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Astraeus Wind Energy receives $7 million stimulus funding
Astraeus received the grant to develop a wind hub machining cell for high-volume manufacturing, as well as pursue development of carbon-fiber turbine blades. -
exida certifies Pekos ball valves for per IEC 61508
exida certified the Pekos Full Trunnion and Floating Ball valves as suitable for applications up to and including SIL 3 per IEC 61508 Parts 1 and 2. -
GE Intelligent Platforms tracks GE turbines
Turbine monitoring and diagnostic platform uses Proficy Historian, Proficy SOA, Proficy Workflow and Proficy CIMPLICITY software to track more than 1,100 units. -
Invensys delivers simulator for clean coal power in South Korea
The simulator will be used for for operator training and process engineering design at an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant to be built in Taean, South Korea. -
Nivis names Doug Johns Chief Executive Officer
Johns, Chairman of the Board of Directors, has assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer. -
Deutsche Messe postpones Dubai tradeshows
Deutsche Messe is postponing CeMAT MIDDLE EAST, Industrial Automation MIDDLE EAST and Motion, Drive & Automation (MDA) MIDDLE EAST until 2011. -
PDI appoints Martin Rogers director of business development
Martin prevously was Director of Global Services and Process Improvement with Schneider Electric. -
Rexroth opens Hydraulics Regional Service Center in Dallas
The Center provides a repair, upgrade and maintenance resource for Rexroth industrial and mobile hydraulics components in the region. -
Wireless network improves carbon reactiviation process at Calgon
WirelessHART network uses Rosemount wireless temperature transmitters attached to a rotating kiln to deliver continuous information for instant response to process changes, enabling better heat control. -
Yokogawa to control combined cycle power plant in Trinidad
Yokogawa will provide a CENTUM control system, ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System, Exaquantum Plant Information Management System, and PRM integrated device management software. -
ABB publishes WaterMaster electromagnetic flowmeter brochure
WaterMaster solution for flow measurement and management in such diverse sectors as water, wastewater, sewage and effluent is described in an eight-page, four-color brochure. -
GarrettCom provides Ethernet switches to Danish rail
Magnum 6KQ managed Ethernet field switches provide onboard networking to passengers on Danish rail operator DSB , as well as IP networking for video surveillance. -
United Solar Ovonic standardizes on Proficy software
Proficy software includes Operations Management, HMI/SCADA and Reporting modules. -
Kazio Networks to sell Network Vision's IntraVUE
Products include the IntraVUE network monitoring/ visualization software, IntraVUE Scanner Agent and AutoIP. -
Doraville Custom Machine wins Okuma contest
Okuma named Charles Blair and Doraville Custom Machine Services the winner in their Real Help Machine Tool Giveaway contest. -
Pulsafeeder uses UFM flow meter in blending systems
P420 vortex shedding flowmeter from Universal Flow Monitors has been incorporated into two different Pulsafeeder emulsion polymer blending systems. -
Ethernet Direct opens office in Denmark
Ethernet Direct's new office is in Copenhagen. -
exida certifies RGS E*3 solenoid valves
exida certified E*3 Series solenoid valves as suitable for applications up to and including SIL 3 per IEC 61508 Parts 1 and 2. -
GE and FANUC finalize their divorce
The two companies signed the final agreement and will now operate independently as GE Intelligent Platforms and FANUC LTD. -
Yaskawa expands manufacturing space in Milwaukee
Yaskawa expands Milwaukee facility to 140,000 square feet to accommodate continued growth in the Americas. -
Mouser publishes virtual catalog
Mouser’s e-catalog can be accessed by anyone who downloads the free Silverlight plug-in for IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Safari, Opera, or Chrome -
EDDL Cooperation Team expands
To accelerate deployment of Field Device Integration (FDI) technology, key automation suppliers have agreed to enlarge the scope of the EDDL Cooperation Team, which will become the FDI Cooperation. -
Jervis B. Webb promotes Brian Stewart to President
Brian Stewart was Executive Vice President & COO of Webb. He replaces Ryuichi Kitaguchi, who is retiring from the company -
Appliance Transaction Modules explained
By Craig Resnick. ARC Sponsored white paper explains the uses, capabilities, benefits and latest advances in enterprise appliance transaction modules. -
Brooks Instrument appoints Mike Bayda global product manager
Bayda is joining Brooks Instrument from Lafarge Corp, a manufacturer of building materials, where he served as Director of Marketing and Sales. -
Brochure from ABB describes HygienicMaster magmeter
HygienicMaster magmeter offers a variety of benefits for the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. -
Misumi offers CD-ROM with CAD models of mechanical components
