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ABB opens production line for solar inverters in Estonia
The production line has a yearly capacity of 400 megawatts of solar inverters. -
Manufacturing Institute Adds Mechatronics Certificate Program
PMMI's Mechatronics Certificate program has been added to The Manufacturing Institute's Manufacturing Skills Certification Systems offerings. -
ZigBee Alliance ratifies Building Automation Standard
The ZigBee Alliance completed development and ratified the ZigBee Building Automation standard. -
Young Innovators: Internship Opportunities Lead to Automation Future
College internships are extremely beneficial on the path to a career in industrial automation and manufacturing. -
Automating the Perfect Game with E.A.R.L., the Bowling Robot
ARM Automation developed this ultra high precision, EtherCAT-enabled robot for bowling equipment testing. The United States Bowling Congress uses E.A.R.L to help uphold the game's credibility, preserve its future and enhance the bowling experience for millions. -
IEEE ratifies Smart Grid Standard
IEEE ratifies widely anticipated standard providing alternative approaches and best practices for Smart Grid work in India and around the world. -
FDI group will organize fieldbus
FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International and OPC Foundation founded FDI to establish an organization to manage device integration. -
Honeywell Executive Norm Gilsdorf gets award from Purdue
Norm Gilsdorf has been given the Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award from Purdue. -
Cyber Security Threats - Actions to Take
Automation.com, September 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor In Part 2 of my interview with Eric Byres, leading industrial automation cyber security expert, he expands on the challenges and solutions for industrial cyber security, and includes recommendations for actions to take to protect your company and assets. -
Honeywell to control waste-to-energy plant in Lithuania
Honeywell will deploy its Experion Process Knowledge System and Safety Manager emergency shutdown and boiler protection system at a Fortum waste-to-energy facility in Klaipeda, Lithuania. -
Rotork installs sub-sea safety valve at Egyptian gas field
The single acting, spring-return rack and pinion actuator will operate a 16 inch ANSI Class 900 ball valve installed on the eleven kilometre export pipeline from the Seth Platform. -
Siemens announces 2011 Smartest Building in America winners
This year two hospitals will share $40,000 in Siemens products and services. -
Green Building Operations & Maintenance manual
The manual provides building owners a comprehensive resource for reducing the use of energy, water, and toxic chemicals and for operating facilities in a more sustainable, healthy manner. -
Mitsubishi Announces Remote Asset Management Service
Support Connect enables administration, predictive maintenance and remediation of remotely managed assets without an upfront investment in data center hardware. -
Honeywell controls quality at Hamburger Pitten paper plant
Hamburger Pitten, a producer of containerboard, upgraded its production line with two Honeywell Experion MX Quality Control Systems (QCS) systems, which will be used to improve product quality. -
Metso opens Valve Technology Center in Finland
The office building and factory house 800 automation professionals. Production is working in two shifts on a record pace. -
Alaskan Hatchery Nets Automated Alarm and Monitoring System
Automation.com, September 2011 By Benjamin Smith, Hidden Falls Hatchery PLCs from AutomationDirect provide a fully functional automation and alarm system to monitor the processes vital to keeping fish alive and healthy at this hatchery in Alaska. -
Ice Cream Castles in the Land of Automation
Ice Cream Castles in the Land of Automation -
Viewpoint on ISA TR84.0.02 Simplified Methods and Fault Tree Analysis
Viewpoint on ISA TR84.0.02 Simplified Methods and Fault Tree Analysis -
India’s Electric Power Industry Is Set to Grow
ARC says India needs to augment its existing generation capacity by around 600,000 – 700,000 MW in the next 15 years to satisfy growing demand for electric power. -
eWON Provides Remote Service for Food Packaging Machines
Zacmi selected eWON’s Talk2M Pro service, in combination with eWON 2005CD hardware modules for its remote access needs. -
Honeywell to automate new pulp mill in Uruguay
Located in Uruguay’s southern state of Colonia, the $1.9-billion facility will produce 1.3 million tons of plantation-based pulp annually once it becomes operational in the first half of 2013. -
Powerit Names Kevin Klustner CEO
Klustner’s prior executive positions include serving Verdiem Corporation as president and CEO, when the green IT company rose to national prominence in the energy software market. -
RuggedCom to work on smart grid demonstration project
