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Rejret was promoted from his position as a systems analyst at Wago.

Equipment includes Ovation expert control systems with HART communications, Scenario simulator, safety systems, and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software.

Solar power plants using solar trackers typically generate 30% more energy than fixed systems. ABB supplies PLCs and HMIs for solar trackers.

The web site will help Chinese-speaking equipment designers, instrumentation, process control and plant engineers solve flow measurement applications in air, gas or liquids.

The site focuses on four key strategies: reducing maintenance costs, reducing risk and improving cash flow, implementing high-ROI solutions and driving down operational costs.

Wilkins was previously responsible for worldwide sales and global marketing strategies for GE Fanuc's Proficy Historian, Real-Time Information Portal and Shop Floor SPC software.

Conferences will be held in Mobile, AL, King of Prussia, PA, Park City, Utah, and Houston, Texas.

The college will realize enough energy savings to reduce equivalent annual energy costs by more than $500,000.

OPC Foundation opened a North American Certification Test Lab to validate and certify OPC products.

Twelve major OPC vendors participated, submitting fifteen OPC Servers and seventeen OPC Clients for open interoperability testing which took place March 2nd through March 6th in Boca Raton, Florida.

Testing verified WALL-NUTS contact continuity (no current interruptions during testing) and housing integrity (no physical damage) under extreme conditions.

ScenSor offers an ultra-low complexity coherent receiver, giving MicroStrain the benefits of superior range at ultra-low power consumption.

This application-level standard describes the process of transporting C12.19 table data over a variety of networks.

Autodesk today began shipping its new 2010 line of 2D and 3D design and engineering software.

ASHRAE's certification recognizes those with optimal knowledge of the entire building commissioning process.

The group is seeking presentations for new wireless technology and system architectures for the link between sensors/actuators and automation systems.

NAIT Johnson Controls Centre for Building Environment Technology teaches students to become successful HVAC specialists.

Guide describes cavitation prediction and control to minimize increases in operating costs that result from cavitation damage.

By Fulvio Roveta, Integration Objects Article discusses some of the options available for integrating automation islands and for distributing information at any level in the organization. In particular, two main players in the system integration arena will be examined: OLE for Process Control (OPC) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

By Greg Millinger and Alicia Bowers, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms By maintaining automated control over a process with Work Process Management, companies can have a much better chance of reducing waste for the longer term. Includes Lean Six Sigma glossary.