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		Emerson publishes brochure on dirty service control valves - 03/10/10 Brochure describes Fisher cavitation control for dirty service applications.

		Emerson wireless helps improve operator efficiency for Novartis - 03/09/10 Emerson’s DeltaV with a Wi-Fi network and mobile operator stations are providing process and plant information to operators at the Novartis biotech production centre in France.

		Emerson introduces Micro Motion ELITE Coriolis flowmeter - 03/01/10 The ELITE Coriolis meter covers 10”-12” (DN 250-300) line sizes and can handle flow rates over 3,200 tons/hour.

		Emerson introduces FIELDVUE DVC6200 digital valve controller - 02/24/10 DVC6200 has linkage-less, non-contact feedback technology, making it suitable for applications that experience high levels of vibration, corrosion or material entrapment.

		Emerson adds wireless to AMS Device Manager - 02/23/10 Version 10.5 includes support for the WirelessHART standard, the Smart Wireless THUM Adapter, and a complete wireless diagnostics solution.

		San Diego Gas & Electric uses wireless to improve operations - 02/18/10 Five applications use wireless sensors from Emerson to increase throughput, extend asset life, and improve process efficiency and safety.

		Emerson adds video to DeltaV - 02/17/10 Emerson integrated video streams from Industrial Video & Control's Relay Server with the DeltaV digital automation system.

		Emerson to supply control valves for Westinghouse nuclear power plants - 02/16/10 Fisher valves will be used in the critical pressurizer spray system to help maintain reactor coolant temperature in Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear plants to be built in both China and the United States.

		Chlorine analyzers monitor cooling water at Dow Terneuzen - 02/15/10 Emerson's total chlorine analyzers are being used by DOW Benelux to improve the monitoring and control of chlorine in cooling water prior to its return to the sea.

		Emerson to control Samra combined-cycle power plant in Jordan - 02/11/10 Emerson will install six Ovation expert control systems, AMS software, and HART intelligent field devices at the new Samra Combined-cycle Power Plant in Zarka, Jordan.

		Wireless network automates data collection at Petrobras - 02/10/10 Emerson’s WirelessHART network delivers real-time compressor data while saving $200,000 installed cost and overcoming difficult conditions for wired approach

		AMS software helps Centro Energia Teverola increase efficiency - 02/09/10 Centro Energia Teverola optimized their maintenance strategy for inlet filters on gas turbines, contributing to an overall efficiency improvement of more than 1%.

		Emerson expands dirty service control valves - 02/08/10 Dirty service control valves now include the NotchFlo DST valve and Fisher DST Trim.

		Emerson to supply Roxar wetgas meters to Chevron - 02/02/10 Roxar subsea wet gas meters are to be installed in the Greater Gorgon fields, one of the world’s largest untapped natural gas fields.

		Wireless transmitters monitor storage tanks at Nynas refinery - 02/01/10 Emerson's wireless pressure sensors were installed by Nynas AB to upgrade an underground storage tank monitoring system, reducing installation costs by €10,000 compared to a wired alternative.

		Emerson automates ethanol plant in Sweden - 01/27/10 A pilot ethanol processing plant built by Chematur Engineering uses Emerson's DeltaV control system with WirelessHART, Wi-Fi, FOUNDATION fieldbus, AMS, and Rosemount wireless pressure and temperature transmitters.

		Emerson introduces EZHSO gas regulator and trim options - 01/21/10 EZHSO Series regulator and Whisper Trim technology ensure gas delivery with fail-open alternative and more efficient noise abatement.

		Emerson sells one millionth Fisher digital valve controller - 01/21/10 First introduced in 1994, the product and its digital communication and diagnostic capabilities changed the way process control manufacturers monitor control valves.

		Emerson to automate thermal power plant in India - 01/20/10 Emerson will install PlantWeb, Ovation expert control system and AMS Suite at the six-unit (6 X 135-MW), coal-fired plant to be located in Angul, Orissa, in eastern India.

		Emerson to control solar power plants - 01/19/10 SHEC Energy entered into an agreement with Emerson Process Management to help bring online new solar thermal facilities for power generation.

