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		Honeywell to control ships - 04/11/12 Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding will use Honeywell’s Integrated Automation Systems (IAS) in five vessels.

		QA Graphics has symbolic relationship with Tridium - 01/31/12 QA Graphics will develop a custom 3D symbol library exclusively for Tridium's NiagaraAX building automation platform.

		Ingersoll-Rand to use GE Proficy in Tracer XT facility software - 12/12/11 Tracer XT is based on Proficy, GE’s software platform, to integrate data from a variety of systems for HVAC, power, lighting, safety and more into a common interface.

		Paradox Engineering to monitor Italian waste - 11/29/11 The project involves installing an electric-mechanical system on 900 dump bins to monitor the input of waste and optimize its collection.

		Siemens to control energy in DeSoto County Mississippi - 09/21/11 Over the 15-year contract period, work by Siemens should reduce electricity consumption by county buildings by 37 million kWh.


		Tridium to supply Niagara to Connexx Energy - 09/06/11 Connexx Energy has standardized on the Niagara platform from Tridium.

		Lantronix to supply Ethernet device servers to Quadlogic - 08/18/11 Quadlogic can now offer remote access, monitoring and control of its energy metering technology over Ethernet, dramatically improving communication and reducing support costs for its customers.

		QA Graphics supplies BAS Image Module to Lynxspring - 08/18/11 Lynxspring will include a pre-installed version of the Module in its JENEsys ProBuilder software for Tridium’s NiagaraAX platform.

		OSI to Supply SCADA System to University of Western Ontario - 08/09/11 OSI will provide a SCADA system to monitor power distribution for the campus's 87 buildings.

		Advantech to supply computers to Industrial Video and Control - 08/03/11 IVC provides IP-based video solutions by combining high-quality cameras, enclosures, and software for industrial, commercial, and military applications.

		Tridium to supply Niagara Framework to 3e Technologies - 07/27/11 3eTI has integrated the Niagara Framework into its EnergyGuard energy management system.

		eSight Energy to manage energy for Cascade Energy's clients - 07/18/11 Cascade Energy, an industrial energy-efficiency consulting firm, will use the eSight energy analysis suite to manage energy data for their industrial and utility clients.

		ABB to ventilate world’s largest tunnel - 04/28/11 ABB will supply switchgear, electrical equipment, 800xA control systems, sensors and other digital field devices to measure air flow and temperature, drive systems and other automation equipment.

		GE to control Vantage Data Centers - 12/06/10 GE will supply PACSystems RX3i, reflective memory data synchronization and intelligent remote I/O hardware for Vantage Data Centers' 37 MW Santa Clara Data Center campus.

		Siemens to make U.S. government efficient - 10/20/10 Siemens will make energy efficiency improvements to 39 federal government facilities across the Greater Southwest Region.

		Tridium to supply NiagaraAX to Environmental Systems - 10/10/10 Niagara Framework is integrating lighting, HVAC, continuous commissioning, security, fire monitoring and alarms at Environmental Systems' new headquarters building.

		Siemens to automate Georgetown County - 09/30/10 Siemens will peform lighting, building automation and HVAC retrofits and upgrades to some 71 county buildings and recreational facilities.

		eSight Energy to supply energy management software to Winstanley - 06/03/10 eSight's energy suite will be used to manage and reduce energy usage across Winstanley's portfolio of buildings.

		Schneider Electric to save energy at University of Sheffield - 04/13/10 Schneider Electric will supply mechanical services, lighting services, and control systems for energy savings of 15-20% and to cut CO2 emissions across the entire campus.

		EDSA to control UC San Diego's Microgrid - 04/13/10 EDSA and Viridity Energy will combine their software solutions to provide power system optimization for the UC San Diego microgrid.

		ABB to supply flowmeters to Riyadh - 03/04/10 ABB FlowMaster flowmeters will be used in a large-scale project to modernize the vast but aging water distribution network of Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital.

		ABB to automate water transmission system in Abu Dhabi - 03/01/10 Products to be supplied include pumps, energy-efficient drives and motors, and the System 800xA control platform.

		Rockwell Automation to make University of Iowa green - 02/08/10 Rockwell Software will help university staff determine optimal production levels for steam, chilled water and electricity generation to help reduce energy consumption, costs and environmental impact.

		Florida A&M University Going Green with Siemens - 01/21/10 Siemens will deliver to students and faculty a more comfortable interior environment with better management of heating, ventilation and air conditioning and lighting.

		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.

		ARC Informatique software to manage ventilation at CERN accelerator - 10/26/09 PcVue will monitor and control ventilation systems and 200 programmable controllers at CERN, the largest particle accelerator in the world.

