Grant Gerke

Digital Managing Editor, Automation World
Grupo Modelo’s Nava Brewery upped production in a flat market by updating its industrial network
Improved Network Enables Higher-Volume Beer Production, Packaging Lines
Grupo Modelo’s Nava Brewery, now owned by Constellation Brands, updated the industrial network to include three separate industrial plant networks for brewing, packaging, and utilities.
Oct 15th, 2019
The valve terminal platform resides entirely in the control cabinets and allows Boehringer Ingelheim to position it outside of the API reactor rooms.
R&D Center Finds Room for Condition Monitoring
A compact automation offering allows Boehringer Ingelheim to bring condition monitoring into the mix of active pharmaceutical ingredient production at its new R&D center.
May 8th, 2017
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Pack Expo 2012: IVAC Cylinder Line Reduces Energy Costs
Automation World visited Norgren's booth at the Pack Expo 2012 show, where the company was showing its IVAC Cleanline and industrial cylinders.
Nov 30th, 2012
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Precision Motion Using Pneumatic Actuators
Enfield Technologies introduces its pneumatic actuators for precise motion control at it booth. The concept allows for pneumatic actuators to work like electric drives while suporting high loads and reducing machine footprint.
Nov 23rd, 2012
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Custom automation via Mechatronics at Work
Bosch Rexroth's demos its custom Mechatronics @ Work technology, focusing on IndraDrive Mi integrated motor-drive system and its new Omega Linear Module OBB.
Oct 30th, 2012
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Bionic handling system with adaptive fingers
Festo demonstrates the company's bionic handling system technology, which consists of three basic elements for spatial movement: hand axis and a gripper with adaptive fingers.
Oct 29th, 2012
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Lenze Americas unveils assembly and logistics center
Lenze Americas, a global manufacturer of electrical and mechanical drives, motion control and automation technologies, officially debuts its 100,000 square foot assembly and logistics facility in Glendale Heights (outside of Chicago), to the business press.
Oct 4th, 2012
Chuck Edwards, President, Lenze Americas and Gene Wood, dir. of operations, Lenze Americas, appear at the ribbon cutting for the grand opening of its new Chicagoland facility.
Lenze Americas unveils assembly and logistics center
Lenze Americas, a global manufacturer of electrical and mechanical drives, motion control and automation technologies, officially debuts its 100,000 square foot assembly and logistics facility in Glendale Heights (outside of Chicago), to the business press.
Oct 4th, 2012
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Top five presentations at The Automation Conference
Plant security, Industrial Ethernet Protocol speeds, rapid robotic changeover in food plants and SCADA migration projects were just some of the topics covered at The Automation Conference held in Chicago last May.
Aug 22nd, 2012
Keynote: Sid Venkatesh, associate technical fellow, Boeing
Discrete, Process Automation and Packaging Come Together at The Automation Conference
The first annual Automation Conference, bringing together process, discrete and packaging professionals in one conference, kicked off this morning with keynotes speakers from Boeing and ExxonMobil. The conference runs from May 22-23 in Chicago, IL.
May 23rd, 2012
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主题问答:更好的食品安全及其成本
At the first day of the Automation Conference, David Acheson, managing director, Leavitt Partners, receives a question about how much cost may be passed along to consumers due to the recent Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements for food manufacturers. (Approximate Time - 2:34).
May 23rd, 2012
Lloyd Ferguson, Managing Partner, provides a check to Purdue Calumet University.
Summit Media Group Establishes David A. Harvey Memorial Scholarship
The Summit Media Group announces the establishment of an educational scholarship in memory of the founding publisher of Automation World magazine at the inaugural Automation Conference event (www.myenum.com/tac2012); the 2012 recipient is the Purdue Calumet University School of Technology.
May 23rd, 2012
Simon Nance, Manager of Training and Development, STIHL Inc.
Keynotes Hit a High Note with Automation Conference Attendees
The Automation Conference's (www.automationworld/tac2012) second day keynotes touched on automation standards, holistic manufacturing training and an update from Dr. Bryan Griffen on Nestle's continued focus on packaging automation and PackML developments.
May 23rd, 2012