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AVEVA NET was installed at the Phu My 3 Power Plant Project in Vietnam.

Approximately 40 employees work in the 27,000-square-foot building.

Van Nuis will be responsible for overseeing business operations throughout North, Central and South America.

The FLT93 Series FlexSwitch Brochure provides complete product and applications information for the flow and level switch.

The project includes control of the pipeline receipt system, tank farm, truck loading system, and terminal automation, through Experion Process Knowledge System and Terminal Manager.

The Group offers consultancy in the areas of technology assessment and roadmap, application portfolio rationalization, and PLM ROI improvement.

Meggitt hired Peter Eitnier as Mechanical Engineer for Wilcoxon Research products, and promoted Wayne Glidden to Director of Materials.

Advantech held its first online solution forum on June 19th, 2012 with the theme of Intelligent Automation, Seamless Integration.

BP Exploration replaced unreliable level transmitters previously used on a floating production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel with guided wave radar transmitters from Emerson.

Siemens deployed its Site Controls Energy Management System (EMS) across 40 Red Robin restaurants, and cut energy consumption by 9 to 15 percent.

This 44-page document lists hundreds of SERCOS II and Sercos III products and services from dozens of manufacturers around the world.

Frost & Sullivan says buyers are becoming more sensitive and manufacturers can no longer rely only on low production costs to gain a competitive edge.

The latest release addresses key elements of Foundation for Remote Operations Management (ROM) technology, which enables manufacturers to begin developing Foundation for ROM devices.

The plant installed Rockwell Software RSPower Plus software and four Allen- Bradley PowerMonitor devices to check power consumption, and now saves more than $30,000 per year.

Strothmann implemented an assembly line for five series of precision measuring centers at Klingelnberg's in Hueckeswagen, Germany.

Powerfast includes cordsets, receptacles, reducers, reducer tees, field wireables, rotary disconnect switches and power lock devices.

Siemens will supply ten 2,600kW vertical motors to Mekorot National Water Company to support one of the largest water infrastructure projects in Israel since the 1960s.

Machine vision sales in North America fell two percent compared to the first quarter of 2011, according to AIA, the industry’s trade group.

The Catalog features wire, cable, tubing and sleeving, along with wire management products, and value added services

The market for Programmable Logic Controllers I/O modules recovered quite strongly after the recession with double-digit growth in both 2010 and 2011.

Over 4,000 engineers, scientists and industry professionals gathered at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL June 6-7, for the Sensors Expo & Conference.

Free one-day educational seminars on WirelessHART technology are being presented by the HART Communication Foundation in Europe and North America during 2012.

The market share for organic photovoltaics will rise to $630 million by 2022. The market growth will be predominantly driven by electronics and off-grid developing world applications.

Emerson’s Smart Wireless technology helps identify potential problems and improve plant availability and efficiency of its Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station in London.

Automation.com, June 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Participants of the Pharmaceutical Automation Roundtable discussed the use of data, modeling and other automation technology for Intelligence-based Manufacturing. The goal is to move from responsive and reactive actions to preventative and proactive manufacturing strategies. This is part 6 of a 6 part article series.

This year’s symposium was held in Austin, Texas, USA, 3–8 June.

ISA Automation Week international conference will take place 24-27 September 2012, at the Orange County Convention Center, West Concourse in Orlando, Florida, USA.

The 2012 Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas Symposium informed attendees on how process automation and controls can help manufacturers sustain their performance and lifecycles.

QA Graphics hired several HVAC graphic specialists, allowing the department to expand their system graphic development services.

This paper describes a case study of a control system design for a batch pharmaceutical process.

The software is used by utilities to report information to regulatory bodies, such as NYISO, ISONE, CAISO, MISO and PJM.

Fifteen Phoenix Contact employees departed the Phoenix Contact facility in Middletown, Pa., to embark on a 600-mile bike ride to Phoenix Contact’s new facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

MOL upgraded the plant’s distributed control system to Emerson’s DeltaV process automation system, and reduced energy costs by 1,200,000 Euros per year.

Channel Partner of the Year was AWC Incorporated, Southeast Division; the OEM Innovation Award went to Keith Company.

Industrial Automation North America September 10–15 will showcase products and solutions for process, production and industrial building automation.

The Industrial IT Solutions group specializes in the design, performance assessment and protection of networks used in the process industry, including wireless instrument and SCADA platforms.

The solution is currently installed at the Atlas Copco test mine in Kvarntorp, Sweden. It will offer future mine operators process control opportunity and information.

Bryan Gene, a University of British Columbia engineering graduate who used advanced software to enhance a new process for plastic waste disposal, won the award.

A thermoIMAGER TIM thermal imaging camera is installed in the injection moulding machine from Kunststoff-Zentrum SKZ KTT to detect defective parts.

Metso will supply automation technology for greenfield waste-to-energy plants in Italy, Estonia and the UK.

Wood Group completed a major inspection and life time assessment of a Siemens gas turbine for DONG Energy A/S at the H.C. Ørsted Power Station, situated at Sydhavnen in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The CNC market earned €8.6 billion in 2010 and F&S estimates this to reach €17.6 billion in 2015.

100 Rotork IQ explosionproof intelligent electric actuators with Pakscan two-wire digital control have been installed at the Emarat Fujairah Terminal.

Founded in 1988, IMC Networks is a provider of optical access and media conversion solutions for LAN, MAN and FTTx applications.

M.G. Bryan Equipment is using cloud computing for remote asset management of high-tech fracturing equipment, including engines, generators, industrial pump units, and oil field service equipment.

App measures pH accurately, presents the data in an easy-to-read format and supports email transmission of critical readings.

Spring Leaders Meeting: Social Media Session

The MMA is now the largest motion control networking group in Asia as MECHATROLINK becomes the de-facto motion network in Asian markets.

Lab tests show that generic fiber jumpers from assembly houses are least likely to pass tests, which can result in product failures and costly network down time. Siemon, of course, passed all its own tests.

In April, U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $410.42 million according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology.