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Flowserve obtains Nuclear Manufacturing certification
ASME certified that Flowserve Valtek valves meet or exceed quality assurance standards for the design and construction of nuclear control valves and parts. -
I/O Module Market has Fierce Competition
The I/O module market is drive by fierce competition, which led to a rapid price drop across all segments of the market -
ABB acquires Insert Key Solutions
IKS specializes in delivering software solutions for power generation plants and transmission and distribution networks. -
GE to control Vantage Data Centers
GE will supply PACSystems RX3i, reflective memory data synchronization and intelligent remote I/O hardware for Vantage Data Centers' 37 MW Santa Clara Data Center campus. -
Exlar publishes 2011 Motion Control catalog
The catalog covers linear and motion control products, including linear actuators, rotary motors and gearmotors, as well as products rated for use in hazardous locations. -
Emerson’s Wireless Gateway earns Achilles Certification
Emerson Process Management has been awarded Achilles certification for its Smart Wireless Gateway. -
SolaHD Appoints Customer Service Rep for Latin America
Gina Delgado will provide customer service to SolaHD distributors in Mexico and the Latin American regions. -
Yokogawa to automate Fractionation Research lab at OSU
Yokogawa will automate and optimize procedures used in startup, shutdown and transitions in the distillation columns at the FRI research facility at the Oklahoma State University campus -
Choosing Between Soft Starters and Drives
Soft starters are cheaper, but VFDs often provide better value -
Wilbrecht publishes LEDCO Catalog
24 page color catalog features LED, neon and incandescent indicator lights. -
IEWC appoints Cory McFarlane Managing Director
Cory McFarlane will take the role of Managing Director for IEWC EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), effective January 1st 2011. -
Parker publishes catalog for Sinclair Collins K Series Valve
The catalog lists specifications and dimensions for bronze and stainless steel body versions of the valve. -
SERCOS releases FDT specification for SERCOS III
The FDT/DTM specification for SERCOS III was developed by a joint working group of SERCOS International and the FDT group -
Belden to Acquire GarrettCom
GarrettCom is a provider of industrial networking products for specialty and stressed applications with business locations in North America, Europe and India. -
Acromag offers Technology Community Web Page
The community page contains white papers, tech briefs and articles on signal conditioning, industrial PCs, high speed networks and embedded I/O processing. -
Fertig Motors to build motors for Beckhoff Automation
Fertig Motors, in a joint venture with the Beckhoff Group, will co-develop and produce Beckhoff servomotors. -
Belden to Acquire Thomas & Betts
Belden will acquire the Thomas & Betts Communications Products Business for $78 million in cash. -
GE to control Cimentos Liz cement plant in Brazil
GE will supply a Proficy Process System to provide process control, supervision, alarm management, release management, asset management and quality control across the plant. -
National Instruments Opens Office in Penang
National Instruments opened temporary offices for its planned R&D and operations facility in Penang, Malaysia. -
Study reveals interest in Enterprise 2.0
Interest in Enterprise 2.0 is real, but study data suggest that integration of ERP with existing social media tools available online is of limited value. -
Meggitt publishes Wilcoxon Research vibration sensor catalog
The catalog contains accelerometers, 4-20 mA vibration sensors, vibration transmitters, cables and accessories for industrial condition based maintenance and predictive maintenance applications. -
DOE gives On-Ramp Wireless a Grant to Improve Distribution Grid
The grant will enable On-Ramp to develop a wireless grid sensor and faulted circuit indicator capable of monitoring underground and other hard-to-reach distribution circuit locations. -
Softing Technology helps make Pizza
Softing integrated pizza production information in SAP R/3 via a Siemens S7 OPC Server to enable automated fault logging with precise time information. -
ABB to acquire Baldor Electric Company
ABB will acquire Baldor in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion, including $1.1 billion of net debt. -
RNA offers Lean consulting service
RNA has established a manufacturing consulting service, Rhein-Nadel Consultancy (RNC). -
Emerson to control Petrobras' Comperj project
Emerson will supply systems for process control, safety, fire and gas detection, machinery monitoring, management of process and maintenance information, instruments, valves, and other related products and services. -
