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The AMA Association for Sensors and Meaurement surveys its 450 members quarterly on economic development. The industry reports sales growth of seven percent for the first quarter, compared to the previous quarter. Incoming orders rose eight percent at the beginning of the year. The industry is starting the first quarter of 2022 with positive overall development and expects sales growth of six percent for the second quarter.

If the sensor and measurement technology industry already showed itself with significant growth last year, it continued this trend in the first quarter of 2022. AMA members generated an increase in sales despite the continuing difficulties with suppliers, with incoming orders picking up. This is true for both large and small and Medium-sized (SME) industry members. However, the large companies are more optimistic than the small ones about the prospects for the economic situation.

In terms of sales, AMA members supplying the electronics industry and those supplying the mechanical engineering industry scored particularly well. Among suppliers to the automotive industry, SMEs performed better than the large AMA members.

When asked about the impact of sanctions due to the Ukraine war, 87 percent of AMA members said they are affected. However, AMA members estimate that the embargo has a tolerable seven percent impact on their own operations. However, since the military invasion began, there have been some large price increases in energy and raw materials, thus uncertainty about the overall economic performance of the industry remains high.

“Our members’ economic results continue to show an upward trend in the first quarter, ” said Thomas Simmons, executive director of the AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement. “The outlook is also positive, with our industry anticipating a six percent increase in sales for the current quarter. The biggest challenge for our industry remains the procurement difficulties that determine our members’ ability to deliver.”

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company and an accredited leader in the Internet of Things (IoT), announced its collaboration with SAP on industry pertinent IoT packaged offerings and services. HCL Technologies will package relevant SAP software with services and hardware that can speed up and simplify the fragmented and complicated solution stack that businesses face when driving Industry 4.0 transformations.

HCL Technologies’ dedicated business unit for IoT, IoT WoRKS is bringing the next-generation intelligent warehouse offering to market. This packages IoT-led warehouse processes leveraging the SAP Internet of Things (SAP IoT) capabilities of intelligent sensing and IoT edge. With the option to include relevant hardware such as RFID devices or gateway servers, the offerings make it easy to overcome any adoption barriers.

HCL Tech’s service offerings leveraging SAP IoT include:

• IoT-led warehouse processes – Drive efficiencies through the goods movement process leveraging SAP IoT’s smart sensing capability. SAP IoT automates the identification of handling units through radio frequency identification (RFID), validating the data, and posting business context information to SAP S/4HANA or other SAP applications for warehousing processes. HCL can help clients achieve further efficiency and optimisation in their digital supply chain journey by leveraging SAP IoT.
• Remote monitoring of edge hardware – Leveraging HCL’s IoT & monitoring expertise, HCL helps clients monitor the health of edge hardware devices and the container orchestration layer for SAP applications. The offer is scalable and provides a single UI to manage clusters and configurable alerts. This enables businesses to run their applications and services on the edge to meet requirements around low latency, bandwidth, connection reliability, and regulatory guidelines. With real-time monitoring of edge devices, this offer thereby helps with lower downtime, enabling higher productivity for our clients.

“We are proud to be collaborating with SAP to create the next generation of intelligent warehouse offerings and services. HCL Technologies’ experience in enabling Industry 4.0 and connected business transformation programs, when paired with SAP’s expertise in supporting IoT applications during development and implementation, stands to benefit our customers in driving sustainable business transformation and growth,” said Sukant Acharya, Senior Vice President, IoT WoRKS, HCL Technologies.

“SAP is excited to partner with HCL Technologies, a leading innovation partner, to provide customers with Industry 4.0 solutions and technology powered by IoT. While SAP offers the solutions and connectivity, enabling data-driven processes across the end-to-end supply chain, HCL Technologies delivers business and product expertise, coupled with an implementation approach focused on accelerating time to value with minimal effort and investment. Together, our goal is to deliver a connected, resilient and sustainable supply chain to our customers,” said Priya Wenzel, Global Head Channel Management, SAP Digital Supply Chain.

Vaisala, a global leader in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements, was granted with the Carnegie Sustainability Award 2022 in the Carnegie Sustainability Seminar on May 31, 2022. The award acknowledges both Vaisala’s sustainable business practices and the positive handprint of the business, generated by Vaisala’s products.