		Emerson adds wireless to Rosemount tank gauging systems - 01/16/10 TankRadar Rex and Pro tank gauging system now include WirelessHART, so they can be installed in a storage tank farm without the need to install costly long distance signal wiring.

		Emerson adds Optimal PAT software to DeltaV - 01/14/10 Emerson can now provide stand-alone PAT solutions for R&D labs, or deliver an integrated DeltaV or Syncade PAT solution for manufacturing floors.

		Emerson to safely automate SABIC Innovative Plastics - 01/12/10 SABIC Innovative Plastics will migrate all existing PROVOX process control and safety systems to DeltaV digital automation system from Emerson Process Management.

		Emerson enhances Rosemount radar level transmitters - 01/07/10 Enhancements include a thicker rod for longer measurement lengths and a Hastelloy C-276 probe for corrosive, hot and high pressure environments

		BP validates storage tank protection systems via wireless - 01/06/10 Emerson wireless temperature transmitters measure floating roof temperatures at BP Exploration’s Dalmeny onshore terminal.

		Emerson adds valve diagnostics to 475 Field Communicator - 12/16/09 475 Field Communicator 3.2 with ValveLink Mobile allows users to access predictive diagnostics from Fisher FIELDVUE digital valve controllers in the field and transfer the results to AMS Suite.

		Wireless network improves carbon reactiviation process at Calgon - 12/15/09 WirelessHART network uses Rosemount wireless temperature transmitters attached to a rotating kiln to deliver continuous information for instant response to process changes, enabling better heat control.

		EDDL Cooperation Team expands - 12/10/09 To accelerate deployment of Field Device Integration (FDI) technology, key automation suppliers have agreed to enlarge the scope of the EDDL Cooperation Team, which will become the FDI Cooperation.

		Wireless network runs pumps at Dyno Nobel - 12/08/09 Emerson's Smart Wireless network has replaced hardwired high-temperature trip protection on 20 hazardous duty chemical pumps at the Dyno Nobel ammonium nitrate plant in Missouri.

		Wireless technology helps Sun Chemical improve ink quality - 12/07/09 Rosemount DP wireless transmitters communicate to PLC, allowing producer of printing inks and pigments to reduce product rejects and comply with environmental regulations.

		Wireless technology monitors temperatures at AOC resins - 11/16/09 Eight Rosemount wireless temperature transmitters continuously check batch temperatures, sending that real-time data to a Smart Wireless Gateway integrated with the plant’s DeltaV digital automation system.

		Emerson introduces Rosemount wet chemistry analyzers - 11/12/09 On-line wet chemistry analyzers handle sodium, silica, phosphate, hydrazine, and ammonia for process monitoring in the power and ultrapure water industries.

		Wireless network boosts production at Samarco's Germano mine - 11/11/09 WirelessHART data fed directly into Emerson's DeltaV control system protects pumps and prevents process stoppages while realizing 35% savings in installed costs compared to wired network

		Emerson to control Johnsonburg, PA, wastewater treatment plant - 11/10/09 Equipment includes PlantWeb, Ovation control system, cyber security, AMS software, and pressure, flow, level and pH/ORP sensors with HART transmitters.

		Emerson enhances Daniel Model 3804 liquid ultrasonic flow meter - 11/09/09 Enhancments include high temperature and high viscosity transducers that allow users to employ ultrasonic meters across additional applications such as heavy vacuum oil, Naphtha, and Kerosene.

		Emerson wireless transmitters monitor gas plants in Argentina - 11/05/09 Rosemount wireless transmitters at three sites measure venting, deliver gas data for AGA3 calculations to balance plants, and provide data for fiscal accounting of sold gas.

		Emerson expands FOUNDATION Fieldbus interface for oil, gas and water - 11/03/09 Interface allows ControlWave and ROC800-Series controllers to access multiple variables over a single pair of wires in a point-to-point or multi-drop configuration.

		Emerson to control two Korean pumped storage hydroelectric power plants - 11/02/09 Emerson will install its Ovation expert control system at two power generation facilities in Korea.

		Harcros Chemicals monitors manual valves with wireless sensors - 10/28/09 Emerson wireless position monitors are helping Harcros Chemicals monitor manual valves in remote, hard-to-reach locations that previously were unconnected to the plant’s control system.

