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SeayCo Integrators improves distribution center sortation
SeayCo Integrators used Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture to achieve 99.5 percent read accuracy at McLane Company's distribution center. -
Siemens names Timms VP of Electronics Assembly Systems Div
Before being named EA vice president, Timms had a four-year assignment as the division's vice president of marketing and sales. -
Banner Racing wins at Lime Rock Grand-AM GT Classic
Co-drivers Leighton Reese and Tim Lewis Jr. drove the No. 6 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R to a first place finish. -
B&R exec elected to OMAC Packaging Workgroup
Markus Sandhoefner, Sales Manager with B&R, was elected as a representative to the board of directors of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup. -
Ethernet Direct signs rep in Hong Kong
Eurotech (Far East) Ltd in Hong Kong will distribute and market the full line of Industrial Ethernet products. Euro-tech primarily focuses in areas such as water treatment, water plant, power plant and rail projects. -
Ethernet Direct's Ethernet switches work with IntraVUE2 software
IntraVUE, from Network Vision, provides automatic and accurate real time viewing to highlight the major sources of plant floor disruptions. -
Embedded Label Printing with NiceLabel SDK
Synchronics, now Radiant Systems Retail Division, installed the NiceLabel Print Engine for embedded label printing in its CounterPoint V7 and CounterPoint SQL software products. -
Honeywell to install Experion R300 at Saudi Arabia Polypropylene Facility
Honeywell won a $2.9 million contract to provide the process automation technology for Saudi European Petrochemical's polypropylene plant, located in Al Jubail. -
Emerson's DeltaV achieves Achilles cyber-security certification
The DeltaV controller and firewall have passed Achilles Level 1 Certification Testing, which assesses the overall security of automation controllers. -
GE Fanuc offers trial version of Proficy
The program offers a free, limited-time-usage CD with the latest versions of Proficy Historian and Proficy Real-Time Information Portal applications. -
Thermo Informatics World to be held in Oct and Nov 2007
Oct 15-19, 2007 in Miami and Nov 12-16, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal. Each conference focuses on how Thermo Scientific's solutions enable organizations to maximize the productivity of their laboratories. -
TURCK publishes proximity sensors catalog
The 600-plus page catalog contains TURCK's proximity sensor line, as well as specialty sensors for non-traditional applications. -
ISA Leak Detection and Repair Symposium June 5-7
June 5-7 2007 Austin, Texas ISA's 7th Annual Fugitive Emissions-LDAR Symposium focuses on compliance with today's complex leak detection and repair requirements, methods, and management. -
Marathon runs Transpara fault-free
Transpara’s Visual KPI works with Marathon’s everRun software, so that business-critical operational data is available without fail. -
ABB supplies $33 million in cable to Belgium wind farm
ABB will supply underwater power cables and electrical equipment for phase one of the Thornton Bank wind farm, about 30 kilometers off the Belgian coast in the North Sea. -
Deacom expands Pennsylvania headquarters
ERP software producer tripled its office space in Wayne, PA. -
Infor supplies ERP to Fleischmann's Yeast
Fleischmann's has deployed Infor ERP LX at all four of its North American manufacturing facilities. -
Emerson to automate oil sands project
Emerson will automate an oil sands bitumen upgrader facility being built by North West Upgrading in Alberta. Emerson will supply PlantWeb and DeltaV hardware, plus engineering, commissioning, and service. -
Phoenix Contact names Mercier wireless business development manager
Paul Mercier previously served as the national wireless specialist for Phoenix Contact USA. In his new role, Mercier will focus on the continuing growth of wireless and Foundation Fieldbus technologies. -
Rockwell Automation to Acquire ICS Triplex
Rockwell will acquire Industrial Control Services Group Limited for £110 million in cash. ICS trades and does business as ICS Triplex, a supplier of critical control and safety solutions to the process industries. -
MooreHawke publishes brochure on TRUNKSAFE Fault-Tolerant Fieldbus System
The TRUNKSAFE brochure explains how it is not necessary to duplicate an entire fieldbus segment, duplicate the field instruments, nor have any special software at the DCS to achieve fieldbus redundancy. -
ARC says automation services market will grow
Automation services are benefitting from several converging factors that will provide 12% annual market growth over the next five years, according to ARC Advisory Group. -
DuPont Chooses GE Fanuc Proficy Production MES
Proficy products have been named a solution-of-choice for complex manufacturing systems within DuPont. -
Green Hills compiler chosen by Freescale and IBM
