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Smart Contracts: What Are They and What Opportunities Do They Offer?

What is the role of smart contracts in industry? In the era of the Smart Factory and Industry 4.0, digital security is a primary challenge. Today's industrial control systems often encounter a variety of issues that put production data and instructions at risk.

Horizon Europe 2021-2027, European Fund for Innovative Enterprises

Invest to shape the future. This is the vision of Horizon Europe, the European framework program to support research and innovation. In this article we go over what it is about, the goals of the program, and how to access funding.

HIDRAWIFI: ESA Industrial Access Points

In the smart factory, where production is based on IoT systems, connectivity becomes a priority. This requires reliable technology that guarantees the continuity and security of the network.

The Importance of IoT in the Energy Crisis

Energy management has been a hot topic for years, but today more than ever it’s clear that we are facing a global energy crisis. The conflict in Ukraine has highlighted how dependent the world is on this resource and how vulnerable the energy supply network is.

Transition 4.0: What Changes in 2023

What are the changes in the Transition 4.0 national plan starting from January 2023? Here's everything we know about the bonuses for investments in technological and digital transformation.

The new generation of ESA I/O

ESA presents the update and expansion of its EW620 distributed I/O devices and EW610/ComRIO compact I/O devices, designed in Industry 4.0 key. With their advanced features, they meet the latest needs in industrial automation, robotics, factory production, and packaging and handling.

Digital Twin in Industry 4.0

The industrial transformation underway is supported by new technologies on which companies base their smart manufacturing strategies. Among these, digital twins have gained increasing momentum, especially in recent years, in correlation to the metaverse.

IoT, the Perspectives for 2023

As the foundation of Industry 4.0, for years, the IoT has been the driving force of innovation in the industrial sector and beyond. From security to machine learning, in this article we analyze IoT market perspectives and forecasts for 2023.

Kreo SVG Converter: New ESA Web Graphic Tool

Kreo SVG Converter represents a new frontier of customization and autonomy of user interface. Coming soon, the web-based utility is ESA’s answer to our customers’ need to create and use original graphic objects in total freedom.

SPS Nuremberg 2022: ESA at the Annual Industrial Automation Fair

SPS Nuremberg 2022 ends with positive results. The first live edition after the pandemic records almost 44,000 visitors who met the approximately 1,000 exhibitors present. Like every year, ESA also took part in this tour by presenting some of the latest industrial automation solutions.