Author: Connected World

The global smart manufacturing market is on track to reach $228.3 billion by 2027, according to MarketsandMarkets. The report suggests factors like the drive for industrial automation, increasing complexities in the supply chain, and the availability of technologies capable of maximizing operational efficiency are all driving adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in manufacturing. MarketsandMarkets suggests APAC (Asia-Pacific) will hold the highest market share globally between now and 2027, partly because governments in APAC countries have initiatives in place to digitalize manufacturing.       In a study just released by Rockwell Automation, nearly half of APAC manufacturers (44%) said they plan to adopt…

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Quality is perhaps one of the top tenants for many manufacturing companies. Now, new technologies are enabling manufacturers to deliver higher quality products to their customers. As one example, FineLine Technologies announced it has been granted a new patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent No. 11,453,186 focuses on mold management, a critical process for the tire and rubber manufacturing industry. The solution uses embedded RFID (radio frequency identification) tags of critical mold components for automatic checks of the container, segments, and sidewall plates assigned hierarchal relations, checking the sequence of segments within the container, and…

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