Randy Stott is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of AutomationMesh and President of Stott Publishing Inc. He has more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing and engineering trade publishing, including serving as publisher and editor-in-chief of Gear Technology and Power Transmission Engineering magazines from 2020-2025.
A strong trend in factory design is to place the controls at or near the sensors, cameras, gearboxes, robots and other machines in a line. The idea is that by decentralizing the control mechanism, manufacturers can realize significant cost savings, simplified commissioning and greater ease of maintenance. Read More
AutomationMesh had the opportunity to sit down with Brad Perry, Director of Warehouse & Distribution Sales for Fives Intralogistics Corp., at the recently held MODEX exhibition in Atlanta. Perry explained how Fives has continued to evolve by offering expanded products, services and capabilities outside the core technologies it’s known for. Read More
AutomationMesh sat down with Paul Haikal, Senior Commercial Product Manager at Rockwell Automation, to discuss the latest trends in SCADA, including what manufacturers need to know about the evolving state of manufacturing software in today's age of artificial intelligence and concerns over cybersecurity. Read More