		Emerson introduces Rosemount 3051S multivariable transmitter - 10/27/09 Rosemount 3051S measures three variables and provides mass and energy flow output, reducing the number of devices traditionally required to make DP flow measurement from ten to one.

		Wireless helps cement plant comply with air quality regulations - 10/26/09 Emerson’s wireless network of field instrumentation monitors the process used to reduce NOx emissions inside a rotating cement kiln at CalPortland Company.

		Emerson acquires EIM Controls - 10/22/09 Since 1949, EIM Controls has pioneered product innovation and design in the manufacturing of electric valve actuators.

		Emerson announces Fisher 4320 WirelessHART position monitor - 10/21/09 The Fisher wireless device monitors equipment such as valves, regulators, louvers, displacement and float level sensors, and relief valves in standard and hazardous area locations.

		Emerson adds machinery protection to DeltaV automation system - 10/19/09 Emerson integrated machinery protection and prediction of critical mechanical equipment with its DeltaV digital automation system.

		Emerson's wireless technology improves safety at Severstal Wheeling - 10/15/09 Wireless technology improves process, fire safety, and environmental monitoring at the 80-inch hot strip mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio.

		Emerson adds Device Dashboards to AMS software - 10/14/09 Emerson introduces 50 Device Dashboards that provide, in one glance, a clear view of everything users need to evaluate, diagnose, and configure a field device.

		Emerson completes WDPF-to-Ovation Control System Migration at water plant - 10/14/09 For this migration project, at Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility Emerson supplied a total of 17 Ovation controllers and 19 workstations.

		Emerson completes control system upgrade at Detroit Water and Sewerage - 10/12/09 Emerson installed an Ovation control and SCADA solution that monitors and controls the entire water distribution system and wastewater collection system.

		Emerson announces Ovation Security Center - 10/12/09 The security center streamlines, centralizes execution of cyber-security management functions, enabling water and wastewater facilities to more easily manage security efforts.

		Emerson to supply Ovation control system for power plant in Sri Lanka - 10/08/09 Equipment to be installed at Unit 1 of the Puttalam coal-fired power plant in Puttalam, Sri Lanka, includes Ovation, AMS software, and HART intelligent field devices.

		Emerson enhances diagnostic software for ultrasonic meters - 10/07/09 Upgraded software detects oil and gas flow disturbances that may affect measurement, delivers maintenance alarms prompting action to avoid failure, and provides an intuitive view of the meter health.

		Emerson releases THUM Adapter for WirelessHART - 10/06/09 THUM Adapter WirelessHART device can fit on almost any two or four wire HART device, without special power requirements, to enable wireless transmission of measurement and diagnostic information.

		Emerson and Meridium combine asset management software - 10/05/09 Emerson and Meridium developed AMS Suite: Asset Portal v4.0 powered by Meridium.

		Emerson adds full redundancy to Smart Wireless - 10/01/09 Available with the DeltaV S-series digital automation system, full redundancy protects the wireless network from any single point of failure.

		Emerson announces winners of Smart Wireless Innovators Contest - 09/30/09 Judges selected CalPortland’s rotating cement kiln monitoring as "Most Innovative" and CHS Inc. and Severstal Wheeling as co-winners for "Best Business Results."

		Emerson enhances DeltaV - 09/29/09 Enhancements include S-series platform with “I/O on demand,” Electronic Marshalling, and fully redundant communications.

		Emerson forms Human Centered Design Institute - 09/29/09 The goal of the Human Centered Design Institute is to ensure that user work practices and improved task completion are at the heart of every new product that Emerson introduces.

		Emerson announces Model 6081-C wireless conductivity transmitter - 09/23/09 Rosemount Analytical Model 6081-C is compliant with the WirelessHART communications standard making it fully compatible with a host of other wireless devices.

		Emerson publishes Commercial Service Regulator DVD - 09/22/09 DVD provides principle of operation animations, product cross references, and product literature. Multiple language versions are available in English, French and Italian.

		Emerson's pH sensors monitor wastewater at Belgian metal plant - 09/21/09 Umicore Precious Metals Refining (UPMR) uses Rosemount Analytical PERpH-X 3400HTVP pH sensors to monitor waste water at its Hoboken plant near Antwerp, Belgium.

