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The 980-page catalogue will be available in English and German with pricing in Euros and GB pounds.

The event was part of North Carolina Community College System’s BioNetwork Validation Academy’s 2008 Excitement Series.

Invensys will provide a dynamic process simulator for an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant with carbon capture.

Control valves on North Sea installations are being remotely monitored by the Solberg & Andersen and Emerson diagnostics center in Norway.

Bud products offered include 200 enclosures and back panels with sizes from 2.05 x 1.97 x 1.38 to 32.05 x 24.18 x 11 in.

ABB will suuply a high-voltage substation and System 800xA automation system to a refinery in Gela, Italy.

KOMPAS-3D V10 LT is a functionally reduced version of the three-dimensional solid modelling system, which can be used for free.

Kepware has been selected by Mtelligence as its primary provider of device connectivity to manufacturing equipment on the plant floor.

Wireless instruments monitor heat-tracing on pipeline which must be hot to facilitate pumping.

Catalog covers industrial Ethernet to serial servers, USB to TTL converters, wireless remote I/O kits, and HMI/SCADA application management software.

16-page brochure compares performance between commercial off-the-shelf Ethernet components used in office environments, and Belden’s industrial-grade components.

Web site has info on industrial cables/connectivity, Hirschmann Ethernet switches and Lumberg Automation Industrial Ethernet connectivity.

The FDI (Field Device Integration) completed the team draft architecture concept and the complete inventory of use case analyses.

Datasheet details GiantDragon Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) machine vision cameras.

Allied will carry products from Nicomatic, including microconnectors, connectors for PCB, and flat flex cables and jumpers.

Wireless instruments monitor the pipeline integrity of transfer lines from the BP refinery and report exceptional conditions to control room operators.

The Process Safety Control System was installed at Bayer CropScience’s Norwich site in June 2008 and became fully operational in August 2008.

Distributors include SCM, Signal Test and Final Test.

Most recently, Evers was VP of Worldwide Outsourcing Sales at Hewlett Packard, responsible for IT Infrastructure Services, Application Management and Business Process Outsourcing Services.

Whitepaper titled “Safely Lighting Hazardous Locations,” provides overview of current codes and technologies for industrial facilities.

The FDA Module provides the technical controls related to compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 for their engineering drawings.

PLCopen wants to finalize the specification and publish the results at the upcoming SPS/IPC/Drives event.

SolaHD signed Fox-Rowden-McBrayer and G.L. Smith Associates as sales representatives.

Automation solution processes municipal waste into high-grade compost and generates emissions-free electric power from waste biogas.

For FY-08, Matrikon posted revenue of $80.03 million, an increase of 9% from FY-07. Net income increased to $9.10 million from a loss of $220,000 in FY-07.

Visit the PLCopen Organization booth and see how PLCopen member companies are committed to control software standards that improve your quality and productivity.

Report includes results and analysis from Longview’s fourth annual Collaboration & Interoperability best practices survey, along with articles on related industry topics.

Emerson will supply PlantWeb, Fisher valves, Rosemount transmitters, Daniel and Micro Motion flow meters, DeltaV and Ovation digital automation systems, and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software.

The service will document the current network layout, analyze/detail data activity within the network, and test the infrastructure against industrial standards/specifications.

Fountain will be responsible for California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska and Hawaii.

McKeraghan joins VYCON from Eaton Corporation where he managed the Central Zone for Eaton’s Powerware UPSs and power quality solutions.

ASI Instruments will become the K-TEK Solids Level group and focus on dry bulk solids level detection and measurement devices.

Honeywell will protect Woodside’s Pluto onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant with a sophisticated industrial security system.

ABB signed a $20-million contract for a SCADA system that will improve reliability by monitoring and controlling high-voltage transmission.

Cross Automation will sell and support Precise Automation's controller products in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia.

ABTech Manufacturing built a five-axis platform for nanometer/sub-arcsec processing around Renishaw SiGNUM position encoders.

Website provides information about Sprint Electric’s DC drives, including full product specifications as well as brochures and manuals for download.

By Form Automation Solutions Manufacturing companies need live workers to check production facilities frequently and to correct issues immediately before they escalate. AuditMatic software and mobile computers are being used to automate gathering, analyzing and reporting field data.

