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ISA introduced all new award categories to recognize both automation professionals and companies who are making a difference across the industry.

Steam temperature controls standard reaffirmed for 2012

Choosing an integrator for an industrial automation project is like choosing an architect for the house of your dreams – you can get almost any architect to build a dwelling structure, but the house o

SNAP PAC acts as a central controller that manages more than 180 interconnected onboard systems aboard director James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger submersible.

The company appointed Paul Lambert as its manager of regional sales for Europe.

A team from Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg, Pa., won first prize in Phoenix Contact’s international xplore New Automation contest in Bad Pyrmont, Germany.

Banerjee joins ABB from Hewlett Packard, where he was Senior Vice President of Research and Director of HP Labs.

The Building Automation Systems Division was organized for building automation professionals who design, build, install, troubleshoot, operate and manage building automation systems, and who seek to a

Coastal Flow Liquid Measurement will resell and support Flow MD’s small volume provers (SVP).

Automation.com, April 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Ford's Powertrain Group has taken a complete systems approach to automation, driven by goals to improve operations, efficiency and flexibility. PROFINET has been an enabler for Ford's manufacturing architecture and became one of the tools used to achieve their goals.

Zettlex will develop lightweight but rugged position sensors for space applications for the European Aerospace & Defence Systems agency.

The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) announces that 18 companies joined as associate members.

The order includes mechanical equipment and the upgrade of electrical control and drives for four mine hoists, and related engineering services.

Scholarships for Process Measurement & Control Students

Automation.com, April 2012 By Dan Roessler, AspenTech Mobile application usage in manufacturing is expected to continue to increase. Mobile applications provide users with production insight twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week regardless of their physical location. This expanded data access helps leverage expert resources and improve employee effectiveness.

F&S says electric drives earned revenues of €204.89 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach €313.14 million in 2017.

“Find an Integrator” searches for integrators who design, implement and test automation for numerous industries.

Automation.com, April 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Sandvik Coromant, DMG / Mori Seiki USA, and Siemens PLC collaborated to replace multiple machines and cutting tools with intelligent design of a new method to accomplish gear hobbing using one machine and one cutting tool.

Trutegra, formally Nol-Tec Systems Southeast, provides automation solutions, automated crane controls, digital displays, energy and sustainability solutions.

EPLAN Data Portal 2.1 allows anyone to have viewing rights to the Portal to obtain part information via an Internet browser.