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Emerson will acquire SPX Corporation's 44.5 percent minority interest in EGS Electrical Group, giving it 100 percent ownership of the business.

AMETEK bought Powervar, a provider of power management systems and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, for approximately $128 million.

Total machine vision sales in North America climbed 23% compared to the third quarter of 2012, according to statistics from AIA, the industry’s trade group.

Honeywell will provide the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for the 615,000 barrel-a-day Al Zour refinery complex to be built in southern Kuwait. Honeywell will also provide the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the system.

BgB Supply, an online distributor of electrical control panel components based out of Omaha, Neb., announces the addition of over 500 in-stock Panduit items, making them one of the largest authorized Panduit distributors in the area.

The ability to consider manufacturing options early in the product development stage is a huge benefit in improving automation.

CSIA announced 12 new members and certified four companies.

ACM Facility Safety provides SafeGuard Sentinel SIL safety software that systems integrator Autopro Automation Consultants will help implement in process industries.

The Kaxu project will deliver the first parabolic trough solar plant in South Africa. Once operational, the plant will utilize a heat transfer fluid and molten salt energy storage design that can produce power for up to three hours after sunset.

With 23 years of experience in the supply chain and logistics industry, Erickson will manage Knighted application development teams to produce supply chain software solutions.

Analytik Jena will continue to operate as an independent company focused on the laboratory analytics business.

On January 1, 2014, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Arnhold, Vice President Technology at R. Stahl, will take over the honorary position of IECEx system chairman for a period of three years.

As the year draws to an end, we wanted to take the opportunity to recap on the trends QA Graphics saw in 2013 and share what’s coming up in 2014. QA Graphics has been involved in the building automation industry for 10 years, driving the change for more realistic graphics and interactive solutions. The industry has taken a big leap this year, embracing high-end graphic solutions, and it will only continue in 2014.

By Jonathan Wilkins, European Automation If the IoT becomes a fully fledged reality, system compatibility would no longer be an issue. Automation parts would be able to recognize whether they are reconcilable with equipment or overall systems without being shipped to the customer.

The test tool offers the possibility to automatically test the full CIP Safety on Sercos protocol functionality of a device in order to prove the compliance with The CIP Safety specification.

As part of its trade mission to CeMAT Hannover 2014, The Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity is funding and supporting up to 10 eligible companies who apply.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Dr. Peter Martin, Invensys Vice President, gave a passionate keynote by combining the elements of engineering, business, and evangelism. Martin believes the future of our profession is as bright as ever if we all work together to put knowledge to work and drive the great problems of the world out of existence.

The free mobile constructor app for iOS and Android provides the possibility of timed assembly of interesting three-dimensional models with differing degrees of complexity – from a meat grinder to a helicopter.

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