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Korenix publishes master catalogue
Catalogue contains industrial computing and networking equipment, including Ethernet switches, computers, I/O servers, and serial cards. -
Confirmat improves specMotor electric motor selection site
Enhancements to specMotor site include interactive feasibility testing and request for quotations to multiple motor manufacturers. -
ARC says HMI software sales to reach $1.4 billion in 2012
The worldwide HMI software and services market, which was $926 million in 2007, will reach $1.430 billion in 2012, outperforming the industrial automation market overall. -
Ultrasonic flowmeter market to reach $590 Million by 2012
Propelled by strong growth in the oil & gas industry, the worldwide market for ultrasonic flowmeters is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% over the next five years. -
Original Software releases test-asset management portal
Original Software Manager test-asset management web portal allows better organization of all the assets involved on test projects. -
ABB integrates Iceland's utilities into a single automation system
Reykjavik Energy selected ABB to upgrade five utility systems - geothermal power plants, district heating, water and wastewater – into a single state-of-the-art 800xA automation system. -
Assembly Line Robot Application
Case study: Faulty electrical connectors cause 1000 amp safety issues. Pierced cables create short in automotive manufacturing plant. -
MultiTrode uses ISaGRAF 5 in MultiSmart Pump Station Manager
MultiSmart Pump Station Manager monitors and controls water/wastewater lift stations. Version 2.0 includes a pump controller, a PLC, and ISaGRAF v5 for complex station control. -
IMI Sensors publishes brochure on Vibration Monitoring Instrumentation
Brochure covers accelerometers, vibration transmitters, switches, meters, cables, connectors and accessories for machinery condition monitoring and predictive maintenance. -
Moxa launches remote monitoring and alarm solution web site
Remote Monitoring and Alarm site provides information on how intelligent Ethernet I/O can benefit building up an active remote monitoring and alarm system. -
Emerson to automate coal-fired power plant in Indonesia
Emerson’s PlantWeb with Ovation control system will automate critical processes and equipment at two 300-MW power generating units at the PLTU 2 Banten-Labuan power plant. -
NUM provides customized CNC platform for integrated aluminum processing line
A single Axium CNC platform from NUM controls the entire machining centre, including the 10 motion axes on the robot heads plus various sensors and actuators. -
Bison Gear enhances web site for international orders
BisonGear.com added order processing for 235 countries, dependencies and territories. -
Eaton joins Kepware’s Protocol Program
Eaton's Electrical Group chose Kepware as their primary provider of device communications and joined Kepware’s VEP (Vendor Endorsed Protocol) Program. -
ABB to supply switchgear for hydropower plant in Switzerland
ABB won an order worth $31 million from Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL) to supply power equipment for a hydro storage power plant at the Tierfehd plant in Switzerland. -
FKI Logistex automates distribution center in Toronto
FKI Logistex installed a new put module and routing sortation system at Forzani's distribution center (DC) in Toronto. -
Invensys joins Motorola's PartnerSelect wireless program
Invensys will offer Motorola's Enterprise Mobility solutions as well as wireless broadband and other technologies. -
Honeywell signs agreement with China Petroleum Planning and Engineering Institute
Honeywell and CPPEI will establish an Experimental Center, Operation and Maintenance Support Center, and Training Center. -
Danaher Motion expands motion control services
Motion Engineering Performance Services has been expanded to help OEMs using embedded motion control. -
Mel Hilderbrand appointed President of Endevco
Mel Hilderbrand, formerly Director of Strategic Projects for Meggitt Sensing Systems, is the new President of Endevco. -
Softing to embed PROFIBUS into subsea oil well equipment
Aker Solutions, Scotland, will use a Softing Profibus board in a “Christmas Tree,” an assembly of valves, spools and fittings for an oil well. -
ABB automates solar cell chemical plant
ABB’s System 800xA will control production of ultra-pure chlorosilanes at Evonik Industries' plant in Essen, Germany. -
ABB to control smelter plant in India
ABB won orders worth $113 million from Vedanta Aluminum to provide automation and power products for a greenfield expansion of an aluminum smelter plant in Jharsuguda, India. -
Allied Vision Technologies acquires Prosilica
Allied Vision Technologies is acquiring 100% of the shares of the Canadian camera manufacturer Prosilica as of 31 July 2008. -
DEACOM ERP cuts costs at inks and coatings manufacturer
American Inks and Coatings implemented DEACOM ERP software and was able to close its off-site IT office and cut its IT staff from four to one. -
Honeywell to supply controls for solar panel material plant
Honeywell will install Experion process and safety systems for a new Hoku Materials plant to produce polysilicon, a key material needed to produce solar panels. -
InduSoft CEView HMI/SCADA certified by AT&T for Mobile Applications
CEView HMI/SCADA software is certified to run on many popular mobile devices, including the AT&T 5700, MOTOQ Global, Pantech Duo, the Samsung BlackJack and BlackJack II. -
NI reports record revenue for Q2 2008
National Instruments reported record quarterly revenue of $210.5 million, up 17 percent in the second quarter of 2008. -
Robotics Software Platforms Review
This article gives a short overview of general-purpose robotics software platforms currently available for service robotics applications. The article is a compilation of the knowledge the authors accumulated during an experimentation work they’ve been recently involved in. -
ABB sells 4,000 IndustrialIT System 800xAs
Since its introduction in 2004, ABB's IndustrialIT Extended Automation System 800xA has been sold to more than 4,000 customers in a diverse range of industries.

