Mitsubishi Electric has announced a new 42.5 billion yen ($297 million) investment for the construction of a second factory automation (FA) control-system production building in Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture. The second building, part of the company’s Nagoya Works campus, will increase the total investment in the project to 55.5 billion yen. The plan for this second production facility follows the […]
The logistics industry has been facing significant challenges, including labor shortages. To address this issue, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan has been working to support the development and introduction of automated delivery robots in society. With the recent revision of the Road Traffic Act, these robots are allowed to operate on public roads starting April […]
Fujitsu and Toridoll said that the deployment of Fujitsu’s AI demand forecast service at 823 Marugame Udon noodle shops in Japan, operated by Toridoll. The service will enable Toridoll to accurately forecast the customer numbers and sales by day and time for each shop, based on weather data and POS data held by Toridoll. Fujitsu will help digitally transform operations […]
FANUC CORPORATION is pleased to announce the construction of a new factory for ROBONANO. The existing ROBONANO factories (two buildings) will be combined, and shall be replaced by the new factory. The new factory will enhance production of the ROBONANO for turning, which is a new addition to the lineup of the current ROBONANO for machining. Overview of New ROBONANO […]
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the release of FAST/TOOLS R10.04, the latest version of its renowned real-time operations management and visualization software, and will release it for sale on April 18 as part of its OpreX™ Control and Safety System family. A highly flexible and scalable supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) solution suitable for use in everything from […]
