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ISA publishes patent reference book
The book describes the various types of intellectual property, how to protect the property, retain it as an asset, and respect the intellectual property of others. -
Toellner Systems signs Romheld Automation as rep
Romheld Automation Australia will distribute Toellner automation products and services throughout the Australian and New Zealand manufacturing markets. -
OMAC changes its name and mission
The Open Modular Architecture Control Users' Group (OMAC) is now the Organization for Manufacturing Automation and Control (OMAC). -
Orders quadruple for ABB drive systems in mining
Orders for ABB motor and drive systems that enable mines to grind vast amounts of minerals and ore are at record levels as the mining industry seeks to boost production to meet the global boom in demand. -
Invensys equips lab at Kazakh-British Technical University
The laboratory will have InFusion, 12 personal computers, 15 large-screen monitors, three servers, and a bank of micro controllers for automated systems. -
Emerson to automate Thai petrochemical plant
Equipment includes PlantWeb, FOUNDATION fieldbus, microprocessor-based field instruments, valves, digital systems, and software. -
ABB expands services and automation for Alberta's oil sands
In just two and a half years, the ABB office in Calgary, Canada, has swelled from 45 to more than 200 employees, and it is still hiring. -
Lantronix improves Website
The new site offers a simplified interface to help visitors better understand the full range of Lantronix’s communications products and platforms. -
ASCON offers student version of KOMPAS-3D Professional
KOMPAS-3D student edition includes interactive learning system KOMPAS-ABC for the study of 2D Design and 3D Solid Modelling. -
Emerson automates world's largest pulp mill
The PlantWeb solution includes DeltaV, 3300 FOUNDATION fieldbus, Profibus DP and DeviceNet devices, MCCs, PLCs, Modbus, Fisher valves with Fisher FIELDVUE digital valve controllers, and AMS Suite. -
ABB holds Low-Voltage Roadshow
The show was held on June 12 in Cincinnati. The next show is in Anaheim, CA. -
Siemens audits energy use at Allegheny College
Siemens Building Technologies provided an investment-grade energy audit at Allegheny College, the first step in a total energy use reduction plan. -
Fieldbus Foundation demonstrates SIF Technology in Amsterdam
Held at the Shell Global Solutions technology center in Amsterdam, the SIF demo attracted process automation end users and equipment suppliers from around the world. -
Brochure describes WAGO-IO-SYSTEM
The brochure includes background on PLCs, the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM and key 750/753 Series features. -
Cognex names Robert Willett president of Modular Vision Systems
The Modular Vision Systems Division designs, develops and manufactures vision systems, sensors, and ID readers. -
Semaphore signs Cross Automation as distributor
Cross Automation will distribute Semaphore's SCADA and communications product lines in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. -
IFS and ESRI add mapping to asset management
IFS and ESRI are bringing geographical information systems and enterprise asset management together. -
Smart Dust Inventor to Present Keynote at ISA EXPO 2008
Dr. Pister is the Co-Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, and Co-founder and CTO of Dust Networks. -
ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Programs
Three certificate programs are available: Safety Instrumented Systems Specialist, Safety Integrity Level Determination Specialist, and Safety Instrumented Systems Hardware Design and Analysis Specialist. -
Honeywell to provide operator training system to UOP
Honeywell and UOP will provide simulation software that trains refinery operators how to best run UOP processes used in the production of fuels and petrochemicals. -
Keithley And Azimuth Systems to create wireless testing solutions
Keithley and Azimuth Systems will deliver RF test solutions for next-generation LTE and WiMAX testing. -
Siemens to supply PCS 7 to Biofine Renewables
The control system includes an HMI and a PROFIBUS fieldbus network to communicate to Siemens variable frequency drives and I/O modules. -
Bison Gear introduces Workforce Initiative to guidance counselors
Waubonsee Community College hosted a group of guidance counselors for an introduction to Bison's Skilled Workforce Initiative. -
InduSoft Launches Certified Integrator Program
Certification entitles integrators to discount pricing on runtime licenses, special pricing on InduSoft products, and free technical training--all without annual support fees. -
Metso acquires MAPAG Valves
Ownership was transferred to Metso on June 12, 2008. The acquired company will be integrated into Metso Automation’s Flow Control business line. -