Power Architecture Compilers chosen by Freescale and IBM for use in EEMBC Certified Performance Benchmark testing. -
Beckhoff PCs and TwinCAT software support Intel Core Duo
Intel Core Duo processors feature two computation kernels in one processor case. This technology enables multitasking and improves the throughput in multithread applications. -
National Instruments wins magazine award
An electronic magazine ranked NI as Number 66 in its list of top 100 employers. -
JAI A/S appoints Stoltenberg Executive VP
Henrik F. Stoltenberg was appointed Group Executive VP, responsible for the daily operation of JAI A/S. -
LXI Consortium meeting held in Beijing
June 19-21, 2007 Beijing, China The LXI Consortium's General Meeting will be held in Beijing, China, June 19-21, 2007, the first General Meeting to be held in Asia. -
MTL acquires Elpro International for £12m
MTL Instruments Group plc acquired Elpro International Pty Ltd, an Australian based developer and supplier of wireless solutions. -
IPS sponsors ethanol-powered IndyCar
Invensys will be a sponsor of the No. 17 Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol IndyCar driven by Jeff Simmons. -
Agilent and Solarflare announce tools for 10-GB Ethernet Upgrades
The products enable network users to upgrade installed networks to 10 GbE over existing LAN cabling. -
MOXA exhibiting at Computex Taipei 2007
MOXA will be exhibiting at Booths D202 and D301 in Hall 1, with a focus on industrial IT. -
Schneider Electric exec named finalist in American Business Awards
Thomas Insprucker is a finalist in the Best Marketing Executive category for the 2007 American Business Awards. -
WBF names Hawkins for Guido Award
Bill Hawkins spent 20 years with Hercules Chemical as an industry user and his next 20 years with Rosemount as a control system supplier. -
Siemens supplies drives and automation for rolling mill in China
Siemens landed orders from Baoshan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. in Shanghai to supply drive and automation equipment for the modernization of the Hot Strip Rolling Mill No. 1 and expansion of the plate mill. -
Fieldbus Foundation Establishes Brazilian Marketing Committee
The Committee will organize fieldbus-related activities, including training seminars, trade show displays, and end user demonstrations. -
Fieldbus Foundation to conduct Seminar In Brazil
Fieldbus Foundation will present a fieldbus educational seminar on July 12, 2007, at the Renaissance Hotel in São Paulo, Brazil. -
Wurldtech Labs awards six controllers Achilles Certification
Controllers from Yokogawa, Emerson, Invensys and ICS Triplex earn Wurldtech Labs Achilles security certification -
ABB wins $26-million contract in Qatar
ABB received a $26 million order as the Main Instrumentation and Main Electrical Contractor for two oil platforms being built for Maersk Oil Qatar. -
Beckhoff Automation sales increase 26% in 2006
During 2006, the company had sales of 190 million euros. -
Vulnerabilities identified in SCADA systems
InfoWorld, May 2007 By Matt Hines The first remotely-exploitable vulnerabilities in Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems have been identified by researchers. -
MaverickTechnologies building new HQ in Illinois
The two-story building will span 35,000 square feet with facilities for research and development. -
Omron STI publishes Machine Safety Engineering Guide
This 1500+ page, two-volume set is a comprehensive machine and process safety product and technical reference guide. -
GE Fanuc Offers Plant2Enterprise Webcasts
Attendees will learn how to “Optimize Plant Performance” and have the opportunity to ask questions during live question and answer sessions. Webcasts run June through September. -
Fieldbus Foundation to do safety instrumented demos at big users
Field demonstrations of FOUNDATION for Safety Instrumented Functions wil be held at Shell, Amsterdam; Saudi Aramco; BP, Germany; and Chevron, Richmond, California. -
AW-Lake achieves safety approvals for RT-Ex15 flow monitor
CSA and INMETRO approved the RT-Ex15 meter-mounted flow monitor for use in Class I/Div 1 hazardous areas. -
Rexroth appoints Amy Defayette to Product Marketing
Amy R. Defayette will do Product Marketing for the company's VarioFlow conveyor product line. -
Emerson to install Ovation control system at power plant in India
Emerson will install PlantWeb digital plant architecture and Ovation expert control system on two 300-MW coal-fired units at Amarkantak Power Plant in India. -
Intermec delivers an RFID System That Keeps Sushi moving
Blue C Sushi implemented RFID equipment from Intermec and Microsoft BizTalk RFID software to track its food and automatically calculate customers' bills. -
NI hosts Mechatronics forums for Machine Designers in June
Attendees will explore techniques for mechatronics-oriented design with software, electromechanical sensing and actuation; graphical programming for embedded systems; and remote monitoring and support.

