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Flowserve to Provide Valves for Brazilian Pulp Plant
Flowserve will supply control and on-off valves to Eldorado Celulose e Papel, a Brazilian pulp company, for a new plant. -
National Instruments completes AWR Acquisition
AWR will operate as a wholly owned NI subsidiary under the leadership of the existing management team. -
Thomson publishes Lead and Ball Screws Catalog
90+ page resource guide provides helpful technology overviews and selection guides, along with detailed information and technical specifications on the company’s products. -
Laser profile scanner inspects weld seams on steel pipes
Using Micro-Epsilon’s scanCONTROL 2710 laser profile scanner, the positioning process is performed automatically at Metco, Israel’s largest manufacturer of steel pipe. The calculated profile information is used to directly control the positioning process. -
IVC to Monitor Savannah River Nuclear Bomb Clean-up
Radiation-tolerant IVC video cameras will monitor operations in the Salt Waste Processing Facility, which is cleaning up liquid waste from nuclear bombs. -
Manufacturing technology orders up 108.0% in 2011
With a year-to-date total of $1,984.87 million, 2011 is up 108.0% compared with 2010. -
ABB to electrify pulp mill in Uruguay
ABB will supply process electrification and power distribution infrastructure as well as equipment for the Montes del Plata pulp mill in southwestern Uruguay. -
Intelligrated Names Chuck Harris Vice President
He is rejoining Intelligrated after a yearlong appointment at Savoye, where he served as director of business development for the company's North American operations. -
ERP users prefer Excel
According to a study of more than 281 manufacturing executives, 75 percent report using desktop spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel instead of their company’s ERP. -
Softing signs PCC as Distributor
PCC is an industrial automation and control distributor serving Wisconsin's manufacturing industry for over 30 years. -
AMT wants to hire robot engineers
AMT plans to add up to 40 engineers in the next 12 to 18 months. -
Flowserve certified to supply control valves to Saudi Aramco
Flowserve's manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, has been certified by Saudi Aramco for the supply of control valves. -
GE to supply SmartSignal software to SSE
GE Intelligent Platforms will supply Proficy SmartSignal predictive-diagnostic software and services to Scottish and Southern Energy. -
Metso to control GREC biomass boilers
Metso will supply a 100 MWe biomass boiler island and plant automation system to the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC) in Gainesville, Florida, USA. -
Honeywell Process Solutions Embraces System Integrators
Honeywell Process Solutions is pursuing relationships with independent system integrators (SI) for the “Honeywell Experion Implementers” program. I recently spoke with Bill Stevens, Honeywell Channel Manager, to learn more about this program. -
Pushing alarms beyond the building walls with Exele TopView
Automation.com, July 2011 By Dane Overfield, Exele Information Systems White paper addresses the benefits of adding a monitoring, alarm, and notification system on top of building automation systems. -
PROFINET/PROFIBUS Organizes Paint Line
Over sixty intelligent devices connected via PROFIBUS and PROFINET are being used in a tailor-made paint line at the factory of one of Germany’s biggest car manufacturers. -
Automated Handling of Steel Rolls
PROFINET, with wireless-based safety, has been used to create a fully-automated warehousing facility for the storage and handling of steels rolls in Sweden. -
Nestlé chooses openSAFETY for packaging machines
Nestlé will introduce an openSAFETY-based safety standard which allows for the unrestricted exchange of safety-related information between machines and control systems from various manufacturers. -
Most ERP users can't access software from mobile device
In the study of more than 281 manufacturing executives, only 27 percent of respondents were performing any functions in enterprise software using a mobile device. -
Endress+Hauser expands competence center for liquid analysis
The company now has in excess of 20,000 square meters floor space at its site in Gerlingen, Germany. -
Hardy Instruments changes its name
Hardy Instruments announces that it has changed its business name to Hardy Process Solutions. -
Siemens identifies potential security weakness in SIMATIC Controllers
Siemens published safety guidelines which operators of industrial plants can follow to minimize the risk of external intervention from the start. -
Improvements in Processes Drive European Machine Safety Market
One of the key challenges that manufacturers face is the shift from a traditional, component-based business to an integrated, total solution based-approach. -
Emerson acquires Net Safety Monitoring
Net Safety Monitoring makes fixed toxic and combustible gas detectors, flame detectors, safety systems, and other safety and security products. -
Aircraft Skin Processing machine uses Animatics’ SmartMotor
Using Animatics’ SmartMotor with Combitronic communication resulted in a 49% reduction of parts used and increased capabilities on the Flexitool aircraft skin processing machine. -
Okuma Promotes Lisa Rummel to Chief Financial Officer
Lisa became Okuma’s first female vice president when she was named VP of Finance in April 2007. With the promotion to CFO, she becomes the first female officer within the corporation. -
Invensys names Advansys as an Endorsed System Integrator
Located in Johannesburg, South Africa, Advansys provides specialized industrial control and automation engineering and consulting services to the manufacturing and utilities sectors. -
Westermo upgrades its Swedish Production Facility
The updated production line includes Solder Paste Inspection, Automated Optical Inspection, X-ray inspection machine, Selective Soldering machine and two surface-mount machines. -
Universal Flow Monitors publishes Lube Meter catalog
Catalog covers LL, SN and MN series meters, which monitor rate of oil flow to keep gears, bearings, drills and mills functional in the processing industries.