The investment bank Carnegie awards companies for their sustainability work, wanting to highlight sustainability metrics that create shareholder value and inspire companies and investors. Vaisala received the award in the category for Small Cap companies. The other winners were SCA for Large Cap companies and OX2 in the category for Best Newcomer.

“With progressing climate change, Vaisala’s products will be critical to monitor more extreme weather and environmental changes. The company has been a sustainability forerunner and early invented and implemented energy-saving improvements that only recently have become a norm. The company’s products have for decades been built for extended endurance and minimum waste, and helping its customers use resources more efficiently. The company is acknowledged for its strong company culture and high ethical standards,” Carnegie explains the reasoning behind the award in its press release.

“In Vaisala, sustainability is at the heart of the business: our products truly help to build a better world and increase climate action, and I believe that I speak for all our employees, when I say that this is why we are so proud to work for Vaisala. There is an urgent need for companies to act and align their strategies to solve the greatest environmental challenges of our planet. It is no longer only about decreasing the footprint but even more importantly about increasing the positive impact of the business itself,” comments Kai Öistämö, President and CEO at Vaisala.

Vaisala has received also other sustainability recognitions within a year. Earlier in 2022, Vaisala was listed in the top Financial Times’ Climate Leaders 2022 list, and in 2021, Vaisala was recognised for its sustainability among private investors.

“We have received great acknowledgement for our sustainability, and it is such a great honour to now receive this recognition from Carnegie. I also want to take this opportunity to give my warmest congratulations to the other winners SCA and OX2 as well! It is essential that climate change, as the most pressing sustainability challenge of our planet, is increasingly recognised in these awards, encouraging businesses to continuously improve. It is no longer an option for any company wanting to succeed to stay of out of the game and ignore its impact,” Öistämö concludes.

This week sees the launch of the first Manufacturing & Engineering Week at the NEC, a showcase of all that is innovative and exciting about UK industry.

Kicking off with digital events on 7 June, Manufacturing & Engineering Week offers four co-located shows taking place on the 8-9 June – Manufacturing Expo, Design Engineering Expo, Engineering Expo and Maintec. The four exhibitions are designed to showcase the most exciting solutions across the entire breadth of manufacturing and engineering, from design and development to processes, assembly, control and automation, robotics, maintenance and asset management, cyber security, testing and measurement, components, skills development and more.

Each show will feature a wide range of exhibitors from across the country, with companies ranging from industry leaders like ABB, Fluke and Farnell, to a host of innovative SMEs. These include innovators such as Fixturlaser, supplying precision laser alignment and plant reliability solutions; and Senseye, which uses AI driven software to reduce machine downtime.

As well as the chance to see new, innovative technologies and techniques, Manufacturing & Engineering Week is a great opportunity to learn more about the challenges and opportunities in store for UK industry. Each of the four events has its own programme of CPD accredited high-level keynote presentations, panel discussions and case studies covering a range of sectors including aerospace, automotive, food and beverage, motorsport, energy & renewables, pharmaceutical, space and FMCG, with a particular focus on SMEs’ and OEMs’ strategies. Topics will include the future of the sector, embracing the need for digital transformation, incorporating AI, Net Zero – the road to green, and much more.

One of the major challenges across industry is the need to improve cyber security. Visitors can gain vital insights in the Cyber Zone, which features the award winning Immersive Cyber Demonstrator. This brings home the dangers of cybercrime by recreating the unique settings of a hacker’s bedroom and a manufacturing plant boardroom.  Using high-tech staging and film techniques, actors will play out the cyber hacking scenario in real-time, clearly demonstrating the challenges faced by the leadership team as they work to contain and overcome the threat. The 20 minute performances run regularly throughout the show.

Alongside the demonstrator will also be a dedicated Cyber Pavilion featuring Assured Cyber Protection®, a global technology partner empowering organisations to protect their most valuable assets, people, and data.

Continuing the event’s theme of innovation, there will be a dedicated Innovation Zone featuring an AI enabled car and a vertical take-off biplane. The Innovation Zone will also feature two world’s firsts. The New Holland T6 Methane Power is the world’s first 100% methane powered production tractor and is set to play a key role in reducing CO₂ without compromising performance.

Also on show at the Innovation Zone will be the world’s first bike made from recycled plastics. Motion plastics specialist igus has designed a robust, durable urban bike made entirely of plastic, from the frame to its bearings and the toothed belt. A special feature of the new bike is that the recycled version will be primarily made of reused “single use” plastics.

There will also be an innovation challenge in the form of the Great Egg Race. An exciting live challenge taking place over both days of Manufacturing Expo 2022 and inspired by the TV show of the same name, people will compete to build gadgets to propel an uncooked egg over a wall into a tractor trailer. A compere will host the challenge with winners presented with prizes onsite.

As well as attracting numerous manufacturers, Manufacturing & Engineering Week is also supported by many other leading organisations, including: the Women’s Engineering Society – an organisation that promotes women’s education in engineering; the Institute of Export and International Trade – the professional body for importers and exporters; Napier – a B2B technology PR and marketing agency; the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; the Manufacturing Technology Centre – set up to bridge the gap between academia and industry; the Advanced Propulsion Centre – facilitates funding for low-carbon emission powertrains; High Value Manufacturing  Catapult – helps new concepts become commercial; Innovate UK – a public body that promotes innovation; Made Smarter UK – helps grow manufacturing through digital technologies; and the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

For a complete overview of all the attractions and facilities at Manufacturing and Engineering Week, together with a full run down of exhibitors, presentations and other learning opportunities, see our visitor brochure at https://www.manufacturingexpo.co.uk/visit/visitor_brochure

The Task

Speedy are one of the UK’s largest providers of equipment rental and support services to clients in construction, infrastructure and facilities. They use Powelectrics’ IIoT kit in several applications. fPod is a portable fuel tank for temporary sites. Speedy needed an intelligent fuel management service to add value, create revenue and help customers avoid penalty clause fines for delays due to fuel run-outs.

The Solution

Powelectrics’ proprietary m2m kit reports fPod fuel levels regularly to the MetronTMS portal, designed to manage bulk deliveries and collections to tanks. This includes alerts for theft/leakage and when tanks reach amber/red low levels, allowing for efficient logistical scheduling, whilst ensuring customers don’t run out of fuel.

The Result

Speedy have differentiated themselves on service, winning customers, who are protected from costly fuel run-outs. Speedy also have a new revenue stream, supplying fuel as well as equipment rental.

Summary

• Differentiated service
• New revenue stream
• Exceptional customer service
• Penalties clause fines avoided
• Reduced delivery costs

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Mike DeRome, Head of Fuel, commented: “Speedy have been using Powelectrics IoT solutions across a range of applications for several years. Now we have hundreds of Metrons deployed. The Powelectrics team offer exceptional service and support and the kit is reliable, robust and entirely fit to purpose across a range of industrial environments. Metronview cloud is intuitive and gives us exactly what we need. Powelectrics continuously gather feedback and use that to develop the Metronview cloud to deliver further efficiencies. I wouldn’t have any hesitation recommending Powelectrics or their technology.”

Powelectrics offer over 30 years of expertise and practical experience in instrumentation and digitalisation. The company delivers IIoT solutions globally, customising its versatile suite of IIoT technologies to gather data from a vast range of sensors, machines and IIoT devices.

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Tektronix, Inc. today unveiled the 2 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSO), reimagining what is possible in test and measurement. The new 2 Series MSO can go seamlessly from the bench to the field and back, enabling workflows previously unimagined on a scope. It is the first portable oscilloscope to offer benchtop performance and the award-winning Tektronix user interface. Weighing less than 1.8kgs and 38mm thin, the 2 Series MSO can fit into a small backpack, delivering unmatched performance and portability.

With the 2 Series MSO, engineers can achieve things not possible on previous oscilloscopes. The easy to use 10.1” touchscreen display makes working on the go easier and faster. The built-in capabilities of the optional Arbitrary Function Generator (AFG), pattern generator, voltmeter and frequency counter mean users have versatility built into one instrument – increasing what they can do while reducing the number of instruments to carry or purchase. With up to eight hours of battery power engineers will discover a new level of freedom on the job.

“This breakthrough product was a direct result of our proven Growth Accelerator innovation process and continued focus on our customers,” said Tami Newcombe, Tektronix President. “Our team worked closely with engineers to deeply understand their unique needs. We cannot wait to see how the 2 Series MSO improves the way our customers work.”

Intuitive and Easy-to-Use

The 2 Series MSO joins the strong line-up of other Tektronix oscilloscopes with the award-winning user experience also found on the 3, 4, 5, and 6 Series oscilloscopes. This makes it easier for engineers to work effortlessly across these Tektronix products, while the easy-to-use experience means engineers can do more in less time. With the feel of a mobile device, debugging is faster and more intuitive. The coloured LED ring lights around the knobs indicate active sources or parameters to adjust or to indicate status.

Portability and Performance

With a variety of integrated options, the 2 Series MSO is equipped for advanced debugging in a single instrument, including:

• Bandwidths from 70 MHz-500 MHz
• Two or four analog channel inputs
• 16 digital channels (available with future software release)
• 5 GS/s sample rate
• Optional 50 MHz Arbitrary Function Generator
• Built-in pattern generator, voltmeter, and frequency counter (features coming soon)
• Optional battery provides up to eight hours of power

Unlocks Remote Work and Team Collaboration

Natively integrated software tools allow engineers to collaborate, troubleshoot, and debug designs across time zones. The 2 Series MSO includes TekDrive, a test and measurement data workspace in the cloud where engineers can upload, store, organise, and share any file from a connected device. Users can also perform analysis on a waveform and save it back to the cloud for immediate viewing and feedback from peers.

Total Product Protection Service

The 2 Series MSO is designed for easy set up and immediate use. To extend and enhance the level of service, Tektronix includes options to extend the warranty from one to three or five years. To provide 2 Series MSO owners protection in the event of accidental damage, Tektronix is offering an introductory promotional price on a Total Product Protection service plan when purchased with the oscilloscope. Purchase the new, light and portable oscilloscope and know it’s protected wherever you go. For more information on the Total Product Protection service plan, visit Tek.com.

Availability

The 2 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope is available globally. To access pricing and other information, visit: https://www.tek.com/en/products/oscilloscopes/2-series-mso

Agile Analog has announced Barry Paterson as its new CEO. With a career covering Cadence, Dialog, Intel, Maxim and Wolfson, he has been at the forefront of mixed signal semiconductor design and development for 30 years.

“Agile Analog is at a key point in its growth to becoming a major player in the semiconductor industry,” said Paterson. “Our funding round of $19 million last year gave the company the resources to be able to re-architect our process agnostic technology from the ground up, and I’m looking forward to getting that technology into the hands of more analog designers as a result of our recruitment drive to increase our engineering headcount by over 50% this year.

“We truly have a disruptive technology that is changing analog design within the industry by enabling analog IP to be automatically generated rather than hand crafted every time.”

Peter Hutton, Agile Analog’s Chairman added, “The Board ran an extensive international search for the right CEO to be able to take Agile Analog from its success in building the platform to scale to more IP and more customers. I’m delighted that Barry has joined us to take the company forward. We couldn’t ask for a better combination of technical knowledge, commercial experience, strategic vision, operational expertise and passion to get our technology in the hands of the wider semiconductor industry.”

Agile Analog has a unique way to automatically generate analog IP to exactly meet the customer’s specifications and process technology. Called Composa™, it uses tried and tested analog IP circuits that are in the company’s Composa library. Effectively, the design-once-and-re-use-many-times model of digital IP now applies to analog IP for the first time. As the analog IP circuits in the Composa library have been extensively tested and used in previous designs, and are fully validated every time they are generated, this gives a similar level of reassurance to the digital IP world’s ‘silicon-proven’.

Importantly for the customer, the Composa automated approach creates bespoke and verified analog IP solutions reducing time to market and increasing quality. It also means that Composa can simply regenerate the analog IP solution using the PDK for a customer on a different process technology when needed, for example when switching to a different foundry or shrinking the chip to suit a smaller node. Effectively, the company has created the world’s first, automatically generated, process-agnostic analog IP.

The demand for analog technology is growing every year, and has been estimated to be valued at $83.2 billion in 2022 according to IC Insights’ 2022 McClean Report.

