Polytron Receives Back-to-Back Top Workplace Honors
I am so proud to announce that, for the second consecutive year, Polytron has been identified as a 2025 Top ...
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Is Your Plant’s Infrastructure Ready for Modernization?
For many manufacturers, modernization promises greater efficiency, data-driven insights, and improved ...
Mitigating Automation Technology Risks
Operating legacy technology beyond end of life (EOL) is a common choice for manufacturers; but selecting ...
Staying Ahead of New and Evolving Ingredient Regulations
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent announcement regarding plans to phase out certain ...
Polytron and KCF Technologies Collaborate to Deliver Innovative Machine Health Monitoring Solutions
Polytron is excited to announce a strategic relationship with KCF Technologies, a leading provider of ...
Every Worker Has the Right to Go Home Safe and Healthy Everyday
If you are a bottom-line type of person, you should know that your business’ greatest asset is its employees, ...
Your Guide to Justifying an Obsolete Technology Upgrade
When technology goes beyond its useful life cycle, it becomes a business risk for a multitude of reasons ...
4 Surprising Benefits of Predictive Maintenance in Manufacturing
Predictive maintenance (PdM) is revolutionizing manufacturing and is best known and sought out for benefits ...
Ensure Project Success with Proactive Start-Up Planning
While start-up and commissioning may be the final phases of executing a manufacturing project, these critical ...
Mitigating Manufacturing Project Risk with 3D Modeling
Whether you’re upgrading aging equipment or adding a new line to keep up with demand, we know you can’t ...
Polytron Named Seventh on Atlanta Top Work Places List
I am so proud to announce that Polytron has been named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s 2024 Top Work ...
Managing Obsolescence by Capitalizing on Planned Downtime
Unless you’re operating a new plant, chances are you’re running a variety of PLCs, VFDs, DCSs, and HMIs that ...
Best Practice for a Successful MES Strategy Part 4: Achieving Results
In the first three parts of this series, we covered the following key parts of developing a successful MES ...
Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 3: Identifying a Trusted Digital Transformation Partner
Multiple surveys have shown that roughly 80 percent of MES-type projects fail to move forward past the ...
Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 2: Proper Planning for Implementation
You’ve taken the time to review and understand the business challenges you’re facing, and how, at a high ...
Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 1: Understanding Your Business Drivers
You need to push production to get more out of your existing assets. To do this, you’ve tried to optimize ...
Polytron Awarded 2024 System Integrator of the Year
“Being recognized and receiving this award is significant. It is tangible representation that our core values ...
Improving Efficiency Through Algorithmic Production Scheduling
Beginning in 2017, food and beverage manufacturer Farmer Brothers began its shift to Industry 4.0 by ...
Is Ethernet Deterministic? Does It Matter?
Networks are a great modern convenience, and understanding them can be very important for engineers and ...
Choosing the Right Safety Devices
In this article for Automation World, Polytron's machine safety services manager, Travis Holley, joins other ...
Four Examples of Evolved Industrial Control Room
Programmable control systems such as PLC and DCS systems have been around for 50+ years with improvements ...