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Adalet can modify ATEX certified enclosures
ATEX control panel certification allows Adalet to eliminate the requirement to re-submit enclosure assemblies to third party testing laboratories. -
Flow-Cal controls West African Gas Pipeline
With the FLOWCAL Enterprise system, WAPCo is able to identify and correct key anomalies from both a volumetric and gas quality perspective. -
Meridium Expands Certified Services Provider Program
Emerson Process Management, SGS Malaysia, and Bureau Veritas join the Meridium Certified Services Provider Program. -
Baldor controls conformal coating machine
Baldor's real-time Ethernet motion control system helped Advanced Coating Robotics create a conformal coating machine that combines three-dimensional spraying accuracy with high throughput. -
Emerson to supply DeltaV electronic marshalling to Solvay
Solvay’s Tavaux plant faces the task of managing a collection of control systems from multiple suppliers. This includes DCSs, PLCs, relay-based systems, pneumatic systems, and emergency shutdown systems (ESD). -
PANalytical acquires XRF laboratories
The laboratories will continue to deliver highly advanced X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis and work on research projects in the field of geochemical analysis. -
Topnir Systems opens two Offices in Asia
Offices in Singapore and Bejing will supply service, sales, after-sale support, training, and spare parts fot its online Near InfraRed (NIR) analyzers. -
FCI Demonstrates 25 Gb/s VSe Backplane
The connector and chip technologies to enable 25 Gb/s lanes over copper backplane links are essential to accomplish narrower 4 x 25 Gb/s implementations of 100 Gb/s links for Ethernet. -
ISA Announces Partnerships with four companies
Fluke, GE Energy, Honeywell Process Solutions and OSIsoft joined the ISA Corporate Partnerships Program. -
GE to supply Proficy Workflow to S3 Development
Proficy will be the foundation for an Intelligent Control Room Management solution for S3’s natural gas and hazardous liquids customers. -
Siemens Solar power gets on Extreme Makeover Home Edition TV show
Siemens delivered an end-to-end solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system to ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition build site in Cocoa Beach, Fla. -
Thomas & Betts Conduit and Fitting CAD Models available Online
Online CAD Library has more than 2,300 electrical conduit and fittings products in computer-aided design (CAD) formats. -
IPSO Alliance adds five members
IPSO Alliance added BII Group, AvaLAN Wireless Systems, Tritech, Synapse Wireless and Ubilogix, bringing its total membership to 57 companies. -
Belden installs WLAN Process Control solution for Shell
Belden designed and delivered a wireless Profinet infrastructure, which acts as an interface to the process control systems at Shell's Ethylene Cracker Complex in Singapore. -
Emerson opens flow calibration & service center in Abu Dhabi
The Middle East Flow Service Center provides flowmeter calibration, flowmeter diagnostics and evaluations, and witness inspection services. -
Honeywell Forms Advanced Solutions Business
The Advanced Solutions business provides open software and services to the process industries, and includes offerings such as UniSim, Profit Suite, Uniformance PHD and Matrikon. -
Beijer Electronics acquires Korenix
Earlier this year, Beijer Electronics acquired a minority stake in Korenix. From the beginning the intention was to acquire Korenix and that is now accomplished. -
VFDs Can Control Multiple Motors
Many applications use one or more motors operating in parallel at the same desired speed. Using one Variable frequency drive (VFD) to control these multiple motors provides a host of advantages -
Flintec Gains VCAP Quality Standard for load cells
The National Conference of Weights and Measures has stipulated that all manufacturers producing NTEP-conforming products must also gain the VCAP standard. -
Industry, ODVA outline best practices for managing energy data
ODVA's energy approach will simplify the ability to understand energy consumption and enable control methodologies to optimize energy usage throughout the industrial ecosystem from the plantfloor to the grid. -
Bison Gear signs Canadian 3PL
Canadian 3PL provides warehousing, inventory management and delivery of gearmotors, motors, reducers and accessories to the Canadian market. -
Yokogawa names Chet Mroz President and COO
Mroz is based in the Sugar Land, Texas, office and is responsible for all day to day operations in North America. -
Rockwell Automation's Online Tool Helps Reduce Energy Use
Free Energy Evaluator tool gives a manufacturer a complete analysis of its current water, air, gas, electric and steam (WAGES) management performance. -
Why Manufacturing Is Leading Economic Recovery
In 2010 there were more jobs added in manufacturing than were lost – 130,000 of them. This is the first time this has happened since 1997. -
Hungarian Refinery Named HART Plant of the Year
The MOL Plc Danube Refinery located in Százhalombatta, Hungary, is the 2010 HART Plant of the Year. -
Shand & Jurs Deflagration Arresters Attain ATEX Approval
Deflagration Flame Arresters are a positive flame stop on low pressure tanks or piping systems containing flammable liquids or solvents having a low flash point. -
InduSoft signs distributor in Singapore
AKOE TECH is a HMI/SCADA software distributor located in Singapore, and serving the Asian market. -
Rockwell Automation Names two vice presidents
Blake Moret is promoted to senior vice president of Control Products and Solutions, and Frank Kulaszewicz is promoted to senior vice president of Architecture and Software. -
NEMA to test Smart Grid products
NEMA will be testing for interoperability of smart meters according to ANSI C12. -
Industrial Video and Control Acquires Longwatch
Longwatch is a developer of video management software for industrial automation and process control applications. IVC will maintain the Longwatch brand and operate the company as a division of IVC. -
IEEE 1901 broadband over power line standard published
Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, this globally recognized BPL standard is designed for use in a wide range of applications including smart energy, transportation and Local Area Networks (LANs). -
HPI to upgrade gas turbine in Guatemala
HPI will upgrade the control system and instrumentation of a Pratt & Whitney Twin Pack (FT4) aero-derivative gas turbine engine with a ControlLogix PLC. -
CNC retrofit brings old mill up to modern standards
The electrical upgrade was performed by the automation system integrator, MasterControls, and was part of a complete mechanical rebuild of the mill. -
NORD Drives and inverters control bottling plant
Nord provided drives and gears for the packaging, palleting and transport systems at the new factory of Hacklberger Beverage. -
PROFINET Position Measurement and Motion
Automation.com, February 2011 By Chris Bowman, TR Electronic Ethernet communication, specifically the PROFINET adaptation, presents automation experts with another avenue for improving system design, achieving growth and increasing competitiveness. -
Technology transfer tests tree safety
Strain gages attached to a sling determine if trees are healthy. -
Red Lion Controls opens office in Germany
Red Lion opened a sales office in Sprockhövel, Germany. -
FCI adds I/O Microsite
Web site covers High Speed I/O Connections including active optical cables, copper cable assemblies, transceivers, connectors and cages. -
ITT Expands Dynamic 3D Modeling Website
Online resource enables design engineers to search for ITT's industrial and high-reliability interconnects; select various output model formats; and directly request the generation of a 3D model. -
Command Tooling Systems joins Partners in THINC
Command is an American manufacturer of tooling systems and the global partner of EWS Germany. -
Omniflex alarm systems keep NYSE Euronext trading
Alarm reporting system monitors critical alarms on the computer room air conditioning units and electrical distribution systems. -
France becomes Partner Country for Hannover Messe
France becomes the official Partner Country of HANNOVER MESSE 2011. 200 French companies will be exhibiting at HANNOVER MESSE 2011 from 4 to 8 April. -
Sercos releases Specification for SERCOS III Energy Profile
SERCOS Energy is an application layer profile that defines parameters and commands for the reduction of energy consumption in a uniform vendor-independent manner. -
Distech promotes Winkelman to VP of Business Development
Patrick Winkelman was Vice President of Sales for the Americas. -
Automation Federation to lead IMS manufacturing technology project
The purpose of this project is to develop an international network through which the Automation Competency Model (ACM) can be disseminated, promulgated, and updated. -
KEMPER starts STORATEC business
IKEMPER STORATEC will sell automated storage and retrieval systems, storage and tool change systems, pallet loading and unloading devices, and control facilities. -
HSE issues guidance on safety of hand-fed platen presses
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is urging users of hand-fed platen (die cutting) machines in the UK to follow revised operating and safeguarding guidance in order to reduce the risk of serious crush injuries and even death. -
Organizations increasing and decreasing marketing budgets - the impact on tactics
By Marketing Sherpa As marketing strategies evolve from outbound to inbound tactics, there is also a shift in the ways in which money and resources are spent. Marketing Sherpa asked more than 1,100 marketers how they foresaw budgets changing in 2011 for the following marketing tactics. -
PREMO to supply Current Transducers to Eaton
The contract is worth up to 1 million Euros annually. -
Invensys controls ExxonMobil lubricants plant
InFusion ECS will manage the operating facility, controlling major processes and integrating the existing SAP enterprise resource planning, batch process and final packaging and shipping systems. -
Emerson to supply Fisher valves to nuclear plants in China
