Automation Chat

In this episode, The Journal’s Digital Editor Maggie MacHale brings the written word to life by reading the article, “5 Strategies to Strengthen Industrial Cybersecurity.” It’s written by Kamil Karmali, Senior Global Commercial Manager of Cybersecurity Services at Rockwell Automation.  You’ll learn how a three-phase protection strategy and mandatory regulatory reporting requirements can help safeg...

In this episode’s news roundup, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck reports on issues affecting manufacturers and producers every day, including: The low percentage of risk management leaders who successfully balance data security & business goals. Projected source of most AI data breaches. Large percentage of manufacturing OT devices already vulnerable to ransomware. Projected market...

** Named “Best Podcast” 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Award of Publication Excellence. In this exclusive episode of our “Automation Chat” podcast from the show floor at Automation Fair 2024 , The Journal’s Managing Editor Amanda Joshi chats with Max Davitt, Regional Sales Manager with LinMot USA, about the company’s linear motors, linear rotary motors and other linear systems. Learn how its...

In this episode, The Journal’s Digital Editor Maggie MacHale brings the written word to life by reading the article, “How Kimberly-Clark’s DCS Upgrade Eased Scalability.” It’s written by David Greenfield, Editor in Chief of our sister publication Automation World and Contributing Editor to The Journal.  You’ll learn how a unified control system helped this global consumer packaged goods company in...

** Named “Best Podcast” 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Award of Publication Excellence. In this episode, Executive Editor Theresa Houck chats with Anthony Murphy, Vice President of Product Management at Plex, by Rockwell Automation, about: How manufacturing is evolving. Plex Connected Worker solutions with step-by-step guidance while automating low-value tasks. How workers use it. How it help...

In this February 2025 news alert, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck reports on issues affecting manufacturers and producers every day, including: Looming 25% tariffs on semiconductors, automotive and pharmaceuticals. Food manufacturing industry trends. The most in-demand manufacturing jobs of 2025. Projected market growth for PLCs and servo motors & drives. Scholarships for students...

** Named “Best Podcast” 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Award of Publication Excellence. Digitization is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, and advanced technologies are helping manufacturers create a connected environment to increase efficiency and mitigate the skilled worker shortage. In this insightful episode, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck discusses 8 important industria...

** Named “Best Podcast” 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Award of Publication Excellence. In this episode, Executive Editor Theresa Houck chats with Griffin Hodnett, Product Manager of Automation at Mettler-Toledo, about the company’s IND360 MultiACM weight indicators for automated tank/vessel weighing. You’ll learn how these weight indicators are designed for easy integration into automation s...

In this exclusive episode of our “Automation Chat” podcast from the Automation Fair 2024 show floor, The Journal’s Managing Editor Amanda Joshi talks with Mike Wurster, Director of Strategic Alliances and Dave Ulmer, Channel Support Engineer at Stratus Technologies. Learn about the company’s ztC Edge, a secure, zero-touch, DIN-rail mountable edge-computing platform with built-in virtualization and...

** Named “Best Podcast” 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Award of Publication Excellence. In this episode, Executive Editor Theresa Houck tells you what topics we’re covering in the next edition of The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork magazine — our February 2024 issue. Our print magazine mails February 25, and our digital issue launches February 27. Learn about upcoming...

In this special episode of our “Automation Chat” podcast from the Automation Fair 2024 expo floor, The Journal’s Managing Editor Amanda Joshi talks with Garrett Edwards, Director of Product Management and Marketing at Spectrum Controls. Learn about the company’s Universal Industrial Gateway with 12 protocols, a single-box solution for multidevice/multiprotocol systems that’s now ODVA compliant, me...

** Named “Best Podcast” for 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Awards of Publication Excellence. In our January 2025 news report, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck’s updates include Rockwell Automation’s smart water technology award, a major U.S. Dept. of Energy grants for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, and some new product announcements. Other topics include: ODVA-Certified Pa...

In this exclusive episode of our “Automation Chat” podcast from the Automation Fair 2024 show floor, The Journal’s Managing Editor Amanda Joshi talks with Greg Jackson, Chief Operating Officer and John Oskin, Senior Vice President with SmartSights. You’ll learn about the company’s Peer issue-management accelerator for real-time intelligent alarms, alerts and engineer-to-operator collaboration for...

