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Join Us at Pack Expo International October 18-21!

Pack Expo International is back in Chicago October 18-21, and PDA & Krones are bringing its Lifecycle Service, Digitalization, and newest line innovations to Booth S-2536 in the South Hall....

For the Fourth Year in a Row PDA Named One of the “Best Places to Work” in PA

Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business have once again named Process & Data Automation (PDA) as one of the Best Places to Work in PA — marking the...

One Platform or Best of Breed? Modern Industrial Software Makes Room for Both

Manufacturers face an increasingly interesting question when modernizing their software environments: Should more functionality be consolidated into a common platform, or should specialized applications be selected for individual needs? Increasingly,...

Ctrl+Alt+Mfg Ep. 21: The Business Behind Automation, with Jeremy Anderson of Process and Data Automation

Jeremy Anderson of Process and Data Automation discusses his journey from field service technician to president and why successful automation requires more than technology, including strong processes, risk management and...

Control Global Features PDA’s Approach to Sustainable Operations

Control magazine’s July sustainability issue features PDA president Jeremy Anderson discussing how sustainability goals are reshaping process control work. The article covers how automation and data analytics help manufacturers cut...

PDA in AutomationWorld – Beyond Convergence: Designing Industrial Software That People Already Know How to Use

Operators shouldn’t have to relearn software every time they switch screens. That’s the problem with a lot of industrial applications. SCADA looks one way. Production reporting looks another. Quality has...

From Plant Floor to Top Floor: PDA Featured in Control Design

President Jeremy Anderson spoke with Control Design about how PDA connects plant floor data to the business systems above it. Highlights below. Data with context PDA’s most innovative work links...

Tune in to hear from our President, Jeremy Anderson, on the CSIA Podcast!

Jeremy recently sat down with the Control System Integrators Association to talk about PDA’s journey – from a home office in Erie in 2002 to becoming KRONES Group’s digitalization arm...

How real-time AI is transforming beverage supply chains

The beverage industry is facing a paradigm shift: Instead of relying on retrospective dashboards, leading companies are embracing digital twins – AI-supported, dynamic representations of the supply chain. This technology...

The Convergence of IT and SCADA: A New Model for Industrial Automation Development

For decades, industrial control systems and enterprise software evolved along separate paths. Control systems prioritized reliability and stability; enterprise software prioritized speed, iteration, and scalability. Today, those worlds are beginning...