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ICONICS announces its portable new ReportWorX Express app for Office at Hannover Messe 2015.

ICONICS announces the integration of its major automation software suites; GENESIS64™, AnalytiX® and Hyper Historian™; with the security-enhanced, scalable enterprise-grade cloud computing platform, Microsoft Azure.

ICONICS announces the availability of energy-smart software solutions for industrial, manufacturing and building applications.

The Bosch Rexroth Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg public school system in North Carolina will be available for OCS students beginning with the 2015-16 school year.

Siemens PLM Solutions is a manufacturer of integrated CNC software solutions.

The fast kinetics and composition response of a fluidized bed reactor enable the direct manipulation of reactant feed rate by temperature control to inherently maximize production rate to the coolant

New members of the CSIA Board of Directors were approved via member electronic survey in March.

February U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $179.3 million, down 2.3% from January’s total and up 1.6% from February 2014.

KUKA Systems opened its new R&D and production facility for advanced automation solutions in Le Haillan, France.

The ISA reference book Maintenance of Instruments & Systems, 2nd Edition by L. D. Goettsche covers topics related to level measurement.

Egemin automated the transport between the automated warehouse and the production zone at this manufacturer of electronic braking systems.

The technology segment includes e-commerce and information technology (IT) outsourcing, media, networking, computer hardware, value-added services, and telecommunication and wireless technology. Wireless technology has helped the telecom sector to shift from wired to wireless systems, which emphasizes the importance of electromagnetic spectrum.

By Norbert Meierhoefer, AspenTech While industrial technology is partly responsible for leaking carbon emissions into the atmosphere, technology can also play an important role in helping to manage and reduce CO2 output.

Siemens Sinumerik CNCs, Simotics motors and Sinamics drives were installed at each lathe, with Simatic PLC and HMI as the master of the entire line.

If you are attending the conference this year, please make sure to stop by the Progea booth during the Partner Industry Expo on April 30th to witness the World’s most open and flexible SCADA/HMI software. At the booth, you will be able to test drive Movicon 11™ SCADA/HMI and Automation Platform.NExT™.

Samsung Electronics is rapidly moving to expand its presence in Africa by establishing manufacturing facilities in the hope of providing an impetus to the country’s burgeoning digital economy.

By Bill Lydon, Editor I recently learned more about Microsoft’s Azure Machine Learning cloud-based predictive analytics software. It is designed to allow users to gain insights into their systems by leveraging data from those systems. I believe Azure is analogous to the power of Excel and Visual Basic - two products that democratized computing in the past.

On average, 96 percent of planned critical maintenance, inspections and testing were performed on schedule but more emphasis is needed on process safety.

Guide covers sensors for displacement, distance, position and length measurement, 2D/3D laser sensors for dimensional measurements, and more

Located in Krishnapatnam, the Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station is a $2 billion investment by APGENCO that will provide new, low-emissions generation capacity.