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- Original B&R vs Beckhoff: Choosing a Machine Control Platform A practical, engineer-level comparison of two of the strongest machine-control ecosystems — written for OEMs, systems integrators, and plant controls teams deciding what to standardize on. Jul 2026
- News & trends Industrial Automation Themes to Watch in 2026 Not a press-release roundup — a controls-engineering view of the themes actually showing up in US plant and OEM conversations. Jun 2026
- News & trends Why PC-Based Control Keeps Gaining Ground IPC controllers are not a fad. They are a response to machines that need more software, more axes, and more integration than a fixed controller SKU comfortably holds. May 2026
- News & trends OT Cybersecurity Moves from Policy to Plant Floor Security questionnaires are arriving before purchase orders. Controls projects that ignore network design are getting stuck in review. Apr 2026
- News & trends Edge AI and Machine Vision on the Production Line Vision and on-machine inference are useful when they close a control or quality loop. They are expensive theater when they only generate dashboards nobody trusts. Mar 2026
- Investments US Manufacturing Automation: Where Capital Attention Is Going Capital is not evenly distributed. Understanding where manufacturers are concentrating automation spend helps OEMs and plants prioritize the right projects. Jun 2026
- Investments Industrial Software Platforms and the Capital Behind Them Software platforms keep attracting strategic capital because recurring value in operations is sticky — if the data and controls underneath are real. May 2026
- Investments Robotics and Flexible Automation: Signals for OEMs and Plants Robotics capital narratives are loud. The quieter story is integration: cells that ship, communicate, and stay maintainable. Apr 2026