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Flowserve will add 16,000 square feet of manufacturing space to the existing Raleigh facility, to allow for new machine tools to manufacture large valve components.

Cognizant is a provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services.

The CNC market came to a dramatic halt in the last quarter of 2008 as a result of the global financial crisis, the bankrupt automotive sector, and collapse of oil prices.

ATOP engages students in the study of analytical instruments and emphasizes the instruments' use in safety, product analysis, product quality, and environmental monitoring and control.

Sourcebook provides a comprehensive selection of test, measurement, control, and calibration equipment.

Dresser had revenues of $2 billion and earnings of $318 million in 2009. GE bought Dresser for $3 billion.

Niagara Framework is integrating lighting, HVAC, continuous commissioning, security, fire monitoring and alarms at Environmental Systems' new headquarters building.

BEAP certification program recognizes individuals’ ability to audit and analyze residential, commercial and industrial buildings.

This guide supports engineers and electricians during the planning and installation phase of a SERCOS III network.

Eight-page, full-color, illustrated brochure describes the ControlMaster line of single and dual-loop universal process controllers and indicators.

By Philip Allen, Grace Engineered Products Is a thru-panel voltage detector a safety device or just another electrical gizmo? The answer is both.

The Machine Builder Program is part of the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork framework.

Users can select a specific analytical solution by their parameter of choice: by industry, by compounds to be monitored, by known applications, or by model number.

Frost & Sullivan estimates the market for AC Fractional Horsepower (FHP) Motors in Europe will reach $1.82 billion by 2016.

R3 Sensors joined the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) as a supplier member.

Non-contact torque sensors from Sensor Technology are playing a key role in the development of commercial-scale in-stream tidal turbines produced by Irish company, OpenHydro.

AIT will be organized as a standalone company within The Thompson Group. Financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

The two organizations signed a formal agreement to collaborate on efforts to advance and grow the automation profession.

In 1910, David Hudson and Alexander Sharp founded the company when they took over the shop and foundry of the Sectional Roll Co. and renamed it The Hudson-Sharp Machine Co.

The Baghdad office will supply process automation equipment to Iraq’s oil and gas industry, which is in the midst of re-construction.

eWON is opening a US subsidiary under the name eWON Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA. Dominique Blanc is the CEO.

By Grace Engineered Products Medium voltage indicators (2K-43KVolts) offer positive benefits because they keep workers away from voltage and provide an answer to the 'Is there voltage?' question.

Davern joined National Instruments in 1994 and has been serving as CFO and senior vice president of manufacturing and IT operations since 2002.

Subcontractors Raytheon, the University of Virginia, and Georgia Tech join effort to neutralize software vulnerabilities in security-critical applications.

N-TRON makes rugged industrial networking components and Ethernet switches.

The ABB Robotics training lab features 29 ABB robots and related work cells, software and controllers.

Robert M. Auman was Vice President of worldwide sales. Auman has been with the company since 1986.

Bow Networks is a developer of substation automation and security software.

ISA Automation Week 2011: Technology and Solutions Event will be held at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center in Mobile, Alabama, USA, on 17-20 October, 2011.

The three will promote the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for students in kindergarten through high school (K-12).

The 2011 Catalog showcases more than 120,000 products from over 300 suppliers.

Site Controls is a provider of enterprise-wide energy management solutions for multi-site commercial businesses.

By Don Morrison, Honeywell Process Solutions Key misconceptions are based on the common shortcomings of traditional model predictive control: complexity of configuration, speed of execution, interpretation of noise in the system, and over-active movement of the final control element. But an intelligently implemented MPC strategy can result in increased plant efficiencies over PID.

By Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx Energy harvesting is the conversion of ambient energy into electricity to drive small or mobile electronic and electrical devices.

Major investments in the electric utility and water and wastewater sectors will drive the European supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) market.

ATEX Zone 1 approval allows the T-BOX WM Wireless Monitor to operate in an atmosphere where a mixture of air and flammable substances exist.

White paper explains how advanced intelligent motor control centers (MCCs) provide process application users with critical information that ultimately helps minimize – and prevent – downtime.

Innovasic's System on a Chip solution enables integration of EtherNet/IP in APAX-5000 series PACs.

Siemens will peform lighting, building automation and HVAC retrofits and upgrades to some 71 county buildings and recreational facilities.

By Mubeen Almoustafa, Flow Dynamics Inc In order to be confident that a meter is accurately measuring the flow volume or mass, it must be recalibrated on a periodic basis.

Shauiba Refinery in Kuwait converted 1,750 mechanical traps to GEM Venturi Orifice design. The hot condensate header pressure dropped from highs of 175 psig to just 90 psig.

Technical reference guide provides comprehensive information and data for selecting magmeter liners, electrodes, and grounding rings.

A recently enacted US Minerals Management Service (MMS) mandate stipulates that all domestic US offshore rigs processing more than an average 2000 bopd must install flare/vent gas flow meters.

Yokogawa will be supplying CENTUM VP control systems, ProSafe-RS safety instrumented systems, device management software packages, and a simulator.

ZWCAD Professional is the first application based on the IntelliCAD software targeted for integration with the D-Cubed 2D DCM (Dimensional Constraint Manager).

Opera motor design software package is helping Air Bearings extend the speed of spindle motors beyond 400,000 RPM.

UK-based machine builder installed Beijer iX Panel HMIs on an industrial oven and a food handling and conveyor system.

The IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance will advocate and certify the "Standard for a Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and Control Systems."

ISA is now accepting applications for its 2011 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships.

As technology evolves, users are now moving beyond mainstream monitoring applications to gain the benefits of wireless measurements for control in harsh and remote environments.

Emerson’s Smart Wireless solutions have been certified by NIST to meet government Federal Information Processing Standard-197 (FIPS-197) requirements.