The valves will be used for applications in the plants’ nuclear islands and in their passive residual heat removal system. -
European HMI Market to grow
Frost & Sullivan finds that the HMI market earned revenues of $541.9 million in 2009 and estimates this to reach $819.7 million in 2016. New technologies, such as adding vision, are driving demand. -
MVP supplies Inspection Systems to EControls
The two Supra Es provide complete inspection capabilities ranging from 2-D paste inspection to pre-reflow, post-reflow and post-wave inspection capabilities. -
ControlAir publishes pneumatics catalog
Short Form Catalog includes Precision Air Pressure Regulators, Transducers and Relays. -
FieldServer Technologies Gateways get LonMark Certified
LonMark Certified products include the FS-B2011 Serial-LonWorks-Ethernet Gateway, FS-B3510 Multiport LonWorks Gateway and the FS-B4011 10-Port LonWorks Gateway. -
National Instruments expands Instrument Drivers
National Instruments now offers more than 9,000 drivers from more than 350 vendors through the Instrument Driver Network (IDNet) that simplify and automate connection to stand-alone instruments. -
McCrometer announces FPI Mag Flow Meter PP
Powerpoint presentation describes the application and ownership advantages of the hot tap full profile insertion FPI Mag Flow Meter. -
Allied Vision Technologies acquires VDS Vosskühler
VDS Vosskühler develops, produces and markets industrial cameras in Near Infrared, Long Wave Infrared, and CCD cameras for visible light. -
Honeywell controls Petrovis fuel depot in Mongolia
Honeywell supplied a PKS control system, OneWireless, Digital Video Manager and Enraf Tank Gauging System to improve the efficiency and safety of a fuel depot near Ulaanbaatar. -
Proficy Software Named ecomagination Product
Proficy software platform has been named an ecomagination product by parent company GE. -
General Motors uses Proficy Software to Control Energy Costs
Proficy software controls the lights and other big energy consuming equipment in 85 GM assembly plants. -
Opto 22 adds energy management software from Pulse Energy
Opto 22 added Pulse energy management software to connect to customers' metering devices, electrical panels, machines and equipment. -
ASHRAE’s 2012 Winter Conference Seeks Papers
Papers addressing advances in high performance buildings, integrated design and numerous high-intensity HVAC applications are being sought for ASHRAE’s 2012 Winter Conference in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 21-25. -
Coastal Flow Names John Anerousis CBDO
After 12 years away, John P. Anerousis returns as Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO). -
ABB publishes brochure on Aztec 600 water analyzers
Eight-page, full-color, illustrated brochure describes Aztec 600 colorimetric analyzers for potable water applications. -
LMI Technologies promotes Svetlana Sheryaev to Director of Production
Sheryaev will oversee the production operations of all LMI global manufacturing locations. -
AFCON Software signs SCADA distributor in Italy
MDN Italia will distribute and provide technical support for AFCON’s product suite, including Pulse SCADA/HMI and Dart cellular software, to new and existing customers. -
Meggitt publishes Acoustic Products Selection Guide
Guide covers Endevco acoustic sensors and instrumentation for vibro-acoustic testing, environmental noise analysis, building acoustics, wind tunnel testing and other critical measurement applications. -
ABB System 800xA controls Potash Company in Jordan
ABB provided an electrical, control and instrumentation package to help boost capacity at Aqaba and make the storage and loading process faster and more efficient. -
Okuma adds Constant CARE troubleshooting to its machines
Constant CARE allows the machine, with the push of a button, to connect via the internet to an Okuma service professional. -
Okuma creates Technology Group
The Technology Group allows an increased emphasis on the THINC-OSP control, the formation of Technology Partnerships and the use of the Partners in THINC and Okuma Tech Center facilities. -
JMP Engineering acquires Automation Applications Inc
AAI is a process controls engineering firm that provides process control engineering services to clients in the chemical, petrochemical, refining, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, and utility power markets. -
ISA Technical Report Provides Guidance for EDDL Users
ISA-TR104.00.03 is intended to provide factual guidance in using EDDL for device integration. -
Safety Regulations Drive the European Process Safety Market
Frost & Sullivan says the market earned revenues of $459.3 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach $632.4 million in 2016. -
Adura Technologies moves to new location
Adura consolidated its facilities and moved to larger quarters in San Francisco. -
ASHRAE Publishes book for Green Data Centers
“Green Tips for Data Centers” identifies techniques for optimizing energy efficiency in existing datacom facilities. -
Omron STI supplies safety systems to Alabama Robotics Technology Park
