Manufacturing Tecnology — industry

Staying on your toes in the semiconductor industry through collaboration The semiconductor industry is on the rise. It is clear that the demand for chips, and therefore for products and services throughout the industrial chain, is at an unprecedented high. With the increasing computerization of society, the demand for ever more and better chips will only increase. Semiconductors are crucial to the economy. The Netherlands, in particular Brainport but also the cluster around Nijmegen, is clearly in the front row.In our DNAThe Netherlands has long been good at making complicated machines to produce chips. That’s not just because ASML, the...

Industry association takes on e-bill of lading standardisation Boosting take-up of the electronic bill of lading (eBL) through standardisation could save the global shipping industry as much as US$4bn a year, according to the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), which has put out a call to action to the industry to drive adoption. The independent organisation, which was established in 2019 by several of the largest container shipping companies, is embarking on an initiative to develop open source standards for the eBL, including definitions and terminology to facilitate communication among customers, container carriers, regulators, financial institutions and other industry stakeholders....

The Robotics Sector in 2020 and Beyond: Predictions from Industry Gurus A new year (and new decade!) will soon be upon us, which means it is time again for the time-honored ritual of experts and luminaries opining on what the future holds for 2020, and the robotics sector is no different. Robotics Business Review reached out to a number of robotics and intelligent systems industry thought leaders and asked them to provide us with their predictions for the upcoming year and the decade following. In future articles, Robotics Business Review editors will give their thoughts on what is to come in 2020 and...

Cybersecurity industry predictions for 2020 and beyond When it comes to cybersecurity industry predictions for 2020, Optiv researchers expect to see a focus on privacy, evolving threat actors, pervasive deepfake videos, and increased election interference. “As we look beyond 2019 and into 2020, we have a solid idea of what threats the industry is facing, and not just ransomware and phishing attacks, but new, hard-to-combat threats,” said Anthony Diaz, division vice president, emerging services, at Optiv. “As is always the case, us ‘good guys’ are forced play catch up with bad actors, who constantly remain a step ahead. There is much IT and business...