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NEXCOM provides a broad range of industrial computing solutions for demanding industrial environments.

Bel will pay approximately $117 million in cash to acquire the Power Solutions business, which had 2013 revenue of approximately $251 million.

Condition monitoring systems on two ships operated by United European Car Carriers (UECC) are installed in the ships’ engine control rooms to monitor the vibration behaviour of the engine gearboxes.

GE's Proficy Mobile provided 40% faster off-hours troubleshooting, increasing energy savings, reliability and equipment uptime.

This $2.2 million Brodhead Road expansion adds about 150,000 square feet, giving the company approximately 200,000 square feet over two buildings for distribution and manufacturing operations.

Even today, aircraft wings are still assembled manually; but this process could soon be automated thanks to a novel snake-like robot capable of tightening bolts in even the most difficult-to-access cavities of the wing structure.

The product portfolio that Softing Industrial Automation acquired includes solutions for monitoring industrial networks, incljuding PROFIBUS, PROFINET and Industrial Ethernet.

The xplore competition challenges students to design and build an automation project using Phoenix Contact technology. Winning teams will receive a trip to the 2015 Hanover Fair in Germany.

EPLAN began as a three-person shop in 1984, substituting paper & ink with a PC & software. Now it has more than 40,000 customers and 100,000 installations.

The SABIC Olefins plant in Teesside, UK, uses Emerson's wireless condition monitoring and prediction system to detect potential problems with pumps before they disrupt normal operations.

REXA Xpac actuator meets the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capability per IEC 61508: 2010.

Superheated steam temperature plays an important role in the security and economy of power plants. Control of superheated steam temperature is not only economically essential in terms of improving lif

The PcVue SCADA system monitors 1200 heat pumps, lighting, blinds and tenant meters in the Louvre's office areas and shops.

Patti Engineering will provide technical expertise to Siemens in the design of a SCADA system for a sustainable energy efficient water and wastewater infrastructure project in Texas.

Automation revenues are increasing and power revenues are declining.

VadaTech will use the processor boards in their switch, chassis, RTM, and specialty products for embedded computing applications.

eLynx provides real-time data collection, production reporting, trending, well monitoring and control via the Internet for the oil and gas industry.

The brochure covers the general attributes of 2600T pressure transmitters, such as the intuitive HMI, all-welded diaphragm seals, and simplicity to install, configure, and repair.

Integrated Memory Logic is a fabless semiconductor company, which develops and markets application specific analog, power management, and mixed signal integrated circuits.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The automation benchmarking survey of leading pharmaceutical companies reveals how these manufacturers are dealing with some of the latest industry trends. Topics of the survey include big data utilization, return on investment, major innovations, organizational structures, in-house vs.contract staff, automation management and challenges. How does your company compare?

Newport has supplied high-precision test, measurement, process control and automation instrumentation for more than four decades.

The literature provides detailed specifications as well as information on the robotic system's features, delivery methods and applications.

The valves will be installed in a carbon black and delayed coker plant currently under construction in Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery Company’s chemical refining complex in in the United Arab Emirates.

Concept brochure and the additional four concept sheets on Programming, Control, Logging and Infrastructure make it even easier to understand the Secomea solutions.

Haas-Meincke, the Danish-Austrian manufacturer of baking equipment uses innovative remote access solution from Secomea to service their high tech machinery worldwide from the factory in Denmark. This reduces technician’s travel costs and ensures customers higher uptimes.

Project justifications involve understanding company competitiveness and business concerns, plus alignment with corporate initiatives, not just performance.

Hannover Fairs USA (HFUSA) has partnered with the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) to host the IFPE Fluid Power Zone during the Motion Drive & Automation North America 2014 (MDA North America) trade show and conference September 8-13, 2014.

The new facility is in the WaveRock SEZ development in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India.

On May 29, 2014, experts will discuss the challenges, problems and common mistakes involved in a process control system migration, and show how using front-end loading (FEL) practices help smooth the migration process.

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