		Honeywell to automate "green diesel" plant - 10/26/09 Project includes distributed control, safety technology, terminal automation, process technology, process simulation and optimization applications.

		Siemens to supply building automation to University of Louisville - 10/14/09 Project will upgrade HVAC, building systems, and lighting controls to reduce energy costs by more than $2.3 million annually.

		GE Fanuc to supply Proficy to water plants in Haverhill, Massachusetts - 09/09/09 The city purchased Proficy Workflow to computerize paper Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents including State-mandated Emergency Response Plan (ERP), Low Chlorine Residual, and other SOPs.

		ATS to improve maintenance at Georgia Iron Works - 08/30/09 ATS production asset optimization will help the plant in Grovetown, Georgia, run better.

		Logicamms to deploy MyDIALS performance management software - 04/02/09 LogiCamms will use myDIALS software to gain real-time visibility into the operation and performance of remotely located reclaimers, stackers and shiploaders operating in Australian mines and ports.

		Siemens improves efficiency at Lakeland Community College - 03/25/09 The college will realize enough energy savings to reduce equivalent annual energy costs by more than $500,000.

		Siemens to improve energy use in U.S. government buildings - 02/19/09 Siemens will supply up to $5 billion in energy technologies designed to help manage energy costs and reduce energy consumption

		IFS to supply project management software to Sørco - 02/09/09 Sørco AS, one of Norway’s largest independent engineering companies, will use IFS/Engineering Register to support process, electrical, instrumentation and AEC/piping engineering.

		ABB to maintain polyester plants in Germany - 01/22/09 ABB renewed an agreement to manage maintenance at several plants in the Werk Bobingen industrial park near Munich, Germany.

		Honeywell to help protect Woodside's LNG plant - 11/03/08 Honeywell will protect Woodside’s Pluto onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant with a sophisticated industrial security system.

		ABB to improve efficiency of paper mills in Finland - 10/23/08 ABB will provide all maintenance operations and improve efficiency at six pulp, paper and board mills in Finland.

		Siemens to help Houston save energy in city buildings - 10/21/08 Siemens will make energy efficiency improvements to 5,500,000 square feet of city facilities.

		Techwell supplies video components to Siemens Building Technologies - 10/07/08 Siemens Building Technologies designed Techwell's TW2815 into multiple video surveillance products to be distributed worldwide.

		Siemens to save energy at Eastern Kentucky University - 09/29/08 The Siemens contract guarantees EKU will save 24,665,190 kWh of electricity, 89,329 mcf of natural gas, 1,729 tons of coal, 102,585 ccf of water and 138,584 ccf of sewer.

		Honeywell to upgrade controls at Australian alumina plant - 09/03/08 Honeywell will expand the plant’s existing DCS, add a UniSim operator training simulator, and improve plant security.

		Barix controls Fountain of Life Center in New Jersey - 09/03/08 Church has faith in Barix products for control, automation and security applications.

		Lambeau Field uses Proteus CMMS - 07/15/08 The Packers use Eagle Technology's ProTeus Enterprise system, Metasys and ProLink, a web-based Service Request, Preventive Maintenance (PM) Task module.

		Siemens audits energy use at Allegheny College - 06/17/08 Siemens Building Technologies provided an investment-grade energy audit at Allegheny College, the first step in a total energy use reduction plan.

		Simulation software helps Silver Eagle Refining meet Benzene emission regulations - 03/17/08 Simsci-Esscor PRO/II simulation software helps refiner meet upcoming Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) requirements for benzene emissions.

		Pfizer uses Nalco in water system overhaul Control Engineering Europe February 2008 Pfizer claims to have boosted efficiency and control of its cooling and boiler water systems at one of its plants in Cork, Ireland. Nalco’s 3D TRASAR technology was installed on all cooling systems to monitor and control the chemical dosing and operational parameters for each system via stress management.

		ABB to control power substations in India - 02/10/08 ABB won orders worth around $71 million to supply automation and a range of power products for substations in India.

		NAS and ISS win contracts with Johnson Utilities and Tharldson Development - 12/10/07 Intecon Controls, Inc. Announces Contract With Johnson Utilities Worth $890,000.00; Intuitive Systems Solutions, Inc. (ISS) Announces Contract With Tharldson Development for $142,000.00

		Opto 22 upgrades Ballarat Health Services facility controls By Opto 22 Ballarat Health Services is upgrading its older Opto 22 faciltity controls, an installed base of 17 controllers and 2700 I/O points, to new Opto 22 Mistic and SNAP Ethernet I/O modules, brains, and controllers.

		Schneider provides electrical distribution and building controls in Antarctica - 09/07/07 The Princess Elisabeth scientific research station will encounter temperatures of -40°C and be under remote control for four months of the year.

