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On Tuesday, February 10, 2009, ASI celebrated 10 years of business.

Survey shows most Americans believe highly automated factories are important to economic growth. The majority support a stimulus package to modernize U.S. factories.

The new site combines enhanced research, selection, sourcing and shopping tools tuned to deliver a satisfying experience based on input from customers and distributors.

WAGO's Innovation in Automation Tour will spend 40 weeks touring the U.S. and Canada presenting automation, interconnect and electrical interface product lines.

Brochure contains information about flexible chain styles and widths; profiles and guides for unique layouts; drives and gearmotors for lower energy usage; and other conveyor components.

The Eaton Industrial Hose Unit will handle products currently part of the Fluid Conveyance industrial line, plus the recently acquired hose products from Arrow and Durodyne.

By Metalio The digital factory offers a large database for factory planning. However difficulties arise when the real world does not correspond to the available digital representation, or when no digital representation is given at all. Augmented reality technology, which combines real and virtual data, becomes an interface between the real shop floor and the digital factory.

IEC 61850 is the new Ethernet-based international standard for communication in power generation facilities and substations. The goal of this standard is to integrate all of the protection, control, measurement, and monitoring functions within a substation, and to provide the means for high-speed substation protection applications, interlocking and intertripping.

The standard, ANSI/ISA-99.02.01-2009, describes elements to set up a cyber security management system.

Can/U.S. Enviro-RFID will represent a broad offering of RFID products & services to resellers in the United States and Canada.

ADM provides real-time monitoring of Foundation Fieldbus physical layer, enabling AMS Suite users to automatically commission fieldbus segments.

Rachael Dalton-Taggart will be Interim President and Ken Feitz will be Vice President and Treasurer until the society's annual meeting later this year.

Growth was primarily driven by software revenues, up 71 percent over 2007.

Stealth Computer changed its name to Stealth.Com.

ABB will design, manufacture, install and commission six 765-kilovolt capacitor banks at Alpha, Beta, Mercury and Perseus substations.

Cagnazzi Racing uses a Fluke Ti25 to spot the borders of the cooler track area, so they can set the cars up to avoid making the critical shift to second gear as they cross the transition zone.

Emerson Process Management unveiled findings of two independent real-world greenfield projects that recommend wireless infrastructure be a key component of all new projects.

GE Fanuc announced that its hardware and software products enable OMAC Make2Pack standards to support multiple vendor platforms for applications in both new and existing equipment.

Gil Automations chose MatrikonOPC as its preferred supplier of OPC data connectivity solutions.

Krautz is now Western Region Account Manager covering the 11 western United States.

Wonderware achieved the Service Strategies' Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards certification for a sixth consecutive year.

March 8-11, 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana University of Industrial Distribution is a concentrated educational conference focused on the unique needs of the industrial wholesale distribution industry.

SY Youm will head the new office and drive business development.

Bonneville Power Administration installed 14 web-based energy monitoring systems for measuring the energy performance of packaged rooftop HVAC units on commercial buildings.

Applicator Version 10.05.00 from Endress+Hauser is now available for sizing diaphragm seals.

Products from OPC-Classic to OPC-UA are available for license with OEM software products in the automation marketplace.

Kepware has been selected by ARC Informatique, the makers of PcVue and PlantVue HMI/SCADA systems, as its primary provider of connectivity to field devices.

The Digital Factory exhibit covers product development, simulation, calculation, virtual testing and production without the need for physical prototyping.

The special display "Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes" in Hall 26 shows the many possibilities for pruning back energy consumption.

German President Horst Köhler will officially open HANNOVER MESSE (the Hannover Fair).