Form Automation Solutions signed distribution agreements with InfoLink and Industrial Network Systems.

Brochure highlights ten JIC standard, RoHS compliant, corrosion resistant enclosures to protect electrical and electronic equipment in industrial applications.

Advantech won 10th place in the 2008 Top Taiwan Global Brands survey.

The event helped introduce Chicago Public Schools seniors to admissions personnel from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Toshiba GE Turbine Components (reduced the time required to inspect and measure steam turbine blades from 280 minutes to 45 minutes by using the MAXOS non-contact measurement system.

"Protecting Mission Critical Electronics In The Industrial Environment," recommends that manufacturers safeguard critical systems in poor power environment.

Paper describes the implications of FOUNDATION SIF (FF-SIF) technology for the global plant safety system market and end users.

Mouser will distribute Tektronix oscilloscopes, arbitrary/function generators, and other essentials for engineers’ design benches.

Rockwell to supply automation technologies to help Hebei provincial government upgrade traditional industries.

JUS-MADE LP, a manufacturer of frozen beverages and juices, licensed the DEACOM Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system.

Hot tanks at the refinery are fitted with wireless temperature transmitters as a cost-effective means of keeping control room operators informed of conditions inside the tanks.

Guide helps network engineers understand how applications flow across the network and how they fail, and provides a five-step process for troubleshooting application problems when they occur.

The "Collaborative Alliance for Semiconductor Test" (CAST) will foster collaboration and standards development to improve semiconductor industry productivity.

By Rick Zabel, Publisher Automation Insights Network is a select group of controls and automation professionals who agree to help us cover news, emerging trends and technologies on various automation topics. Every two months, we will ask people in the Network to share their observations, knowledge and expertise with us. We take that information, distill it, and pass it on to our reporters and editors for use in future stories.

The new 19,000 square foot facility is roughly double the size of its previous location.

“Energy Efficiency in Pneumatics” provides three main areas of energy cost savings to lower the cost of compressed air.

Green Energy Applications Guide highlights critical factors that process and plant engineers must consider to achieve optimum flow meter performance.

Winners include Anne Muller from University of Dresden, Germany, and Mohamed Abdul Galeel Salih Mohamed and Mohamad Tamer Nader Chaklab from the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi.

Report examines how 3D visualization technology plays a role in improving interoperability and communication between engineering and production departments.

Website covers everything from small, compact products to large operator panel interfaces and open PC-based solutions.

Japan’s AIST selected ORBexpress as the communications architecture for AIST’s new advanced robotics platform, OpenRTM-aist.

Normerica implemented a Ship2Save RFID mobile cart system at its manufacturing plants in Brantford, Ontario and Lethbridge, Alberta.

Emissions monitoring solution uses FTIR analyzer technology and an 800xA system to help Chilean cement manufacturer Polpaico meet targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Smart Wireless instruments mounted on a rotating reactor at Coogee Chemical Company, Kwinana, Australia, prevent frequent reactor breakdowns and lost production time.

Churchill will be responsible for Fiberguide’s products and services east of the Mississippi river.

OVS-400 Industrial video server is connected with EDS-231PRO and EDS-351PRO series Industrial rated IP-66 cameras to provide real time remote monitoring.

Honeywell will supply Experion and DaVinci Quality Control systems to Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery for the first light weight coated (LWC) paper plant in Russia.

DataCELL FIELD MVC-800 FireWire Cable surpassed 11 million flex cycles in rigorous bending, rolling and torsion tests; other cables hit 20 million tick tock tests.

Opto 22 has received certification for its SNAP-PAC-EB1 and SNAP-PAC -EB2 SNAP I/O processors.

Husky is employing PROFIBUS technology in its high-tech injection molding machines.

ABB reported increases in revenues, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), net income and cash flow in the third quarter of 2008.

ABB will provide all maintenance operations and improve efficiency at six pulp, paper and board mills in Finland.

Beckhoff Automation hired five new regional sales and application engineers in the past few months of 2008.

Wireless transmitters monitor wellhead annular pressure at BP’s Wytch Farm onshore oilfitters field.

Students will receive a certificate with the approved CERT logo when they complete the CERT program.

OPC Foundation and Kepware will manage the development of OPC-UA in a managed community “open source code” model.

Plant will recycle methane produced by waste water treatment facilities.