The project aims to demonstrate the reliability, efficiency and cost benefits of a smarter grid to cooperative members. -
Siemens to control energy in DeSoto County Mississippi
Over the 15-year contract period, work by Siemens should reduce electricity consumption by county buildings by 37 million kWh. -
Yaskawa sets inverter record
Yaskawa America manufactured its one millionth inverter in the United States. -
AVEVA to supply Enterprise Asset Management to Salamander
Salamander Energy will install AVEVA WorkMate Enterprise Asset Management solution across all of its process plants in Indonesia and Thailand. -
HMI - Build versus Buy
Automation.com, September 2011 By Bejer Any manufacturer of complex machines that include HMIs must face a crucial decision: should you build your own human-machine interfaces or should you buy these ready-made? -
Microchip delivers 10 billionth PIC microcontroller
Microchip delivered its 10 billionth microcontroller, the 32-bit PIC32MX340F256, approximately 10 months after delivering its nine billionth. -
AMT goes into the magazine publishing business
AMT will acquire Time Compression and Process Cleaning magazines from Gardner Publications. -
HEIDENHAIN Donates Machines to American Precision Museum
HEIDENHAIN donated a 1980s Bridgeport 9x48 Series One mill and a new Acu-Rite MILLPWR 3 control to the museum in Windsor, VT. -
Metso controls world’s fastest coating machine
Metso's control system helped the Järvenpää Pilot Coater reach a new world record speed of 3,160 m/min. -
Cloud Packaging uses WITTENSTEIN gearboxes in packaging machines
The alpha gearbox fulfilled application high speed requirements by improving throughput without risking gear reducer failure. -
The case for regenerative AC drives
Automation.com, September 2011 By William Gilbert, Siemens Today’s AC drive systems now have the technology to regenerate energy back to the AC line--a practical alternative to mechanical braking and non-regen drives in converting, packaging, wireforming and printing industries -
ISA Honors Outstanding Achievements
ISA Honors Outstanding Achievements -
The Power of Networking: Jobs, Business, Even Fun
The Power of Networking: Jobs, Business, Even Fun -
Siemens Contributes to Toy Story Attraction's Magic
Toy Story Midway Mania! is one of the most technologically sophisticated attractions yet developed by Walt Disney Imagineering. It marks the company's first use of industrial Ethernet for a ride's control system which takes advantage of Siemens products. -
Rotork electric actuators upgrade UK Power Station
The Rotork actuators replaced obsolete hydraulic actuators and power packs that were requiring increased levels of costly and time consuming maintenance. -
WAGO Installs Wind Turbine at Headquarters
Capable of generating 20kW for WAGO’s engineering, manufacturing and sales hub, wind power will meet approximately 10% of WAGO manufacturing needs. -
Deacom ERP runs Independent Beverage Company
ERP provides recipe management, purchasing, production scheduling, inventory and lot control, order entry, warehouse management, accounting, and reporting. -
PcVue SCADA controls paint manufacturer
PcVue constantly monitors and enables the operator to adjust the exact amount of raw materials needed to make each paint batch perfect. -
Linear Relationships for 4-20 mA transmitters
Linear Relationships for 4-20 mA transmitters -
Safety Related Control Systems
In order to provide the safety function the system must continue to operate correctly under all foreseeable conditions. So how do we design a system to achieve this, and when we have done that, how do we show it? -
Barry-Wehmiller Design Group Names Three New Partners
Ron Hefley, Ed Perek and Dan Ryan were promoted to Partner. -
OMS manages pipe measurement for Subsea 7
OMS avoided any pipe fit-up problems, providing Subsea 7 with fast, good pipe fit-ups ready for the welding stage. -
ABB to control pulp and paper plant in India
ABB will supply automation and power equipment and related engineering and commissioning services to JK Paper Ltd for its expansion project. -
Emerson to automate arthritis drug plant in Korea
A DeltaV system and AMS software will automate Hanwha Chemical’s biotechnology process and support the compliance requirements for FDA approval. -
QA Graphics Introduces Partner Program
The partner program will allow systems integrators to resell QA Graphics’ products and services. -
Five Companies Join Rockwell Automation Encompass Program
Two companies joined the Rockwell Automation Encompass program in the Americas region, while an additional three companies have been named global partners. -
Thomson introduces web-based ball and lead screw sizing tool
Linear MOTIONEERING sizing and selection tool simplifies machine design by quickly identifying the best ball and lead screw options for application requirements.