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Macro Sensors appoints John Matlack Manager of business development
Based at Macro Sensors’ corporate headquarters in Pennsauken, NJ, Matlack will drive strategic business development on a global basis. -
MatrikonOPC to supply software to AVTEP in Russia
AVTEP, a Russian integration company, has chosen MatrikonOPC as the OPC vendor for its data connectivity solutions. -
Thomson publishes Profile Rail Linear Guides catalog
Catalog contains a 36 page profile rail engineering guide that includes educational information on sizing, selection and life load calculations, deflection vs. applied load, and other factors. -
ZigBee Alliance joins Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition
ZigBee is now a member of DRSG, joining its efforts to support the Smart Grid. -
B&B Electronics to distribute SEL communication devices
B&B will sell Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories' ultra-hardened communication devices. -
Rockwell Automation publishes two manufacturing white papers
White papers examine how merging traditionally separate functions and systems across the enterprise drives globalization, productivity, innovation and sustainability. -
Eagle Controls opens office in Bradenton, Florida
The Bradenton office will cover sales and marketing activities in North America, Canada and Mexico. -
Elster acquires EnergyICT
EnergyICT, which provides smart metering and smart grid solutions, is headquartered in Courtrai, Belgium. -
Fibre Channel Industry Association elects Board of Directors
FCIA is a non-profit international organization whose sole purpose is to act as the independent technology and marketing voice of the Fibre Channel industry. -
Nameplates for Industry publishes Membrane switch design guide
Design guide helps users determine the suitability of a membrane switch for their product, equipment or instrumentation. -
PCB Piezotronics acquires assets of RS Technologies
RS Technologies is a supplier of load cells, torque transducers, wheel force transducers, and fastening/assembly test equipment. -
ABB improves energy efficiency, productivity for StatoilHydro
StatoilHydro realized significant benefits from integrated process and electrical power systems at its complex production facility in the Snøhvit natural gas field. -
exida certifies Bently Nevada gas detection monitor
exida certified GE Energy’s Bently Nevada 3500/63 Gas Detection Monitor as suitable for applications up to and including SIL 2 per IEC 61508. -
AMS joins Siemens Solutions Partner program for CNC Machines
Applied Motion Systems develops motion control systems for a broad range of industries. -
Kepware to supply communications drivers to Mettler Toledo
Kepware will develop a suite of Mettler Toledo industrial weighing terminal communication drivers. -
Florida Rock cuts production costs using particle size analysis
Florida Rock Industries uses a model predictive control package from Pavilion Technologies and a particle size analyzer from Malvern Instruments. -
Matrikon acquires Australian integration and automation company
Matrikon acquired Integration Automation and Control for AUD$1.65 million in cash for all issued and outstanding shares of IAC plus the value of the net assets of the company on September 1, 2009. -
Phoenix Contact wires 1970 El Camino
The fully restored and customized 1970 El Camino displays a wide range of industrial components and connectors for IP67 applications. -
Rockwell Automation endorses creating a U.S. Manufacturing Czar
Rockwell Automation applauds President Obama’s decision to create a position to steer U.S. manufacturing policy. -
SmartTCP to automate structural steel welding at Waiward Steel
The robotic welding solution for steel fabrication combines hardware and software for production of Waiward’s high volume of ‘one off’ and small batch parts. -
3D Systems acquires 3D printer technology from Desktop Factory
The Desktop Factory 3-D Printer, which is currently in an advanced development stage, produces robust plastic parts at a build speed comparable to existing 3-D printing technologies. -
Microchip offers free Graphics Display Designer software
Graphics Display Designer software tool allows a designer to visually create screens on a computer and then auto-generate the code that draws these screens. -
ABB to provide SCADA system to National Grid
National Grid will deploy the technology in its upstate New York and New England electric operations control centers to manage the transmission and distribution networks in the region. -
Adept Technology to supply robots to solar cell manufacturer in Taiwan
Adept’s Quattro robot and AdeptSight vision system will be the building blocks for the wafer unloading automation cell. -
Emerson sensors enable Schneider Weisse to optimize clean-in-place process
Rosemount Analytical conductivity sensors provide highly accurate measurements to minimize waste following CIP of fermentation and storage tanks. -