Core Security Technologies discovers vulnerability in Citect SCADA software
An attacker could use the vulnerability to gain remote, unauthenticated access to a host system running CitectSCADA. -
Parvalux motor brochure available in Spanish
The brochure provides an overview of motors and gearboxes, customization services, options and extras. -
Emerson to automate Bulgarian pulp mill expansion
Emerson will install a DeltaV, Fisher valves and controllers, Micro Motion Coriolis mass flow meters and Rosemount pressure, flow, temperature and level measurement instruments. -
AW-Lake appoints sales and engineering directors
Curt Foreman and Chris Husson have been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing and Director of Engineering & Operations, respectively. -
ABB supplies Expert Optimizer software to Dyckerhoff cement plant
Dyckerhoff selected ABB's Expert Optimizer Collaborative Production Management software to optimize the raw mills, raw mix, kilns and cement mills at their Göllheim plant. -
Agilent acquires assets of Escort Instruments
Taiwan-based Escort Instruments is a supplier of low-cost test and measurement instruments. -
ARC says PLC market to reach $12 billion by 2012
The PLC market reached nearly $9.0 billion in 2007 and is forecasted to grow to over $12 billion in 2012, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study. -
Flow Research says worldwide flowmeter market is $4.5 Billion
Ultrasonic and Coriolis are showing the fastest growth, while positive displacement, turbine, and variable area flowmeter markets are declining slowly. -
MAVERICK Technologies opens Netherlands office
MAVERICK opened a new office in Oosterhout, the Netherlands, in conjunction with its partner, ZI-ARGUS. -
Green Hills Software joins Power.org
Green Hills joined at the Sponsor level in Power.org, the organization that develops and promotes Power Architecture (formerly PowerPC) technology. -
National Instruments offers 6,000 drivers for control
Instrument drivers make it easy for users to connect to and control stand-alone instruments from more than 275 vendors. -
SME Education Foundation offers scholarships
Scholarships are available to students pursuing careers in machining technology and manufacturing technology. -
Hexagon Metrology acquires distributor network
Hexagon acquired its leading Sheffield CMM products distributor, Advanced Metrology Solutions of Dayton, OH. -
ABB supplies substation for Capital Wind Farm in Australia
ABB will supply a 330kV electrical substation and power line works for the Capital Wind Farm Project 50km north of Canberra, Australia. -
ABB commissions gearless mill drive system in Peru
ABB successfully completed commissioning of a 16.5 MW gearless mill drive (GMD) system for a 32 ft SAG (semiautogenous) mill at Minera Yanacocha. -
Matrikon equipment monitors record successes
Mobile Equipment Monitor for mining recently went live in its first full production implementation, and the Well Performance Monitor recorded a big sale. -
ICONICS joins SAP Future Factory Initiative
The Future Factory Initiative is a joint effort of SAP Research and external partner organizations; it includes a Living Lab, Real-World Manufacturing Testbed and a Center of Excellence. -
Fisher control valves receive SIL 3 certification
Certification covers Fisher GX, Vee-ball, easy-e and HP valves in Safety Instrumented Systems in up to SIL 3 loops, per IEC 61508. -
DSI's dcLINK achieves Motorola SymbolPLUS validation
DcLINK automated data collection solution and dcLINK MOBILEApps mobile applications achieved SymbolPLUS validation by completing Motorola's Solution Validation Program. -
Bosch Rexroth opens Tech Center East
The facility in Rochester Hills, MI, will house 120 workers from the company’s hydraulics, pneumatics, electric drives, and linear motion and assembly technologies groups. -
China uses Wonderware to modernize railway stations for Olympics
Wonderware System Platform 3.0, Historian and InTouch 10.0 HMI will be installed at four railway stations and operate the "Passenger Information System." -
Intergraph SmartPlant and PAS Integrity/DOC4000 to be integrated
Intergraph will integrate SmartPlant Enterprise with the PAS Integrity/DOC4000 to provide plant owners with a consolidated view of their control infrastructure. -
Delta F promotes Joseph R. Capua to President and CEO
Capua has been with Delta F since 1987, starting as Service Manager. Curt Fauth, President and CEO since 1991, will be retiring. -
ADVANCED Motion Controls supplies servo drives to ROBOSOFT for service robots
Robosoft's robuLAB series can be used for indoor security, medical assistance, assisted living or any other service need. -
ABB upgrades Reliance Chemical facility live
