The advancement of technologies such as artificial intelligence, computer learning, sensors, and analytics has created a buzz about the potential of smart factories across the manufacturing world.

Smart factories represent an evolution from traditional manufacturing, transforming automated processes into fully digital, interconnected, and adaptive production ecosystems. Leveraging advanced ...

The basics of industrial automation, smart factory, and Industry 4.0. The importance of power and connectivity in smart factories. The outcome of applying the lessons learned. Automation does not a ...

The world’s largest machine manufacturers have tended to build the largest factories, generally designed to produced long runs of standardised machines. Unfortunately, these factories are not designed ...

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- aim Systems, a smart factory solution innovation company, announced on the 9th that it will participate in the "2026 Smart Factory + Automation World ...

For many manufacturers, the path to building a smart factory can be overwhelming. To get started, manufacturers should view digital transformation as a journey that will transform the manufacturing ...

A recent study touts the “smart” factory as a magic bullet that can solve any number of manufacturers’ problems, from low productivity growth to uncompetitive operations. The effort, of course, raises ...

I recently spoke with Chan Pin CHONG, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Products and Solutions at Kulicke & Soffa, about how smart manufacturing is driving new production efficiencies in ...

On October 1, 2021, National Manufacturing Day, Chattanooga celebrated the opening of its first Smart Factory Institute. Peak Performance Inc. is operating the institute in collaboration with the ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. The manufacturing industry is in a state ...

Welcome to the Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered podcast where we connect with industry experts to get the answers you need about industrial automation technologies. I'm David Greenfield ...