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AEP-A2000R Series of pure sign wave inverters are now UL60950-1 Listed.

Dresser Masoneilan has been named the preferred control valve supplier for Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power’s Shin Kori reactors currently under construction near Busan, South Korea.

Rockwell Automation has supplied 15 Allen Bradley ControlLogix programmable automation controllers to be located at seven different sites in the Snowy Mountains on the east coast of Australia.

Emerson will install its Ovation expert control system at two power generation facilities in Korea.

The CoDeSys Automation Alliance for IEC 61131-3 programming signed up its 100th member.

Vishay Nobel standard KIS, KOSD, KIMD, and KISD load cells and weighing modules work with Schneider PLCs via Ethernet Modbus TCP communication.

Prosilica cameras will now become an integral part of the overall AVT camera offering.

Omni Cable is a distributor of specialty wire and cable for electrical distribution.

With this system, children as young as 9 years old can design their own robots using new features such as color recognition and Bluetooth support.

In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions.

Growth in the mining and metals industry for automation, instrumentation, and software came to a halt in the last quarter of 2008 and hasn't recovered.

Frost & Sullivan says that with Europe’s major economies sinking into recession, major pump suppliers have seen orders go down by nearly 30 per cent.

ABB reported third-quarter net income of $1 billion. Orders declined 15% and revenue was down 5%.

Wind turbine control system suppliers are benefiting from an increasing demand for wind turbines worldwide and recognizing various areas of opportunities where performance can be improved.

The worldwide market for Factory Automation Networks at the device level will decline this year but is expected to strongly rebound in 2010

The collapse of the US housing market and subsequent chain reaction of events made for a very difficult business climate for 2008 and 2009, but it may start to grow.

The European Fieldbus market is expected to grow to $760.27 million by 2015 from $448.00 million in 2008.

The Quattro Robot broke the 300 cycle per minute barrier, allegedly making it the fastest robot in the world.

SABIC Innovative Plastics will use the system to connect and organize people and work processes to drive Lean production initiatives – easing decision making on the plant floor and reducing costs.

Emerson wireless position monitors are helping Harcros Chemicals monitor manual valves in remote, hard-to-reach locations that previously were unconnected to the plant’s control system.

Enraf Servo Gauge received SIL-2 certification from TUV Rheinland for use in safety applications. Existing gauges can become SIL-2 compliant with a simple software upload.

Toyota will use the HC900 hybrid controller to optimize air supply units and deliver greater energy-efficient temperature and humidity control within paint finishing spray booths.

Wonderware software will manage Bruce Power's equipment condition and performance monitoring (ECPM) project at eight nuclear reactors in Canada.

84% of production companies report that they could improve the speed of visibility into their operations performance. IT challenges and a lack of understanding are the main obstacles to changing that situation.

Honeywell’s Experion will be used to control Valorly’s Rillieux-la-Pape incineration system, which transforms waste into both thermal and electrical energy.

The book discusses topics such as engineering, security, enterprise connectivity, advanced process control, plant asset management and operator efficiency.

Schneider Electric will update their machine controller and I/O system using B&R technology.

Brochure provides an overview of ABB's start-up and commissioning services.

Emerson’s wireless network of field instrumentation monitors the process used to reduce NOx emissions inside a rotating cement kiln at CalPortland Company.

Project includes distributed control, safety technology, terminal automation, process technology, process simulation and optimization applications.

PcVue will monitor and control ventilation systems and 200 programmable controllers at CERN, the largest particle accelerator in the world.

In a survey of manufacturing CFOs and senior comptrollers, one-third are reducing health care benefits, more than a quarter are reducing 401(k) matches, and more than half plan to reduce bonuses.

Manufacturing has yet to reap many benefits from the $780 billion stimulus package, but an industry economist has uncovered a program that delivers both financial rewards and environmental benefits for the sector.

ISA Automation Week will feature intensive educational and applications-based technical conference sessions delivered by subject matter experts. The event will have a focused exhibition area for a limited number of companies to showcase products and services.

ABB will provide electrical equipment, including transformers, medium-voltage switchgears, as well as instrumentation and System 800xA automation systems.

2009 Q4 catalog covers the full line of N-TRON products including managed, unmanaged and process control Ethernet switches, plus monitored media converters and wireless Ethernet radios.