At the 2010 Emerson Global Users Exchange conference, Emerson demonstrated the latest results of its commitment to using innovative technology to reduce the complexity of customers' jobs.

Replacing traditional wired network with wireless for control and monitoring has improved operations and worker safety in harsh environment.

Turley will be responsible for managing the Controls Engineering Department including management of hardware & software design and all field support activities.

The video describes how vibration testing with a Fluke 810 can be the first step in a more proactive approach to mechanical maintenance.

Fox is responsible for all Velocity Series software products which include Solid Edge software, Teamcenter Express software, Femap software and CAM Express.

ARC expects the high power AC drives market to experience healthy growth during the forecast period through 2014.

So far, 2010 has not shown significant growth over 2009, but it looks like conditions are gradually improving.

Automation.com, September 2010 Honeywell Process Solutions India organized its annual User Meet on 30th & 31st Aug 2010 at Madh Island, Mumbai on the theme of ‘Optimize. Innovate. Sustain.’ The event saw an overwhelming participation from companies across all industry segments and focused on providing solutions to increase business performance & protect automation investments.

Vitrociset will integrate NI hardware and software into its service packages for organizations developing sophisticated physics projects such as particle accelerators and fusion devices.

Sarla Technologies will offer Performix xMES Software Suite within India and the Middle East region.

Engineering, R&D and Demonstration lab to be housed on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh

Invensys will implement its SimSci-Esscor ROMeo optimization software to improve the real-time performance of Thai Oil’s refinery operations.

292 page catalog contains more than 100 new products.

Four-page full-color brochure covers the Safety 2600T pressure transmitter.

Midwest Representatives is now representing Advanced Micro Controls Inc (AMCI) in the Michigan area.

Paul Davis Automation (PDA) represents Advanced Micro Controls in Ohio, Kentucky, and Western Pennsylvania areas.

ABB supplied a System 800xA process control system, field instrumentation, motor control centers, motors and variable speed drives to Gulf Industrial Investment, Bahrain.

Fluke will donate $65,000 worth of test instruments to schools and training programs for teaching students to diagnose and repair sophisticated industrial process control systems.

Tridium's Niagara Framework is driving real-time energy management and control of Glenborough's 12-story Class-A commercial office, and providing energy usage data to guide daily decision making.

Viscomaster meter improves fuel efficiency by accurately measuring viscosity, density and temperature of the heavy fuel oil (HFO) that supplies the vessel's main and auxiliary engines.

Minute is based in Milano, Italy, and will provide support and consulting services to Adeneo Embedded’s Italian customers.

Path enables process plants to upgrade entire instrumentation and control design systems from Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI/INtools) to AVEVA's Instrumentation technology.

FDT 2.0 includes.NET and FDT Express development environments.

Larry Taylor is director of European standards development and the head of the European office located in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

ABB appointed Joe Campbell vice president of its US Robot Products Group. He was VP of sales & marketing.

SampleManager LIMS is used to manage more than 150,000 samples per year taken from reservoirs, water treatment works and directly from the taps in consumers’ homes.

Gigabit Managed Switches with 6 port 10/100/1000T and 2 SFP ports will be deployed in Jordan state security & surveillance applications.

Free Board Support Packages (BSPs) have a fully integrated Wireless stack for the PTI FlashBoard on Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact.

This free seminar and hands-on workshop will teach you how to apply analytics and extract intelligence from your real-time and historical data with GE Intelligent Platforms' Proficy software — driving significant improvements to your operations, regardless of your existing systems.

ABB supplied gearless mill drives, System 800xA controls, and 650 high-efficiency motors and variable speed drives.

The two will develop an integrated process to monitor, test and manage emergency shutdown valves (ESDV) during all operational conditions, from normal plant operations to abnormal situations.

This group will provide best practices and overall guidance for the connectivity of thousands of legacy machine tools in manufacturing shops around the globe.

Updates improve test performance, tool usability and technician productivity.

Höfðatorg installed HME-623 Ethernet switches and HUE-800 unmanaged Ethernet switches. HME-623s serve three floors in the Towers, while HUE-800s are distributed on the floors.

ABB will provide the electrical and automation system for six underground mine incline conveyors for Newcrest Mining s Cadia East gold and copper project in southeastern Australia.

SME will acquire all outstanding shares of Tooling U, a provider of online training for the manufacturing industry.

OPC and MTConnect will cooperate in developing standards called MTConnectOpcUa.

Industrial Automation North America will occur September 10–15, 2012, alongside the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2012 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

IMS Research says POWERLINK and PROFINET are the most used industrial Ethernet protocols for transferring machine and sensor data in true real-time.

Six-page color brochure covers ABB's scalable device management tools: Asset Vision Professional, Asset Vision Basic, Mobility handhelds, and the local instrument HMI.

OSI will supply multiple SCADA and Energy Management Systems to upgrade Gas, Water, and Electric system operations.

The Bosch Rexroth site features product configuration tools, technical documents, product updates and other useful information.

OpsManage’10 shows will be held in Orlando; Sydney, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Paris, France; and São Paulo, Brazil.

This maintenance agreement is a continuation from the current agreement.

The interactive line card includes pop-up “Selection Hints” that link to technical product information on Moore Industries’ web site.

JBBS junction bricks for AS-interface networks are now FM approved for Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C and D hazardous locations.

The contest introduces students to the world of automation, and the winning team will present their project at the TectoYou Hall at the Hanover Fair (Hannover Messe) in Germany next spring.

New members include companies from all of PMMI's membership categories: 10 general members, 4 supplier members, 1 materials member and 1 processing member.

Nikon Metrology (NMI) will provide JGR with sophisticated microscopy products, technical advice and support.