May 11, 2026
Smart Manufacturing Week 2026 returns to NEC Birmingham on 3-4 June, placing PLC-based control systems and industrial automation at the centre of the UK's digitalisation and Net Zero agenda.
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drives and controls
industrial automation UK
Industry 4.0
Manufacturing Digitalisation Summit
NEC Birmingham
Net Zero manufacturing
PLC automation
smart factory
Smart Manufacturing Week 2026
supply chain resilience
May 11, 2026
As vehicles evolve into software-defined platforms with over 100 ECUs each, the automotive industry confronts cybersecurity threats that mirror industrial PLC and OT/ICS security challenges.
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automotive cybersecurity
automotive embedded systems
connected vehicle security
ECU security
industrial control systems
ISO SAE 21434
OT ICS security
PLC security
SDV cybersecurity
software-defined vehicles
UNECE WP.29
vehicle attack surface
May 11, 2026
Rockwell & Actemium deploy autonomous AI on PlantPAx DCS to optimize industrial refrigeration, achieving 17% energy savings in frozen food production.
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AI manufacturing
DCS
energy efficiency
food processing
industrial automation
industrial refrigeration
PlantPAx
PLC
Rockwell Automation
May 11, 2026
South Korea's Fescaro secures 70% of JS Automotive, merging cybersecurity software with in-house ECU manufacturing ā a strategic play reshaping the automotive PLC supply chain.
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automotive controllers
automotive cybersecurity
controller supply chain
ECU manufacturing
Fescaro
Hyundai SQ certification
industrial automation
JS Automotive
PLC market
SDV core controller
software-defined vehicle
vertical integration
May 11, 2026
Dinnar opens Silicon Valley HQ, deploying PLC-integrated AI machine vision for reshoring US manufacturers. Over 200 Tier-1 clients including Samsung and CATL.
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AI inspection
closed-loop manufacturing
industrial AI
industrial automation
machine vision
manufacturing reshoring
PLC automation
PLC integration
quality inspection
Silicon Valley manufacturing
May 10, 2026
NN Inc.'s Power Solutions segment grew 27% YoY to $55.4M in Q1 2026, signaling accelerating demand across industrial automation and PLC manufacturing supply chains.
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automation components
factory automation
industrial automation
industrial control systems
NN Inc earnings
PLC manufacturing
PLC market
Power Solutions