		Emerson automates Bunge rapeseed oil processing plant - 09/17/09 Emerson's DeltaV, PlantWeb, AMS software, valves and instruments helped increase production by 10%, cut maintenance costs by 50% and reduce utilities and raw materials at a rapeseed oil processing plant in Kruszwica, Poland.

		Emerson adds Zirconium to Micro Motion 782 density meter - 09/16/09 Zirconium-based fork density and concentration meter can monitor inorganic chemicals such as hydrochloric, nitric and sulphuric acid.

		SolaHD publishes guide to surge protection - 09/16/09 Enduring Protection, a 28-page catalog, gives detailed specifications and current information on available surge protection devices, Active Tracking filters, and data/signal line surge protectors.

		Emerson to automate Lonza's biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant - 09/15/09 Syncade software and PlantWeb architecture will optimize performance of the Large Scale-Cell Culture facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

		SolaHD enhances GL Series AC-DC switching power supply - 09/15/09 GL Series now has automatic overvoltage and overload protection, built-in EMI filtering, full power at 50° C and universal input voltage without switches or jumpers.

		Emerson sensors enable Schneider Weisse to optimize clean-in-place process - 08/31/09 Rosemount Analytical conductivity sensors provide highly accurate measurements to minimize waste following CIP of fermentation and storage tanks.

		Emerson offers upgrades for Rosemount X-STREAM O2 analyzer - 08/25/09 Customers can upgrade specific parts of their oxygen analyzer system that need replaced.

		Emerson to automate commercial-scale renewable diesel plant - 08/24/09 Equipment to be supplied includes DeltaV, AMS software, control valves, flow meters, and temperature, pressure and level transmitters.

		Emerson converts turbines to dual-fuel operation at power plant in Colombia - 08/19/09 The conversion enables the Termocandelaria power plant to operate using either natural gas or oil.

		Solvay Solexis standardizes on Micro Motion Coriolis mass flowmeters - 08/18/09 The mass flowmeters improve process repeatability, reduce commissioning costs by 75 per cent, and lower maintenance costs by 95 percent.

		Emerson introduces vapor recovery system - 08/17/09 DL8000 adds a vapor recovery measurement system to increase billing integrity and ensure accurate accounting for valuable light hydrocarbons in liquid custody transfer applications.

		Emerson introduces Rosemount 5300 radar level transmitters for SIL2 - 08/16/09 The 5300 series makes it possible to meet safety requirements while maintaining maximum plant availability and reducing lifecycle costs.

		Emerson upgrades Bailey Infi90 control to DeltaV at Groupement Berkine - 08/13/09 Groupement Berkine upgraded an aging Bailey control system with DeltaV Connect and operator stations, but retained the Bailey I/O and controllers.

		Emerson control system improves French thermal power plant - 08/11/09 Improvements after installing PlantWeb, Ovation expert control system, Scenario simulation, AMS software and Smart Wireless technology include a 50 percent improvement in the plant’s ability to ramp up and down on demand

		Emerson launches Quick Ship program for combustion analyzers - 07/21/09 X-STREAM O2 combustion analyzer Quick Ship program helps customers get up-and-running quickly when the unforeseen occurs.

		Emerson to automate Water Reclamation District of Chicago - 07/16/09 Emerson will install Ovation expert control technology to monitor and control solids processes at the MWRDGC.

		Emerson improves production efficiency for Pernod Ricard Nordic - 07/15/09 Emerson was responsible for the front-end engineering and design (FEED), and installation of PlantWeb, DeltaV, HART communications, AMS software and intelligent devices.

		Emerson to control coal gasification plant in Decatur, Illinois - 07/14/09 Equipment includes digital valve controllers and valves, transmitters, analyzers, flow meters, process control and asset optimization technologies, AMS Suite, wireless and digital safety systems.

		Emerson adds dynamic vapor compensation to radar level sensors - 07/13/09 Dynamic Vapor Compensation eliminates accuracy errors associated with varying pressure and/or temperature that occur in vessels where steam vapor is present.

		Emerson releases 475 Field communicator for diagnostics - 07/09/09 With support for all HART, WirelessHART and FOUNDATION fieldbus devices, the intrinsically safe 475 enables diagnosis and troubleshooting right in the field.