The drop-off in bookings experienced through 2009 is expected to result in a decline for field instrument shipments through 2010 and into 2011.

Joe Hogan discussed the importance of developing a smarter grid, and the challenges that remain to be overcome, at the SmarterCities event in New York earlier this month

SIs include E-Technologies Group, DLT&V Systems Engineering, Global Automation Partners, SYSMAKER Engenharia de Sistemas Lda, and Autoware S.r.l. Unipersonale.

Since 1949, EIM Controls has pioneered product innovation and design in the manufacturing of electric valve actuators.

In addition to the traditional print catalogs the company has always offered, PDF versions are also available for download.

ESX10-T solid state overcurrent protector is CSA approved for installation into Class I, Division 2 - Group A, B, C, and D applications.

Automation expenditures by the upstream oil and gas sector, which includes exploration, production, and pipelines, are expected to grow at an annual growth rate of nearly seven percent over the next five years.

The KUKA Development Center near Detroit specializes in joining technologies like laser welding. The center is working closely with automakers on adapting laser welding technologies.

Kravik represents the third generation in her family to own and lead the privately held 37-year old company.

Vishay provided a web tension measurement system to Western Michigan University (WMU) for use in its Coating Pilot Plant. The system precisely measures the sheet web tension between the coater backing rolls and the chill-roll S-wrap.

ABB automation, power distribution, variable speed drive systems and electrification equipment is being used on the PM12 paper line at Stora Enso’s Kvarnsveden paper mill in Sweden.

Invensys will provide distributed and critical control systems, emergency shutdown systems, advanced process control, plant optimization and operator training simulator technology.

OPC Server Simulators include both an OPC DA/HDA server and an OPC A&E server simulator, allowing users to test any third party OPC Client application using simulated data and messages.

Optical Wizard 2.0 resource tool can be used when needing a lens or complete lens system for machine vision electronic imaging applications.

OPC Foundation president Tom Burke says the desire to improve the operational efficiency of production facilities, plus the increasing importance of energy management, building automation and energy conservation, means vendors need to adopt standards, like OPC.

The machine is used by a large aerospace components manufacturer in Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce spur, helical and crown gears with complex profiles.

Elliot Murray and Yvan Fasquel joined Heason from Danaher Motion, where they worked motion technology product lines including the Kollmorgen and Dover lines that are also offered by Heason.

ABB will adjust certain provisions and accruals resulting in an overall reduction of approximately $380 million in the third quarter of 2009.

Water and Wastewater Consultant Resource Catalog (CRC) helps consulting engineers specify automation and control products and solutions more easily.

UL 1059 approval assures users that the terminals are acceptable for use in applications that may require more than one conductor per clamp.

Catalog has more than 115,000 products from 300 industry suppliers. 13,000 new products were added to the catalog this year.

“The Look and Feel of Lean” discusses how to implement and sustain lean manufacturing.

Sopogy of Hawaii uses the MEMFlo MFT flow transmitter in its solar air conditioning systems.

Wireless technology improves process, fire safety, and environmental monitoring at the 80-inch hot strip mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio.

The transformers together weigh over 750 tons and each has enough capacity to power 250 electric locomotives.

TRUNKSAFE acquired ATEX-Type N, IECEx-Type N, and cFMus-General/Ordinary Location and Non-Incendive certifications from Factory Mutual.

The first exam for the new certification program will be administered on Jan. 27, 2010, at the Winter Conference in Orlando, Fla.

F&S says nanomaterials, flexible electronics, advanced batteries and energy storage, smart materials, green IT, CIGS solar, 3D integration, autonomous systems, white biotech and lasers are the top ten technologies.

The contest challenged the students to address a palletizing need. The teams were provided customer specifications and were directed to find a solution that was fast and economical.

CPM provides Pratt Industries with better production and quality data visibility, centrally managed multi-mill planning and optimization, real-time integration with their box plants and paper mills and a modern IT system architecture.

ABB was awarded a contract valued over $19 million to deliver energy efficient drive systems for the Copper Mountain Mining project in Canada.

For this migration project, at Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility Emerson supplied a total of 17 Ovation controllers and 19 workstations.

