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Winner of the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Apex Awards of Excellence for Best Podcast. Join Executive Editor Theresa Houck for Automation Chat, where she talks with industrial automation leaders, executives, and practitioners for their insights about technologies and trends affecting manufacturing and industrial automation professionals. Published by The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork magazine (http://rok.auto/thejournal). We chat about digital transformation, analytics and information management, networks & security, motion control, motor, drivess & electrical systems, workforce challenges, business challenges, robotics, CPG and food & beverage, and more. And get your family-friendly, silly Joke of the Day.
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Monday Dec 09, 2024
First Look: Automation & Manufacturing News, December 10, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
** Named “Best Podcast” for 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Awards of Publication Excellence.
In this episode’s news report, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck provides updates about:
- 2025 smart manufacturing and mobility trends & predictions, including GM layoffs, Chinese manufacturers relocating and more.
- Endress+Hauser’s TÜV Rheinland IEC 62443-4-1 security standard certification.
- Key leadership changes at Fluke Corp. and Rockwell Automation.
- HMS Networks’ reorganization into three divisions.
- And more.
And as always, get your family-friendly, silly Joke of the Day.
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