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By Jim Reichert, Vice President of Sales at Rittal Corporation Building the largest fully automated parking garage in California would seem quite an accomplishment for any developer, but AutoParkit wanted its contribution to easing parking congestion to last longer than the headlines about its “adaptive reuse” technology.

Siemens will become a strategic partner of GSK in manufacturing automation and thus the preferred automation supplier for GSK production and R&D sites worldwide.

The plant will assemble Variable Speed Drive Custom Panels, Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS), and Auxiliary Power Systems (APS).

The three types of processes in the automation industry are self-regulating, integrating, and runaway.

PTC ASIA, CeMAT ASIA, ComVac ASIA, and Industrial Supply ASIA will be held October 27–30 in Shanghai.

Governing Board officers serve two-year terms and ensure adherence to annual plans and budgets.

Distributed control systems (DCS) held the highest market share accounting for $22.26 billion in 2015 and is expected to maintain a stable growth during the forecast period.

A documenting process calibrator can be used for configuring and calibrating field devices, measuring field inputs and automating calibration procedures.

Rapid growth in automation demands, coupled with reduction of duties on refurbished goods in Asia Pacific region has fueled the growth of this market.

North American sales of machine vision systems and components grew 16% to $1.2 billion in the first half of 2015, the market’s highest first half total in history

The FUTEK USB520 answers today’s challenge in industrial test and measurement environments for an all-in-one USB data-acquisition component for encoder, switchable profiles, multiple input options and added application compatibilities.

The 133,0000 sq. ft. facility will consolidate warehouse and office space to strengthen product development and testing and provide a central hub for North American operations.

Interactive, online configurator for signal conditioners and measuring transducers makes it easy to find suitable products for a wide range of applications.

Once installed, the updated DCS will manage the processing plant’s production of 90 million cubic meters of rich gas a day. It also includes two test systems and three process simulators.

On October 29, 2015, Tibbo will participate in "Conference. Expo. Meetup", Russia's most important event devoted entirely to the Internet of Everything technologies and the Internet of Things market.

Non-Volatile Dual In-Line Memory Module (NVDIMM) Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 – 2020

The photonic sensors and detectors technology has now been renowned as a technology that impacts and strengthens a whole host of industrial sectors, from security to healthcare, from telecommunications to manufacturing, from the environment to the energy, and from biotechnology to the aerospace

Standells shocked! Harpoon Brewery and Desalitech will treat and brew 300 gallons of water from the dirty Charles River to create a limited edition beer — Charles River Pale Ale.

Progea's upcoming webcast titled The Benefits of OPC – UA for Automation will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:00 am Central Time. Take this opportunity to hear from guest speakers Thomas J. Burke of the OPC Foundation and Costantino Pipero of Beeond.

Progea takes pride in being a collaborative partner that creates cost-effective automation solutions based on customer needs. System integrators and end users can be assured professional support during the development process, as well as after deployment.

New version of EDSA and SSA certification requirements to become effective 1 February 2016.

Power and automation expert Husain, currently ABB’s managing director in India, to become CTO by start of 2016

For control loop tuning, the first settings that must be right are the controller and valve actions. If these actions are not right, nothing else matters.

By Stahlin All enclosure materials ---- stainless steel, polycarbonate and FRP --- will provide protection in a variety of applications. It is critical to evaluate the environmental factors of the application where the enclosure will be used.

By Thomas R. Cutler A successful roll out of automated equipment does not remove or reduce audit requirements for the associated processes. Whether the audit requirement is sourced from industrial standards, or government regulatory compliance, or contractual obligations to an OEM or required by internally mandated safety or quality initiatives, running multiple audit and inspection programs is unavoidable.

Wesupply provides a fully managed and outsourced electronic business-to-business integration service, using an approach that maximizes supply chain collaboration between independent organizations.

Schneider Electric Software installed Avantis PRiSM predictive asset analytics software at EDF Group’s Norte Fluminense power generation plant.

North America is the largest market for membrane bioreactor system followed by Europe and Asia Pacific. The U.S. is the largest market for membrane bioreactor in North America mainly attributed to the high share of sludge treatment plant and manufacturing industries of this region.

The market for air compressor controllers globally is forecast to reach US$ 5.44 Bn by 2022.The global air compressor controller market was valued at US$ 3.45 Bn in 2014 and the market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 5.8% from 2015 to 2022

Sealed Air increased the production speed of the Jiffy-Lite paper-sleeve, laminated bubble wrap mailers by using Siemens Sinamics V20, Sinamics S120 AC drives and Simotion motion controllers.

Richart was ESE Director of Business Operations. Tom Walther, who was president, will be Chief Innovation Officer.