Catalog details solutions for linear and rotary motion control applications, including integrated actuator and motor designs, explosion proof designs, force tube actuators, and servo motor and gearmotors.

Matrox remote graphics extension technology solves system interference and USB connectivity issues related to legacy KVM solutions.

Johnson previously was VP of Sales at Warner Electric and VP-Sales & Marketing at Compumotor.

Covers pick-and-place/palletizing, label printing/scanning, stretch wrapping, carton packing, PET bottle manufacturing and filling machines.

Project will upgrade HVAC, building systems, and lighting controls to reduce energy costs by more than $2.3 million annually.

ARC expects the GMC market will experience modest growth in 2010, as businesses slowly start investing in capital equipment.

Website has a LiveChat feature that allows users to directly connect with a sales representative and have their questions immediately answered.

An ABB electric propulsion system for liquefied natural gas carriers reduces fuel consumption by almost 30 percent.

Emerson installed an Ovation control and SCADA solution that monitors and controls the entire water distribution system and wastewater collection system.

RNA used a step feeder, bulk storage hopper and an ABB IRB360 robot to stuff plastic spoons into a fast food container at a rate of 120 containers per minute.

This 5-chapter, 168-page Handbook covers the technical details of Ethernet, comparing it to other fieldbus systems, and explaining its Open System Interconnection (ISO/OSI) Reference Model.

HART Server Version 3.1 supports HART 7, HART-over-IP based networks, and WirelessHART gateways.

Advantech, Invensys and Wonderware all helped develop Wonderware InTouch HMI software for Windows CE devices.

Equipment to be installed at Unit 1 of the Puttalam coal-fired power plant in Puttalam, Sri Lanka, includes Ovation, AMS software, and HART intelligent field devices.

Functional Integrity Certification helps automation suppliers demonstrate the safety, security and reliability of their products.

Honeywell will upgrade printing press controls at NYP, printer of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal.

Aaeon makes embedded single board computers, panel and automation hardware, and InduSoft's Web Studio HMI/SCADA software runs on all of these devices.

Factivity fit Swanson Industries with its shop floor technology, replacing pen-to-paper with a PC based manufacturing execution system (MES).

The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals.

Within days of approval of the ISA100.11a standard, the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute successfully deployed tested and approved ISA100.11a standard devices at Arkema's plant in Crosby, Texas.

Highly abrasive nickel ore slurry flow at a Canadian Xstrata nickel ore processing mill caused serious erosion of metallic diaphragms in pressure transmitters. So ABB coated the transmitters.

PowerSecure will use GE Fanuc PLCs as part of its solution to meet utilities’ stringent requirements for the protection and control of distributed generation systems.

From IDNet, engineers can download LabVIEW Plug and Play, LabWindows/CVI Plug and Play and Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) instrument drivers to automate measurements from instruments.

The steam and main feedwater isolation valves will be used at KHNP’s Shin-Kori 3 and 4 nuclear plant’s Pressurized Water Reactors, currently under construction.

By Physik Instrumente Paper describes the development and lifetime tests of PI's ceramic encapsulated actuators in comparison with conventional polymer coated piezo actuators. Several graphs enable the quick calculation of lifetime under different operational and environmental conditions.

Mahr Multisensor GmbH manufactures vision sensors.

North Pole Engineering's WiFi-IT! module is based on GainSpan's GS1010 system-on-chip, a highly integrated, low power Wi-Fi single chip solution.

The Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association introduced wikiMHEDA, a comprehensive online information portal featuring material handling industry news and information.

This implementation guide, by the OMAC Packaging Workgroup, has been created to aid software developers in achieving a clean and efficient implementation of PackML.

Husky series industrial Ethernet switches and Retriever series industrial media converters comply with Underwriters Laboratories’ (UL) 508 standard.

Emerson and Meridium developed AMS Suite: Asset Portal v4.0 powered by Meridium.

Kepware will supply its IT and Infrastructure Suite for use with the full line of Moxa Managed and Unmanaged Ethernet products.

InterTech's Applications Engineering Department expanded to handle leak test solutions for hybrid vehicle components.

Wurldtech's Cyber Security Research Institute announced a research project designed to help improve cyber security education and awareness amongst IT and automation professionals.

Invensys will supply DYNSIM modeling and simulation software to help improve the design, start-up and operation of new coal gasification plants.