		OptiDyn compressed air system saves energy for Cooper Bussmann - 08/07/07 Cooper Bussmann's Juarez factory will save $147,000 yearly with the installation of a PLC-based Compressed Air Management System (CAMS).

		ABB to maintain Koverhar steel mill in Finland - 07/19/07 ABB will assume overall responsibility for Ovako Koverhar's maintenance. About 70 employees will transfer to ABB.

		ABB to control heat and power plant at Zurich Airport - 07/17/07 The plant’s existing control systems will be replaced by Version 5.0 of ABB’s Extended Automation System 800xA.

		FKI Logistex supplies material handling system to Internet retailer - 06/08/07 FKI Logistex will provide a turnkey, fully integrated, automated material handling system for ZipZoomfly.com's new 250,000 sq ft warehouse in Newark, CA.

		Embedded Label Printing with NiceLabel SDK - 05/29/07 Synchronics, now Radiant Systems Retail Division, installed the NiceLabel Print Engine for embedded label printing in its CounterPoint V7 and CounterPoint SQL software products.

		Aggregates company opts for inverter control on 100KW fans Process and Control Today, April 2007 By John Houston, Editor One of the largest building materials suppliers in the UK is benefiting from higher efficiency operation and a short ROI on the fitment of large inverter drives fitted on exhaust fans at six of the company’s UK asphalt coating plants, Calculated savings predict a payoff period of just over a year and a half for the largest of the drives, a 150kW unit.

		IAS installs automated storage systems at Irish electronic company - 05/11/07 IAS Industore installed and commissioned 13 Hänel Rotomat automated vertical storage systems at Benning, a manufacturer of power supplies in Ireland.

		ABB wins service contract in Canada - 05/02/07 ABB will manage maintenance operations at ATC Panel's Pembroke, Ontario, Canada plant.

		ATI supplies dissolved ozone monitor to Bristol Water - 04/30/07 Bristol uses ATI's Q45H/64 Dissolved Ozone Analyzer for on-line monitoring and control of ozone levels in drinking water.

		Bosch Rexroth hydraulics to turn world’s largest wheel - 04/02/07 Bosch Rexroth will supply hydraulic drives for the 678-foot high Great Beijing Wheel at the 2008 Olympic Games. Bosch will provide project engineering, shipment and installation of the complete hydraulic drive and control systems, as well as the automation for the passenger boarding stations.

		FKI Logistex to deliver material handling system to Swedish library - 03/28/07 FKI won a contract to deliver a fully automated item handling and sorting system to the Malmö City Library in Sweden.

		Invensys and Apprion install wireless infrastructure at power company - 03/27/07 Invensys Process Systems and Apprion have successfully implemented wireless applications at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Lost Pines Power Park. LCRA recently merged these two plants under one functional management system with a layered WiMax/WiFi wireless infrastructure to help link the two plants.

		Hänel automated storage system installed at Mayflex - 03/23/07 Electronics distributor Mayflex recently installed an automated storage systems for its warehouse in Birmingham, UK. Mayflex is a distributor of networking solutions throughout the UK & Ireland

		Lumber Dealer Uses DEACOM ERP software - 03/21/07 Scholl Forest Industries selected DEACOM ERP software to completely integrate its manufacturing and distribution operations. Scholl, headquartered in Houston, TX, is a lumber and building material distributor and truss manufacturer with 15 facilities.

		FKI Logistex supplies sortation system to Chronopost in France - 03/15/07 FKI Logistex will supply Chronopost International with a complete tilt-tray sortation system for the company's new 11,000 square-meter (118,000 square-foot) parcel hub in Chilly-Mazarin, near Paris, France. Chronopost, is building the new hub to support an ambitious three-year plan to redesign its entire transportation network.

		New York City cleans up with Intermec Mobile Computers and Printers - 03/14/07 The Department of Sanitation of New York is incurring significant labor and costs savings with a new system of Intermec handheld computers and printers that helps agents issue tickets for recycling, health and administrative code violations.

		IAS Industore updates UK defense agency warehouse - 03/02/07 UK's Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) upgraded its facility for the storage of parts and tools involved in the servicing of RAF and naval aircraft with 11 Lean-Lift automated vertical lift storage systems.

		KUKA supplies robotics for AGV applications - 02/28/07 Kuka Robotics has been selected by Transbotics Corporation to provide robotics to work with a new line of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV). The robots and AGVs streamline material handling processes for manufacturers by offering a complete solution for material handling from receiving to production to shipping.

		Kepware supplies OPC server to TriA Solutions Kepware's KEPServerEX suite will be used to supply device connectivity for TriA Solution's A3 Core, used in power monitoring and testing management solutions in Power and Distributed Generation.

Automation.com Real-time Information for the Automation Professional May. 16, 2012

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