ATS Global in Haarlem, The Netherlands becomes first business to meet program's recognition standards

Eastern Controls is now the E+H rep for the Mid-Atlantic area – Metropolitan New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Northern Virginia.

By John Rinaldi, Real Time Automation Because of the discontinuity between the factory floor and the Enterprise, opportunities to mine the factory floor for quality data, interrogate and build databases of maintenance data, feed dashboard reporting systems, gather historical data and feed enterprise analytic systems are lost. But there is a reliable, highly secure and reliable solution.

Automation Fair runs November 18-19, 2015 at McCormick Place West, Chicago, IL USA

By John Rinaldi Investing in new control and automation systems is an expensive and disruptive activity, particularly when the majority of the data is already instrumented and sitting in controllers, drives, sensors and other devices in the plant. There is a far more cost effective and non-disruptive way to acquire and use the data trapped on the plant floor.

The small-footprint DB SQL storage engine is well-matched for applications built on the Freescale Kinetis processor portfolio.

All existing and new products for Ethernet applications from Harting conform with the requirements for the use of PROFINET.

The global circuit breakers and fuses market will stand at US$31.11 billion by the end of 2021. This translates to a 6% CAGR between 2015 and 2021.

Most LinkedIn groups struggle to grow because they fail to generate member engagement. Here's how to make your group a great success.

Automation Supply will cover Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Nevada and the Country of Mexico.

SignalFire designs and manufactures specialized wireless mesh networking systems for uses in challenging and hazardous locations.

On September 1, 1945, Wilhelm and Marie Harting launched the company “Wilhelm Harting Mechanische Werkstätten“ in a 100 square meter hall of a repair workshop in Minden.

The Hydraulic Thermoplastic Hose and Couplings Market was valued at US$ 504.5 Mn in 2012, and is expected to reach US$ 747.2 Mn by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2014 to 2022.

In practice, engineers rarely wire devices in a series as any failure could fail loop and/or loop resistance would be too high.

Emerson's Ovation control system will manage six diesel generators, 23 microturbines and a battery storage system, as well as the island's LPG plant and water treatment and desalination facilities.

Immense opportunities in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and increasing demand for customized robotic solutions have made welding robotics market lucrative in recent years.

Spot On switches are UL 1203 certified, which means they are explosion proof, dust ignition proof, and certified for all hazardous locations.

Netbiter gateways connected to Rockwell PLCs control the different systems in the EF International Language Centre in Oxford, UK.

By Alex Perng, Nexcom IoT relies on close connections among sensors, gateways, networks, and servers; and IoT gateways play a key role in building these connections..

The 2015 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls (WWAC) Symposium drew 187 attendees, 35 expert speakers and 35 exhibitors to Orlando, Florida.

Industrial wireless deployment saves significant costs compared to an equivalent wired installation, resulting in savings of 20 to 30 percent in simple configurations.

Big Data will make service strategies shift from corrective to preventive and predictive maintenance services over the next five years.

The catalog discusses the advantages and special characteristics related to the use of aluminum cables, and provides important facts that might facilitate a switch.

The 2015 ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium will be held 9-12 November in Houston, Texas, USA.

UL SUN RES and 60C OIL RES/ UL OIL RES 1 approvals cover oil and UV resistance.

The global passive optical LAN (POL) market was valued at $9.89 billion in 2013, growing at a CAGR of 19.2% from 2014 to 2020 and is estimated to reach $33.88 billion in 2020.

Easy availability of technologically improved products and increasing use of electricity in agriculture, industrial production, and domestic use is primarily driving the large power transformers market.

Global oil & gas automation & instrumentation market is expected to drive on account of increased crude production rate owing to automation & instrumentation employment in exploration process. Over the recent past, implementation of automation & instrumentation in oil & gas industry has established as an important step by industry participants for quick operations and improved performance.

Catalyst Motion Group is a supplier of precision linear and rotary motion systems from the very simple to the very complex, and at any level of integration.

Report covers the importance of the machine to machine (M2M) communication protocol OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) in achieving Industry 4.0 goals.

The conveyor is used to transport front and rear axles of Jaguar Landrover vehicles from the end of Dana's assembly line to the dock audit area close to despatch.

By Simon Dear, Cynergy3 Components When selecting sensors for liquid level measurement applications, engineers are often faced with numerous technologies and measuring principles to choose from. Here’s an overview of five common level sensing technologies and the applications these are best suited to.

Industrial PCs ride around on forklifts to direct operators to the proper locations and allow activities to be entered directly on the touchscreen.

All three companies have been part of the Fluke Corporation portfolio for some time.

