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  • IFR says robots will create more than two million jobs

    The International Federation of Robotics says certain jobs may be reduced by robotics and automation but many more jobs are created.
    28 February, 2013 | 5 minutes
  • IMS says fieldbus losing share to Ethernet

    Fieldbus protocols accounted for 75% of new industrial automation component network connections in 2011, but this is projected to fall to 69% in 2016. Growth of Ethernet is expected to be considerably higher to 2016.
    28 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Lin Rong To Deliver Keynote At Fieldbus Foundation 2013 General Assembly

    The 2013 General Assembly will be held in Shanghai, China, on March 12-15, 2013.
    28 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • ISA announces agenda for 2013 LDAR Symposium

    The symposium, to be held 21-23 May 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, will provide numerous opportunities to meet face to face with leading government officials on current and prospective regulatory requirements and activities.
    27 February, 2013 | 4 minutes
  • Sercos exhibits at 2013 Hanover Fair

    sercos will show new safety concepts, products, and innovative technologies of exhibiting member companies during the Hanover Fair, April 8 - 12, 2013, in hall 9, booth D80.
    27 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • ARC publishes Global Service Provider Selection Guide

    The guide has attributes tailored for industrial organizations, and allows those involved in a GSP selection process to make quicker and improved decisions.
    27 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Ex d Enclosures: Understanding the Standards

    By Toni Ott, Cooper Crouse-Hinds When specifying explosion-proof (Ex d) enclosures to house electrical apparatus for use in explosive atmospheres, engineers must ensure they fully understand the implications of modifying the enclosure as part of the certified equipment prior to and after installation.
    27 February, 2013 | 6 minutes
  • PROFINET/PROFIBUS Training Center upgrades equipment

    The PROFI Interface Center (PIC) in Johnson City, TN, made a significant investment in new equipment and systems to enhance its ability to train industrial networking engineers in coming years.
    27 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Lenze announces Mobile App for Calculating Drive Systems

    Lenze’s Formulas and Tables app provides engineers, drive manufacturers and trainers a mobile tool to design drive systems while on the go.
    27 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Vladimir Putin expected at Hannover Messe 2013

    The Russian head of state will be in the Hannover Congress Centrum for the opening ceremony on Sunday, April 7, 2013, and will also take part in the traditional opening tour of HANNOVER MESSE on Monday, April 8, 2013.
    27 February, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Emerson to upgrade automation on Statoil platform in North Sea

    Emerson will provide integrated safety and automation systems to help boost oil recovery and extend the life of the field while also reducing operating costs and minimizing safety and environmental risks.
    27 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • What Are the Opportunities and Challenges for Alternative Energy?

    What Are the Opportunities and Challenges for Alternative Energy?

    How can we produce enough sustainable energy while avoiding unacceptable environmental consequences? ISA's book, Future Energy, explores the options.
    By: Contributing Authors
    27 February, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Cole-Parmer publishes 2013/14 laboratory Sourcebook

    The 2013/14 Cole-Parmer Sourcebook contains conversion factors, approvals to selection guides, and other reference material to make buying—and using—laboratory products easier.
    26 February, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell Opens Automation Training College in Vietnam

    Opened in partnership with Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and PetroVietnam University, the college will boost the technical skills of local engineers for the process industry in Vietnam and surrounding Southeast Asia.
    26 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Software helps SABIC conform to European emission limits

    Industrial Thinking’s Chronicle software connects to flowmeters using redundant Modbus and OPC protocols to report on Hydrocarbon and Co2 emissions from all facilities, including steam boilers, superheaters, furnaces and purge to flares.
    26 February, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Invensys controls New Russian Refinery

    Invensys, as the main automation provider, supplied complete control and safety solutions, including field instrumentation, process analytics and valves to the new Yaysky oil refinery in Kemerovo, a city in Russia.
    26 February, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • ABB automates Northland’s Kaunisvaara iron ore mine

    ABB supplied embedded medium- and low-voltage switchgear, variable-speed drives and motor control centers, a plant-wide process automation system, and fiber optic network equipment cabling.
    26 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • ISA participates in KGAC meeting in Hong Kong

    ISA’s Executive Director and CEO Patrick Gouhin participated at a meeting in Hong Kong exploring collaborative initiatives among industry associations throughout all areas of the world, including the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific region.
    25 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Intertec to supply outdoor cabinets to protect Sadara process analyzers

    Intertec will supply environmental protection cabinets and shelters that will protect the field-based process analyzers at the new Sadara petrochemical complex in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    25 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • HMS to supply Netbiter to Crouzet

    Crouzet will use Netbiter as a remote management solution for their Millenium 3 Smart PLCs, allowing users access to data on field equipment over the web.
    25 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
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