Seven years on, Baldor Electric becomes ABB
19 March 2018 Seven years after ABB bought the motor and power transmission manufacturer Baldor Electric for $4.2bn, it has announced that it is integrating the Baldor name… Read More
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Users of MindSphere open IoT platform form a global group
5 February 2018 Siemens is setting up a global organisation for users of its MindSphere cloud-based open IoT operating system, in partnership with 18 companies, including Festo, Heitec,… Read More
Phipson to succeed Scouler as chief executive of EEF
4 September 2017 EEF, the UK manufacturers’ organisation, has announced that Stephen Phipson, currently Head of the Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) in the Department for International Trade,… Read More
Industry groups join forces to work on IIoT standards
31 August 2016 Three automation industry groups – Omac (the Organisation for Machine Automation and Control), the OPC Foundation, and PLCopen – have joined forces to help advance the… Read More
Emerson appoints manager for UK drives and motors
20 April 2015 Emerson Industrial Automation has appointed Gloria Stucchi to be general manager of its UK and Ireland drives and motors operation, which includes the Control Techniques… Read More
EEF’s Scouler takes the chair of EU manufacturing body
3 July 2014 Terry Scuoler, chief executive of the UK manufacturers’ organisation, EEF, has been appointed chair of Ceemet, the body that represents more than 200,000 manufacturers across… Read More
MTA DG Graham Dewhurst announces his retirement
14 March 2014 Graham Dewhurst, director general of the Manufacturing Technologies Association, is to retire in the summer, after running the organisation for seven years. During his tenure,… Read More
