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Rio Tinto Coal Australia Hunter Valley Operations and Matrikon won the "Minerals Process Plant of the Year" Award at the Australian Mining Prospect Awards for Innovation in Coal Prep Plant Control Optimization.

The free catalog introduces 10 new products including the UEILogger family and an embedded Linux toolkit for the company's PowerDNA product line. The catalog can be downloaded as a PDF.

The new course catalog from Emerson's Educational Services, available on CD, describes some 300 training courses designed to facilitate the engineering, operation, maintenance, and optimization of industrial process automation systems and devices. Engineers and technicians who take these courses are better able to optimize the performance of their processes, and enhance productivity in their plants.

TURCK appointed Dean McCaskill president of North American operations. In this role, McCaskill assumes complete responsibility for TURCK's operations, including its manufacturing facilities. McCaskill has more than 25 years of experience in the industrial manufacturing, distribution and business development sectors. Prior to joining TURCK, McCaskill served as general manager for Barnes Group. .

Unibend Control Software enhancements include: detailed torque analysis software for each axis which allows fabricators to track tubing quality and compare suppliers; a utility that captures usage data to assist productivity analysis; and the ability to dynamically control the profile of the carriage push cycle for finer control of bend quality.

ABB has successfully put into operation an automation system expansion at Alunorte's Alumina refinery in Barcarena, Brazil. This expansion project includes System 800xA Extended Automation and intelligent device integration. Since April 2006, after only five months of commissioning and 12 days of ramp-up operation, Alunorte has been operating at nominal load.

Green Planet process automation newsletter provides updates on the group's strategy, markets, organization, and major successes. Published bi-annually in spring and autumn It is available in hard copy format through local Pepperl+Fuchs representatives.

KONE's EcoMod solution for modernizing aging escalator equipment uses PEC's EcoStart to make the escalators more power efficient.

From 16 to 20 April, HANNOVER MESSE 2007 will be featuring 13 international flagship fairs for industrial technology at the same time and place at the exhibition grounds in Hannover, Germany. Together these events present a cross-section of all the latest technical innovations, trends and know-how for all the major industries. At least 6,000 exhibitors are expected to occupy a display area of over 200,000 square meters.

The TLS 2200 Thermal Labeling System Version 4.0 offers twice the processing power, along with additional features that enhance the printer's functionality and efficiency. The new version of the portable label printerprovides more value and labeling flexibility for industrial labeling applications.

N5430A function enables Agilent Infiniium oscilloscope users to create and execute application-specific measurements. This makes it possible for Infiniium oscilloscope users to develop custom math and analysis functions in the MATLAB software environment and execute them live on the oscilloscope screen, just like any of the scope's standard functions.

Emerson and OSIsoft announced continuation of their global value added reseller agreement of the last three years. Emerson will continue to incorporate OSIsoft's PI System into its automation projects that use PlantWeb digital automation architecture and services.

G Systems has been awarded a $1 million contract by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control to design, integrate and install an automated test station for the Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS) container launch unit.

Honeywell is expanding its presence in Southern Africa with the opening of a new office in Angola as part of its strategy to drive growth and provide strong process automation solutions to the oil and gas industry in the resource-rich region.

Innovex, a manufacturer of high-density flexible circuit-based electronic interconnect solutions, has selected Junot Systems’ NLINK product suite and SAP-certified interfaces to provide plant to enterprise (P2E) integration for their manufacturing facilities in Thailand.

OMRON will acquire NHK Spring's FTTH optical coupler business on November 1, 2006, as outlined in a preliminary agreement between the two companies that was announced on August 31, 2006. From November 1, the FTTH optical coupler business, which was based in NHK Spring's Yokohama head office, will be operated from OMRON's Kusatsu Factory.

On December 5th and December 7th 2006, Thermo will host a series of seminars in the Baltic Region. This series of seminars explores the challenges facing the process industry today and gives examples of organizations enhancing productivity in the laboratory and reducing costs, ultimately improving their competitiveness in the global market.

Web site contains information on machine vision products, including camera mounts, light mounts, adjustable mounts, vision fixtures, camera enclosures, adjustable mounting brackets, LED lighting, and machine vision lenses.

The report, ERP in Manufacturing Benchmark, surveyed more than 1,100 companies of all sizes on the total amount spent on software and external services. The report showed that Infor customers spend an average of 44 percent less on services than the nearest competitor.

This alliance couples Emerson's Machinery Health Management services capabilities with RoMaDyn's 50+ years of in-field turbo machinery experience to create a network of machinery diagnostic services for critical rotating machines. Besides services opportunities, the two companies have jointly created a new training course on turbomachinery diagnostics to be introduced by Emerson in 2007.