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Software Toolbox is endorsing the OPCTI's training programs for users, integrators, and OEMs seeking to become more knowledgeable users of OPC products.

Under the five-year agreement, ABB will assume responsibility for all maintenance-related activities covering production equipment at the plant.

The PTO is one of 25 regional associations that develop and promote the use of PROFIBUS fieldbus and PROFINET Industrial Ethernet standards for automation.

Recipients are awarded based on humanitarian efforts, and/or civic or personal projects, outside of business, which have brought outstanding positive recognition to St. Charles and assists in enhancing the image of the community.

FKI Logistex de México, S.A. de C.V. provides sales and service support to the company's growing business throughout Mexico and Latin America.

Livingston & Haven Executive Vice President, Bruce McKay, has been selected as one of the judges for the 2008 Progressive Manufacturing Awards by Managing Automation, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC, publication.

As a partner in the program, IBM will extend its existing relationship with Rockwell Automation by helping manufacturers build plant-wide information applications and manufacturing execution systems (MES) using the FactoryTalk suite of integrated production and performance software.

Mureen's tasks include building and managing McObject’s sales force to leverage the company’s early successes in the embedded software market, creating effective alliances and marketing programs, developing new sales channels, and building and executing an international strategy to increase the non-U.S. contribution to McObject’s revenues.

Wurldtech Security Technologies announced the appointment of Mary-Jane Tessarolo as Vice-President of Finance to lead the company’s financial activities.

The center hopes to create greater awareness among students, school systems, industry leaders, workforce development agencies, economic development agencies and government officials about the variety of career paths that exist in the manufacturing field.

The new agreement extends the Chemoprojekt license to use SimSci-Esscor's simulation, modeling and optimization solutions.

The addition of Byres and Shipley complements current Advisory Board members: four-star retired Army Gen. Anthony Charles Zinni, College of William and Mary; Dug Song, vice president engineering at Zattoo and former chief security architect at Arbor; and Sri Reddy, vice president of engineering for edge router software development, Alcatel.

ABB will deliver two gearless mill drive systems to help run the ore-grinding equipment at Anglo Platinum’s mill in Mokopane, about 280 kilometers north-east of Johannesburg.

The 26ft high animated replica of a famous American footballer is the creation of an award winning team at the London-based SFX company Artem.

Metrology users from leading manufacturers and science laboratories are invited to submit abstracts for white papers illustrating their successful application of 3D coordinate measurement systems.

ATI’s new office houses sales, customer service and training departments along with areas for spare parts and product demonstration.

Rack & Panel connector catalog includes shielded, co-axial, modified co-axial products

Software Toolbox Inc. announced today that is has completed the acquisition of the OPC business assets, trade names, and goodwill of Northern Dynamic Inc.

The customized solution is part of ABB’s OPTIMAX plant control portfolio and runs on top of ABB’s award-winning automation platform, Extended Automation System 800xA.

ABB plans to develop its Indian operations by investing $100 million over three years to expand business, engineering and R&D capacities, build new factories and broaden its automation and power product range in India.

AutoMotion Technologies of Lake City, Florida will expand Adept's reach in Florida and Puerto Rico while Innovative Automation Solutions (IAS), of Platte City, Missouri will cover the Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska region.

BACnet International is an organization that encourages the successful deployment of this protocol in building automation and control systems through interoperability testing educational programs, and promotional activities.

ODVA and TÜV Rheinland will establish a conformance Test Service for DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP in Shanghai.

This spec provides seamless access from CIP originator devices to Modbus target devices.

Specs include updates for EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet, and ControlNet.

DSPCon will provide NASA with advanced data acquisition and analysis systems for a variety of satellite, rocket and aviation testing applications.

ABB will supply gearless mill drive systems to increase productivity and lower energy consumption at a new mine in northern Chile.

Franke Group, based in Aarburg, Switzerland, manufactures kitchens and food service equipment.

Okuma is known for its technology leadership and world-class manufacturing, product quality and dedication to customer service.

SERCOS III integrates the open Ethernet protocol with high-speed data transfer at 100 MBitS per second.

The project will migrate the plant’s existing Honeywell process control systems to Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS).

He was named an IEEE Fellow for his key role in the development of Infinera's large-scale photonic integrated circuits.

The market, which approached $4 billion in 2006, is forecasted to exceed $5 billion in 2011, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.

The new office includes a sales force targeting China and a technical support infrastructure that will offer local services and direct support contact

This new release includes features enabling automation equipment suppliers to further improve the diagnostics, interoperability and reliability of FOUNDATION-compliant products.

National Hydroelectric Power Corp., one of India's major power generation companies, signed a contract worth over $7 million to implement IFS Applications.

Softing will integrate its OPC UA interface into ILS Technology's deviceWISE software that connects devices on the factory floor with enterprise systems.

The company added one member to its board, and appointed an interim CEO and interim CFO.

The company, specializing in automation, control and information solutions, plans to open the new office early in 2008.

Motion Industries is a distributor of electrical and industrial automation, hydraulic and industrial hose, hydraulic and pneumatic components, and material handling.

NTERKAMA covers actuator technology, analysis metrology, engineering and services, functional safety, measuring and control systems, wireless automation and asset management.

The competition is open to companies that exhibit products at HANNOVER MESSE 2008. Entry forms must be submitted by 15 February 2008.

Machine vision systems are becoming critical to the emerging requirements of industrial automation and robotics.

InduSoft will endorse the Certified OPC Professional (COP) designation and offer OPCTI training for their customers.

Verification-as-Services (VaS) solution helps organizations developing software for real-time or embedded applications.

