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Mitsubishi Electric is growing on a worldwide scale and the Factory Automation division is making a significant contribution to this growth The seamless flow of information between production and management is no longer a dream for the future but a daily reality. Thanks to e-F@ctory, company management can rely on up-to-date and meaningful information. 6 Water industry success story More and more water companies are turning to Mitsubishi for reliability and support. Super fast Ethernet solutions Industrial Ethernet has just taken a paradigm leap forward with a ten-fold increase in communications...

Mitsubishi Electric /// Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric is growing on a worldwide scale and the Factory Automation division is making a significant contribution to this growth. Last year. Factory Automation increased its revenues by 10% to €5.6 billion, accounting for around a quarter of the concern's aggregate turnover of €25.42 billion. At the same time, the division has also been posting double- digit growth in its turnover on the European market.Totalling €235 million, European revenues were 11.9% up on the figures for the previous business year. At the Hannover Messe 2008 trade show...

Improve your information flow to improve your The seamless flow of information between production and management is no longer a dream for the future but daily reality. Thanks to e-F@ctory, company management can rely on up-to-date and meaningful information. This simplifies, improves and speeds up decision making. Transparent factory Manufacturing companies today must survive in the face of tough competition. Customers expect perfect production quality and fast and punctual delivery, all for the lowest possible price. How can one further enhance the efficiency of production processes that are...

Success story /// More and more water companies Reliability and support are major factors for the water industry Water and waste water treatment, like many utilities, are an essential part of everyday life. If they fail they make headline news. Just think of some of the top news stories over the past few years: • A waste water pump station in Scotland fails and lets sewerage spill into the Firth-of-Forth killing marine life and causing a small eco • Flood controls in Europe which were unable to cope with rapidly rising flood water. Reliability, predictability and preventative actions are all...

Open industrial Ethernet Industrial Ethernet has just taken a paradigm leap forward with a ten-fold increase in communications rates to IGbps (gigabit per second) with the release of a new open communication standard, called CC-Link IE (Control and Communication Link Industrial Ethernet), it is the first completely integrated gigabit Ethernet network for industrial automation. Launched by the CLPA, it defines the new threshold for open standards for Industrial Ethernet. CC-Link IE combines the best of many existing technologies and applies them to an optical industrial network system with a redundant...

combating climate change? Some argue that saving energy should be done to save the planet - we agree, but we also say it just makes good business sense. Why use more energy than Much of the drive against global warming is derived from EU Directives and other less formalised initiatives, so a review of the latest developments to come out of Strasburg should suggest what the next At first glance the EU's main weapon against global warming would seem to be paperwork - which is perhaps not so good for protecting our forests. But the value of all these Reports and Directives is of course the information...

New FA center /// Scholarship scheme centers in Eastern Europe Local service and support Mitsubishi Electric supports its customers in all phases of their automation projects. Beside the excellent support by our local service partners, worldwide 16 Factory Automation Centres offer modern facilities for consulting, training and repairs. In addition to the European FA Centers in Germany and the UK, a new center has recently been established in the Czech Republic to support customers there but also in neighboring Slovakia and Hungary. In addition it has a satellite office directly in Poland. In...

Manufacturing Execution Systems Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) track, measure and control critical production status and activities. An MES solution offers a number of benefits and operational facilities including increased traceability, productivity and quality improvement. MES systems can vary greatly in scope and scale from simple work in progress reporting, right through to full end to end manufacturing control and monitoring.The process data gathered is fundamental for management systems such as Enterprise Resource and Planning Systems (ERPs), Product Lifecycle Management (PLMs),...

Intelligent automation reduces integration time A new generation of more powerful automation and production systems are helping companies automate and standardize work processes. These same systems utilize selective IT components that facilitate the collection, storage, analysis, and distribution of information. Technology developments, social changes and new business practices have formed a global, web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of competition in real time, without regard to geographic distance or even language in the near future. In this climate, manufacturers that...

Traditionally, this information has to be obtained across a number of non-compatible hardware platforms, each requiring a level of interfacing or protocol conversion to work with high level business systems. However, now the ¡Q Automation gives you the tools to integrate your business to whatever level and whatever function you need to maximise efficiency and minimise costs. The ¡Q Automation strategy revolves around the System Q Automation Platform along with powerful extensions and option modules, which have been designed to sit at the heart of a control system or manufacturing process creating...