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The OPC Foundation, a global organization dedicated to interoperability in industrial automation, announces the formation of a new working group focused on leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI). This initiative marks a pivotal moment in the convergence of AI and manufacturing, promising to redefine how engineers interact with data and systems to build cutting-edge solutions.

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The third edition of Flanders Flooring Days (FFD) has officially kicked off! This four-day event (May 13-16) is a collaborative initiative among Flemish flooring companies opening their doors to customers or prospects worldwide. Beaulieu International Group (B.I.G.) has been involved since the very beginning of the concept and is indispensable yet again. Moreover, this year, Beaulieu is presenting a unique experience by seizing Flanders Flooring Days as an opportunity to unveil their state-of-the-art Experience Center to the public for the first time.

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Global software developer eschbach, the provider of the Shiftconnector® enterprise manufacturing platform for the process industry, has a module, Shiftconnector® Equipment Hub. Designed for the pharmaceutical industry, the Equipment Hub ensures data integrity, simplifies search and retrieval across logs for audits and inspections, and streamlines compliance reporting.

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Natural daylight supports our circadian rhythm, keeps us alert and productive. This is why humans prefer living and working spaces that are flooded with natural light. However, in a changing climate buildings need also more air-conditioning due to longer and more intense periods of heat. The glass industry offers solutions in the form of highly selective layered systems that make for both high daylight transmission and thermal protection in summer, which reduces the climatic load and the periods of time where shading is required.

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Pluggable system solution helps tackle skills shortages and addresses DC power supply needs

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TwinCAT Machine Learning Creator from Beckhoff is aimed at automation and process experts and adds the automated creation of AI models to the TwinCAT 3 workflow. This allows users to handle the entire process, from data collection to the trained model, for themselves – without any AI expertise of their own. The finished model is optimally adapted to real-time requirements in the control environment in terms of latency and accuracy.

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The FLASH-COMP project – which is using AI to transform quality control in manufacturing – now has an up-and-running data space, which will form the cornerstone of the project’s novel Decision Support System (DSS). By housing databases, applications, and AI algorithms to support decision-making, the data space provides the fuel for the DSS that will eventually empower operators to manage production quality and make operational decisions that ensure products are manufactured right first time.

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European Vending & Coffee Service Association and OPC Foundation start Joint Working Group

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Cloud providers and large manufacturers support the new initiative to enhance

Interoperability within IT and cloud environments leveraging OPC UA

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eschbach, a leading software provider, is excited to announce its participation at the highly anticipated ACHEMA, one of the chemical industry's premier events. The company's cutting-edge software, designed to enhance collaboration for 24/7 shift teams, will be on display at booth D57 in the digital hub, hall 11, offering visitors a hands-on experience of the groundbreaking Industry 5.0 technology.

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