The project involved an on-line evolution from a 1988 control system to an 800xA DCS while maintaining the plant's existing process control philosophy. -
Jura Cement uses ABB’s Expert Optimizer
Expert Optimizer 5.0 is successfully applying Model Predictive Control to Jura Cement’s vertical raw mill and cement ball mill in Wildegg, Switzerland. -
Canary Labs selects XLReporter for Trend Historian
Canary Labs selected XLReporter as the reporting component of the Trend Historian Reporter Suite, their latest software package. -
McCrometer signs ABLE Instruments as rep for UK And Ireland
ABLE serves the oil/gas and process industries in the UK, Ireland, and North Sea region countries. -
Partnerships help SME Education Foundation Gateway Academy flourish in SC
Contributions from companies and organizations have allowed the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation's Gateway Academies to spread across South Carolina. -
Semaphore launches Certified SCADA Integrator Program
The program provides comprehensive training as well as a technical support program that is tailored to the needs of systems integrators. -
ABB wins $74-million power order in India
ABB will provide systems to manage all the plant’s electrical equipment as well as gas-insulated switchgear and generator transformers. -
alpha gear drives changes name to WITTENSTEIN
As of July 2008, alpha gear drives will change its name to WITTENSTEIN, Inc. -
Rockwell Automation selects MatrikonOPC for FactoryTalk
Combining MatrikonOPC technology with the FactoryTalk Gateway provides unlimited secure OPC access to plant systems. -
Junot Systems signs Industrial Controls as distributor
Industrial Controls Distributors will provide its customers with Junot's manufacturing plant-level SAP integration solutions. -
Honeywell to supply planning software to Rabigh Refining
Software includes ASSAY2, BLEND, Production Scheduler, Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS), and Production Analyst -
Mike Cybulski named CEO/President of Festo-USA
Cybulski joins Festo with an education in Mechanical Engineering and experience in Operations and Sales. -
Durabotics starts up as robotics integrator
Durabotics provides manufacturing companies with robotic integration solutions that are easy to implement and easy to use. -
Marshall Aerospace uses Ubisense tool tracking system
By Ubisense Ubisense Real-time Location System (RTLS) improved search times for tools and test equipment by a factor of 5 over manual methods and more than 50% over RFID-based methods. -
Applied Robotics signs China Shipbuilding as distributor
CSEMNC's automation division works with the Chinese automotive industry as well as the automotive transplants in China and other industries. -
ILS deviceWISE 2.0 platform complies with Oracle
The deviceWISE platform, which collects data from automation equipment and factory floor devices, is in compliance with Oracle's Manufacturing Operations Center. -
PDI names Tim Cortes CTO and VP Of Engineering
Tim Cortes replaces John Kammeter. Kammeter will continue to provide ongoing technical support to PDI in a new role as Senior Technical Consultant. -
LONMARK joins NewEnergy Alliance
NewEnergy Alliance is a group of companies aimed to forge a new electricity load response model in the building automation industry. -
ABB to provide System 800xA for five hydro power sites in New Zealand
ABB won a contract valued at $9.8 million from Genesis Energy to design, construct and commission a control system upgrade for five of their hydro power sites. -
Emerson software helps Minnesota power plant improve operations
Results include a 70 percent improvement in ramp rate, from 2 MW/min. to 7 MW/min.; 2 MW reduction in over/undershoot; and a 4 PSI average decrease in throttle pressure. -
Honeywell to supply UniSim simulator to StatoilHydro Kalundborg
The UniSim plant process simulator and operator training system will be used at StatoilHydro's Kalundborg Refinery in Denmark. -
Honeywell to automate Finnish paperboard plant
Honeywell will provide its Experion PKS, Da Vinci Quality Control System, and motion controls to Stromsdal Oyj’s paperboard plant in Juankoski, Finland. -
Parvalux updates motor and gearbox catalog
Catalog covers DC brushed permanent magnet motors and gearboxes. -
Opto 22 joins Kepware's Vendor Managed Protocol program
This program enables Opto 22 to develop and maintain protocol plug-ins for Kepware’s KEPServerEX communications product. -
Kalkitech opens two offices in UAE
Kalkitech FZC and AL GHAD AL MUSHRIQ COMPUTER TECH CO LLC and will serve the GCC, North and East African markets. -
Precise Automation signs Credimex as distributor
Credimex will sell and support Precise Automation's products in Switzerland, including robots, Guidance motion controllers and PreciseVision software. -
Transpara signs Bridge Incubation Group as distributor