Datalogic and Sick resolve patent disputes
Datalogic settled all pending disputes with Sick and granted a license for the use of Datalogic’s technology to the German company. -
Ascon opens IX KOMPAS-3D Modelling Contest
All customers are welcome to send their projects, made in KOMPAS-3D Professional, for the contest. -
Machine Safeguarding Trounced in Global Recession
ARC says the worldwide market for Machine Safeguarding Solutions declined in 2009, but a strong rebound has begun in the second half of 2010. -
Lighting Control Market Dims
ARC says the downward trend in the lighting controls market is expected to continue throughout the rest of 2010. -
Kollmorgen signs Heason Technology as distributor in UK
Kollmorgen Europe signed UK-based motion control distributor and systems integrator Heason Technology into its 'Sales Partner Program.' -
Honeywell to control offshore gas production facility
Honeywell will supply an Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) at Wintershall’s new offshore gas production facility in the North Sea. -
ABB to install heat recovery system at Holcim Switzerland
ABB will install its heat recovery and electrical power production system at Holcim Switzerland's cement plant in Untervaz, Switzerland. -
Geometric signs Digitek as rep in Korea
Digitek will distribute DFMPro manufacturing (DFM) software and provide customer support to customers in Korea. -
Servomex acquires Delta F
Delta F develops, manufactures and distributes a range of trace and ultra trace oxygen and moisture analysers based on Coulometric and Tuneable Diode Laser (TDLAS) technology respectively. -
PLCopen gives Leuze Safe Software Certificate
The certificate is for the MSIsafesoft product. -
ABB buys part of wind technology company
ABB bought part of Pentalum Technologies, an Israel-based company developing advanced wind sensing technology for control and optimization of wind turbines and wind farms. -
ABB publishes reference guide for electromagnetic flowmeters
The guide summarizes such topics as principles of operation, construction, magnetic fields, maintenance, transmitters, installation, and calibration. -
Invensys Extends Support of Foxboro SPEC200N for Nuclear Power Plants
Invensys signed a multi-year agreement with Scientech, to manufacture the SPEC200N product line as well as provide sustaining engineering services to Invensys. -
McCrometer offers Oil & Gas Flow Meter CD
CD explains V-Cone and Wafer-Cone flow measurement technology, details specific flow measurement applications and provides technical reports, approvals, white papers, articles and more. -
Invensys supplies training kiosks to Eni Refining
Combining Invensys' SimSci-Esscor EYESIM solution and Eni’s refining expertise, EYESIM kiosks train field operators on generic and specific process tasks. -
ABB to supply gearless mill drive systems in Kazakhstan
ABB will supply three gearless mill drive systems for Kazakhmys PLC's Bozshakol copper project, located near the town of Ekibastuz in north eastern Kazakhstan. -
National Instruments to Open Operations Center in Costa Rica
Scheduled to open in Q2 2011, the center will employ 200 people over in customer relationship management, financial services, IT and sales operations positions. -
Baseblock Software offers free Modbus RTU test software
Free utility for Windows XP, VISTA and 7 allows users to test and troubleshoot modbus RTU device communication over serial and Ethernet networks. -
ASHRAE publishes GreenGuide for Buildings
Book covers guidelines on sustainable energy master planning; building information modeling (BIM); strategies for greening existing buildings; and compliance strategies for key ASHRAE standards. -
Dresser to supply steam safety valves to Westinghouse nukes
Dresser 3700 Maxiflow main steam safety valves will be delivered to AP1000 nuclear power plant sites in Georgia and South Carolina between 2012 and 2014. -
Innovasic supplies RapID Platform to Deutschmann Automation
Deutschmann incorporated RapID Platform into their UNIGATE IC and UNIGATE CL Profinet gateway products. -
Emerson Wireless technology helps boost production in Argentina
Data from Rosemount wireless transmitters helps Tecpetrol increase production by $4 million while reducing maintenance costs by 62% and supervisory control costs by 35%. -
König Brewery uses TURCK uprox+ Sensors
For over 20 years, the company has been relying on components from TURCK for position sensing. -
FOSS NIRSystems appoints Rhonda Jiggetts-Nolan Account Manager.
Rhonda will have sales responsibility for 6 eastern states in the US, the Metropolitan New York area and the Canadian Provinces of Quebec and those eastward.

