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Infor donates Supply Chain Software to Univ of Arkansas
Infor donated software licenses for Infor SCM Network Design, supply chain planning, and analysis software to the University of Arkansas. -
Invensys to supply SimSci-Esscor Simulation Software to SunPine
Swedish bio-refinery SunPine will use Invensys SimSci-Esscor's PRO/II simulation software for modeling a new biodiesel refining operation. -
Metso acquires MAPAG Valves in Germany
MAPAG Valves GmbH makes high performance butterfly valves for the petrochemical, air separation and liquefied natural gas (LNG) industries. -
Moore Industries Seeks Oldest Products Still in Service
Moore Industries is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and is trying to find the oldest of its products that are still in service. -
Manfred Wittenstein elected President of VDMA
Wittenstein had been Vice President of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) since 2004 and a member of the Main Board for eight years. -
Autodesk announces Seek Web Service
Web service helps engineers and designers find building products. -
Banner publishes sensor catalog
Catalog showcases Banner’s industrial product line, including photoelectric and special-purpose sensors as well as measurement and inspection sensors. -
Jim Meier named Chief Technology Officer at FleetwoodGoldcoWyard
Meier first joined the Barry-Wehmiller organization in 1990 and spent 17 years with Barry-Wehmiller Design Group,. -
Honeywell installs process control at Ahlstrom Tissue Mill in Russia
Honeywell installed Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), PMD Controller, Machine Control System, and line drives control to manage key production processes at the mill. -
ICONICS and Kepware announce OPC-UA Partnership
The ICONICS OPC-UA KEPServer integrates HMI/SCADA and visualization with device connectivity from Kepware. -
SmartSignal and General Physics sign marketing agreement
SmartSignal and General Physics will link their products, so equipment problems identified by SmartSignal can be fixed by EtaPRO from General Physics. -
Encelium ECS communicates with Tridium platform
Integration of Encelium's Energy Control System (ECS) with Tridium allows the system to communicate with other building systems in intelligent building applications. -
Encelium Acquired by Townsend Capital
Baltimore-based Encelium provides integrated lighting control systems designed to save energy in new and existing commercial buildings. -
Microprecision builds its Swiss microswitches in the U.S.
Microprecision Electronics now builds its microswitches at Wilbrecht Electronics’ Huron, S.D. plant. -
PCB Piezotronics names John Sperrazza Sales Manager
The IMI Sensors division of PCB Piezotronics appointed John M. Sperrazza as North American Sales Manager. -
ABB Automation World held in Houston with record attendance
A record 3,300+ customers, distributors, channel partners, original equipment manufacturers and ABB employees attended the three-day trade show and conference that ran from April 29 through May 1 in Houston, Texas. -
Keithley publishes switching test handbook
Handbook covers fundamentals of the switching function in test and measurement applications, providing useful, tutorial information on how to optimize switching test systems. -
Bosch Rexroth announces Hydraulics Website
Website provides technology updates, applications support, expert help, product information, free downloads and literature, training information, and news about the hydraulics industry. -
Lowry names Tim Cook VP of Sales and Marketing
Cook will oversee sales operations, expand the focus of marketing, and build strong relationships with the company's OEM suppliers and solutions providers. -
Autodesk to Acquire Moldflow
Moldflow software predicts how plastic components will perform during design and manufacturing. Autodesk will acquire Moldflow for $297 million. -
Bryan Singer of Wurldtech named to NERC Cyber-Security Team
As the federally designated Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) in the United States, NERC develops and enforces reliability standards for the planning and operation of the bulk power system. -
FKI Logistex opens training center
The 31,000-square-foot facility provides companies with an effective way to train maintenance and operations staff off-site, avoiding costly system downtime. -
Siemens and ROY-G-BIV combine machine tool controls
Partnership combines Siemens Motion Control Information System (MCIS) software with ROY-G-BIV's XMC machine connectivity software. -
Moore Industries Celebrates 40 Years of Success
