Research by Claroty shows that 80% of organisations in APAC have been affected by ransomware and over half paid the ransom. [ + ]

The Mt Carbine tungsten mine near Cairns, Australia's only primary tungsten producer, will invest in Australian advanced minerals processing technology. [ + ]

New robot variants are designed to avoid potential contamination and comply with the highest hygiene requirements. [ + ]

ABB has updated ABB Ability Predictive Maintenance for grinding, moving it to a cloud-based platform and enabling new features including a mobile app. [ + ]

Stäubli has launched a software solution that will enable robot programming to be implemented in the future via a PLC. [ + ]

MiR is seeing strong sales from companies within the logistics and consumer packaged goods sectors wanting to optimise and automate their internal transport. [ + ]

APAC will remain largest and fastest-growing market for machine vision systems over the forecast period, says Frost & Sullivan. [ + ]

The Claroty research team has released a custom, generic EtherNet/IP stack detection tool to simplify protocol identification. [ + ]

The application of artificial intelligence in industry is set to accelerate over the next few years. [ + ]

Registrations for processing and packaging trade event AUSPACK 2022, to be held from 17–20 May in Melbourne, are now open. [ + ]

The M-1000iA robot has a 1000 kg payload and a 3253 mm horizontal reach. [ + ]

The HESC project is said to be the first in the world to make, liquefy and transport liquid hydrogen by sea to an international market. [ + ]

Device and application platform services, data analytics and IoT security are among the necessary technologies to avoid unplanned downtime and improve OEE. [ + ]

The new development will deliver an advanced manufacturing Industry 4.0 plant for the precision manufacture of next generation Australian-designed weapon systems. [ + ]

Digital application library now enables sustainability advantages for sugar processing companies. [ + ]