Rockwell Automation Delivers Solid Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Rockwell Automation has published its second quarter 2026 earnings report, providing investors and industry stakeholders with updated financial performance data. The results reflect the company's ongoing navigation of macroeconomic headwinds...
Industrial Skills Gap: System Integrators Bridge Software and Hands-On Field Engineering
Rapid digitalization across modern manufacturing has created a pronounced talent discrepancy among incoming control system engineers. While recent engineering graduates possess strong software capabilities and computer science familiarity, many lack...
Bridging the Gap: Aligning Academic Research with Real-World Process Control Needs
Disconnects between university engineering research and real-world industrial plant practices are prompting leaders across the process industries to push for stronger collaboration. To address operational challenges, automation practitioners are calling...
Germany’s High-Value Pivot: Can Advanced Tech Save Its Industrial Base?
Germany’s manufacturing framework is undergoing a structural pivot, balancing macroeconomic stagnation with targeted, high-capital deployments in strategic sectors.
ABB Unveils First Extension Pack for System 800xA with Web-Based Operations
ABB has released the inaugural Extension Pack for System 800xA, introducing web-based operational capabilities to its flagship distributed control system. This update allows plant operators to access critical process data...
Automation Can Create a Hidden Single-Point-of-Failure Risk
Modern industrial automation can improve production efficiency while quietly concentrating critical system knowledge in one employee. For manufacturers, PLC expertise, shift coverage and workforce readiness are becoming important parts of operational risk management.