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Emerson automates Motiva Norco refinery in Louisiana
Motiva Norco facility deployed Emerson's PlantWeb and Foundation Fieldbus, improving production reliability, plant utilization, and safety and environmental performance. -
FKI logistex opens North American Technology & Education Center
The 31,000-square-foot training and demonstration center showcases the latest in material handling integration and automation. -
Visibility supplies ERP Software to UK’s Rollalong
Rollalong, a provider of modular buildings and portable cabins in the UK, selected VISIBILITY.net ERP software because it allows them to perform Project Accounting without needing Bills of Materials. -
WBF releases new version of B2MML
Version 4 supports using the ISA-95 Standard for the integration of ERP systems with MES systems. -
Flowserve open R&D facility in Bangalore
The facility provides support for product and technology development projects from conceptualization through final drawings and pre-production prototypes. -
IPS to install DCS for Total Bitumen in UK
Invensys Process Systems will supply a Foxboro I/A Series DCS system to TOTAL Bitumen to replace PLCs at its site in Preston, England. -
German Packaging Group Endorses OMAC Guidelines
DVI's Automation Circle endorsed OMAC Guidelines for improved packaging machine design and interoperability. -
Bosch Rexroth to consolidate Detroit offices
Bosch Rexroth is consolidating its branch offices in the Detroit area, moving its employees into a facility in Rochester Hills. -
Siemens supports National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
SIMATIC PCS 7 distributed control system and instrumentation from Siemens are being used by the NCERC to help validate near-term technologies for renewable fuel production. -
Ethernet Direct publishes Industrial Ethernet Brochure
Brochure includes product information and application diagrams. -
A2 Technologies launches new website for portable FT-IR spectrometers
Visitors to the site can also find out more about the technology behind the instruments, discover the specific industry applications and keep updated on corporate developments through the comprehensive news section. -
ISA Security Compliance Institute Proposed
An ad-hoc group of asset owners and suppliers of industrial automation technology and services offered a plan to establish an ISA Security Compliance Institute. -
A2 Technologies launches website for FT-IR spectrometers
The website provides information on the Mobility Series FT-IR spectrometers and Real-time Oil Analysis and Reporting (ROARTM) software. -
Altico and Visibility publish Webinar on ERP
This one-hour online presentation describes how VISIBILITY.net ERP software can be used by manufacturers of complex products. -
AMT announces die cast automation group
The group provides integrated engineering services for robotic automation in the die cast industry. -
Danaher developing AGV-forklift collision avoidance system
Sky-Trax indoor positioning system will avert collisions between Automatic Guided Vehicles and forklift trucks. -
Schneider names Jean-François Pilliard Executive VP
Pilliard, a member of the Executive Committee, was appointed Executive Vice President, Strategic Resources and Organization. -
TURCK publishes fieldbus I/O and media catalog
Catalog contains TURCK's line of I/O and media products for network protocols including DeviceNet, Ethernet, PROFIBUS, AS-interface, CANopen, FOUNDATION fieldbus and more. -
Plaia Named VP of Leviton
Ed Plaia is now Vice President/General Manager for the company's Commercial and Industrial business. -
ABB supplies controls for bioethanol plants in Thailand
ABB provided Thai Agro Energy and Petro Green biofuel plants with motor control centers, automation systems, field supervision and commissioning services. -
Emerson opens registration for User Conference
Online registration is now open for the 2007 Emerson Global Users Exchange Conference. -
FCI thermal switches and flow meters receive IEC approval
FCI’s FLT93 Switch, ST98 Flow Meter, and GF90 and GF92 Flow Meters have received IEC/IECx approvals for safe use from the IEC. -
Softing provides fieldbus connectivity for GE Fanuc
Softing North America will provide Foundation fieldbus connectivity for GE Fanuc's Proficy Process Systems solution. -
IPS completes Cimnet acquisition
Invensys has completed the acquisition of Cimnet, a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software company based in Pennsylvania. -
B&R USA joins PMMI
B&R USA is a Supplier Member of the PMMI (Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute) -
IFS and Tata form alliance for Asset and Service Management
The partnership will primarily target the project-driven manufacturing, chemicals, energy, utilities, telecom, oil and gas industries. -
ABB names Enrique Santacana Head of ABB US
He replaces Dinesh Paliwal, who is leaving ABB at the end of June. Most recently, he was ABB's Region Division Manager for Power Products in North America. -