RPI, leading provider in rotary measurement and angular positioning devices, have expanded their metrology product range with the launch of OctoScan, improving productivity by up to 40%.

OctoScan is a highly accurate rotary axis enhancing the measurement capability of portable measurement arms. It enables objects that are larger than the standard reach of the portable arm to be easily and accurately recorded.

This new rotary positioning system provides additional flexibility to the measurement process, minimising errors and increasing accuracy for otherwise difficult to reach areas with an overall increase in measurement volume.

OctoScan is also built with convenience in mind with wireless functionality and highly portable around a production line. It can be integrated with any measurement arm or portable CMM (coordinate-measuring machine).

For example, LK Metrology’s Freedom Arm measuring system, which was demonstrated at Control, had a fully integrated OctoScan via PolyWorks software.

The universally compatible design enables very easy set-up. Additionally, OctoScan has been designed so that parts can be fixed into place in many different ways. Its built-in magnets and multiple threaded fixing holes allow for an element of bespoke fixing.

Octoscan’s high accuracy and portability mean that it is one of the most efficient rotary positioning systems commercially available.

It has been shown that, thanks to its full access to, say, larger parts, and using only a single set up, OctoScan is able to increase overall workplace productivity by up to 40%, whilst also significantly minimising human error and fatigue.

This is due to it eliminating the need for repeat measurements of certain parts that would typically stand outside the measurement range.  Octoscan has a radial and axial runout of 1 micrometer and coning of axis +/- 0.5 arcseconds.

Peter Marchbank, RPI’s Managing Director, said: “The launch of a new line of products is always an interesting time for both us and our customers and with OctoScan, I can already envision how it will influence workflows in many industries.

“The one thing people are going to notice almost immediately is the increased efficiency it brings to the workplace and when considering its increased measurement volume and enhanced accuracy, repeat measurements and human error will become less of a problem.

“Its ergonomic design is allowing it to be moved all over the production line, almost anywhere that it is needed.

“All in all, OctoScan is an extremely promising new addition to our already great product line-up and having already received our first orders follow the launch I am confident it will become a staple of our client’s standard tools in the very near future.”

For more information and access to other products that RPI has on offer, please visit: https://www.rpiuk.com/products/octoscan/

One of the UK’s biggest suppliers of industrial spare parts and proactive maintenance solutions has opened a new site in Germany as part of ongoing expansion.

Established over 40 years, Northern Industrial exports industrial spare parts and repair services to manufacturing and engineering companies across the world. The company’s central operation in Blackburn, UK, holds over £10million in stock, covering over 200,000 parts numbers, sourced from over 1,350 manufacturers.

As well as providing new replacement parts from manufacturers including Control Techniques, Beijer, Allen Bradley, Danfoss and Pixsys, the company specialises in providing obsolete spare parts and repairs solutions primarily for industrial equipment and production lines no-longer supported by OEMs.

The company’s specialist buying department sources and refurbishes obsolete parts from across the world, which are sold via its multilingual website and customer service team, with express distribution worldwide. It also recently launched a new division dedicated to the recovery and refurbishment of semiconductors in response to the global semiconductor shortage.

Exporting to over 146 countries across the world, Northern Industrial provided vital spare parts and repair services to over 4,000 companies in 2021 alone.

Recent years have seen year-on-year escalation in demand for the UK company, which last year celebrated its sixth successive year of growth, with a 20% increase in sales compared to the previous year.

As a global exporter with a multinational team, managing director David Lenehan is regularly called upon as a business commentator for mainstream media, including the BBC, ITN, Sky News, The Times (London) and Bloomberg, on issues ranging from Brexit to Covid.

Opening to help meet ongoing increases in demand, the new site in Herten, north Germany, will aim to eventually equal the UK operation, focussing on servicing customers in the EU, while the UK focusses on the rest of the world, including the Americas from its site in Mexico.

The new German operation is being launched by Matthew Baldwin and Jerome Hoffarth with support from the head office in the UK.

Baldwin, who previously worked for Northern Industrial in Blackburn before moving to Germany three years ago, will manage technical services while Hoffarth manages sales.

Northern Industrial managing director David Lenehan said: “Germany has the largest industrial economy in Europe, which makes it the obvious location to open our first European site outside the UK.