Still privately-held by founder and CEO Leonard W. Moore, the company has come a long way from humble garage beginnings when Moore designed and built the company's first electronic signal converters. Today, the company builds signal conditioners, temperature transmitters, fieldbus interface devices and much more. -
National Instruments reports Q1 Revenue of $193 Million
Net income for Q1 2008 was $17.6 million with diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.22. -
WAGO names Cory Thiel Product Manager
Thiel will oversee terminal blocks and connectors, PCB connectors and similar products. -
Honeywell to control Rautaruukki steel plant
Rautaruukki will use Experion PKS with PMD Controller to control its steel-making processes in Raahe, Finland. -
Emerson installs Scenario Simulation at Fawley Power Station
In January 2008, Emerson installed Scenario simulation technology at this 40-year-old, oil-fired power plant in the UK to train operators. -
austriamicrosystems signs Avnet Memec as distributor
Avnet will distribute austriamicrosystems' high performance analog ICs in North America. -
JMP Engineering appoints Paul Wilson VP of Sales
Wilson will lead JMP's business development, sales and marketing initiatives across North America. -
CoroWare signs Pitotech as distributor
Pitotech will distribute CoroWare robots in Taiwan. -
HART companies push WirelessHART
Sean Keeping of ABB, Mark Schumacher of Emerson, Frank Hils of Endress+Hauser amd Hans-Georg Kumpfmueller of Siemens offer their views of WirelessHART. -
Bosch Rexroth releases MTpro Planning Software
MTpro integrates CAD and layout tools to save planning time in any assembly or packaging application with Rexroth products. -
Phoenix Contact acquires Innominate
Phoenix Contact is the new owner of Innominate Security Technologies, a provider of embedded security devices in industrial applications worldwide. -
SERCOS releases CIP Safety Specification
The CIP Safety on SERCOS specification is being released as a function-specific profile (FSP Safety) for Industrial Ethernet-based SERCOS III. -
AW-Lake appoints Yolande Burnham President
Yolande Burnham was appointed President of AW-Lake Company & Sheepscot Dispensing Systems (SDS), companies of TASI Group. -
Yokogawa to supply Exaquantum to Quinn Chemicals
The project is the 1,000th Exaquantum PIMS system. -
FKI Logistex Forms Robotics Integration Group
The group provides customers with focused robotic palletizing and depalletizing solutions, including system design, manufacture, programming and support. -
ABB first quarter net income up 87%
ABB's first-quarter net income reached $1 billion, an increase of 87 percent compared to the same quarter in 2007. -
BlueCielo acquires CAD & Company’s ECM Division
BlueCielo acquired CAD & Company’s ECM division and its ImandrA suite of products -
CoroWare appoints Kris Erikson Director of Microsoft Practice
CoroWare's Microsoft Practice combines release management, project management, systems engineering and marketing consulting. -
Endevco signs Dainan Tech as Asia-Pacific rep
Dainan Tech in Singapore will rep Endevco products in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. -
Honeywell to install UniSim suite in Kuwait
UniSim to train operators at Kuwait Paraxylene Production Company’s aromatics plant in Shuaiba, Kuwait. -
Embrace Safety to Increase Profits - May is Electrical Safety Month
While some companies are slowly seeing the financial benefits of investing in safety, other companies view safety as an encumbering and expensive task. -
JMP Engineering hires Patricia Branden to run Life Sciences division
Branden brings specialized experience in the Life Science industries, particularly in the areas of FDA, HPFBI, and cGMP regulations and guidelines. -
GreenPeak supplies wireless mesh networking to Kronos
Hortimax, a Kronos VAR, built a harvest administration system that monitors the activity and location of individual mobile harvesting carts in greenhouses. -
Canfield achieves CSA approval for Solenoid Valve Connectors
Series 5F and 5J DIN solenoid valve connectors have been awarded Canadian Standards Association approval in Canada and the United States. -
Aboundi signs Ascheman Marketing as rep
AMG will be responsible for the Central USA region, including Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and southern Illinois. -
Mustang Engineering to market TiPs and UReason software
Mustang will market and deliver alarm management and rationalization services from TiPS and UReason. -
PLCopen releases Motion Control Part 4 for Comments
Part 4 of the PLCopen suite of specifications has been released for comments as version 0.99 and can be downloaded from the PLCopen website. -
PLCopen publishes Logic, Motion and Safety paper
