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The interface allows equipment created in AVEVA Electrical or ETAP to be viewed and edited within each system.

ABB reported higher revenues, earnings and cash flows in the third quarter of 2013, on improved performance across all divisions.

IDTechEx Research says the RFID market will increase from $6.98 billion in 2012 to $7.88 billion, and will reach $23.4 billion in 2020.

Prior to joining Tech Soft 3D, Opsahl spent six years as the CEO of Actify, a leader in 3D product data intelligence.

Companies and institutions who will be exhibiting their product innovations at HANNOVER MESSE 2014 are invited to apply for the HERMES AWARD.

The process industry’s use of Fisher FIELDVUE digital valve controller continues to grow as aggregate sales jumped to over 1.5-million shipped worldwide.

Elma will offer a wide range of custom chassis designs and embedded system platforms based on ADLINK’s small form factor boards.

Honeywell will provide an Integrated Control and Safety System for the floating LNG liquefaction, regasification and storage unit for the Exmar-Pacific Rubialis Energy project offshore Colombia.

The 13-page guide has helpful information about how to maximize the use of precision dispensing equipment for adhesives, sealants, oils, and coatings.

By Paul Hodge & Joe Bastone, Honeywell The advantages of optimized project workflow can be realized at both ends of the project schedule. The benefits are essential to ensuring control systems pose the least risk to project schedule and allow for safe, efficient and reliable plant startup and operation.

Michigan Custom Machines uses Cimquest INGEAR PLC drivers to build custom HMIs for their customers while reducing the per-machine cost of their equipment.

Even businesses with complex, energy-intensive production processes can control electricity use without compromising production. An advanced demand management system enables key strategies.

Yokogawa will supply a CENTUM VP control system to control plant facilities such as reaction tanks and distillation units, and field instrumentation and equipment including FOUNDATION fieldbus flowmeters, pressure transmitters and control valves.

Scheu joined ABB in 2001 and has 29 years of experience in the power and automation industry, with a strong focus on North America. He previously worked for Rockwell Automation and Westinghouse Electric.

Siemens developed the controller of the storage and retrieval machines and the conveyor system for the body buffer on the basis of its Simatic S7 controllers.

The PROFI Interface Center (PIC) built a display wall of PROFINET devices they have tested and certified.

Catalog covers tandem (heavy duty) actuators, clamping actuators, compact (miniature) actuators and telescopic actuators, as well as linear tables, drives and controls, and linear accessories.

Optical Metrology Services provides pipe measurement services and precision measurement systems to the oil and gas industry.

Crack Semiconductor, a Canadian-based leader in Public Key or Asymmetric Cryptography Solutions, joined the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute.

ISA will conduct an Industrial Automation and Control educational track at its upcoming 2013 ISA Automation Week Technology and Solutions Event.

Eight product suppliers in the Americas and two companies in the EMEA region joined the Rockwell Automation Encompass program.

By Bill Lydon, Editor PAS has developed a new product to sync "as built" documentation with the current installed system, eliminating wasted man-hours, decreasing MTTR (Mean Time To Repair), and aiding with cyber security requirements and regulations.

By Rick Zabel, as originally published in InTech Here are the results from our 2013 salary survey of automation professionals. With an average annual salary of $106,772 in the U.S., job satisfaction has reached an all-time high of 85%. At the end of the article, the author provides a recipe for achieving the highest possible salary.

Your industrial plant or facility must have a proper defensive design so that the network, control devices & systems are cybersecurity hardened.

The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) announces twelve control system integration companies have joined the association.

The symposium will be held 19-21 May 2014 at the Astor Crowne Plaza hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Targeted at manufacturing executives, IT and plant managers , the survey focuses on the trends in operational metric improvements, the use of Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and other manufacturing software applications.

The engineers include Jeffrey Anderson, Calvin Anderson, Cameron Johnson, Martin Tato and Tristan McCormick.

PcVue will make Canary Labs’ Historian software available as part of its HMI/SCADA software.

The IRIS standard is formulated by Union of the European Railway Industries (UNIFE) and combines the general quality requirements of ISO 9001 with stringent process and railway-specific requirements.

Use a sliding stem valve with diaphragm actuator and digital positioner whenever size and process conditions permit.

Pereira began as Applications Engineer for the Rose Forgrove product line at HayssenSandiacre. Pereira will oversee the technical aspects of New Product Development.

The expansion will not only add 200 new jobs it will more than double the robotics tool manufacturing operations to 129,000 square feet.

ARC says economic instability and exchange rate fluctuations caused some uncertainty in 2012 but the market for control valves, actuators, and positioners is still growing. No numbers given.

The Robotics, Automation & Vision Application Park at Hannover Messe will run from 7 to 11 April 2014.

“Electrical Solutions for Commercial and Institutional Facilities” provides product solutions for challenges typically encountered in commercial and institutional buildings.

The symposium will be held 5-7 August 2014 and covers how instrumentation, SCADA and automatic control are vital to the treatment and distribution of water and wastewater.

Raffaele Cefalo, 48, has 25 years of progressive experience in the field of automation and has held several managerial positions in major companies in the industrial software industry.

Rockwell Automation enhanced Connected Components Accelerator Toolkit (CCAT) and Connected Components Workbench software tools.

UCSD installed wireless pneumatic thermostats in McGill-Mandler Hall to allow for centralized control of temperature set points through the existing building automation system. This project will reduce electricity use in the building by an estimated 27% annually and reduce natural gas use by approximately 51% annually.

ARC says the European debt crisis and slowdown in China’s and India’s growth slowed the market, but it will rebound. No market numbers are listed.

The outdoor broadband network transports telemetry data from mining and process equipment to the White Springs Agricultural Chemicals' operations center.

ISA Training and Education in November: Learn, Advance, Succeed

The easy-to-install software enables the simultaneous use of several match, area and/or blemish sensors across various regions of interest in a single inspection.

The 80-page guide lists 125 providers of Sercos-enabled products and serves as a guide for all who use the high-performance Sercos automation bus or intend to do so.

Rockwell Automation has added EPLAN´s Fluid and Harness proD to their approved Encompass products.

Yokogawa will supply the control system that will renovate the first of four 20 MW power generation units at the Lahendong geothermal power plant, which is located in the Lahendong district on Sulawesi Island.

NEC Europe will resell Paradox Engineering’s PE.AMI Smart City solution. The two Companies will work together on joint promotion activities, trade shows, end user and customers’ seminars.

The certification ensures that the valves meet the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capable per IEC 61508.

Use of SCARA robots in industrial assembly processes can help enhance the efficiency and productivity of manufacturing operations.