3D CAD Model library in CD-ROM format is available free of charge, to machine builders, automation system designers and product design engineers. -
Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly
ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course. -
Inverter keeps energy storage system spinning in Chile
Parker Hannifin provided an inverter and control system to AES Energy Storage for their 12 MW frequency regulation and spinning reserve project in the Atacama Desert, Chile. -
Wireless network runs pumps at Dyno Nobel
Emerson's Smart Wireless network has replaced hardwired high-temperature trip protection on 20 hazardous duty chemical pumps at the Dyno Nobel ammonium nitrate plant in Missouri. -
Honeywell sensors connect to National Instruments
NI 9237 C Series data acquisition modules and Honeywell sensors now mate easily. -
Siemens pledges $1.55 million to Syracuse Center
The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE) supports research and other initiatives for sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings. -
Siemens to automate algae biofuels production
Siemens will supply a Simatic S7-300 controller and Micromaster drives to Renewed World Energies to automate its new Georgetown County, S.C., facility. -
Parker publishes GOLD CUP Pump catalog
The catalog and Applications Handbook can be considered reference texts for anyone designing severe duty closed-circuit hydraulic systems. -
PLCopen and OPC Foundation join standards
The first step for the joined working group was the mapping of the IEC 61131-3 software model to the OPC UA information model. -
Open-source SERCOS III driver library available
An open source software driver library for the SERCOS lll real-time Ethernet communication system master implementation is now available via the web. -
ABB to power Bangalore metro
Products to be supplied include transformers, capacitors, relays and the associated cables and switchgear. ABB will also provide a SCADA system to monitor and control the installation. -
Wireless technology helps Sun Chemical improve ink quality
Rosemount DP wireless transmitters communicate to PLC, allowing producer of printing inks and pigments to reduce product rejects and comply with environmental regulations. -
Kepware to supply communications software to Acromag
Kepware will validate KEPServer for use with Acromag products, and will deliver these drivers to Kepware’s OEMs and resellers. -
Schneider Electric and Alstom to buy Areva T&D
Schneider Electric and Alstom want to jointly acquire Areva T&D for €2.29 billion with Distribution going to Schneider Electric and Transmission to Alstom. -
Uwe Keiter joins OMAC executive committee
Keiter will take over as the representative for technology suppliers in the executive committee of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup (OPW). -
Dickson offers free FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Checklist
Quick reference guide helps users integrate FDA-compliant data loggers and chart recorders into full-compliance best practices. -
Motion Controls Robotics names Earl Raynal sales manager
Prior to joining Motion Controls Robotics, Raynal spent 26 years in business development and sales in various aspects of the material handling industry at Jervis B. Webb Company. -
ASM publishes cable extension position sensors catalog
Catalog includes an overview of POSIWIRE Cable Extension Position Sensors for displacement and position measurement between 100mm and 60,000mm. -
ASHRAE conference Goes Virtual
Participants in the Virtual Conference will be able to interact with speakers and attendees by posting questions and comments, viewing other comments, and viewing the presenters’ responses through an online discussion board. -
CANopen Annex Released for FDT Specification
The annex includes, beside the actual specification document, the XML schemas and examples which are required to implement a Device Type Manager (DTM) for CANopen devices. -
Frost & Sullivan says Europeans love Industrial Ethernet in new plants
The European Industrial Ethernet Market will reach $307.12 million by 2015, but end users are only willing to employ industrial Ethernet technologies in new projects or in Greenfield applications. -
ISA appoints Bill Lydon chief editor for InTech
Automation.com's Bill Lydon was appointed editor of InTech, further strengthening ISA’s partnership with Automation.com to jointly publish several e-newsletters for InTech and Automation.com subscribers. -
Position Sensors: A look into the Photoelectric, Proximity and Limit Switch Markets
The VDC report gives market participants a view of where we have been and where things appear to be going. This article will provide readers with a few selected insights into the Photoelectric, Proximity and Limit Switch markets. -
ABB to control nuclear plant in Switzerland
ABB will replace the existing multiple control systems at the 1,220 megawatt Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland with a single solution, based on its Extended Automation System 800xA.