Flowserve names Mark A. Blinn President and CEO
Blinn joined Flowserve in 2004 as Chief Financial Officer after serving in the same capacity at Kinko’s prior to its acquisition by FedEx. -
Sealant Equipment dispensing system works with Motoman robot
The Servo-Flo meter, Yaskawa encoder and supply pump system are integrated into the Motoman robot for precision dispensing of fluids with excellent response time for start and stop of extruded beads. -
ATS to improve maintenance at Georgia Iron Works
ATS production asset optimization will help the plant in Grovetown, Georgia, run better. -
Infoteam's OpenPCS PLC software available for free
Version 6.2.1 of OpenPCS IEC 61131-3 automation suite is free of charge and needs no registration. -
Guide to AS-Interface Maintenance and Troubleshooting
This 32-page illustrated pocket-sized reference from Pepperl+Fuchs is filled with information to help AS-Interface users set up and maintain an AS-Interface solution. -
Rittal offers electronic packaging solutions
Rittal offers complete electronic packaging and integration up to Level 3 for CPCI, VME, AdvancedMC and MicroTCA applications. -
Siemens opens plant in Illinois to make drives for wind turbines
The new plant in Elgin, IL, will be used for the assembly and testing of mechanical gear drives used in wind turbines. -
Profibus International Competence Centre to open in India
The UL Group has been given authority to establish a Profibus International Competence Centre in India by Profibus International (PI). -
ETSI starts Wireless Factory starter group
The group's first meeting will take place from 20 to 21 October 2009 in ETSI's premises at Sophia Antipolis, southern France. -
Delta Controls ORCAview software receives BACnet workstation Listing
ORCAview Operator Workstation software Ver. 3.40 received the BACnet Advanced Workstation Software (B-AWS) listing from the BACnet International BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL). -
Phoenix Contact Ethernet radios score a touchdown at stadium
The retractable roof and sliding window wall at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, uses Phoenix Contact wireless Ethernet radios. -
Charlie Zebell named VP sales for Diamond Phoenix
Zebell has more than eighteen years experience in the material handling industry, and previously held positions at other large material handling organizations and GM's Orion Assembly plant. -
Autodesk acquires water software from BOSS
Software includes StormNET for stormwater management analysis, RiverCAD for floodplain analysis, and WaterNET for water distribution analysis. -
Belden and Byres Security to develop industrial network security products
Belden and Byres Security signed a technology cooperation agreement to jointly launch new products in industrial network security. -
Byres Security supplies Tofino to Honeywell
Honeywell selected Tofino technology for its OneWireless Firewall. The product filters bi-directional network traffic, allowing only wireless I/O on both directions, while blocking other data types. -
Fluke Networks acquires AirMagnet
AirMagnet supplies performance, security and compliance solutions for wireless LANs. -
Red Lion adds Web Browser Toolbar
The Google-powered toolbar delivers instant access to Red Lion product information, specifying tools and more. -
Sixnet signs TESSCO as distributor
TESSCO is a provider of of mobile and fixed-wireless network infrastructure products, mobile devices and accessories. -
UEI publishes Short-form Product Catalog
Catalog covers Ethernet I/O systems, standalone data loggers, Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs), Simulink targets, and Modbus TCP slaves. -
TUV Rheinland completes EMC test lab expansion
The facility in Newtown, CT, allows TÜV Rheinland to test clients’ products for electromagnetic interference or electrostatic discharge (ESD). -
CC-Link network supports SCADA system at pharmaceutical plant in Brazil
A CC-Link open fieldbus network and Mitsubishi Electric controls now serve as the SCADA system for the Mantecorp pharmaceutical facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. -
CC-Link claims to be dominant open fieldbus network in Asia
The CC-Link Partner Association announced CC-Link open fieldbus network has exceeded 6.5 million nodes worldwide and that new research finds that CC-Link is the predominant open network in Asia. -
ABB to integrate wind power on Mexican power grid
ABB will install a Static VAr Compensator at the La Ventosa substation, close to the city of Ixtepec in the state of Oaxaca. -
Emerson offers upgrades for Rosemount X-STREAM O2 analyzer
Customers can upgrade specific parts of their oxygen analyzer system that need replaced. -
Flowserve video shows valves and actuators for nuclear power
The video highlights the Flowserve Edward Main Steam Isolation Valve (MSIV), Main Feedwater Isolation Valve (MFIV), and Type A actuator designs. -
TC Communications publishes Ethernet, Voice & Data Network catalog
