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Jura Cement uses ABB’s Expert Optimizer
Expert Optimizer 5.0 is successfully applying Model Predictive Control to Jura Cement’s vertical raw mill and cement ball mill in Wildegg, Switzerland. -
Canary Labs selects XLReporter for Trend Historian
Canary Labs selected XLReporter as the reporting component of the Trend Historian Reporter Suite, their latest software package. -
McCrometer signs ABLE Instruments as rep for UK And Ireland
ABLE serves the oil/gas and process industries in the UK, Ireland, and North Sea region countries. -
Partnerships help SME Education Foundation Gateway Academy flourish in SC
Contributions from companies and organizations have allowed the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation's Gateway Academies to spread across South Carolina. -
Semaphore launches Certified SCADA Integrator Program
The program provides comprehensive training as well as a technical support program that is tailored to the needs of systems integrators. -
ABB wins $74-million power order in India
ABB will provide systems to manage all the plant’s electrical equipment as well as gas-insulated switchgear and generator transformers. -
alpha gear drives changes name to WITTENSTEIN
As of July 2008, alpha gear drives will change its name to WITTENSTEIN, Inc. -
Rockwell Automation selects MatrikonOPC for FactoryTalk
Combining MatrikonOPC technology with the FactoryTalk Gateway provides unlimited secure OPC access to plant systems. -
Junot Systems signs Industrial Controls as distributor
Industrial Controls Distributors will provide its customers with Junot's manufacturing plant-level SAP integration solutions. -
Honeywell to supply planning software to Rabigh Refining
Software includes ASSAY2, BLEND, Production Scheduler, Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS), and Production Analyst -
Mike Cybulski named CEO/President of Festo-USA
Cybulski joins Festo with an education in Mechanical Engineering and experience in Operations and Sales. -
Durabotics starts up as robotics integrator
Durabotics provides manufacturing companies with robotic integration solutions that are easy to implement and easy to use. -
Marshall Aerospace uses Ubisense tool tracking system
By Ubisense Ubisense Real-time Location System (RTLS) improved search times for tools and test equipment by a factor of 5 over manual methods and more than 50% over RFID-based methods. -
Applied Robotics signs China Shipbuilding as distributor
CSEMNC's automation division works with the Chinese automotive industry as well as the automotive transplants in China and other industries. -
ILS deviceWISE 2.0 platform complies with Oracle
The deviceWISE platform, which collects data from automation equipment and factory floor devices, is in compliance with Oracle's Manufacturing Operations Center. -
PDI names Tim Cortes CTO and VP Of Engineering
Tim Cortes replaces John Kammeter. Kammeter will continue to provide ongoing technical support to PDI in a new role as Senior Technical Consultant. -
LONMARK joins NewEnergy Alliance
NewEnergy Alliance is a group of companies aimed to forge a new electricity load response model in the building automation industry. -
ABB to provide System 800xA for five hydro power sites in New Zealand
ABB won a contract valued at $9.8 million from Genesis Energy to design, construct and commission a control system upgrade for five of their hydro power sites. -
Emerson software helps Minnesota power plant improve operations
Results include a 70 percent improvement in ramp rate, from 2 MW/min. to 7 MW/min.; 2 MW reduction in over/undershoot; and a 4 PSI average decrease in throttle pressure. -
Honeywell to supply UniSim simulator to StatoilHydro Kalundborg
The UniSim plant process simulator and operator training system will be used at StatoilHydro's Kalundborg Refinery in Denmark. -
Honeywell to automate Finnish paperboard plant
Honeywell will provide its Experion PKS, Da Vinci Quality Control System, and motion controls to Stromsdal Oyj’s paperboard plant in Juankoski, Finland. -
Parvalux updates motor and gearbox catalog
Catalog covers DC brushed permanent magnet motors and gearboxes. -
Opto 22 joins Kepware's Vendor Managed Protocol program
This program enables Opto 22 to develop and maintain protocol plug-ins for Kepware’s KEPServerEX communications product. -
Kalkitech opens two offices in UAE
Kalkitech FZC and AL GHAD AL MUSHRIQ COMPUTER TECH CO LLC and will serve the GCC, North and East African markets. -
Precise Automation signs Credimex as distributor
Credimex will sell and support Precise Automation's products in Switzerland, including robots, Guidance motion controllers and PreciseVision software. -
Transpara signs Bridge Incubation Group as distributor
Bridge Incubation Group will market Visual KPI throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. -
ABB to upgrade aluminum smelter in Dubai
ABB will provide control and protection systems, as well two new ABB SCADA systems for the rectiformer station control. -
Emerson to automate two new glass plants in China
Emerson will supply PlantWeb, DeltaV, intelligent field devices, and Foundation Fieldbus at Zhejiang Changxing glass plants in the Zhejiang Province. -
B&R supplies control technology to COMAU Robotics
B&R will supply modular servo drives, industrial PCs, and POWERLINK interfaces for COMAU's articulated arm robots. -
Matrikon signs CapuTech as distributor
CapuTech will act as an exclusive reseller and systems integrator for Matrikon Suite products in Texas and Louisiana. -
ISA forms WirelessHART Convergence Subcommittee
The subcommittee will compare the technology within the ISA100.11a and WirelessHART standards, with an ultimate goal of merging the best of both standards. -
GE Fanuc completes acquisition of MOST from MTL
GE Fanuc completed the acquisition of assets of the MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) product lines. -
Walter Weisel, CEO of Paro Robots, dies
Weisel was a pioneer in robotics, with a career that spanned over 30 years of driving vast improvements in the technology and mindshare of the dynamic industry. -
Express Logic Joins Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation was created as an independent not-for-profit corporation to act as the steward of the Eclipse community. -
Software Toolbox OPC DataLogger passes OPC Test
Data Logger passes certification tests administered by the OPC Foundation’s Independent Certification Test Lab. -
UEI supplies I/O to replace VME on flight simulator
Flight Simulator manufacturer FlightSafety International switched from using VME systems to UEI’s Gigabit Ethernet RACKtangle I/O chassis. -
ABB to supply cement plant in Honduras with Knowledge Manager
Software will monitor new kiln line at Cementos del Norte’s plant in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to optimize production and performance -
Dematic automates Southern Wine and Spirits distribution center
By Jim McMahon Accumulation conveyors, slug merging and high-speed sortation combine to streamline waving, increase throughput and reduce product breakage at Florida distribution center. -
Festo supplies SERCOS III system to Durr
Festo will supply equipment for the Dürr EcoRPC robot guidance system. -
MatrikonOPC provides data connectivity for Nova BioProfile FLEX analyzer
BioProfile FLEX reduces cell culture analysis time, labor, and operating costs by consolidating chemistry/gases/electrolytes, cell density/viability, and osmolality into a single workstation. -
Glenmount Global acquires Crown ESA
Crown ESA provides Industrial Automation and process control systems in the metals and marine markets. -
LXI Consortium announces first member from China
RIGOL Technologies attended became not only the first Chinese company to join the Consortium, but the first to certify an LXI product. -
ABB analyzer helps pulp mill in Sweden
ABB's online pulp defect analyzer is helping a Södra Cell pulp mill in Sweden achieve its target of 100 percent pulp quality by detecting defects as small as 0.04 square millimeters. -
Rexroth Podcast: How to Design Manufacturing Equipment for Lean
Lean manufacturing expert Jamie Flinchbaugh discusses how machine builders tend to focus too much on what goes on inside the machine rather than on how the machine interfaces with the operator. -
Lee House joins GarrettCom as VP of Engineering and CTO
House will be responsible for all software and hardware engineering including development locations in California, Massachusetts, Virginia and India. -
NewEnergy Alliance to drive innovations in smarter buildings
The Alliance reflects a commitment to drive innovations in demand response that will create smarter buildings and promote environmentally sound business practices. -
Gateway Academy Programs Triple This Summer
The SME Education Foundation is supporting 181 academies where secondary school students receive hands-on experience that support science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. -
ABB to supply controls for cement plant project in Arizona
ABB to supply 800xA Extended Automation System, motors, drives, MCCs, analyzers, CEMS, switchgear, and instrumentation. -
austriamicrosystems provides angular position for the Audi R10 at Le Mans
The AS5243 is used to measure the absolute position of the barrel shaft in the gearbox to ensure an optimized gear change. The Audi R10 is the first diesel powered car to win the Le Mans 24 hours, one of the most famous races in the world. -
GainSpan selects Green Hills Software for Wi-Fi Sensor Network
GainSpan provides Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery.
