Driven by Global Government Initiatives: A Surge in Public Charging Piles Expected—16 Million by 2026, Tripling 2023 Figures, Says TrendForce

 TrendForce anticipates that by 2026, the global tally of public charging stations will soar to 16 million, marking an impressive threefold increase from 2023 figures. As this unfolds, the global ownership of NEVs—which includes both PHEVs and BEVs—will surge to 96 million. This sets the vehicle-to-charger ratio at 6:1, a significant drop from the 10:1 ratio […]

Pitfalls in the Conversion of Regular Factories into Smart Factories Seen in Data

SOURCE: Murata Manufacturing Blog Post What Is a Smart Factory? A smart factory is a factory that achieves operational process improvements, higher quality, and lower costs based on digital data by connecting processes from design to development, manufacturing, and maintenance in a network. In the manufacturing industry, it refers to automating various processes in a […]

Red Hat Collaborates with Intel to Deliver Open Source Industrial Automation to the Manufacturing Shop Floor

RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a new industrial edge platform, designed in collaboration with Intel, that will provide a modern approach to building and operating industrial controls. By transforming the way manufacturers operate, scale and innovate with standard IT technologies delivered to the plant floor […]

On Site With SMarTsol’s Ivan Romo – An EMS@C-Level Special

Who knows more about the EMS industry industry in Mexico than SMarTsol founder and director Ivan Romo? I can’t think of anyone, and that’s why I was excited to have lunch with Ivan and chat with him and other members of the SMarTsol Technologies leadership team. Ivan and I started by talking about the big […]