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Solutions for the Highest Hygiene Requirements

From laboratories to meat processing plants, from hospitals to explosion-proof clean rooms: there are applications in which the highest operating safety meets maximum hygienic requirements. Solutions for the Highest Hygiene Requirements Case Study from | Schurter Electronic Components Applications with increased hygiene requirements always demand special solutions. Let’s take the housing of the operating unit […]

Array Technologies Acquires STI Norland

Array Technologies, a provider of utility-scale solar tracker technology, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Soluciones Técnicas Integrales Norland S.L. (STI Norland), a manufacturer of solar trackers in Europe. Headquartered in Pamplona, Spain, STI Norland has positions in Iberia and Latin America. STI Norland has completed or been awarded tracker systems for more […]

CISA warns of equipment vulnerabilities from multiple vendors

CISA has released a notice urging administrators to apply updates to a variety of industrial control systems after discovering vulnerabilities in multiple open-source and proprietary Object Management Group (OMG) Data-Distribution Service (DDS) implementations. In the advisory, CISA said the issues were found in equipment from Eclipse, eProsima, GurumNetworks, Object Computing, Inc. (OCI), Real-Time Innovations (RTI), […]

What’s the Hype in Hyperautomation?

Coined by Gartner to describe one of the biggest automation trends of 2020, the concept of hyperautomation has rapidly spread across the industry. But how does it differ from regular automation. What’s the Hype in Hyperautomation? Claudia Jarrett, US Country Manager | EU Automation In its 2019 report Move Beyond RPA to Deliver Hyperautomation, Gartner […]

City Electric Supply to acquire solar distributor Soligent

Solar equipment distributor will be acquired by electrical wholesale distributor City Electric Supply Company (CES) by the end of this month, subject to regulatory and other approvals and conditions. “This agreement enables us to focus on delivering even more innovative solutions to the solar energy market,” said Soligent CEO Jonathan Doochin. “We appreciate the entrepreneurial […]

RHEL 8.5 delivers key container improvements

RHEL 8.5, the newest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), is out. As Joe Brockmeier, Red Hat Blogs’ Editorial Director, said, “Whether you’re deploying RHEL on-prem, in the public cloud, at the edge — or all of the above — RHEL 8.5 has improvements that users will be eager to dig into.”  He’s not […]

4 Critical Considerations When Selecting a Robotic End-Effector System

Finding and implementing the perfect end-effector system is reliant on the user giving due consideration to four critical areas. Only when complete understanding of the needs in these four realms is acquired can an educated end-effector choice be made. 4 Critical Considerations When Selecting a Robotic End-Effector System Benjamin Pauzus, Jr. | DESTACO The robotics […]

Array Technologies will be largest solar tracker company in world after STI Norland acquisition

U.S. headquartered Array Technologies will acquire Spanish tracking competitor STI Norland for approximately €570 million ($652 million) in cash and stock. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022. Javier Reclusa, CEO of STI Norland, as well as the rest of the company’s senior management team will remain with Array following […]