ei3 provides remote access to plant floor equipment for a leading packaging company
With headquarters in Columbus, Wis., and production facilities in five sites, American Packaging Corp. (APC), has been as forward-thinking as any flexible film converter operating today when it comes to connecting machinery, gathering data, and analyzing it in the cloud with its smart services. The business benefits derived from such efforts include real-time visibility into production and […]
LightStay has achieved ‘GSTC-Recognized Standard’ status
LightStay, Hilton’s customized energy management application powered by ei3, tracks, measures, and analyzes utility consumption, predicting hotels’ energy, water, and waste usage, and compares actual consumption against these predictive models. Since its implementation in 2011, LightStay has helped Hilton achieve $1 billion in operating efficiencies. Learn more about Lighstay here >> The article below article […]
Milacron partners with ei3 to add unique AI capabilities to its ‘M-Powered’ IoT solution
CINCINNATI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Milacron Holdings Corp. (NYSE: MCRN), a leading industrial technology company serving the plastics processing industry is announcing triple digit growth since 2017, fueled through innovative products and the digital solution “M-Powered” based on our partnership with ei3. M-Powered offers a full-suite of Industry 4.0 services and predictive functions that uses advanced analytics and AI capabilities to […]
ei3 monitors, manages, and analyzes package printing and converting machines
ei3: Leveraging the Internet to Monitor, Manage, and Analyze Package Printing and Converting Machines Spencer Cramer, CEO of ei3 Corporation, talks about how the company, founded in 1999, leverages the Internet to monitor, manage, and analyze machines. ei3 has partnered with Bobst to serve the package printing and converting industry and now has more than […]
What lies beneath a cyber breach
The manufacturing industry is under attack and machine builders are not immune to the bad actors—known as hackers. All across the U.S., manufacturers are silently struggling with an invisible force that threatens the livelihood of their businesses. This dark entity slips into an organization—often undetected—to steal passwords and intellectual property. Sometimes it demands money in […]
Note to corporate & operations management: Cybersecurity is your responsibility
Note to corporate & operations management: Cybersecurity is your responsibility This guest column was written by Ben Miyares, Packaging World contributing editor “We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind […]
Creating the Digital Future in Brownfield Plants
The biggest hurdle for most manufacturing and processing facilities isn’t accepting the idea that connected devices and systems can improve operations and business performance. It’s the question of how to implement the necessary technologies and procedures within an existing facility populated with systems that pre-date the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 concepts. To […]
ei3 working with machinery companies to commercialize the Internet of Things
Industry 4.0 — aka the internet of things — is all the rage. Even though true Industry 4.0, where every single production machine, and every single factory, is interconnected, is probably decades away if we ever really get there. This month, Best Practices takes you into that world. We’ll take a closer look at a […]
Will OMAC and OPC UA collaboration end the ‘fieldbus wars?’
Machinery buyers, machinery builders, technology suppliers, integrators, consultants, and a number of other stakeholders in the smart packaging and line integration arena gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, this past March at the Microsoft Development Center to attend an OMAC conference called “Smart Packaging Automation with PackML & OPC UA.” OMAC, of course, is the Organization for […]
The industrial internet of plastics
This article was originally published on Plastics Today. Predictions concerning the economic impact of the industrial internet, also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), are simply staggering. One estimate suggests a boost to global GDP by as much as $10-15 trillion over the next 20 years, [Source: The Industrial Internet@Work, General Electric]. The hype behind […]