“Our new operations in Germany will help us deliver spare parts that EU customers urgently require as quickly as possible.

“Going forwards, the plan is that Germany will be the central hub for the EU, while our site in Mexico primarily services the Americas, allowing Blackburn to focus on the UK and the rest of the world.

“We are particularly pleased to welcome Matthew Baldwin back to the company and to see him spearhead this new venture alongside new joiner Jerome and we are confident they will be able to build an EU-based operation to rival our existing UK operation.”

On the opening of the German operation, Matthew Baldwin said: “We are immensely proud and excited to be launching Northern Industrial in Germany as a central hub for the European Union.

“A recent global study showed the majority of companies across the world have experienced at least one unplanned period of downtime over the previous three years, costing an average USD260,000 an hour across all businesses.

“The Vanson Bourne global study, sponsored by ServiceMax, from GE Digital, surveyed 450 companies in the UK, US, France and Germany across the manufacturing, medical, oil and gas, energy and utilities, telecoms, distribution, logistics and transport sectors.

“As well as estimating downtime losses to average USD2million per year for 82% of businesses, it also concluded that around 70% of companies lack full awareness of when their equipment is due for maintenance, upgrade or replacement.

“Northern Industrial has been established and is continuing to grow by providing the spare parts and repair services companies worldwide need to avoid costly downtime, and so we are really excited to be launching this operation in Germany to further improve the speed of our spare parts delivery and repairs services for EU customers during stressful breakdown situations, while also providing solutions for preventative maintenance.”

The Fischer family founded Conextivity Group to meet the connectivity challenge posed by the emergence of new cross-functional and scalable ecosystems, from locally interconnected devices and sensors to cloud-managed IoT platforms. The group’s R&D department, which has doubled in size over the last five years, is now strengthening its teams with new expertise, especially in signal integrity engineering, embedded electronics, the cloud and the IoT.

The family-owned technology group is accelerating the development of its two business activities, Fischer Connectors and Wearin’, towards the same entrepreneurial vision. The former is broadening its scope of activity to include electronics and building a production site in Portugal.

Wearin’ is expanding its IoT solution and signing technology partnerships to improve the safety and efficiency of the connected human. In May Wearin was at the heart of a European civil protection exercise to test technologies available to first responders in the event of large-scale disasters.

‘Conextivity’: the family group’s new identity denotes an ambitious entrepreneurial and technological vision, since it refers to the future of connectivity that Fischer Connectors and Wearin’ are cocreating in partnership with their customers. With double-digit annual growth, Conextivity Group is aiming for a billion Swiss francs in revenue within 10 years.

With this vision, summarised by the motto ‘Reimagining Connectivity’, the family-owned company, founded in 1954, is transforming itself from a connector supplier into a full-service partner for high-performance connectivity.

“Connectivity is of crucial importance in our hyper-connected world,” explains Jonathan Brossard, CEO since 2016 and belonging to the 3rd generation of the Fischer family. “When it is as efficient, reliable and innovative as ours, and when it is applicable to extremely demanding operating environments, connectivity plays a critical role. In this respect, our system-level engineering approach and our holistic vision for our industry expresses nothing less than our sense of responsibility: to reimagine connectivity that creates lasting value in the group’s traditional and new markets.”

The connectivity challenge to be met

With its two business activities, Fischer Connectors and Wearin’, Conextivity Group offers a suite of products, solutions and services that span the entire connectivity value chain.

The goal is to meet the challenge posed by the ubiquitous rise of connected devices and sensors. These generate massive and exponential amounts of data and information to support decision making, especially in mission-critical applications as well as in the Internet of Things (IoT). The first technology challenge is to integrate end-to-end connectivity that establishes the physical connection between sensors and communication devices but ensures their need to be interoperable in increasingly demanding environments. There is the challenge of optimizing and harmonizing power and data flows at increasingly high performance and speed, and transmitting these data to the cloud infrastructures that enable them to be processed.

This combination of requirements in terms of performance, reliability, robustness and interoperability applies in particular in the cross-functional and scalable ecosystems found in mission-critical industries such as defence and security, medical, high-precision test and measurement instrumentation, robotics, first responders and wearables for the connected human.