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Rockwell leaders see more near-term softness, slow build well into 2025

Sales this quarter expected to be down nearly 10% from late summer.
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'Aggressive' Fed rate cut could help industries raise capital for digital transformations

As manufacturers cheer large drop in benchmark, the U.S. move is seen as a potential boost to corporate budgets for the technology that brings production lines farther into the...
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Francisco Javier Franco Espinoza, a strategy and innovations manager for Siemens Factory Automation, discusses digital manufacturing in the AWS booth.
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Big Tech puts on the big schmooze at IMTS

Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all give manufacturing some love at Chicago technology show, hosting pitch sessions in large exhibit spaces at an event usually all about "big iron...
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Rockwell lowers forecast in face of ‘some pause in capital spend’

Orders are still growing quarter to quarter but more customer segments are showing weaker trends.
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Endress+Hauser, SICK sign strategic partnership

Endress, with several U.S. locations, will take over worldwide sales and service of SICK’s process analyzers and gas flowmeters.
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Rockwell launches layoffs as client inventories continue to drag

The automation equipment and software company’s leader says spending is being prioritized to its ‘highest-value activities.’
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Transition at Rootstock: Berger succeeds Ralyea as CEO

Manufacturing cloud ERP provider names software veteran to succeed interim chief exec, who will continue to serve as executive chairman of Rootstock’s board of directors.
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Heppelmann retiring this month as CEO of PTC

In 26 years, including 13 as CEO, he oversaw the company’s transformation to SaaS and helped build PTC to its status as a leader in CAD, PLM, ALM, SLM, IIoT, and augmented reality...
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Rockwell leaders look for ‘inflection’ in orders to endure

The automation giant’s sales growth fell short of expectations last quarter as it and its customers transition digest the last of their pandemic backlogs.
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Process shortcomings a high hurdle for phasing in AI, survey finds

New research by process miner Celonis reveals 72% of business leaders, including those in manufacturing, say they are actively trying to implement AI in their IT and OT operations...
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With Industrial Copilot, Siemens and Schaeffler help make Gen-AI ‘industrial grade’

Two companies’ ‘co-creation’ assists in writing automation code for production machines, easing the burden on short-staffed human engineers, and gives factory floor workers a ...
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IT/OT Convergence

Siemens, AWS say latest collaboration helps bridge IT, OT gap

Tech companies in “smart” manufacturing space announce Amazon Web Services’ IoT SiteWise Edge will be available as an app in the Siemens Industrial Edge Marketplace.
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Siemens, ServiceNow team on cloud-based management of OT assets

Siemens will port its SaaS solution for OT to NowPlatform, which provides management of IT assets. The expansion allows the companies’ shared customers to increase shop floor ...
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New research sees buy-in for digital transformation growing among manufacturing stakeholders

Webinar deals with why industry should embrace data ops, but eye-opening statistics lead the way about how manufacturing overall is “going through a renaissance” and moving beyond...
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Rockwell Automation invests in Industry 5.0 technology fund

Industrial automation and digital transformation company announces stake in $100 million Momenta venture capital and value creation fund, giving RA early access to tech that promotes...