Sweden-based CGM provides control room design and ergonomic solutions for maximum control room operator effectiveness.

The global industrial robotics market will reach a market value of $44.48 billion by 2020, growing from $28.93 million in 2013.

Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Equipment Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2015 - 2023

There are many motor control options. Focus on application requirements and choose the best fit to reduce downtime, improve efficiencies & reduce costs.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Reliance Industries Limited chairman is taking a non-traditional approach to drive change. He believes that driving technology into the organization is the fastest way to bring about organizational change. The chairman also believes the use of automation as a tool will drive business transformation and give the company a competitive advantage.

Technowrapp’s Runner Arm can wrap 136 pallets/hour with 10 turns per pallet, stabilising a pallet with just 76 grams of stretch wrap film.

CAT 2 is a software company specializing in farm-to-fork traceability for the beef, pork, poultry, turkey, seafood, egg, and produce industries.

Learn the difference between volumetric flow and mass flow.

The project at the Shoshone Municipal Water Treatment Plant included replacing existing actuators and retrofitting more than 50 intelligent actuators to butterfly valves.

More than $65,000 in scholarships funds are expected to be distributed in 2016. Application deadline is 15 February 2016.

The global fiber optic connectors market is exhibiting enormous growth on the account of rising demand for improved security, high bandwidth, and fast connectivity.

The park has 100,000 square meters integrating R&D, application, test and certification, production, business training and marketing.

Exida certified the company’s H and MH series cylinder products for SIL 3.

Delmenhorster Kork-Fabrik will install AGVs to convey empty containers to a filling station and collect them once the production machines have filled them with corks.

By Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx Energy harvesting is increasingly using the same technology, often from the same companies, whether it is generating one microwatt for sensors to vehicle battery charging from harvesting that can reach many kilowatts.

Demand from Automotive Segment to Push the Market at 12.7% CAGR during 2014-2020.

The global demand of supervisory control and data acquisition systems market is believed to account US$32.70 billion in 2020 with a considerable 5.0% CAGR in the forecast period.

Emerson is automating the Shehong Liushu Hydropower Project that will bring clean electrical power to China’s Sichuan province.

Using a Zippswitch Pressure Sensitive Safety Switch Mat is one of the best ways to detect and protect a person entering into a hazardous machine area. The Zippswitch Safety Relay is the interface between the Safety Mat and the Machine Stop Controls.

The embedded system market was valued at $152.94 billion in 2014 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.4% and reach $233.13 billion by 2021.

Using proper calibration tools and practices ensures true (or accurate) process temperature measurement.

IoT Gateway Starter Kit simplifies device-cloud connection, accelerates IoT application development, and speeds deployment for a wide variety of application environments.

According to the report, the distribution automation (DA) market was estimated at US$9,986.3 million in 2012. This market is anticipated to be worth US$17,677.2 million by the end of 2019, growing at a CAGR of 8.5% during the forecast period of 2013 to 2019.

Ashley’s main duties will be to assist in the quotation process for Pilz’s Engineering works and to oversee the implementation of site installations, ensuring Pilz high standards are maintained at all times.

The global process spectroscopy market was valued at US$714.5 million in 2012 and is expected to reach a value of US$1,179.6 million, growing at CAGR of 7.4% from 2013 to 2019.

Cliff William joined the firm in an advisory role to assist in expanding their capacity in Maintenance and Reliability consulting and training.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Automation.com conducted a PLC/PAC Automation Experience survey with the goal to gather vendor ratings based on user experiences. The survey also asked questions on specific industry topics, including what are automation’s biggest problems. This inaugural survey had more than 1,000 participants.

The office houses sales, customer service, and training departments, along with areas for spare parts and product demonstration.

Emerson signs 10-year agreement with BP for enhanced oil and gas project execution and operational reliability.

The global cloud security market was worth US$ 4.50 Bn in 2014 and is expected to reach US$ 11.84 Bn by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 12.8% from 2015 to 2022. North America was the largest market for cloud security in 2014 which accounted for around 45% of the global market revenue.

The global membrane bioreactor systems market is growing at a CAGR of 14.5% from 2013 to 2019. The market stood at US$963.8 million in 2012 and is further expected to grow and reach a value of US$2,506.1 million by the end of 2019.

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The Innovation Center gives the company additional space to house research and development and corporate services staff, as well as demonstration, training and conference facilities.

The report predicts the market to register a CAGR of 9.2% and reach 5,704.5 thousand units by 2020. Meanwhile, the market, in terms of total value, is likely to reach US$30,404.6 million by the end of 2020.

The circuit breakers and fuses market was valued at USD 20.75 billion in 2014, and is expected to reach USD 31.11 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 6% from 2015 to 2021