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How to Optimize Manufacturing Capacity

Use of virtual manufacturing networks has potential to lead to greater agility and resilience in the long run.
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Digital Twin Builds Better Robots

With digital twin technology, engineers can develop, deploy and monitor robots in manufacturing and warehouse applications.

Report: Cybersecurity Professionals Plan AI Adoption in Manufacturing

August 29, 2025 · Report collects insights from 1,500-plus manufacturing leaders across 17 of the top manufacturing countries

Rockwell Automation Showcases Emulate3D Factory Test

March 17, 2025 · Enterprise-scale digital twins unlock possibilities for virtual controls testing.

NVIDIA and Rockwell Partner to Develop Autonomous Mobile Robots

June 6, 2024 · he collaboration is now expanding to involve robotics, helping drive the use of AI in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), according to NVIDIA.

How to Optimize Manufacturing Capacity

April 6, 2023 · Use of virtual manufacturing networks has potential to lead to greater agility and resilience in the long run.

Rockwell Automation Buys Knowledge Lens

April 4, 2023 · Knowledge Lens is a services and solutions provider that delivers actionable business insights from enterprise data

Digital Twin Builds Better Robots

March 9, 2023 · With digital twin technology, engineers can develop, deploy and monitor robots in manufacturing and warehouse applications.

Editor’s Picks: October 13-19, 2022

October 21, 2022 · One of the picks will be chosen as DE’s Editor’s Pick of the Week.

Rockwell Automation Launches FactoryTalk Design Hub 

October 14, 2022 · New offering uses five core solutions as it merges improved collaboration and productivity for design teams.

Industry 4.0 Responds to the Pandemic

December 1, 2021 · More organizations turn to digital twins and centralized workflows to address supply chain challenges.

Preparing for the Next Mega Disruptor

December 1, 2021 · Pandemic pushes manufacturing toward digital twins and the cloud.

Ansys and Rockwell Automation Optimize Industrial Operations

September 21, 2021 · Rockwell Automation's latest release of Studio 5000 Simulation Interface now connects to Ansys Twin Builder.

Microsoft, Rockwell Automation Bridge Design and Maintenance

October 6, 2020 · Edge-to-cloud solutions will connect development, operations and maintenance teams in a single data environment.

PTC Extends Alliances with Rockwell Automation and Microsoft

June 12, 2020 · Goal is to atccelerate value of digital transformation for manufacturers.

Rockwell Automation and ANSYS Set up Strategic Partnership

November 21, 2019 · Companies that target industrial automation and simulation help customers realize better business outcomes through simulation-based digital twins.

Designing Machines in the Age of the IIoT

October 1, 2019 · To design equipment for the new digital age, engineers are reinventing the product design process.

AR Takes Center Stage at PTC 2019 LiveWorx

June 12, 2019 · PTC announced new tools and alliances to boost adoption of AR to transform the industrial enterprise.

Connecting the Thread: Digital Twins

February 1, 2019 · A factory floor digital twin can deliver insights to design engineers, but it takes some legwork to create a closed-loop workflow between manufacturing and engineering.

PTC Partners to Advance Pace of Innovation

June 20, 2018 · PTC's Jim Heppelmann made a series of announcements, led by partnerships with ANSYS and Microsoft, that are designed to advance PTC’s transformation.

PTC and Rockwell Automation Set Up Partnership

June 12, 2018 · As part of the partnership, Rockwell Automation will make a $1 billion equity investment in PTC.

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