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Invensys hires Cognizant to improve its products
Cognizant will help improve the design, development and delivery of Invensys Operations Management’s products and solutions. -
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Hosts Executive Forum
Dozens of European business leaders engaged in roundtable discussions of current global economy and the role technologies play in meeting the needs of manufacturers. -
Phoenix Contact obtains ATEX approval
Phoenix Contact received a Quality Assurance Notification (QAN) certificate to design and produce products that meet the ATEX (Directive 94/9/EC and IECEx) standard for explosive atmospheres. -
AMT President urges Congress to assist small manufacturers
Testifying before the House Small Business Committee, Douglas K. Woods, President of AMT, said the effects of tax breaks and other provisions within the stimulus law have so far been minimal on the struggling manufacturing industry. -
Wurldtech certifies Invensys I/A FCP 270
The FCP 270 is the third system from Invensys to meet the Level 1 criteria. -
ABB's Expert Optimizer increases Nordkalk’s production by 9%
CPM solution helps limestone plant in Finland optimize process, improve output, and reduce fuel consumption -
Emerson improves production efficiency for Pernod Ricard Nordic
Emerson was responsible for the front-end engineering and design (FEED), and installation of PlantWeb, DeltaV, HART communications, AMS software and intelligent devices. -
HIMA HIMax System receives security certification
The HIMAx safety system received security certification by Wurldtech Security Technologies. -
Petroleum Development Oman deploys AlarmAnalyst
AlarmAnalyst provides the ability to proactively manage the vast amounts of time-stamped textual data generated by their plant’s oil production facilities. -
Northwire joins EMerge Alliance
EMerge Alliance is an industry association promoting the rapid adoption of safe low-voltage DC power distribution and its use in commercial building interiors. -
Eric Pilaud appointed CEO of Custom Sensors & Technologies
Pilaud was previously in charge of Strategy, Customers, Innovation & Technology for Schneider Electric. -
NEMA offers Podcasts on Electroindustry topics
NEMAcast focuses on news, information, and opportunities of interest to the electroindustry. -
Guide to using assembly robots in packaging
Denso offers “Packaging Automation Trends: Using Small Assembly Robots in Upstream Packaging Processes,” a free guide for manufacturers, packaging engineers, machine builders and system integrators. -
Emerson to control coal gasification plant in Decatur, Illinois
Equipment includes digital valve controllers and valves, transmitters, analyzers, flow meters, process control and asset optimization technologies, AMS Suite, wireless and digital safety systems. -
PAS to supply Integrity software to Invensys
The software will be utilized by project teams within Invensys Operations Management’s delivery organization. -
Machine builders join Rockwell Automation program
Ten machine builders recently joined the Rockwell Automation Machine Builder program. -
ABB participates in Desertec industrial initiative
European companies, including ABB, met in Munich to sign a memorandum of understanding on the Desertec industrial initiative. -
Microscan and Cogiscan to sell each other's products
The agreement includes a number of different initiatives ranging from joint product development to cross selling of each company’s products. -
ARC predicts slow adoption of advanced metering
While the North America market for Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Smart Grid is expected to grow during the next five years, ARC says growth in 2009 and 2010 will be limited. -
Siemens drives power compressors for Qatargas LNG
Siemens drives start a motor generator that powers the gas turbines and gas compressors used to process the gas for transport. -
First floating nuclear power plant to be built
Construction of the floating power-generating unit started on February 27th, 2009. By the 2nd quarter of 2012 it is due to be completed. In the 4th quarter of 2012, after testing, it will be operating. -
Emerson to retrofit controls at Fellside Power Station in the UK
Emerson will replace existing GE Speedtronic Mark IV turbine controls with Ovation, and replace an outdated Alstom Microrec control system with PlantWeb. -
GE to transform U.S. Military Base into Smart Grid showcase
The microgrid demonstration project will serve as a model for maximizing energy security, improving efficiency, and supplying clean, renewable power for military bases. -
Moxa adds online ordering website
Online ordering is available for select products and is subject to availability. -
Phaedrus to sell McObject safety technology
Phaedrus Systems Limited is a specialist for software development in embedded safety-critical and high-integrity projects. -
ABB wins five-year service contract in Chile
ABB will provide performance-based maintenance services for five crushing plants at the world’s largest copper mine. -
Emerson to automate Bohai Bay offshore oil field in China
Emerson is engineering and installing PlantWeb for process control and asset management and is integrating these with shutdown and fire and gas systems on each platform. -
FCI ST50 mass flow meter receives ATEX approval
ST50 thermal mass flow meter is now ATEX-approved for potentially explosive environments classified as EExd IIC T4. -
igus offers plant shutdown inspections
igus engineers are available to examine cable carriers and continuous-flex cables free of charge during plant shutdowns in July and August. -
Parker publishes guide to linear slides and micrometer stages
The 144-page guide covers manual ball slides, crossed roller slides, micrometer stages, and micrometer-driven rotary stages. -
Rockwell Automation offers free MicroLogix software
Free RSLogix Micro Starter Lite software streamlines overall development and deployment processes, helping to save time and increase productivity. -
Siemens Safety Innovation Tour to visit United States
The tour features live demonstrations and seminars on how to seamlessly integrate certified safety protection into a company’s automation architecture. -
Valenzi focuses on product quality with checkweighers
By Mettler Toledo Valenzi processes mushrooms and forest fruits to produce preserves and frozen products. To perform legally required weight checks, the company relies on the inline checkweighing technology of Mettler-Toledo Garvens. -
Jägermeister uses weighing technology to check cordial
By Mettler Toledo The cordial Jägermeister is made from a total of 56 herbs, blossoms and roots and has always been produced and bottled in Wolfenbüttel. GARVENS supplied weighing technology for checking the end-of-line packaging process where the weight of cartons is verified. -
ARC says low power AC drives market will grow slowly
Moderate growth will be due to investments in infrastructure and manufacturing industries worldwide, once financial stability is restored globally. -
Dresser acquires iMeter B.V.
iMeter B.V., based in the Netherlands, manufactures and markets rotary and turbine gas meters, meter instrumentation and meter calibration systems for the natural gas industry. -
ABB wins $25 million power and automation order in Peru
ABB will supply electrical and automation solutions worth $25 million for an expansion of the Machu Picchu hydroelectric power plant in Peru. -
ABB to support major biotechnology research initiative in Ireland
ABB will provide expertise, technology and support to help advance the manufacturing of new biopharmaceutical medicines. -
Pepperl+Fuchs introduces FieldConnex Smartplant symbol library
Library is for EPCs and plant builders looking to plan fieldbus segments or to keep their documentation current. -
Free software from Penko helps designers of weighing systems
Weighing Accuracy Tool calculates the optimum capacity for each loadcell in an array, depending on the gross weight of the weigher. -
DCS market survives with services
While 2009 and 2010 look to be challenging years, the opportunity to drive growth in services remains substantial and will continue to drive growth in the overall DCS market well into the next decade. -
ARC says PLC Market will bounce back in 2010
In spite of the current gloom and doom in the global economy, the market growth will resume in 2010 and beyond. -
ABB wins $170 million power order in Bahrain
ABB will design, supply, install and commission 11 new GIS (gas-insulated switchgear) substations and expand four existing substations by the end of 2011. -
Sturtevant uses particle analyzer for optimal sorbent milling
An Insitec on-line particle size analyzer from Malvern Instruments is being used for processing Trona, a reactive sorbent for the removal of harmful pollutants from flue gas. -
GE Fanuc opens center for Oil & Gas in UK
It will be focused around process control solutions for the general process safety market, and specifically solutions aimed at the Oil & Gas industry. -
Dr. Navid Zargari wins Innovator of the Year award in Canada
Zargari was recognized at the Premier’s Innovation Awards ceremony in Toronto and received a $200,000 grant. -
ABB to supply three substations for Himalayan hydropower
ABB will supply substations rated at 132 kV, 220 kV and 400 kV, as well as transformers and other major power equipment. -
Smart Software Solutions celebrates 15th Anniversary
Dieter Hess and Manfred Werner founded the independent software company 3S-Smart Software Solutions in July 1994. -
Honeywell rewards systems integrators
Honeywell rewarded its top Authorized Control Integrators (ACIs) with a trip to New York City. -
MAVERICK acquires Program4 Engineering
Program4 Engineering is a regional solution provider of manufacturing automation and plant process information systems solutions.