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exida certifies Emerson's Ovation SIS per IEC 61508
Emerson’s Ovation SIS was certified as suitable for SIS applications up to and including SIL 3. -
Beckhoff Automation opens office in Charlotte, NC
Beckhoff Automation also hired Ron Pryor as a Customer Service Engineer and Les Queen as an Application Engineer. -
Emerson control system improves French thermal power plant
Improvements after installing PlantWeb, Ovation expert control system, Scenario simulation, AMS software and Smart Wireless technology include a 50 percent improvement in the plant’s ability to ramp up and down on demand -
Northwire names Michael Conger president
Michael Conger replaces Mark Kravik, who was president and owner since 1984 and is transitioning to chairman of the board. -
ABB to supply power equipment in Saudi Arabia
ABB will provide power factor correction for 19 substations rated 33/13.8 kilovolts in central, southern and northwestern provinces, and for nine 132/33 kV substations near the capital. -
ABB to supply SCADA system for power stations on Malta
ABB will implement an integrated SCADA solution to monitor and control the power stations and substations on the island of Malta. -
ABB maintains petrochemical plant in Argentina
ABB reduced the maintenance costs of Solvay Indupa’s PVC plant in Argentina by 20 percent while preserving high levels of equipment availability and reliability. -
Rexroth publishes pneumatic directional valve catalog
The catalog includes valve sizing charts, application sketches, and a features comparison chart showing industrial pneumatic directional control valves from all Rexroth catalogs. -
Commtest hires Technical Director and Product Manager
Commtest hired Rod Acklin as Product Manager and Dr. Robin Williams as Technical Director. -
Siemens Building Technologies issues sustainability report
Sustainability Report reveals the steps Siemens Building Technologies is taking to introduce greener, more sustainable practices throughout its U.S. facilities -
EtherCAT Technology Group opens test center in Japan
ETG opened the first EtherCAT Test Center outside Europe in Kyoto, Japan. -
FRABA group establishes subsidiary in Singapore
The new subsidiary in Singapore is FRABA Pte. Ltd. -
ABB to supply instrument transformers to Progress Energy Smart Grid
ABB will supply 400 HCEP instrument transformers to be installed at 140 substations in North Carolina and South Carolina. -
Zero-Max publishes Overload Safety Coupling catalog
Catalog covers safety couplings that disengage motor drives for overload protection. -
Intelligent Pump Market Driven by Energy Savings
The worldwide market for Intelligent Pumps is expected to grow at a rate somewhat less than the total automation market, but is expected to a bright spot in the overall pump market. -
Baumer joins Cognex Acquisition Alliance
Partnership will facilitate vision system integration by combining Baumer digital cameras and Cognex vision software. -
S.I. Tech publishes fiber optic communication catalog
Catalog covers a broad range of fiber optic applications such as ruggedized RS232/422/485 products, SCADA systems, multichannel units for instrumentation and control, and RS485 PROFIBUS DP for process control. -
Honeywell expands Customer Solutions Center in Houston
The 76,000 sq ft center houses technicians, project managers and senior engineers who assemble and test complex automation systems destined for U.S. and international locations. -
AMT greets recent economic news with cautious optimism
Manufacturing technology suppliers reacted with cautious optimism over reports that Ford posted the first sales gain in two years and that U.S. manufacturing activity slowed less than expected in July. -
Okuma promotes Tad Yamamoto to Chairman and CEO
The position has been vacant since Kirk Kitagawa returned to Okuma Corporation Japan in 2008. -
CEOs and CFOs need Data
By Harry Kohal, Eagle Technology There are tools available to improve quality, manage lifecycle and provide qualitative and quantitative data to measure performance of people, assets and comfort in any facility or plant. -
What plant managers should know about information technology
Automation.com, August 2009 By: Christopher Eckert & Attilio Bellman, Siemens IT Solutions & Services Plant managers require IT solutions that support production lines, just-in-time scheduling and demand planning. However, forecasting and demand planning is not standard in today's IT and manufacturing environments. -
Wonderware Software to help make Chinese cigarettes
Hongyun Honghe Tobacco, the fourth largest cigarette producer in the world, plans to use Wonderware software to manage its utility operations. -
Advantech receives Class 1, Div 2 Certification for Ethernet switches
EKI family of industrial Ethernet Switches and Media Converters have received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Class 1, Division 2 (groups A, B, C, and D) certification for use in hazard locations. -
Cognex Verifiers comply with B-17 quality guideline
DataMan 2D code verifiers enable auto industry suppliers to verify compliance with the new B-17 code quality guideline issued July 20, 2009, by the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). -
Flowserve to supply valves to four Westinghouse nuclear power plants
Flowserve received more than $45 million in orders to provide safety-related valves, electric motor actuators, and control, ball and plug valves for the Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants. -
Honeywell to upgrade controls at sugar producer in Turkey
Honeywell will upgrade the Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) at Konya Sugar’s Cumra production site. -
Okuma extends spare parts warranty
New and exchange spare parts now carry a 1-year warranty and select items carry a 5-year warranty. -
ABB to build power stations in Brazil
ABB won orders worth over $540 million from the Abengoa Group in Brazil for the world’s longest power transmission link--2,500 kilometers. -
Invensys to provide advanced process control for Chilean smelter
Invensys is providing multivariable advanced process control (APC) solutions to Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer.
