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Mustang formed an alliance with Cutler Technology Corporation to be the preferred independent service provider for CTC's [ADMC] adaptive multivariable controller and CTC-Sim operator training technology.

Available in 14 countries around the world, Medallion Complete covers virtually all repairs, including those required due to incidental equipment damage. Medallion Complete is now available on most Intermec data collection devices, including handheld mobile computers, scanners, fixed and mobile RFID readers, printers and many accessories.

Line standardization includes methods of control, power, and positioning. Transfer cars are motorized vehicles that travel from station to station on a straight, fixed track, and provide an alternative to a fixed pallet conveyor.

Starthis and MasconIT are sponsoring a free Web Seminar on Oracle Manufacturing Intelligence - driving the next generation of manufacturing. The one-hour Web Seminar is on Tuesday, October 17th at 9:30am CT. This free web seminar will provide cost-savings tips that will help an enterprise run more efficiently.

James Burke, the renowned science historian, author, lecturer and television host, will present his ideas on technology and innovation at Thermo Informatics World (TIW) 2006, a user group meeting and informatics conference hosted by Thermo Electron Corporation. Burke will be keynote speaker during the general session of the three-day conference, being held 7-9 November at the Hotel InterContinental in Prague.

ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System has received type approval from certification organizations in the United States, France and the United Kingdom for use on floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.

KUKA will demonstrate its new intelligent mixed product picking concept at its booth (#S-830) at PackExpo 2006, October 29-November 2nd in Chicago, Illinois. The interactive demonstration will allow attendees to create a pallet consisting of mixed products on the show floor by selecting items using an easy-to-use control panel.

The website explains key alarm management issues highlighted in guidelines issued by the Engineering Equipment & Materials Users' Association (EEMUA), the UK's Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and the ISA's SP18 Committee. With sample screen shots and tutorial style online movies, the website allows visitors to quickly grasp how ICS software can be used in a day to day plant environment.

The 2007 catalog showcases over 130,000 products from Allied’s 300+ suppliers, including new suppliers such as Panduit, Kemet and Microchip. The inclusion of 25,000 new products ensures engineers have access to the latest technology from suppliers such as Honeywell, Phoenix Contact and Vishay.

Milwaukee Art Museum selected Eagle Technology to supply its ProTeus V Professional Edition and interface to the Johnson Controls Metasys Building Automation System for the museum's maintenance work management needs. This will ensure the proper work is scheduled and completed without reliance on management intervention, freeing up more time for strategic issues.

Industrial leaders will be sharing the latest standards updates with ISA EXPO attendees on 17-19 October at Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. The 30-minute Automation Standards Briefings will give attendees an opportunity to learn more about the work of leading professionals and industry associations to develop industry standards and guidelines.

ABB earned the Frost & Sullivan "Growth Excellence in Market and Product Leadership of the Year Award, for 2006 Low Voltage Drives." Technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development were contingencies Frost & Sullivan included in its evaluation, noting that ABB's global Low Voltage Drives business unit has excelled across them all.

To encourage users of Foxboro or other vendors' control systems to take advantage of performance services designed to help improve plant performance and safety, Invensys Process Systems announced three limited-time offers for plant-level performance services: Control Performance Analysis; One Industrial WiFi wireless hot spot; and Elimination of up to 20 nuisance alarms.

Rosemount Analytical Oxymitters have replaced the previous sample extraction-based oxygen measurement system used on the catalyst regeneration unit at Total Raffinaderij Antwerpen, Belgium. The more reliable readings from the Oxymitter have improved continuous catalyst regenerator (CCR) performance, helped the plant increase safety, and reduced maintenance time.

Peter Lapins and Darren DeAnda have been promoted to the position of Partner, effective immediately.

The scope of the $500,000 contract includes demolition and removal of an existing absorption chiller and installing a new 1020-ton centrifugal chiller. The project is located at the Lebanon VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania.

“Software for Next Generation Automation and Control” paper touches on topics such as requirements for the next-generation of automation and control, the IEC 61499 standard itself, and the IEC 61499-compliant ISaGRAF 5.0 software development environment. The white paper can be downloaded.

Ethernet Direct is cooperating with ICSystems to set up Ethernet Direct's base in Central Europe. ICSystems in Greece provides products and solutions for factory automation, process control, manufacturing intelligence, industrial communications and energy management.

Intermec received an award from Frost & Sullivan for RFID market strategy leadership in the Asia Pacific market for the years 2005-2006. The award is presented each year to a company whose market strategy has yielded significant gains in market presence during the research period.

AMF (Richmond, Virginia) will use the KUKA KR 180 PA palletizing robot in its meat stacking and de-stacking system. The system will be demonstrated at AMF's booth (#S-2234) at PackExpo 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, starting October 29th.

Advanced Technology Services announced an agreement with O'Neal Steel's Shelbyville, IN, facility to provide production asset maintenance services. ATS will implement disciplined processes, systems and teams, thereby enabling O'Neal Steel to maximize the performance of its facility.

The sessions bring users of industrial automation solutions together to discuss their experiences. BOF roundtable discussions will focus on ABB, Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Emerson, and Honeywell platforms. The discussions, by invitation only, are not open to vendors or press to ensure a free, open environment to discuss user issues.

Downloadable document explains how the company's managed Ethernet switches can help monitor the state of networks as well as diagnose network problems.

Smart Wireless solutions combine self-organizing wireless network technology and gateways with wireless-enabled Rosemount measurement transmitters and wireless AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager predictive maintenance software. All are integrated with DeltaV and Ovation automation systems, or legacy hosts.

The U.S. government Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR) has rated Invensys among its best suppliers. The DSCR is a primary source for repair parts and operating supply items within the Department of Defense supply chain. Invensys received a gold medal for achieving a perfect score in meeting stringent quality and delivery requirements for Foxboro specialty instrumentation.

The PocketPAD LAN Buffer enables data transmitted from a serial device to be stored and then retrieved by establishing a TCP connection to the Buffer over the Ethernet network. The PocketPAD Buffer connects to the serial port of the PABX and into the company LAN, storing up to 50,000 call records. In Offline mode, data from the PABX is saved to flash for later download to a management station.

The latest revision to a technical specification introduced earlier this year defines an open mathematics semantics standard for numerical algorithm development. This update includes newly ratified functions from classes that include polynomials and vector analysis.

This catalog features 2,000 of the most commonly ordered items out of more than 3,500 off-the-shelf products and problem-solving components. Included are: shaft collars for round, square, hexagonal, and threaded shafts; set-screw, one-piece, two-piece, and triple-link hinge collars; and a full line of rigid clamp-type couplings in various sizes and materials.

ABB received a contract from Myllykoski Paper Oy to assume responsibility for maintenance operations at the company's mill in Anjalankoski, Finland. The ABB Full Service agreement is valued at more than $150 million. The arrangement covers automation, electrical and mechanical maintenance and planning as well as material management at the mill, which produces some 500,000 tons of coated and uncoated papers annually.

Honeywell will supply an Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), a Da Vinci quality control system and a Devronizer steambox to Powerflute's paper machine in Kuopio, Finland. Powerflute makes the world's strongest semi-chem fluting medium and has a single mill at Kuopio in Eastern Finland. Honeywell also won a multi-year Life Cycle Management agreement to help the mill update control systems, maximize asset effectiveness and improve production.