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  • GE and FANUC finalize their divorce

    The two companies signed the final agreement and will now operate independently as GE Intelligent Platforms and FANUC LTD.
    13 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Yaskawa expands manufacturing space in Milwaukee

    Yaskawa expands Milwaukee facility to 140,000 square feet to accommodate continued growth in the Americas.
    13 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Mouser publishes virtual catalog

    Mouser’s e-catalog can be accessed by anyone who downloads the free Silverlight plug-in for IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Safari, Opera, or Chrome
    10 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • EDDL Cooperation Team expands

    To accelerate deployment of Field Device Integration (FDI) technology, key automation suppliers have agreed to enlarge the scope of the EDDL Cooperation Team, which will become the FDI Cooperation.
    10 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Jervis B. Webb promotes Brian Stewart to President

    Brian Stewart was Executive Vice President & COO of Webb. He replaces Ryuichi Kitaguchi, who is retiring from the company
    10 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Appliance Transaction Modules explained

    By Craig Resnick. ARC Sponsored white paper explains the uses, capabilities, benefits and latest advances in enterprise appliance transaction modules.
    09 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Brooks Instrument appoints Mike Bayda global product manager

    Bayda is joining Brooks Instrument from Lafarge Corp, a manufacturer of building materials, where he served as Director of Marketing and Sales.
    09 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Brochure from ABB describes HygienicMaster magmeter

    HygienicMaster magmeter offers a variety of benefits for the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
    09 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Misumi offers CD-ROM with CAD models of mechanical components

    3D CAD Model library in CD-ROM format is available free of charge, to machine builders, automation system designers and product design engineers.
    09 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly

    ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course.
    08 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Inverter keeps energy storage system spinning in Chile

    Parker Hannifin provided an inverter and control system to AES Energy Storage for their 12 MW frequency regulation and spinning reserve project in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
    08 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Wireless network runs pumps at Dyno Nobel

    Emerson's Smart Wireless network has replaced hardwired high-temperature trip protection on 20 hazardous duty chemical pumps at the Dyno Nobel ammonium nitrate plant in Missouri.
    08 December, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • Honeywell sensors connect to National Instruments

    NI 9237 C Series data acquisition modules and Honeywell sensors now mate easily.
    08 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Siemens pledges $1.55 million to Syracuse Center

    The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE) supports research and other initiatives for sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings.
    08 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Siemens to automate algae biofuels production

    Siemens will supply a Simatic S7-300 controller and Micromaster drives to Renewed World Energies to automate its new Georgetown County, S.C., facility.
    08 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Parker publishes GOLD CUP Pump catalog

    The catalog and Applications Handbook can be considered reference texts for anyone designing severe duty closed-circuit hydraulic systems.
    07 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • PLCopen and OPC Foundation join standards

    The first step for the joined working group was the mapping of the IEC 61131-3 software model to the OPC UA information model.
    07 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Open-source SERCOS III driver library available

    An open source software driver library for the SERCOS lll real-time Ethernet communication system master implementation is now available via the web.
    07 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • ABB to power Bangalore metro

    Products to be supplied include transformers, capacitors, relays and the associated cables and switchgear. ABB will also provide a SCADA system to monitor and control the installation.
    07 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Wireless technology helps Sun Chemical improve ink quality

    Rosemount DP wireless transmitters communicate to PLC, allowing producer of printing inks and pigments to reduce product rejects and comply with environmental regulations.
    07 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Kepware to supply communications software to Acromag

    Kepware will validate KEPServer for use with Acromag products, and will deliver these drivers to Kepware’s OEMs and resellers.
    07 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • Schneider Electric and Alstom to buy Areva T&D

    Schneider Electric and Alstom want to jointly acquire Areva T&D for €2.29 billion with Distribution going to Schneider Electric and Transmission to Alstom.
    06 December, 2009 | 4 minutes
  • Uwe Keiter joins OMAC executive committee

    Keiter will take over as the representative for technology suppliers in the executive committee of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup (OPW).
    06 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • Dickson offers free FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Checklist

    Quick reference guide helps users integrate FDA-compliant data loggers and chart recorders into full-compliance best practices.
    03 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Motion Controls Robotics names Earl Raynal sales manager

    Prior to joining Motion Controls Robotics, Raynal spent 26 years in business development and sales in various aspects of the material handling industry at Jervis B. Webb Company.
    03 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
  • ASM publishes cable extension position sensors catalog

    Catalog includes an overview of POSIWIRE Cable Extension Position Sensors for displacement and position measurement between 100mm and 60,000mm.
    02 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • ASHRAE conference Goes Virtual

    Participants in the Virtual Conference will be able to interact with speakers and attendees by posting questions and comments, viewing other comments, and viewing the presenters’ responses through an online discussion board.
    02 December, 2009 | 1 minutes
  • CANopen Annex Released for FDT Specification

    The annex includes, beside the actual specification document, the XML schemas and examples which are required to implement a Device Type Manager (DTM) for CANopen devices.
    02 December, 2009 | 1 minute
  • Frost & Sullivan says Europeans love Industrial Ethernet in new plants

    The European Industrial Ethernet Market will reach $307.12 million by 2015, but end users are only willing to employ industrial Ethernet technologies in new projects or in Greenfield applications.
    02 December, 2009 | 3 minutes
  • ISA appoints Bill Lydon chief editor for InTech

    Automation.com's Bill Lydon was appointed editor of InTech, further strengthening ISA’s partnership with Automation.com to jointly publish several e-newsletters for InTech and Automation.com subscribers.
    02 December, 2009 | 2 minutes
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