ARCwire Industry News

Schlumberger is bringing flare and process simulation software together to create an all-inclusive software package for flare system analysis.

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced Lumada Manufacturing Insights, a suite of industrial IoT solutions that empower the manufacturing industry to achieve transformative outcomes from data-driven insights.

Baker Hughes, a GE company and C3.ai announced the launch of BHC3 Reliability, the first artificial intelligence (AI) software application developed by the BakerHughesC3.ai joint venture.

Awareness of the cybersecurity risks to industrial systems has increased significantly in recent years in response to several widely reported incidents.  It is now generally accepted that either a targeted or non-targeted attack could trigger serious consequences, even with cybersecurity profiles.

At the recent ARC India Forum, “Driving Digital Transformation in Industry and Cities,” Mitsubishi Electric participated as a Global Sponsor.  This provided the company with an ideal opportunity to showcase its offerings and expertise in artificial intelligence in manufacturing.  

Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and OMRON Corporation have agreed to conduct joint field trials using 5G at their plants and other production sites.  As part of the trial, Nokia will provide the enabling 5G technology and OMRON the factory automation equipment, while NTT DOCOMO will run the 5G trial.

Release 2.0 of StarlingX, a hardened platform that integrates OpenStack and Kubernetes, is now available.  StarlingX 2.0 leverages further building blocks to build open infrastructure and provide flexibility, robustness and support for mixed workloads.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it will release the FR-E800 series power inverters, with a range of 44 new models, on December 9.  

GE Digital announced the general availability of Plant Applications 8.0, a multi-modal Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the signing of an agreement with UK-based RAP International Ltd. (RAP) for Yokogawa to acquire all shares of the company and make RAP a wholly-owned subsidiary.