Acu-Cast Technologies is a provider of rapid prototyping and manufacturing services.

ISA announced they have awarded Eric Byres, the Chief Technology Officer at Byres Security, the rare honour of ISA Fellow.

Dr. Ravi Gopinath and Teemu Tunkelo joined Invensys as regional presidents for Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe/Russia/Africa (EURA), respectively.

Grand opening ceremonies will feature machining and productivity seminars. Both centers will have Okuma CNC lathes and machining centers on display.

Schneider Electric NEMA control products have been added to the Allied Electronics catalog.

Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry.

By Red Lion Panel meter development has remained relatively static the last few years. Today, new, cost-efficient devices with more advanced capabilities are available in a smaller package to accompany today's miniaturization trend.

OPTOCODE rotary encoders with PROFINET I/O interfaces are now certified for IRT (isochronous real-time) data transfer protocols.

website offers up-to-date technical information, lists resources and contacts, and describes education, integration support, and certification lab services.

Honeywell will install its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) and PMD Controllers at Hellefoss and Vafos mills in southern Norway.

Judges selected CalPortland’s rotating cement kiln monitoring as "Most Innovative" and CHS Inc. and Severstal Wheeling as co-winners for "Best Business Results."

Toolkit contains 1,415 rigorously tested numerical routines for MATLAB.

His most recent position was VP of Sales for Europe and Latin-America for NextPoint Networks.

The Quattro s650HS robot is USDA accepted for for high speed food handling, including meat and poultry processing.

The goal of the Human Centered Design Institute is to ensure that user work practices and improved task completion are at the heart of every new product that Emerson introduces.

Universal Gateway Appliance communications module for Allen-Bradley ControlLogix has more than 100 protocols.

Arden replaces Len Metcalfe, a founder of LMI Technologies and former CEO.

HARTING provided connections for the world's first transformable 360° LED screen used on the latest concert tour for the rock band U2.

QComp designed and installed a plastic optical lens pick and place automation cell using an ABB FlexPicker robot and a Cognex In-Sight vision system.

Website covers actuators, ball screws and lead screws, clutches and brakes, linear bearings and guides, linear motion systems, precision balls and planetary gearheads.

The main reason you wish your product releases to be published on an online site like Automation.com is to generate sales leads and send traffic to your web site. Therefore, it's important to write your headline and first paragraph so that (a) web site editors know what it is and will want to publish it and (b) once published, it can easily be found by search engines.

Software Toolbox products listed in the Siemens catalog include TOP Server and TOP Server UCON for Siemens Simatic WinCC and WinCC flexible products.

Rockwell Automation expects to host more than 8,000 attendees in Anaheim, CA, Nov. 11 and 12 at its 18th annual Automation Fair event.

Sierra mass flow controllers help conduct experiments to discover how rapidly increasing atmospheric CO2 levels are affecting the enormous variety of marine animals in our seas.

Equipment includes 29 ABB robots and related work cells, software and controllers for VU’s new $9 million industrial training facility.

By Tridium Whitepaper discusses the state of device networks and how IP and Web technologies can become enablers to tap the huge potential of smart devices.

Opto 22 will sell N-TRON's line of industrial Ethernet network switches and wireless access points.

White papers have become a popular online marketing tool of the times as they introduce a company's innovative products and demonstrate a company's strengths. Whether a paper is used for lead generation, education, customer retention or to close sales, the first step is making it attractive to your target audience.

Once global economic stability is restored, the use of high power AC drives will increase at a faster rate across all industrial segments.

PBC Linear’s Redi-Rail linear guide was installed as a replacement positioning system for Manchac Technologies’ fully automated pharmaceutical robot.

Greg Garcia, former Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications with the US Department of Homeland Security, joined Wurldtech's advisory board.

Website covers data acquisition, analysis, recording and archiving products and services.

ESK-COM and ESK-ETX StarterKits contain COM express or ETX CPU modules with one Micro-ATX or ATX carrier board for quick test and evaluation.

Program is aimed at accelerating the use of IP in embedded smart objects such as sensors and actuators in smart grid and energy management, building automation, and industrial and process automation.

The PI System stores, in a single database, electricity usage meter data for households, substation performance and status data for all four Boulder substations.

