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Automation.com, May 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor ABB creates new role, appoints Brice Koch, to oversee relations with ABB’s largest customers and the development of opportunities in strategic growth areas such as rail, wind, water, solar, energy efficiency and smart grids. Koch will also be responsible for developing ABB’s service business.

Automation.com, May 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The PlantTriage "true believers" gathered at the ExperTune User Conference from around the world to improve their skills and share their project successes. The conference focused on ways to improve process control performance with training, access to industry experts, and case studies.

Automation.com, May 2011 By Roy Kok Over the years, we’ve had sensor upgrades, improved controllers, better operator visibility, data archiving and analytics, and now we have enterprise integration for improved material management, corporate agility, regulatory compliance and a host of other features.

Applied Products Group is now a Semaphore distributor for Arizona and New Mexico.

IFCS will be integrating the OPC Servers with its DABO (Buildings Diagnostic Agent for Building Operation) – a tool that analyzes and stores all data read by the centralized control system.

iSenseLight covers all necessary basic functions like calibration, configuration of optical sensors and enhanced diagnostics with DLI and TTM.

Strain gauges are widely employed in sensors that detect and measure force and force-related parameters, such as torque, acceleration, pressure, and vibration. The strain gauge is the building block for strain sensors that often employ multiple strain gauges in their construction.

Automation.com, May 2011 By Jay Mellen, Savigent Software Logic PD implemented a system to fully automate Logic tracking and control of its box-build processes. The new system empowers Logic PD to scale faster, bring products to market more rapidly, increase customer visibility, and improve overall manufacturing efficiencies.

DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution installed AXIOM-X omnidirectional laser barcode scanners from Accu-Sort for its distribution center in Neufahrn, Germany.

The GMD powers a 38-foot semiautogenous (SAG) mill at the Canadian Malartic gold mine.

Animatics designs, manufactures, and markets motion control products and systems, and has over 24 years in the motion control industry.

Two Houston high school seniors from one of the city’s prominent engineering magnet schools have been awarded the Honeywell Engineer of the Future Scholarship.

Catalog covers gear motors, motors and variable speed motion controls.

Modernization of a municipal waterworks with SCADA standardization: Past, present, and planning for the future

Geraldi is a 27 year veteran of the high tech automation industry and holds a BEEE from Stevens Institute of Technology along with a MBA from Iona College.

Anytek is a Taiwanese manufacturer of terminal blocks.

Gleason started his career in industrial automation in robotics. With more than 20 years experience, he has led hardware and design engineering projects.

AWC operates 24 locations in 9 states (Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Florida) and employs over 285 people.

The brochure includes a colorful selection chart matching the appropriate ABB model with application flow rates, pressures, temperatures, and functions.

Demko will manage North American sales representative offices and service strategic accounts for Acromag's embedded computing product line.