Document provides examples and guidance for the combination of the different technologies, making it easier for a user to integrate safety in a motion and logic application. -
PLCopen releases Motion Control Part 3
This document covers user guidelines, and is the third part of a set of documents of the PLCopen Task Force Motion Control. -
SME Education Foundation funds Youth Program
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation committed $1.4 million for youth programs in 2008. -
Acromag opens office in Switzerland
The office will service European, Middle Eastern and African markets for embedded I/O products. The office is headed by Stefan Baginski. -
Microscan names John Macrina VP of Global Sales
Macrina will be leaving his role as Director of the Electronics Assembly group at Panasonic Factory Solutions at the end of April to join Microscan Systems. -
PAS and EPRI publish Alarm Management Applications Guidelines
Report presents alarm management best practices guidelines for improving safety and reliability in power generation industry. -
Precise Automation signs Dongil Rubber as distributor
DRB will sell Precise Automation products in Korea and China, including PrecisePlace Robots, Guidance Motion Controllers and PreciseVision Software. -
Itris releases free PLC Metrics web tool to analyze PLC programs
PLC Metrics allows automation engineers and technicians to automatically analyze PLC programs, such as the number of rungs, I/O and steps, hardware configuration, and Grafcet steps and macros. -
UEI publishes Introduction to DAQ White Paper
“Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Data Acquisition” explains the overall concept of data acquisition and considerations for analog input systems. -
SME puts videos on YouTube
More than 60 short and informative SME videos have been uploaded to YouTube and generated more than 200,000 hits. -
ABB installs process control system at Jura Cement
ABB installed a System 800xA process control system at Jura Cement Fabriken in Wildegg, Switzerland. -
Invensys Mexico Opens Gas Operating Center
The new center at Reynosa City, Tamaulipas State, has all the resources necessary for Invensys to support PEMEX in the Burgos basin. -
SCADAgroup acquires Adaptive Instruments
Adaptive Instruments markets Accutech wireless instrumentation products. In 2006 SCADAgroup acquired Control Microsystems, and earlier this year acquired Trio Datacom. -
GrammaTech Awarded DARPA Contract to test Multi-Core Systems
The contract focuses on identifying concurrent programming defects, which are notoriously difficult to identify and manually debug. -
Original Software starts web site for software testing
ManualTesting.com is a community site with free resources designed to alleviate the headaches caused by the burden of time-consuming manual testing on QA departments. -
Emerson completes upgrade at polystyrene plant in Argentina
Modernization at Petrobras Zarate included Foundation fieldbus, DeltaV, AMS asset management, flow, level and temperature instruments, and Fisher valves with FIELDVUE digital valve controllers. -
Honeywell Analytics signs Industrial Controls as distributor
Industrial Controls Distributors is the exclusive representative for Honeywell Analytics, experts in gas detection. -
Bison Gear hosts first MSCC graduating class
Graduation for Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) certificate students will be May 9, 2008 at Bison Gear headquarters. -
Autodesk provides software for students in FIRST Robotics Championship
Autodesk made $17 million worth of software available to student competitors, including Autodesk Inventor, 3ds Max and Autodesk Combustion. -
A2 Technologies publishes Spectrometer application note
The application note, “Metal Coatings Analysis Using the Exoscan Hand Held FTIR,” explains how it does non-destructive analysis of samples. -
Express Logic claims 500 Million deployments of ThreadX RTOS
ThreadX has been used to power a wide variety of products, from printers to wireless devices. -
ISA announces Keynote Speakers for Instrumentation Symposium
Keynote speakers include Dick Morley, father of the PLC, and Dr. John R. Bratten, Nautical Archaeologist. -
Siemens certifies XLReporter for PCS 7
XLReporter enables reporting in Microsoft Office Excel to be performed automatically and in the background. -
Aspectrics offers free CD Rom For Biodiesel Analysis
CD Rom contains product information and application notes related to biodiesels, feed stocks and general analysis. -
Automation market in European Pharmaceuticals to reach $1.4 billion by 2013
The pharmaceutical industry in Europe is struggling with price pressures and severe competition, making it a stro0ng growth market for automation and control.