Bridge Incubation Group will market Visual KPI throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. -
ABB to upgrade aluminum smelter in Dubai
ABB will provide control and protection systems, as well two new ABB SCADA systems for the rectiformer station control. -
Emerson to automate two new glass plants in China
Emerson will supply PlantWeb, DeltaV, intelligent field devices, and Foundation Fieldbus at Zhejiang Changxing glass plants in the Zhejiang Province. -
B&R supplies control technology to COMAU Robotics
B&R will supply modular servo drives, industrial PCs, and POWERLINK interfaces for COMAU's articulated arm robots. -
Matrikon signs CapuTech as distributor
CapuTech will act as an exclusive reseller and systems integrator for Matrikon Suite products in Texas and Louisiana. -
ISA forms WirelessHART Convergence Subcommittee
The subcommittee will compare the technology within the ISA100.11a and WirelessHART standards, with an ultimate goal of merging the best of both standards. -
GE Fanuc completes acquisition of MOST from MTL
GE Fanuc completed the acquisition of assets of the MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) product lines. -
Walter Weisel, CEO of Paro Robots, dies
Weisel was a pioneer in robotics, with a career that spanned over 30 years of driving vast improvements in the technology and mindshare of the dynamic industry. -
Express Logic Joins Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation was created as an independent not-for-profit corporation to act as the steward of the Eclipse community. -
Software Toolbox OPC DataLogger passes OPC Test
Data Logger passes certification tests administered by the OPC Foundation’s Independent Certification Test Lab. -
UEI supplies I/O to replace VME on flight simulator
Flight Simulator manufacturer FlightSafety International switched from using VME systems to UEI’s Gigabit Ethernet RACKtangle I/O chassis. -
ABB to supply cement plant in Honduras with Knowledge Manager
Software will monitor new kiln line at Cementos del Norte’s plant in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to optimize production and performance -
Dematic automates Southern Wine and Spirits distribution center
By Jim McMahon Accumulation conveyors, slug merging and high-speed sortation combine to streamline waving, increase throughput and reduce product breakage at Florida distribution center. -
Festo supplies SERCOS III system to Durr
Festo will supply equipment for the Dürr EcoRPC robot guidance system. -
MatrikonOPC provides data connectivity for Nova BioProfile FLEX analyzer
BioProfile FLEX reduces cell culture analysis time, labor, and operating costs by consolidating chemistry/gases/electrolytes, cell density/viability, and osmolality into a single workstation. -
Glenmount Global acquires Crown ESA
Crown ESA provides Industrial Automation and process control systems in the metals and marine markets. -
LXI Consortium announces first member from China
RIGOL Technologies attended became not only the first Chinese company to join the Consortium, but the first to certify an LXI product. -
ABB analyzer helps pulp mill in Sweden
ABB's online pulp defect analyzer is helping a Södra Cell pulp mill in Sweden achieve its target of 100 percent pulp quality by detecting defects as small as 0.04 square millimeters. -
Rexroth Podcast: How to Design Manufacturing Equipment for Lean
Lean manufacturing expert Jamie Flinchbaugh discusses how machine builders tend to focus too much on what goes on inside the machine rather than on how the machine interfaces with the operator. -
Lee House joins GarrettCom as VP of Engineering and CTO
House will be responsible for all software and hardware engineering including development locations in California, Massachusetts, Virginia and India. -
NewEnergy Alliance to drive innovations in smarter buildings
The Alliance reflects a commitment to drive innovations in demand response that will create smarter buildings and promote environmentally sound business practices. -
Gateway Academy Programs Triple This Summer
The SME Education Foundation is supporting 181 academies where secondary school students receive hands-on experience that support science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. -
ABB to supply controls for cement plant project in Arizona
ABB to supply 800xA Extended Automation System, motors, drives, MCCs, analyzers, CEMS, switchgear, and instrumentation. -
austriamicrosystems provides angular position for the Audi R10 at Le Mans
The AS5243 is used to measure the absolute position of the barrel shaft in the gearbox to ensure an optimized gear change. The Audi R10 is the first diesel powered car to win the Le Mans 24 hours, one of the most famous races in the world. -
GainSpan selects Green Hills Software for Wi-Fi Sensor Network
GainSpan provides Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery.