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By Robert Harrison, COPA-DATA It takes an average of twelve years and over £200m to get a new drug from the laboratory onto the shelf. As a result, the pharmaceutical industry is well known for its prudence, especially regarding the uptake of new technologies. Here’s how appropriate technologies can help, rather than hinder, essential regulatory compliance including ISO 50001 and FDA 21 CFR Part 11.

According to a recently released report by IHS, the Americas are projected to be the fastest growing regional market for operator terminal revenues.

The growing emphasis on energy efficiency and the investments expected in wind energy will further fuel the adoption of gearboxes and gear motors in industries as well as in wind turbines.

Additions include a Safety handbook excerpt, recent case studies, technical papers on topics such as vibration damping, and links to videos and software tools help manufacturers and machine builders advance the flexibility and performance of factory automation solutions.

Metso will supply a DNA automation system, information management system and a safety system to the Greatmoor energy-from-waste facility under construction in Calvert, Edgcott, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK.

COPA-DATA India will serve all existing and new zenon clients. The company will target the energy and infrastructure industries, as well as the automotive and pharmaceutical sectors.

While daily use of any spindle will be hard on the component, there are some basic practices to consider while using the machine to help with longevity.

ABB opened offices on Discovery Parkway in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and at the office/manufacturing site on Glendale Ave. in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

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ISA published its program of presentations, paper sessions, panel discussions, tutorials, training courses, vendor exhibitions, and other activities for the Process Control & Safety Symposium, 7-9 October 2014 in Houston, Texas.

NiceLabel is a supplier of barcode and RFID labeling software and global provider of enterprise labeling solutions.

The author fused his knowledge of business with traditional Chinese combat techniques to counter what he foresees as an increasingly intense economic and industrial war between China and the USA.

Balancing the supply and demand of electricity is a dynamic challenge and a mandatory requirement for electricity providers on the grid in the UK. Endeco Technologies uses TopView to monitor site power.

VCLIB software library contains all standard image processing algorithms as well as ready-to-use algorithms for a number of inspection tasks and provides users with the option of in-house programming.

B-Scada’s Indonesian partner, LDK, will be installing the software as a web monitoring solution for the new Senipah Gas Power Plant operated by PT. Kartanegara Energi Perkasa.

Savigent Software provides event-driven manufacturing operations management software.

60Amp and 100Amp servo drives in the DigiFlex Performance family are available with CANopen, EtherCAT and RS232/485 communications.

The Summail Gas Plant has an Integrated Control & Safety System which consists of a Process Control System, Emergency Shutdown System, Fire & Gas Detection System, SCADA server, and Alarm annunciation systems, but their PLCs couldn't talk to each other.

The beverage packaging industry in North America is expected to reach $26.3 billion in 2015, with plastic bottles leading the way in popularity, according to PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.