Germany, Nov. 11 -- At the Smart Production Solutions (SPS) trade show, the technology company Siemens is presenting version 21 of its engineering framework Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal). The release is aimed at both machine builders developing innovative machines based on an efficient engineering workflow and discrete manufacturing companies aiming to ensure more powerful and reliable production.The continuous further development of TIA Portal addresses the challenges of industry: ever shorter product lifecycles, increasing variant diversity and a growing shortage of skilled workers requiring flexible, easy-to-use engineering tools that simultaneously guarantee the highest software quality.As an integrated framework, TI...