COMPANY NEWS: Close to 10 years ago, Siemens introduced asymmetric cryptography into the integrated security architecture of its TIA Portal v12 and SIMATIC S7-1200/1500 PLC CPU firmware families. This ...

In recent times, process industries such as chemical manufacturing are facing many of the same challenges as those in the discrete manufacturing space. Increasingly stringent competitive pressures ...

At Automate, Siemens announced a new workstation designed to manage numerous hardware control points throughout the factory. Siemens SIMATIC Automation Workstation was designed let manufacturers ...

There’s been an ongoing outcry in the global manufacturing community for more seamless, less proprietary-oriented robot implementation. Universal Robots (UR), a collaborative robot manufacturer, has ...

The Siemens Simatic Robot Simulator enables the simulation of robot applications based on the Simatic Robot Library with minimal training effort. Early analyses of cycle times, singularities and ...

LAS VEGAS --A security researcher has uncovered a slew of vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control systems, including a hard-coded password, that would let attackers reprogram the systems with ...

ODENSE, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Siemens, Universal Robots (UR), and Zivid have joined forces to create a groundbreaking solution that streamlines warehouse automation and solves the persistent ...

GaN Systems, a leader in GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, has announced that Siemens is integrating part of its Simatic Micro-Drive product line with GaN Systems power semiconductors. "The ...

A sophisticated new piece of malware that targets command-and-control software installed in critical infrastructures uses a known default password that the software maker hard-coded into its system.

This class provides a brief description of the different varieties of SIMATIC PLCs and a more in-depth overview of Modular PLCs in particular.