robots that write their own work orders, agentic AI is moving from pilot to production across manufacturing and operati

Technology in manufacturing: the operational trends shaping factory floors in mid-2026

From physical AI to an 80% automation gap, here are the manufacturing technology shifts ops leaders need to act on right now.

IMA Group positions "Cognitive Manufacturing" as the next operating model for industrial production

IMA Group's Cognitive Manufacturing framework, debuted at Interpack 2026, combines cloud AI, edge AI, and robotics to help production teams cut downtime and imp

Robots, AI, and IIoT are reshaping the factory floor, but the real work is in integration

Robotics, AI quality control, and IIoT-driven predictive maintenance are converging in manufacturing, pushing ops leaders to rethink how they buy, deploy, and g

Industrial vision sector expands across automation, robotics, and AI-driven inspection

The A3's Vision Industry Insights hub tracks 560+ developments across machine vision, robotics, and AI inspection, here's what enterprise ops teams need to know.

Robotics, AI accountability, and autonomous forklifts: five automation developments operations leaders need to know

From ABB's new Visual SLAM forklift to a Kore.ai finding that 70% of enterprises can't trace AI failures, this week's automation news carries real operational w

The automation visibility gap: why FactoryOps is becoming the missing layer in manufacturing stacks

Heavily automated plants still lose margin to blind spots. A new operations layer called FactoryOps is closing the gap without replacing existing PLCs or SCADA.

OMRON debuts LD-150 and LD-300 AMRs at Automate 2026, targeting higher-throughput material flow

OMRON Robotics unveiled two next-gen LD Series AMRs at Automate 2026, built for heavier loads and tighter production spaces.

Chinese industrial robots now reach 148 countries as factory task complexity rises

Chinese-manufactured robots are handling complex factory tasks and shipping to 148 countries, raising urgent questions for global procurement and ops teams.

Siemens and IFS partner to close the engineering-to-operations gap with industrial AI

Siemens and IFS announced a strategic partnership to connect design, manufacturing execution, and asset lifecycle data in a closed-loop industrial AI platform.

Turkish SME lists AI-powered IIoT and MES platform on EU innovation network, seeking manufacturing partners

A Turkish industrial software firm has posted its modular smart manufacturing platform on the EU's Enterprise Europe Network, targeting manufacturers, OEMs and research institutions.

End-of-line automation is the next deployment frontier for manufacturers

Nearly half of manufacturers plan end-of-line automation within 24 months, per IndustryWeek. Here's what operations leaders need to evaluate now.

Metalgear Engineering's assembly line overhaul pushed one manufacturer from 10 to 100 units a day

Custom PLC automation and single-piece flow redesign cut labor costs 40% and multiplied output tenfold for a manufacturer capped by a legacy line.

Industrial automation's AI gap: why 80% of U.S. factories still run with zero automation

80% of U.S. factories have zero automation, even as Honeywell, ABB, and others push AI-driven tools to close the gap.