Commtest will use the new office to provide sales and technical support for the Middle East and North Africa Regions.

Nyquist will direct sales operations for all company divisions, which includes systems, software, instruments, valves and services.

The ISA Honors & Awards Committee is accepting nominations for 2008 recognition in 20 categories..

Daniel 3804 Liquid Ultrasonic Meters will determine "Fiscal transfers" of all petroleum products ranging from heavy crude to light hydrocarbon processed for the export market.

Yoshinori Furuno will head the new office as Director of Business Development for Japan.

ABB won a contract from Angola’s Empresa Nacional de Electricidade (ENE) to connect electrical grids in the country.

Emerson will install PlantWeb with Foundation fieldbus for the project that will recycle refuse from 1.1 million Paris residents, converting the waste into energy.

Beckhoff demos Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 at show in Japan.

Wieckowski was promoted to vice president and general manager for the Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies Group.

CIDX will endorse the ISA 88 (batch control standard) and ISA 95 (enterprise and control integration standard).

Allied to distribute RECOM’s on-board DC/DC, AC/DC converter and switching regulator products.

Brochure contains a tutorial and applications in fields such as noise & vibration cancellation, energy harvesting and high-dynamics force sensing.

Other enhancements include Pxt and Ixt overload models, bleeder duty cycle vs power charts, and an interface for Windows XP and Vista.

ABB completed the sale of its downstream oil and gas business Lummus Global to Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (CB&I) for $950 million.

Most recently, Caputo served as Corporate Vice-President and President and COO of L-3 Communications.

FPGA IPNet provides an open forum for sharing LabVIEW FPGA IP and modules for analog and digital I/O, communication buses/protocols and motion control.

Michel Haddad addressed the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) meeting in Cairo, Egypt.

The office provides industrial automation and control solutions for customers in the Osaka, Sakai and Wakayama areas.

The highway span is raised and lowered 20 times a day, and the cable that controls it is unwound and rewound as many times.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Somfy GmbH, Echelon, 4HomeMedia, Constellation Energy and Tracy Markie won awards.

Kelly-Detwiler is senior director of energy technology services for Constellation Energy.

Talvivaara Mining Company is constructing Europe’s largest nickel mine at Talvivaara in the Sotkamo region of Finland.

KOMPAS-3D LT V9 is a functionally reduced version of KOMPAS, and can be downloaded for free.

The 4th Edition of "Industrial Data Communications" by Lawrence M. Thompson includes a complete description of relevant terminology, standards, and protocols.

The ISA92 committee submitted documents on CO, O2 and chlorine monitoring to ANSI for reaffirmation as American National Standards.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is using wireless sensor networking software from Octave Technology.

Schmid replaces Rich Combs who will serve as PDI Executive Chairman.

The three will develop and deliver advanced security solutions for the global industrial automation market.

The transaction is expected to be completed in December, pending final government authorizations and approvals.

The SST controls I/O devices connected to a DeviceNet network without the need of a local PC.

The General Industry Group will provide programming, software, vision, mechanical design, controls, simulation and training.

Study reveals that companies farther along the path toward convergence are realizing more positive impacts on manufacturing performance than anticipated.

Rockwell's Integrated Architecture helps lower integration costs, improves manufacturing agility, and helps end users to make better business decisions.

Increased process system capabilities, Endress + Hauser partnership and Pavilion Technologies and ICS Triplex acquisitions are highlighted at Automation Fair.

At the Seine Grésillons treatment plant, technicians can connect locally at any point of the network by wire or WiFi to the same production management interface to obtain data.

The team will help device/component manufacturers take their products through the various steps required for use on an intelligent safety network system.

Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which has taken competitiveness on to new planes. A whole array of initiatives have been introduced, collectively labeled "new wave manufacturing."

Collaborative industry initiative provides North American manufacturers with alternatives to moving manufacturing off-shore.

TorqSense non-contact digital torque monitoring system has proven to be the only way to test the seals of super high performance vacuum systems.

The chapter, based in Singapore, will serve the Asia Pacific region and is the first chapter outside of North America for the organization.

Virginia Tech won the $500,000 third place prize at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge.

Emerson will supply 25,000 Rosemount instruments, 2,500 FIELDVUE DVC6000 HART smart positioners, 2,000 Fisher control valves, and 400 Micro Motion Coriolis meters.

ABB won an order from the Namibian national power utility, NamPower, to connect the country’s power grid and strengthen electricity networks in southern Africa.

The world-wide market for SCADA systems for the water & wastewater industries is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% over the next five years.

MTL acquired a 90% stake in RTK, a manufacturer of process alarm equipment, displays and interface products.

Best Practices Engineering Guide provides installation recommendations for FCI's Thermal Dispersion Flow Meters.

Procter and Gamble used Intech Studios' PUMA software to implement a wireless VoIP telephone system that provides real-time information on issues occurring on the manufacturing plant floor.

Revenue was $18.44 million with a net loss of $0.25 million. Matrikon restructures management and separates two business units. CTO takes sabbatical.

The paper details how process-based manufacturing and business analytics enable enterprise decision making.

SCP Standards quantify the effectiveness of customer service and support, and represent best practices in the industry.

Industrial Defender appointed Donald Simoneau senior vice president of worldwide operations, reporting to CEO Brian M. Ahern.

When should you use a managed Ethernet switch? This paper provides answers.

Certification eliminates need for secondary seals.

Honeywell will supply $9.1 million worth control valves for the new integrated Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant in Qatar.

SIXNET acquired BlueTree Wireless Data, Inc., a supplier of Machine to Machine (M2M) Cellular Data Products.