ABB Robots handle ceramic tiles
Robots assemble and manipulate tiles and mosaics; prepare tiles for gluing; and apply a new type of adhesive to hold the tiles during subsequent phases of transportation and application. -
Adept Technology Reorganizes
John Dulchinos has been promoted to President and COO, Joachim Melis has been promoted to VP Worldwide Sales, and the company has been reorganized. -
ICS Triplex achieves Achilles Level 1 Certification
The Trusted Safety Controller received Achilles Controller Level 1 Cyber Security Certification from Wurldtech Security Technologies. -
KUKA Robotics sponsors RoboCup 2007 Atlanta
KUKA Robotics Corporation, announced that it is sponsoring RoboCup 2007 Atlanta, the world’s most renowned research competition among custom-built robots and their designers to be held at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, Georgia from July 3-8, 2007. -
ISA announces Honors and Awards Gala
The annual ISA Honors & Awards Gala will be held 1 October 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Houston in Houston, Texas. -
ABB spatial interferometer to measure greenhouse gases on Japanese satellite
The satellite, scheduled to be launched in 2008, will enable Japanese scientists to study and measure greenhouse gases in support of the Kyoto protocol. -
AMT announces machine vision feasibility consulting services
The service helps manufacturers to identify potential opportunities to use machine vision for robot guidance and quality inspection. -
Schaefer launches Power Conversion Products Website
The updated site has links to Schaefer's ac/dc power supplies, dc/dc converters, battery chargers, dc/ac pure sine wave inverters and other power conversion products. -
Alpha Gear follows RoHS Directive
Alpha Gear's products conform to the RoHS Directive, as of May 2007. -
Endevco sensors assist winning team in vehicle safety competition
Graduate students at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics won a design competition sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. -
Datalogic upgrades its web site
Datalogic's site covers bar code readers, rugged mobile computers, and RFID systems. -
Emerson awarded $27M contract to upgrade lignite-fired power plant
Emerson to modernize instrumentation, control and electrical subsystems at the largest lignite-fired power plant in Europe, the Belchatow Power Plant in Poland. -
Honeywell supplies QC system to Swedish paperboard manufacturer
Honeywell will automate quality control on Iggesund’s paperboard production machine, located at the company’s plant in Iggesund, Sweden. -
Thermo Fisher Scientific offers LIMS web tool
The web tool helps informatics professionals select suitable LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) and CDS (Chromatography Data Systems) to meet their application needs. -
Banner publishes SureCross wireless network brochure
Brochure describes SureCross wireless network, its ability to perform monitoring and control functions, and applications. -
ABB to supply $62M control system for power plant in Germany
ABB will supply a System 800xA, boiler protection, instrumentation and electrical actuators, which will be integrated via a Profibus network. The system will be installed at E.ON-Kraftwerke GmbH's coal-fired plant in Germany's Rhein-Ruhr region -
Honeywell to acquire Enraf for $260 million
Enraf offers solutions for the control and management of transportation, storage and blending operations in the oil and gas industry. -
Petrobas uses National Instruments LabVIEW for oil and gas well drilling
LabVIEW software and hardware are used in a mud-gas separator for underbalanced drilling (UBD) applications. Petrobras has realized savings between $500,000 and $2 million, depending on the size of the well and the cost of the potential fracturing job. -
SynqNet Interest Group Established for Motion Applications
Members get access to online SynqNet articles, case studies, flash animations, quarterly e-newsletters, invitations to annual SynqNet meetings, and direct email access to SynqNet experts. -
ARC announces Benchmarking Analysis Tool
The tool helps companies break down the complexity of various measures and help determine what actions they need to take to improve operations. -
Moore Industries appoints Yong Park to Controller
Most recently, Park held the title of Controller with Plastic Services & Products, Inc., where he successfully completed a merger with a competitor company as well as two outside acquisitions. -
Rockwell receives China Certification for Safety Products
Rockwell Automation received the China Compulsory Certification (CCC) mark for a majority of its safety product lines. -
ARC says Batch Control Market to Reach $4.9 Billion in Five Years
The market was $3.2 billion in 2006 and is forecasted to be over $4.9 billion in 2011, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.
