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Emerson promotes Jim Nyquist to President of Global Sales
Nyquist will direct sales operations for all company divisions, which includes systems, software, instruments, valves and services. -
ISA accepting awards mominations for 2008
The ISA Honors & Awards Committee is accepting nominations for 2008 recognition in 20 categories.. -
Emerson supplies gas meters for refinery project in India
Daniel 3804 Liquid Ultrasonic Meters will determine "Fiscal transfers" of all petroleum products ranging from heavy crude to light hydrocarbon processed for the export market. -
GreenPeak Technologies opens Tokyo sales office
Yoshinori Furuno will head the new office as Director of Business Development for Japan. -
ABB wins $45 million power order in Angola
ABB won a contract from Angola’s Empresa Nacional de Electricidade (ENE) to connect electrical grids in the country. -
Emerson to automate energy recovery plant for Syctom in France
Emerson will install PlantWeb with Foundation fieldbus for the project that will recycle refuse from 1.1 million Paris residents, converting the waste into energy. -
Beckhoff Automation runs Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2
Beckhoff demos Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 at show in Japan. -
Bosch Rexroth promotes Erwin Wieckowski to VP
Wieckowski was promoted to vice president and general manager for the Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies Group. -
CIDX to endorse ISA standards
CIDX will endorse the ISA 88 (batch control standard) and ISA 95 (enterprise and control integration standard). -
Allied Electronics to distribute RECOM Power
Allied to distribute RECOM’s on-board DC/DC, AC/DC converter and switching regulator products. -
PI publishes brochure on Piezo Composite Patch Transducers
Brochure contains a tutorial and applications in fields such as noise & vibration cancellation, energy harvesting and high-dynamics force sensing. -
ServoSoft adds more drives and motors to sizing program
Other enhancements include Pxt and Ixt overload models, bleeder duty cycle vs power charts, and an interface for Windows XP and Vista. -
ABB completes sale of Lummus Global
ABB completed the sale of its downstream oil and gas business Lummus Global to Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (CB&I) for $950 million. -
ATS appoints Anthony Caputo Chief Executive Officer
Most recently, Caputo served as Corporate Vice-President and President and COO of L-3 Communications. -
NI starts FPGA Development forum
FPGA IPNet provides an open forum for sharing LabVIEW FPGA IP and modules for analog and digital I/O, communication buses/protocols and motion control. -
NI Arabia Director Addresses UN Technology Meeting
Michel Haddad addressed the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) meeting in Cairo, Egypt. -
Honeywell opens office in Japan
The office provides industrial automation and control solutions for customers in the Osaka, Sakai and Wakayama areas. -
Northwire cable helps lift Stillwater Bridge
The highway span is raised and lowered 20 times a day, and the cable that controls it is unwound and rewound as many times. -
LONMARK announces 'Best of the Year Awards' for 2007
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Somfy GmbH, Echelon, 4HomeMedia, Constellation Energy and Tracy Markie won awards. -
LONMARK appoints Peter Kelly-Detwiler to its Board
Kelly-Detwiler is senior director of energy technology services for Constellation Energy. -
Metso to supply fieldbus to mining company in Finland
Talvivaara Mining Company is constructing Europe’s largest nickel mine at Talvivaara in the Sotkamo region of Finland. -
Ascon offers free KOMPAS CAD software
KOMPAS-3D LT V9 is a functionally reduced version of KOMPAS, and can be downloaded for free. -
ISA publishes 4th Edition of Industrial Data Communications book
The 4th Edition of "Industrial Data Communications" by Lawrence M. Thompson includes a complete description of relevant terminology, standards, and protocols. -
ISA92 Committee submits three documents to ANSI
The ISA92 committee submitted documents on CO, O2 and chlorine monitoring to ANSI for reaffirmation as American National Standards. -
Octave Technology supplies wireless sensor framework to R&D lab
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is using wireless sensor networking software from Octave Technology. -
Power Distribution names Keith Schmid CEO
Schmid replaces Rich Combs who will serve as PDI Executive Chairman. -
Wurldtech signs agreement with Tegron and FluidIQs
The three will develop and deliver advanced security solutions for the global industrial automation market. -
Jervis B. Webb sold to Daifuku
The transaction is expected to be completed in December, pending final government authorizations and approvals. -
Woodhead introduces SST Remote DeviceNet Scanner
The SST controls I/O devices connected to a DeviceNet network without the need of a local PC. -
AMT forms automation group
The General Industry Group will provide programming, software, vision, mechanical design, controls, simulation and training. -
Rockwell study documents progress toward IT and control convergence
Study reveals that companies farther along the path toward convergence are realizing more positive impacts on manufacturing performance than anticipated. -
Automation Fair demonstrates Integrated Architecture
Rockwell's Integrated Architecture helps lower integration costs, improves manufacturing agility, and helps end users to make better business decisions. -
Rockwell exhibits Process and Discrete Applications
Increased process system capabilities, Endress + Hauser partnership and Pavilion Technologies and ICS Triplex acquisitions are highlighted at Automation Fair. -
Westermo Ethernet switches serve water treatment plant in France
At the Seine Grésillons treatment plant, technicians can connect locally at any point of the network by wire or WiFi to the same production management interface to obtain data. -
Woodhead assembles Safety Networks Integration team
The team will help device/component manufacturers take their products through the various steps required for use on an intelligent safety network system. -
Manufacturing strategies in the global environment
Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which has taken competitiveness on to new planes. A whole array of initiatives have been introduced, collectively labeled "new wave manufacturing." -
AMT joins Save Your Factory initiative
Collaborative industry initiative provides North American manufacturers with alternatives to moving manufacturing off-shore. -
Vacuum seals tested with Torque Sensor
TorqSense non-contact digital torque monitoring system has proven to be the only way to test the seals of super high performance vacuum systems. -
WINA Announces Asia Pacific Chapter
The chapter, based in Singapore, will serve the Asia Pacific region and is the first chapter outside of North America for the organization. -
Virginia Tech uses NI LabVIEW to win 3rd Place in DARPA Race
Virginia Tech won the $500,000 third place prize at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge. -
Emerson named main supplier for China's largest refinery
Emerson will supply 25,000 Rosemount instruments, 2,500 FIELDVUE DVC6000 HART smart positioners, 2,000 Fisher control valves, and 400 Micro Motion Coriolis meters. -
ABB wins $180 million power order in Namibia
ABB won an order from the Namibian national power utility, NamPower, to connect the country’s power grid and strengthen electricity networks in southern Africa. -
ARC predicts SCADA Market in Water & Wastewater to Exceed $275 Million
The world-wide market for SCADA systems for the water & wastewater industries is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% over the next five years. -
MTL acquires RTK Instruments
MTL acquired a 90% stake in RTK, a manufacturer of process alarm equipment, displays and interface products. -
FCI publishes Best Practices Engineering Guide for flow
Best Practices Engineering Guide provides installation recommendations for FCI's Thermal Dispersion Flow Meters. -
Procter and Gamble wins 2007 Mobile Campus Award
Procter and Gamble used Intech Studios' PUMA software to implement a wireless VoIP telephone system that provides real-time information on issues occurring on the manufacturing plant floor. -
Matrikon announces Q4 2007 results
Revenue was $18.44 million with a net loss of $0.25 million. Matrikon restructures management and separates two business units. CTO takes sabbatical. -
NWA publishes white paper on SPC-based Analytics
The paper details how process-based manufacturing and business analytics enable enterprise decision making. -
Rockwell's Global Support achieves SCP Certification
SCP Standards quantify the effectiveness of customer service and support, and represent best practices in the industry. -
Industrial Defender appoints Donald Simoneau senior VP
Industrial Defender appointed Donald Simoneau senior vice president of worldwide operations, reporting to CEO Brian M. Ahern.