		Emerson to retrofit controls at Fellside Power Station in the UK - 07/08/09 Emerson will replace existing GE Speedtronic Mark IV turbine controls with Ovation, and replace an outdated Alstom Microrec control system with PlantWeb.

		Emerson to automate Bohai Bay offshore oil field in China - 07/07/09 Emerson is engineering and installing PlantWeb for process control and asset management and is integrating these with shutdown and fire and gas systems on each platform.

		Emerson enhances CSI 9210 Machinery Health Transmitter - 07/01/09 CSI 9210 now delivers predictive machinery health diagnostics for all types of rotating machinery.

		Emerson enhances OCX8800 oxygen and combustibles transmitter - 06/30/09 Enhancements include fieldbus, an improved sensor that reduces drift, and NEMA 4X rating for making stable and reliable measurements under coal-fired conditions.

		Emerson Process Management integrates Achilles testing - 06/25/09 Achilles testing will be integrated throughout Emerson’s product development lifecycle, as well as product upgrades and patches.

		Emerson Joins ZigBee Alliance board of directors - 06/23/09 Emerson is now a Promoter level member and the newest member of the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors.

		Emerson expands partial discharge testing service - 06/22/09 Expanded testing will help companies eliminate unplanned outages due to electrical failures, reduce maintenance costs, increase system reliability, and improve worker safety

		Emerson introduces ELITE Coriolis meters for low flow applications - 06/16/09 The meters are available in two sizes, 2mm and 4mm nominal diameter, for flow rates of 0.07 lb/min to 12 lb/min (2 kg/h to 330kg/h).

		Valve diagnostics enable cost reduction at Iggesund Paperboard - 06/15/09 Unplanned valve-related shutdowns have been eliminated, operational costs reduced, and maintenance time cut by using Emerson/Fisher control valve diagnostic technologies.

		Emerson adds wireless to AMS Suite for machinery monitoring - 06/08/09 Machinery Health Manager 5.3 adds Smart Wireless vibration data and process data from any WirelessHART-enabled transmitter.

		Emerson publishes Natural Gas Regulator Application Guide - 06/03/09 The 752 page, 4-color guide provides assistance in selecting the right pressure regulator for a broad range of applications anywhere in the world.

		Emerson introduces AMS Performance Advisor for turbomachinery - 06/02/09 Performance Advisor predicts performance of assets by identifying, in real-time, performance deterioration of critical machinery.

		Emerson introduces compact Fisher 2052 rotary actuator - 05/26/09 The actuator reduces valve/actuator envelope dimensions to provide greater valve installation versatility for both skids and tight processing lines where space is at a premium.

		Emerson to automate biopharmaceutical plant in Singapore - 05/26/09 Emerson will supply PlantWeb, DeltaV, Fisher and Baumann control valves with digital valve controllers, Rosemount flowmeters and analyzers, Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters, and Fisher pressure regulators.

		WirelessHART sensors monitor flow on StatoilHydro Gullfaks platforms - 05/20/09 90 wireless transmitters from Emerson are automating flow monitoring to increase production on StatoilHydro's Gullfaks offshore platforms in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea.

		SCR optimization helps Constellation Energy save $200,000 in NOx credits - 05/19/09 Emerson’s SmartProcess Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) optimization technology improved SCR efficiency and extended SCR regeneration cycles, resulting in a 250-ton reduction in NOx.

		Emerson acquires Scientific Instruments' analyzer product line - 05/14/09 The product line includes silica, sodium, phosphate and hydrazine monitors that are used to control and safeguard critical plant processes.

		Emerson controls improve profitability at SABIC Innovative Plastics - 05/13/09 Emerson developed an Adaptive Model Predictive Controller (AMPC) that is optimizing production and improving profitability at SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Bergen op Zoom facility in The Netherlands.

		Emerson to supply Ovation SCADA System to wind farm in Oregon - 05/12/09 In addition to collecting data from Vestas and Siemens subsystems, the Ovation SCADA system will gather data from substation controls and switchgear.

		Emerson expands Smart Wireless starter kit - 05/11/09 Enhancements include discrete switches as well as vibration and pH transmitters.

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