20 April 2026 German researchers have developed a technology that transmits industrial data on beams of light instead of cable or radio waves, and operates at speeds of… Read More
19 September 2024 An Italian automation company has announced a platform that simplifies communications between more than 100 protocols used in industrial and building automation systems. Milan-based Hysco… Read More
16 April 2024 At the 2024 Hannover Messe, Siemens is launching the first new generation of its Simatic S7-1200 PLCs for ten years. The new models are designed… Read More
27 November 2023 Pilz claims to be offering the first safe field-level communication system based on the IO-Link communications system. Its new IO-Link Safety (IOLS) system comprises a… Read More
12 June 2023 The German encoder-maker Wachnendorff has developed what it claims is the world’s first incremental encoder that can be configured wirelessly from a smartphone using NFC… Read More
22 May 2023 Parker Hannifin has announced the arrival in Europe of a new approach to Ethernet communications that, it says, reformulates and transforms machine I/O architecture. It… Read More
5 May 2023 Profinet and EtherNet/IP have reinforced their position as joint leaders of the industrial communications market, with each accounting for 18% of new factory automation nodes… Read More
1 December 2022 The IoT communications manufacturer Moxa has formed a partnership with the UK controls and automation distributor PES Group to stock and support its products in… Read More
25 November 2022 A Swedish communications software specialist has developed a software-based way of implementing Profinet and EtherCat protocols on industrial equipment that, it says, will cut time… Read More
24 August 2022 After almost four years of collaboration, four industrial communications organisations – FieldComm Group, ODVA, OPC Foundation, and Profibus & Profinet International (PI) – have announced… Read More