Catalog includes benefits, features, specification charts and application diagrams for more than 60 different fiber networking products. -
NEMA publishes ANSI C119.5-2009 Electric Connector standard
The text covers insulation piercing connectors used for making electrical connections between insulated, insulated-to-bare, and bare-to-bare conductors rated 600 volts or less. -
ABB to control green pulp processing plant in China
ABB will provide automation systems and related services to help Chinese papermaker Shandong Huatai Corporation improve wood pulp production lines. -
Emerson to automate commercial-scale renewable diesel plant
Equipment to be supplied includes DeltaV, AMS software, control valves, flow meters, and temperature, pressure and level transmitters. -
Virtalis opens U.S. office
VIRTALIS, an advanced visualisation company, opened an office in Kettering, Ohio. -
Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding
This comprehensive resource includes information and selection guidelines on safety solutions, including Laser Scanners, Perimeter Access Guards, Programmable Safety Controllers, Force Guided Relays, Light Curtains, Contact Strips and Edges, and more. -
Schneider Electric facility earns LEED certification
The Nashville, TN, facility obtained certification in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. -
Engent expands its micro-electronics manufacturing capability
Engent recently expanded its Norcross, GA facility by 8,000 square feet to support manufacturing expansion of its small form factor micro-electronics products. -
ABB to control Podilsky Cement plant expansion in Ukraine
ABB will supply electrical and automation equipment including intelligent motor control centers, instrumentation and System 800xA for complete plant control. -
Omega publishes Pressure Strain and Force Handbook
Handbook contains over 1200 pages of products for the measurement, display and control of pressure, differential pressure, barometric pressure, absolute pressure and vacuum. -
Analytical Technology moves to larger premises
The company is moving to larger premises in Gatehead Business Park in Saddleworth, Manchester, UK. -
ABB System 800xA helps turn food waste into fuel
Small bioethanol plants in Finland are using local food waste to make a low-carbon gasoline and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. -
Emerson converts turbines to dual-fuel operation at power plant in Colombia
The conversion enables the Termocandelaria power plant to operate using either natural gas or oil. -
exida adds Moore safety trip alarm to exSILentia safety software
STA safety trip alarm for IEC 61508 Safety Applications is now a Logic Solver in exida’s exSILentia integrated safety lifecycle software. -
QTC pulblishes Metric Gear catalog on CD-ROM
CD-ROM contains a 528-page metric gear catalog Q420 and eStore Interactive links to over 3,700 products. -
We need to find our Mother
There's an old saying, "Necessity is the Mother of Invention." A number of experts have said that the United States has lost its edge – its ability to innovate. Kamen believes that inventions in the U.S. have not slowed down. However, Kamen says, "Our society has become more cautious and we don't accept new innovations as quickly." -
ARC says Coriolis flowmeter market to drop
Growth will drop markedly in the near future as the effects of the global economic recession take its toll on the market for Coriolis flowmeters. -
Solvay Solexis standardizes on Micro Motion Coriolis mass flowmeters
The mass flowmeters improve process repeatability, reduce commissioning costs by 75 per cent, and lower maintenance costs by 95 percent. -
Jervis B. Webb establishes bulk handling team
The team is led by Noel Dehne, VP of Bulk Handling Systems Sales, and Dan Klepack, Executive Director of Bulk Handling Systems Engineering. -
ABB boosts energy efficiency at aluminum smelters
Rectiformers for the Sohar aluminum smelter in the Sultanate of Oman and the Qatalum smelter in Qatar increase efficiencyby 18%. -
GE and FANUC divorce
GE and FANUC have agreed to dissolve the GE Fanuc Automation Corporation joint venture. GE gets the software, services, embedded systems and control systems businesses, while FANUC gets custody of the CNC business. -
Honeywell acquires RMG Group for $400 million
RMG is a supplier of natural gas measuring and control products, services and integrated solutions. -
National Instruments and MobileRobots collaborate
Collaboration combines LabVIEW software and MOBILEROBOTSindoors mobile platforms to help engineers rapidly deploy service robot applications. -
ARC ranks Rockwell Automation first in global safety
In a recent ARC report, Rockwell Automation ranked first as the global leader in machine and process safety solutions. -
TwinCAT Developers Group on Linkedin
TwinCAT Developers group on Linkedin provides a forum for all levels of Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC developers to discuss issues, problems and solutions.