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Through the partnership, 3eTI and ISA will work together to leverage 3eTI's core cybersecurity capabilities for the benefit of ISA members and customers.

In the financial year 2013 Beckhoff Automation achieved worldwide sales of 435 million euros with an increase in sales of 7%.

As part of her traditional opening-day tour of Hannover Messe, German Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel visited the booth of Verl, Germany-based Beckhoff Automation on Monday, April 7.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The recent ODVA annual conference and meeting provided a number of technology updates to the Common Industrial protocol (CIP) networks, specifically EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet. Topics included a new initiative for the DeviceNet of Things, as well as updates to the Machinery, Process and Energy initiatives. Wireless network and IO-Link integration and IPv6 migration concepts were also discussed.

Workforce development in the process industries cannot be effective without collaboration between employees and employers. Senior leadership must buy-in to the necessity of workforce development and f

The gauge is used to monitor the thickness of the coatings on the electrodes that are main components of lithium-ion batteries.

Villadsen was general manager at Moquin Press, VP of global operations for Global Equipment Services and Manufacturing, VP of global operations for Aviza Technology; and VP of operations for VA Linux Systems.

The PR 5343 sensor head-mounted 2-wire level transmitter now has FM, IECEx and INMETRO approvals.

Engineers are not naturally adept at writing and/or presentations. Good writing and presentation skills take training and practice.

The training center at Gibson Engineering in Norwood, Mass., will serve customers in the Northeastern U.S.

USB3 Vision is a machine vision interface standard designed to enable seamless integration between USB 3.0 cameras, cables and image processing libraries from different vendors.

February U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $157 million, down 1.2 percent from January’s total and down 6.8 percent from February 2013.

Supporting infrastructures, including building analytics, the cloud and smart grids are likely to play the most important role in strengthening the BAS market over the next four years.

Siemens industrial security offerings will use McAfee’s expertise to improve reliability and availability for industrial customers.

mGuard RS2000 and RS4000 security and connectivity devices now have Class I, Division 2 approval to protect and connect industrial networks in many hazardous locations.

ABB will supply a Train Control System, including hardware, software and control panels to Alstom Transport.

The company plans to focus its future development work on expanding its Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) systems, as well as its Digital Enterprise Platform products.

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The free seminar 6 June 2014 in Norwalk, California campus will educate area business and manufacturing leaders on the value and importance of the recently launched US Cybersecurity Framework.

The KeTop T10 directMove developed by the Austrian-based automation specialist KEBA is a new breed of handheld robot controller for positioning, guiding and programming mobile robots.

The free web seminar on 23 April 2014 will discuss the purpose and most appropriate methods for calibrating switches.

Strother Martin said it best in Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is failure to communicate." Mis-communication between workers and bean counters is costing billions.

The demand for machines in sectors such as agriculture, packaging, materials handling and machine tools will push revenues to $1.6 trillion this year, up from $1.5 trillion in 2013.

The expansion includes a $60 million, 18,800-square-meter flow measurement manufacturing building and a $16 million engineering center.

With a modernized quality control system, Brigl & Bergmeister's Niklasdorf mill will be able to enhance the quality of its labels that are found on beverage brands.

For most technicians, calibrating switches becomes somewhat of an afterthought, because switches are commonly viewed as an over-simplistic device.

Transit Designer is a free, web-based tool that simplifies both product selection according to needs and requirements and the process of designing, purchasing and installing cable and pipe transits.

With headquarters in Austin, Texas, USA, the Fieldbus Foundation represents over 200 process industry companies, their subsidiaries and affiliates across the globe.

FDI Cooperation, LLC’s Field Device Integration (FDI) specification and FDI developer toolkits are now available to beta test participants.

Elections were held in conjunction with ODVA’s 2014 Industry Conference & 16th Annual Meeting of Members, held March 11-13, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona.

The SIG will develop enhancements to the ODVA specifications that will enable expanded adoption of DeviceNet to low cost, simple industrial devices.

By Eric Knapp, Honeywell Process Solutions Today, malware can evolve, mutate and hide in its tracks. It can seek out embedded devices and inject them with code. In short, bad guys can gain access and cause harm to industrial control systems once thought to be impenetrable.

UPM-Kymmene Oyj has ordered a Metso DNA Steam Network Manager system for the Kaukas pulp and paper mill in Lappeenranta, Finland. Startup is scheduled for Spring 2014.

QA Graphics provide all of the system graphics to New England Energy Controls for an 18,000 square foot residential project.

The HIO Project was created to unlock the traditional restraints seen in the embedded hardware industry, and enable developers to participate in hardware development much like we have seen in the open source software realm.

Instrument Calibration and Documentation for FDA-Regulated Industries (TI24), offers a combination of practical information and hands-on experience.

Tactics for Advanced Troubleshooting Boot Camp (TATC) helps experienced technicians more rapidly identify and solve complex process control problems.

Ken Hoover is President of Softing North America.

SAG won the HERMES award for its iNES product, an intelligent distribution grid management system that can be used to convert conventional local grids in stages into smart grids.

The Control Systems Engineer (CSE) PE Exam Review Course provides the same comprehensive, in-depth review and instructional quality of ISA’s classroom-led CSE PE course.

ISA’s 14th Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)-Fugitive Emissions Symposium will be held 19-21 May 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Emerson will engineer and install its Ovation control system at Craig Station, the second-largest power generating facility in Colorado.

Two laser line displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon are mounted to a purpose-built handling and processing machine manufactured by Behr Systems.

ISA Automation Week Revisited Comes to Canada

Safety Network International is the independent user organisation that supports the Ethernet-based communication system SafetyNET p and the safe fieldbus system SafetyBUS p.

More than 30 technical papers—covering the critical challenges and most recent improvements in the analytical sciences—will be presented at the 2014 ISA Analysis Division Symposium to be held 4-8 May 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

JOT Automation will supply automated micro factory solutions for the assembly of the cartridges used with the t:slim Insulin Pump.

The web site showcases ISA’s products, services, resources and technical information.

The NRL is a combat robotics league where students design and build remote controlled robots to fight to the death.

TRENCO will be renamed as Schaffner Trenco and integrated as part of the Power Magnetics division of Schaffner.