UK manufacturing PMI hits a 26-month high, plus US group buys Sewtec Automation
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The crucial role that data plays in today’s manufacturing environment has been brought home by a recent report from ABI Research which predicts that, by 2030, manufacturers around the world will be generating 4.4 zettabytes of OT (operational technology) data every year – similar to the amount generated by all of the world’s mobile phone users. Any problems with, or corruption of, that vast amount of industrial data could have severe consequences. ABI suggests that to minimise the risk of such problems, manufacturers will need to think carefully about issues such as how they store and manage their data, and how they protect it against cyberattacks. In future, IT specialists could be as important to manufacturers as their production engineers.
The UK Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) hit a 26-month high of 52.5 in August, up from 52.1 in July, with output, new orders and employment all rising. There were…
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A US-headquartered industrial automation group, Automated Industrial Robotics (AIR), is buying the UK company Sewtec Automation, for an undisclosed sum. Los Angeles based AIR says the acquisition will expand its…
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