New findings from the InfinityQS 2020 Global Client Survey show that there are green shoots of recovery emerging within the manufacturing sector.

• Collaboration to accelerate adoption of continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Next VISION exhibition to take place in 2021
• Yaskawa and Phoenix Contact agree on a partnership for open automation platform
• Virtual training week for engineers
• International flow measurement conference goes virtual
• EU funding for transformational AI-terahertz defect detection technology

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IDEC Corporation had added EtherNet/IP communications to its MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLC to provide more options to integrate the PLCs with many types of I/O systems and intelligent automation devices.

• Machine guarding interlock range gets smarter
• Time of flight of sensors with IO-Link communication
• Flow meter offers stability for demanding hydrogen applications
• Machine safety without SIL
• Vision system with AI defect detection
• Safety interlocks use RFID technology

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• PLCs address malting process reliability issues
• Control system grows with photovoltaic plant
• Sewage treatment plant uses intelligent actuators to automate penstock gates
• Achieving performance improvements with CC-Link IE
• Pharmaceutical supplier opts for innovative hygienic flowmeter
• Malaysian refinery gets maintenance support

When Sfoglia Torino, an Italian manufacturer of pastries, identified a need to speed up production on the line making vol-au-vent cases, it began discussions with a local systems integrator to help it find a suitable solution.