Established in 1979 in a small suburban Milwaukee office by one employee, WAGO operates out of a 75,000 sq. ft manufacturing complex in Germantown, WI.

PAS will provide Invensys clients with a comprehensive suite of system documentation and configuration management tools and services.

Deadline for conformity with EN ISO 13849-1 or EN/IEC 62061 remains 29 Dec 2009. Extension of EN 954 1 to be considered at December meeting.

Deflagration Flame Arresters are safety devices designed to keep the temperature of flammable vapor passing through the arrestor’s tube bank below its flash point, thereby preventing combustion.

DVD provides principle of operation animations, product cross references, and product literature. Multiple language versions are available in English, French and Italian.

The Solutions Center is staffed by a team of engineering veterans dedicated to advancing network protocol technology, industry protocol collaboration, and network security.

Industrial IT System 800xA and 11 operator workplaces will be installed to control and improve the output of the mill’s new fine paper machine PM23, supplied by Metso.

Analyzer provides real-time readings of steam silica content during warm start-ups of a combined cycle power plant, delivering savings of thousands of dollars per day at PPL Generation’s gas-fired plant in eastern Pennsylvania.

Umicore Precious Metals Refining (UPMR) uses Rosemount Analytical PERpH-X 3400HTVP pH sensors to monitor waste water at its Hoboken plant near Antwerp, Belgium.

Catalog has new products plus an extensive array of actuators, specifications and technical information to aid in the selection process.

Cyril Perducat, senior vice president of system consistency and innovation for Schneider Electric, has been chosen to serve as president of the board of directors for ODVA.

Diamond Phoenix, a material handling supplier and systems integrator, merged with Italian company System Logistics, a supplier of pallet and case picking equipment.

PcVue SCADA software centralized information from 10 Iberdrola Ingenier wind farms. Up to 2.5 million data items are monitored by 13 PcVue file servers and multiple FrontVue client stations, which communicate via OPC over a 1,000 Mbps redundant TCP/IP Ethernet network.

White paper details key considerations in making standard vs. custom decision with emphasis on maximizing overall lifetime value for electromechanical machinery and equipment designs

Control Station Sdn. Bhd will be run by Barry Martin, a process control practitioner with 17 years of experience in the Asia region.

AVI-SPL’s Control Room Group will use Matrox technology to deploy advanced display controllers for large-scale visualization display wall installations running mission critical applications.

Emerson's DeltaV, PlantWeb, AMS software, valves and instruments helped increase production by 10%, cut maintenance costs by 50% and reduce utilities and raw materials at a rapeseed oil processing plant in Kruszwica, Poland.

WiNetworks’ technology is used by large private networks and service providers to extend mobile broadband connectivity over metropolitan areas.

Effective Alarm Management Practices is written for engineers tasked with developing alarm management systems or rationalizing existing systems.

Prior to joining Adept Technology, he served as a General Manager for FANUC Robotics America.

Enduring Protection, a 28-page catalog, gives detailed specifications and current information on available surge protection devices, Active Tracking filters, and data/signal line surge protectors.

The ST50 thermal mass flow meter is now FM and CSA certified to meet the standards for safety, reliability and performance.

Resources include a training module, brochure showing Fluke solutions for food and beverage, and materials detailing which Fluke test tools are most helpful in the food and beverage industry.

Catalog details Portescap brushless and brush DC motors, TurboDisc, CanStack, CanStack vector and hybrid stepper motors, gearheads and encoders, as well as drives and electronics.

Gibson Engineering will offer the full line of SICK solutions for factory and logistics automation.

By Rick Zabel, Publisher Have you ever wished you could look back at what your operator was seeing at some point in history? Now you can. The Console Recorder from Longwatch is a virtual time machine - a software package that lets companies see what the operator was watching on the HMI when an event occurred.

Dan Sheflin from Honeywell was selected as the Institute’s first Chairman and Dr. Penny Chen from Yokogawa was selected as the Institute’s first Vice-Chairman.

The I/A ZCP 270 meets the Level 1 criteria, and has been Achilles-certified.

eLynx Technologies is a provider of web-based monitoring and field automation services to the oil and gas industry.