RTP will provide college level courses on every aspect of robotics training, including robotics safety. -
GE controls six Rolls-Royce turbines in the United Arab Emirates
Six Mark VIe control panels were supplied for the Rolls-Royce turbines and process compressors, along with redundant network and communications interfaces to third party equipment and the plant DCS. -
Emerson’s DeltaV SIS process safety system receives TÜV certification
TÜV certified the DeltaV SIS system as meeting requirements for three burner management system standards: NFPA 85, the European Standard EN 298, and the European Standard EN 50156. -
An Introduction to K-Rated Transformers
By SolaHD The "K-Factor" conveys a transformer's ability to serve varying degrees of nonlinear loads without exceeding the rated temperature rise limits. -
Applied Robotics appoints Michael F. Quinn CEO & President
Thomas Petronis, CEO & President, retired effective December 31, 2010. Michael F. Quinn was appointed CEO & President. -
Haydon Kerk publishes Linear Motion Catalog and Design Guide
The 230 page catalog and design guide illustrates a wide range of products engineered to be used as building blocks in sophisticated linear motion assemblies. -
Edmund Optics publishes 2011 Catalog
The catalog showcases over 1,600 new products in several areas critical to the evolving optics market. -
Guide to Selecting Robots for Drug Discovery and Testing
The eight page guide examines key relevant aspects of Cartesian, four-axis SCARA and six-axis articulated robots. -
Honeywell to upgrade controls at Sasol Power Plant in Germany
The upgrades to the DCS and PLCs include the installation of Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) and Safety Manager. -
Paul D. Bradley Elected SME President
Paul D. Bradley, managing director of Peterson Industries in Adelaide, South Australia, is now president of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). -
ISA Publishes Advanced Temperature Measurement and Control book
Advanced Temperature Measurement and Control, Second Edition, by Gregory K. McMillan provides a comprehensive view of what is needed to take advantage of the latest developments in smart and wireless temperature measurements and control strategies. -
ABB brochure covers Coriolis mass flowmeters
Eight-page full-color brochure describes the CoriolisMaster series of mass flowmeters from ABB. -
Fisher Control-Disk valves improve control at INEOS Chlor
Enhanced butterfly valves help INEOS Chlor plant in Runcorn, United Kingdom, avoid six unplanned shutdowns and save an estimated $600,000 USD. -
Teledyne Technologies to Acquire DALSA
Teledyne will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of DALSA for CAD $341 million. DALSA manufactures and markets digital imaging products and solutions, in addition to manufacturing custom MEMS products. -
Dataforth publishes 2011 Product Catalog
300-page catalog contains information and specifications for signal conditioning, data acquisition, and data communication products. -
SweetWilliam offers free ScadaMobile ONE SCADA software
ScadaMobile SCADA/HMI app for the iOS platform supports main PLC brands, including Allen Bradley Logix and Micrologix, Schneider Electric, Automation Direct, Wago and Omron. -
Rockwell Automation to Acquire Systems Integrator
Hiprom is a process control and automation systems integrator headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hiprom customers include mining firms with precious metal and coal operations in the Sub-Sahara region. -
Hirose adds 25 Interconnect Partners
Interconnect Partners provide authorized cable/harness assembly services. -
OSI to supply Volt/VAR Control System to Modesto Irrigation District
This Volt/VAR Control (VVC) System project will enable MID to optimize system voltage levels, reduce system losses, manage reactive power supply and implement conservation voltage reduction. -
D&R Packaging builds Filling Station with Avery Weight Indicator
D&R Packaging designed and built a two-head liquid filling station in three weeks, using a PLC and an Avery Weigh-Tronix E1070 indicator. -
ISA Welcomes New President, Leo Staples
Staples opened the year with a call-to-action to all ISA members to dedicate themselves to a high level of involvement in, and collaboration among, their sections, divisions, and the Society. -
Global Foresight says Process Field Instruments sales to grow slightly
The worldwide market for Process Field Instruments will grow at an average rate of about 5 percent through 2015 but the North American market share will be lowered from about 31 percent to 29 percent. -
Keithley Publishes Test & Measurement Product Catalog on CD
The CD offers details and technical specifications on Keithley's general-purpose and sensitive sourcing and measurement products, DC switching, Digital Multimeters, RF/microwave switching, data acquisition solutions, and semiconductor test systems. -
Custom versus Standard Sensors
By Mark Howard, Zettlex The pros & cons of custom versus standard position sensors and why new technology is changing the rules. Includes an explanation of "bespoke" for U.S. engineers.