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The site focuses on four key strategies: reducing maintenance costs, reducing risk and improving cash flow, implementing high-ROI solutions and driving down operational costs.

Wilkins was previously responsible for worldwide sales and global marketing strategies for GE Fanuc's Proficy Historian, Real-Time Information Portal and Shop Floor SPC software.

Conferences will be held in Mobile, AL, King of Prussia, PA, Park City, Utah, and Houston, Texas.

The college will realize enough energy savings to reduce equivalent annual energy costs by more than $500,000.

OPC Foundation opened a North American Certification Test Lab to validate and certify OPC products.

Twelve major OPC vendors participated, submitting fifteen OPC Servers and seventeen OPC Clients for open interoperability testing which took place March 2nd through March 6th in Boca Raton, Florida.

Testing verified WALL-NUTS contact continuity (no current interruptions during testing) and housing integrity (no physical damage) under extreme conditions.

ScenSor offers an ultra-low complexity coherent receiver, giving MicroStrain the benefits of superior range at ultra-low power consumption.

This application-level standard describes the process of transporting C12.19 table data over a variety of networks.

Autodesk today began shipping its new 2010 line of 2D and 3D design and engineering software.

ASHRAE's certification recognizes those with optimal knowledge of the entire building commissioning process.

The group is seeking presentations for new wireless technology and system architectures for the link between sensors/actuators and automation systems.

NAIT Johnson Controls Centre for Building Environment Technology teaches students to become successful HVAC specialists.

Guide describes cavitation prediction and control to minimize increases in operating costs that result from cavitation damage.

By Fulvio Roveta, Integration Objects Article discusses some of the options available for integrating automation islands and for distributing information at any level in the organization. In particular, two main players in the system integration arena will be examined: OLE for Process Control (OPC) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

By Greg Millinger and Alicia Bowers, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms By maintaining automated control over a process with Work Process Management, companies can have a much better chance of reducing waste for the longer term. Includes Lean Six Sigma glossary.

The Green Book, Flow, Level and Environmental Handbook and Encyclopedia 8th Edition contains over 1300 pages of the latest information on flow, level & environmental products.

Siemens is building relationships with a number of retrofit partners across the country. When they determine the scope of the work needed, the proper partner will be selected.

This self-paced, interactive Robotics Technician Certificate training program offers an easy-to-use home study format that requires a computer and internet connection to complete. The CD-ROM based multimedia program is divided into 13 modules, each consisting of about ten sections, or major topics.

Automation Tooling Systems is reducing its Cambridge workforce by approximately 80 full-time employees and its Photowatt France workforce by approximately 160 temporary workers.

PLCopen certified B&R's SafeDESIGNER product, version 2.58.

PLCopen certified SSS for Motion Control Compliance (part 1 and 2).

“Effective Operator Display Design” provides guidelines for improving plant operator displays in the chemical and refining industries.

Emerson will provide PlantWeb, Foundation fieldbus instrumentation, analyzers, DeltaV controls, AMS software, valves, engineering and project management.

By Steve Lankford, Diamond Phoenix There are many things to consider when taking on a material handling project. It's in your best interest to have a systems integrator take responsibility for delivering a system that meets your expectations and goals.

The Siemens Retrofit Business Development group is based in Lebanon, Ohio.

ABB will provide electrification and automation solutions to maximize productivity, monitor energy use and minimize energy consumption at a new coal mine.

HIMA will provide two HIMax CPUs, two system bus modules, two digital output and three input modules, one analog output module and one communications module for PROFIBUS-DP.

Robotics Technician Certificate is a computer-based home study program that enables students to study remotely, using CD-based curriculum, a robotic simulator and a traditional textbook to master robotics in manufacturing.

Honeywell will install its UniSim Operations Suite simulation solution at the Salalah Methanol Company (SMC) facility in the Salalah Free Zone in Oman.