Syncade software and PlantWeb architecture will optimize performance of the Large Scale-Cell Culture facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

The $1.1 million order from KSG Kraftwerks-Simulator-Gesellschaft MBH of Essen, Germany, includes CPU blades, I/O controllers, associated software and support.

Fryer Machine Systems selected the Sinumerik 840D numerical control, together with Siemens’ ShopMill and ShopTurn software packages, for its job shop milling and turning machines.

July U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $149.51 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, and AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com PLCopen finalized release 2.1 of the PLCopen Technical Committee 6 – XML Standard. This release 2.1 is based version 2.0 published in December 2008, as well as the feedback received from PLCopen members and the AutomationML organization. Here’s a synopsis of what the standard contains.

On June 23, 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany, the PLCopen Fluid Power Task Force had its first technical meeting to define function blocks for fluid power and hydraulic applications. Founding members of the task group include Bosch Rexroth, Eaton and Parker Hannifin bringing broad fluid power and controls experience; B&R, Eckelmann, ISG, Siemens representing control and integration expertise; 3S CoDeSys with a commitment of tightly integrated control software tools.

Sansteel chose Proficy Process Systems for its furnace revamp project in Shanghai. The solution, valued at $300,000, will provide critical control for both the metal furnace and the plant utility system.

Vendors include Custom Control Manufacturing, E-Technologies, Grantek, JNE Automation, Melfi Technologies, Power Engineers and The Stellar Group.

Lime Energy sold its eMAC and uMAC products to Elutions.

B&B Electronics will sell and stock N-TRON products and provide global technical and commercial support.

Gardner Denver builds large pumps, compressors and blowers for industrial use. It upgraded its distribution center to a picking system by Remstar.

The worldwide market for control valves will decline over the next two years but is expected to rebound in 2011.

The ISA Standards & Practices Board (S&P) has voted to approve the ISA-100.11a wireless standard "Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation."

Cisco Systems has selected Softing’s PROFINET stack to enhance the IE 3000 Series Switch family with PROFINET I/O capabilities.

Proficy iFIX HMI/SCADA and iFIX WebSpace are now available in Chinese, German, French, Polish, Japanese and Russian.

Latest Selection Guide for Encoders is designed to help users quickly select the appropriate incremental, absolute, wire draw or linear encoder for their application.

Snap Track aluminum cable tray system uses TURCK instrumentation tray cable (ITC), cordsets and quick disconnect junction boxes.

Yokogawa will supply an operator training system (OTS) for a natural gas liquefaction plant that is being built in Tananger, Norway.

MESA invites producers and manufacturers to respond to a new industry survey: Correlating Plant Performance to Business Performance.

Webcasts deal with the fundamentals of the LXI standard, LXI Class B instrument capabilities, and the most recent changes incorporated into Version 1.3 of the standard.

Manager of China business to take on new role as Head of Marketing and Customer Solutions.

The city purchased Proficy Workflow to computerize paper Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents including State-mandated Emergency Response Plan (ERP), Low Chlorine Residual, and other SOPs.

OASIS (Omron Authorized Systems Integrator Solution) introduces Omron-certified systems integrator partners who can design and deliver an automation system using Omron controls.

A federal strategy and support is critical if American manufacturers are to thrive in the post-recession global economy, leading U.S. manufacturing experts said Wednesday.

Founded in 1975, JBM has specialized in protocol conversion technologies, serving legacy environments such as SNA, Bisync, and async dial amongst others.

Because of the harsh environment and no way of sticking any labels or screwing and thick plastic RFID packages to the panels, the company sealed round RFID pills into the plastic panel material.

Guide on building information models and building information modeling (BIM) serves as a resource for professionals considering BIM tools and applications for their businesses.

Today, more than 100,000 buildings worldwide are automated using EnOcean-based controls - more than any other wireless standard.

Honeywell will license and sell Australia-based Synengco a suite of advanced applications that optimize operations and provide sophisticated asset management for utility power customers.

The Petronas LNG Complex is the world’s largest integrated LNG production facility, with eight production trains and a combined capacity of approximately 23 million tons per annum.

Longwatch signed Industrial Network Systems as its distributor and systems integrator in Illinois, Indiana, Western Kentucky and Eastern Missouri.

Based at Macro Sensors’ corporate headquarters in Pennsauken, NJ, Matlack will drive strategic business development on a global basis.