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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, said today no appeals have been filed with the U.S. District Court opposing a revised Plan of Reorganization for its U.S. subsidiary, Combustion Engineering (CE), which means the plan is now final.

VoiceBox® Technologies Inc., the innovator in conversational voice search and control technologies, and Green Hills Software Inc., the leader in real-time operating systems (RTOS) and device software optimization (DSO), announced today that VoiceBox has selected the Green Hills Software INTEGRITY operating system as the RTOS for its voice-enabled XM Satellite Radio reference platform for automotive OEMs and aftermarket.

A control system upgrade at the Rabbit Lake processing mill, the longest-operating uranium milling operation in Canada, will use I/A Series automation in the acid plant and powerhouse. These are the first implementations in a phased program that will next deploy Foxboro controls replacing outdated equipment for the remaining milling processes.

The Fieldbus Foundation today announced that Hans-Georg Kumpfmueller, president of the Siemens AG Process Instrumentation & Analytics Division, has been named to its board of directors. Kumpfmueller joins other leading executives in the key automation industry post.