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Paxton Shantz is the Regional Manager for the B&R office in Los Angeles, CA.

The ERP System will handle all aspects of pricing, job costing, inventory control, MRP and more for Truss Systems Hawaii.

Applicator is available as a program running on the web-site or by request on CD.

Invensys will supply a Foxboro I/A Series DCS for a 3,600MW generating station being built in Jharsuguda district, Orissa state, India.

Schneider Electric is in negotiations with Eaton to sell MGE UPS Systems operations in small systems per its commitment to the European Commission.

FF-569 Version 2.0 supports new Host Profile Test & Registration Program. It includes updated FOUNDATION fieldbus host profiles, interoperability requirements, and test procedures leading to host registration.

ISA published a CD-ROM version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Manufacturing Operations Management: ISA-95 Best Practices Book 1.0," by Editor and Contributing Author Charlie Gifford.

Brochure describes electric, hydraulic, pneumatic and linear motion and assembly technology resources available to manufacturers to improve productivity of any machine tool operation.

Test Tools Catalog has information on safety standards and links to Fluke test tool programs and training resources.

Phil Danner succeeds Mike Abel, who has taken a position as vice president, program management with the company.

YOUR MOTOR HERE! is an easy-to-use online database that checks in-line motor-to-actuator mounting compatibility and makes the match. It covers most popular brands of servo and stepper motors.

Before joining Toellner Systems, Curtis worked for Communication Logistics, a full service direct marketing company, as their marketing manager.

ABB is relocating its global Process Automation division headquarters from Norwalk, CT, to Houston, TX, effective August 1, 2007.

Set-up a new account on the ASI website to be entered into the monthly drawing for a chance to win an iPod Nano, Fluke 114 multi-meter or Palm Z22 PDA.

Free guidebook offers production solutions for short runs, complex products, cleanroom requirements and other challenges in medical manufacturing.

Junot Systems will integrate QMSoutsource's “Safety In Your Hand” handheld system with SAP R/3 and mySAP.

Flowserve's Rotating Equipment Specialist (RES) program surpassed 10,000 hours of worldwide training in the first quarter of 2007.

Engineers at OptiMedica created the PASCAL photocoagulator, a fully integrated medical pattern scanning laser system using LabVIEW.

SICK and OCS will partner to deliver integrated dynamic weighing solutions and in-motion scales for the logistics industry.

The 2007 awards recognize companies that work with imagination and conviction to create organizational value and business results through their policies and Best Practices in human resource management.

The team built an environmentally friendly crossover sports utility vehicle based on the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical design environment.

Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport selected Intermec to supply an RFID and barcode system for the airport's Cargo Free Zone.

The white paper highlights some of the best practices that are enabling IT and engineering to work together successfully.

Summa provides IT consulting services and customized software development for companies in various industries.

The center shows integration of the Stardom RTU unit, the CENTUM CS 3000 Distributed Control System, the ProSafe-RS Integrated Safety System, and software packages.

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. recognized five U.S. companies for outstanding technological leadership during the 2007 Siemens Automation Summit held at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla.

More than 860 Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. customers, Solutions Partners and employees participated in three and a half days of best practice sharing, hands-on training and networking at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla.

This self-paced training course which covers all of these aspects of Gas Monitors. Learn how these instruments work, what do they measure, how to select them, install them, calibrate them & maintain them. The subject is explained by means of text, rich graphics, Flash based animations, real-life plant photos and videos and interactive simulation exercises. There is also a self-assessment test & a glossary.

Puritan Automation specializes in the design and manufacture of fully-automated, semi-automated, or manual assembly and test equipment.

Awards were given to David Lavery of NASA, Harvey Castner of EWI, Martin Hägele of the Fraunhofer Institute, and Bala Krishnamurthy of Aeolean.

Yokogawa and MAVERICK Technologies have been selected as the main automation and control contractors for Chevron’s global refineries.

The Technology and Application Center in Erlangen, Frauenauracher Straße, Germany, houses machine tools and production machinery that are available for demonstrations and training courses.

Type 950XP is now compliant with ATEX directive 94/9/EC for equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in Europe.

The brochure describes using 4-20 mA vibration data for cost effective vibration monitoring.

ABB appointed Ravi Uppal, head of the company's Indian business and South Asia region, to its management board as head of Global Markets.

Emerson completed a major modernization program at a custody transfer gas metering installation at the Makpetrol Border Station in Macedonia.

June 25-27, 2007 Boston, MA Bruce Seiler will speak on “The Use of Collaboration Tools throughout the PLM Cycle at ATG.”

Banner Racing Team finished 3rd and 7th overall.

Located in Singapore, Smartag develops RFID tags for applications such as library management, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, etc.

Motion control components based on Ethernet Powerlink is being used by Harland Machine Systems, manufacturer of linear labeling machines.

Siemens Metals Technologies will add a new wide Temper Mill to Nucor's existing Cut-to-Length Line.

G-TECH, based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in 1988 by a group of sound and vibration experts.

ISA published ANSI/ISA-61804-3 (104.00.01)-2007, Function Blocks (FB) for Process Control - Part 3: Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL).

Levine previously was executive Vice-President with Schneider Electric Motion.

Bison Gear will receive the award from the River Valley Workforce Investment Board in Aurora, Illinois, for its outstanding contribution to workforce development during the past year.

ControlSoft's INTUNE loop optimization software will be an option in GE Fanuc's Proficy Process Systems solution.

Businesses must navigate an increasing number of standards and an increasing number of threats associated with industrial automation. "It won't be all plain sailing," warns Joachim Fietz, CEO, Innominate.

Dust Networks has been selected as the provider for Streetline's City Infrastructure Technologies (CiT) Platform.

The Kingfisher PLUS+ Series RTU embeds the ISaGRAF 5 control software, so it support boths the IEC 61131-3 and IEC 61499 standards.

NASA will use ORBexpress RT in a research project to develop a software architecture solution for NASA’s next-generation software defined radios.