** Named “Best Podcast” 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Award of Publication Excellence. In this special episode of our “Automation Chat” podcast from the expo floor at Automation Fair 2024 , The Journal’s Managing Editor Amanda Joshi talks with Endress+Hauser’s Jason Pennington, Director of Digital Solutions and Keith Riley, Product Marketing Manager of Level+Pressure, about the company’s new...

In this episode of our “Automation Chat” podcast from the show floor at Automation Fair 2024 , The Journal’s Managing Editor Amanda Joshi has an exclusive interview with Sumant Vashisht, Product Solutions Manager, Hammond Power Solutions (HPS).  Learn about the HPS Smart Transformer that incorporates an HPS low or medium voltage transformer with a pre-installed IIoT-connected power meter. It enhan...

In this special episode of our “Automation Chat” podcast from the expo floor at Automation Fair 2024 , The Journal’s Managing Editor Amanda Joshi chats with Justin Stewart from Advanced Micro Controls Inc. (AMCI) about the company’s motion control technology, now with CIP Sync that allows for precise time synchronization between multiple devices on an EtherNet/IP network. This enables coordinated...

This is a special encore presentation of our #1 most popular episode of 2024 in our “best of” series! Manufacturing is now the #1 target for hackers. Smart, connected devices on the plant floor are high-value cyberattack targets because of the intellectual property they contain — and just one day of downtime can cost millions. In this episode, Executive Editor Theresa Houck talks with Richard Spri...

** Named “Best Podcast” for 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Awards of Publication Excellence. In our bonus news report this month, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck’s updates include life sciences market trends as well as new products announcements. Some of this episode’s topics include: Fortinet’s new innovation hub in Chicago. Integration of the Rockwell Automation NVIDIA Omnivers...

** Named “Best Podcast” for 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Awards of Publication Excellence. In this episode’s news report, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck provides updates about: 2025 smart manufacturing and mobility trends & predictions, including GM layoffs, Chinese manufacturers relocating and more. Endress+Hauser’s TÜV Rheinland IEC 62443-4-1 security standard certificat...

This is a special encore presentation of our #2 most popular episode of 2024 in our “best of” series! In this episode of our “Automation Chat” podcast from The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork magazine, Executive Editor Theresa Houck chats with Dave Kang, Advisory Solutions Architect at Dragos and Kamil Karmali, Senior Global Commercial Manager, Cybersecurity Services at Roc...

This is a special encore presentation of our #3 most popular episode of 2024! As advancements in cybersecurity have improved detection and response capabilities, managing the immense amounts of data required by AI-based cyber solutions remains a challenge. So, in this episode, we chat about how edge computing can enhance cybersecurity. Executive Editor Theresa Houck is joined by Valerie Schneider,...

** Named “Best Podcast” for 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Awards of Publication Excellence. In this episode’s news report, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck reports updates about: The global industrial control & automation market’s 5-year forecast A key update to Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk PharmaSuite software. SME’s “Ready to Hire” program providing trained workers. Drag...

** Named Best Podcast 3 Consecutive Years! 2022-2024 Apex Awards of Publication Excellence. We’re thrilled to bring you this special crossover episode, “MFG Day: Getting Young People Involved in Manufacturing,” from our sister publication, IndustryWeek and its podcast, “ Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast ” and bi-weekly livestream video series “ Product Pulse .” It’s an excellent panel discu...

** 3 Consecutive Awards for Best Podcast, 2022 - 2024 APEX Awards of Publication Excellence. In this episode, The Journal’s Digital Editor Maggie MacHale brings the written word to life by reading the article, “Tips for Complying with the NIS2 Compliance Framework.” It’s written by Meghna Subramani, Commercial Product Manager, Network & Cybersecurity, and Andreu Cuartiella, Lifecycle Services...

In this episode, The Journal’s Executive Editor Theresa Houck brings the written word to life by reading the article, “How to Perform Wire Insulation-Resistance Testing for Industrial Motors,” from Fluke Corp. It provides guidelines for the process of testing insulation resistance to help make sure equipment runs smoothly and explains how insulation resistance testing can be crucial to a preventiv...