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		Eaton to Acquire Cooper Industries - 05/22/12 Eaton will acquire electrical equipment supplier Cooper for $11.8 Billion. Eaton and Cooper will be combined under a new company incorporated in Ireland, where Cooper is incorporated today.

		Watlow appoints Jim Rowland Vice President, Operations - 05/01/12 Rowland holds a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Xavier University.

		Spies, Hackers and Energy - Preventing a Digital Pearl Harbor - 04/26/12 OilPrice.com, April 2012 By Jen Alic The real threat to US energy infrastructure from the cyber theater is China and Russia, both of whom are believed to be developing cyber warfare methods capable of dealing a major blow to critical infrastructure.

		ATTABOX achieves IP68 rating for Enclosures - 04/24/12 An IP68 rating means the enclosure provides protection from continuous water immersion, dust penetration and leakage from high pressure water jets or heavy seas.

		Schroff Announces Partnership Program for System Integrators - 04/01/12 Advantage Partnership Program provides systems integrators with sales and product support for enclosures.


		Northwire achieves ISO 13485 certification - 03/22/12 The company’s facilities are ISO 13485:2003-certified for the design and manufacture of wire, cable and assemblies for medical devices.

		Fiberguide Industries promotes Patricia Seniw to President - 03/21/12 Seniw holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology from the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) and a Master of Business Administration from McGill University (Montreal, Canada).

		Flexa opens U.S. operations - 03/12/12 AerosUSA, located in Harrisburg, PA., is the North American operation for Flexa cable protection systems.

		Rockwell Automation Acquires SoftSwitching Technologies - 03/12/12 SoftSwitching Technologies’ solutions improve uptime in manufacturing production by identifying and correcting brief power disruptions called “voltage sags.”

		ACI issues new cable warning - 03/10/12 Electrical Engineering, March 2012 The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) issued a new warning about the growing practice of mis-selling data cable (Cat/Cat 6) products with Copper Clad Aluminium (CCA) which are non-compliant with published national and international standards.

		Bentley Acquires elcoSystem software - 03/07/12 The elcoSystem line of software for electrical engineering is already part of Bentley’s Raceway and Cable Management and Building Electrical Systems under a distribution agreement.

		NEMA Publishes Conduit and Cable Fittings standards - 03/01/12 NEMA published four standards covering conduit, cable, boxes, tubing and fittings.

		Douglas Peterson named President of Rittal - 02/22/12 Peterson previously headed the Industrial Solutions Division of Belden Americas Group.

		ANSI Accreditation to Support Smart Grid Testing and Certification Framework - 02/12/12 Sustainable Plant, February 2012 ANSI has committed to support implementation of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) certification and testing framework by providing accreditation of testing of smart grid components for interoperability and security.

		Wilbrecht Receives ATEX Certification for Snap Action Switch - 02/09/12 MP300 series switches are now in compliance with ATEX and are approved for zone 22 in potentially explosive dust atmospheres.

		Minmax Power Opens Hudson, MA Office - 02/08/12 The Hudson facility will provide sales and technical engineering support, custom product design engineering, and on-site diagnostic testing, and warehousing.

		ABB buys Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion - 01/31/12 T&B has a portfolio of more than 200,000 low-voltage products marketed under 45 brand names. The combined product portfolio will enable ABB to double its addressable market in North America to around $24bn.

		Alpha Wire Adds CSA Tray Cable Rating - 01/30/12 Per the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC), this rating is required when installing cables into tray applications.

		Pentair announces Hoffman enclosures for Mexico - 01/29/12 Enclosures are manufactured in Pentair’s 30,000 square meter facility in Reynosa, Mexico.

		Grace Engineered Products to be on 21st Century Business TV show - 01/23/12 The show will cover Permanent Electrical Safety Devices.

		How China is Stealing Our Secrets - 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism.

		WinSystems celebrates its 30th anniversary - 01/18/12 Started in 1982 by Jerry Winfield, WinSystems manufactures industry-standard PC/104, EPIC, EBX, SUMIT-ISM and STD Bus computer boards, I/O modules, and enclosures.

		QA Graphics Celebrates 5th anniversary - 01/06/12 QA Graphics is an Iowa-based interactive design company specializing in Flash development, touchscreen applications, 3D design/animation, mobile apps and other multimedia.

		WAGO Power Measurement Module Earns UL 508 - 12/14/11 The drop-in module eliminates stand-alone monitoring components, cost-effectively supplying UL 508A industrial control panels with energy consumption and machine health data.

		ABB to acquire Newave - 12/12/11 Newave develops, manufactures, and markets technologically advanced UPS systems for critical electronic devices and systems.

		Igus continues cable carrier contest - 11/22/11 Vector award competition rewards challenging and innovative applications using cable carrier systems.

		WAGO Power Supplies Earn GL Approval - 11/10/11 EPSITRON COMPACT Power Supply family has earned Germanischer Lloyd (GL) approvals and has passed Environmental Category C and EMC2 testing.

		Relay Engineering Services signs Davis Instruments as distributor - 11/03/11 Davis Instruments will distribute RES technologies for testing power system protection relays, transducers, energy meters, and battery installations.

		Beijer Electronics opens subsidiary in Brazil - 10/26/11 The subsidiary will sell and market the complete range of Beijer Electronics products including operator panels, industrial PCs and industrial networking products.

		Orion Fans signs Heilind Electronics as distributor - 10/19/11 Heilind Electronics currently has 22 branches and five warehouses throughout North America.

		Power Sources Unlimited earns ISO 9001:2008 certification - 10/11/11 To achieve certification, PSUI passed an assessment conducted by ISOQAR an ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) certified Auditor.

		IEEE standardizes India - 09/12/11 IEEE introduced two new standards, IEEE 1701 and IEEE 1702, to create a multi source plug and play communications environment for smart metering devices in India.

		Spectris to Acquire Omega Engineering - 08/16/11 Spectris operates across four business segments: Materials Analysis, Test and Measurement, In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls. Headquartered in Egham, Surrey, England, the company employs over 6,400 people.

		J.H. Whitney Capital Partners Acquires Autosplice - 08/10/11 Autosplice is a multi-national, custom electronic interconnect solutions provider.

		Pentair opens Hoffman Warehouse in Mexico - 08/07/11 The warehouse and distribution center in Reynosa, Mexico, provides customer service and rapid response to local product demands.

		C&K Acquires Comax - 07/26/11 Comax manufactures more than 250 million parts annually for a wide variety of applications, including automotive controls.

		Schneider Electric acquires Steck Group - 07/24/11 Steck Da Amazonia Industria Electrica in Brazil specializes in the design, manufacturing and distribution of products and systems for electrical installations.

		Mechatrolink Membership Reaches 900 Companies - 07/21/11 The MMA is a group of Mechatrolink product developers and users who promote the use of Mechatrolink, the most widely used motion control network in Asia.

		Business Conditions Lose Steam in June - 06/30/11 NEMA says its Electroindustry Business Confidence Index had climbed as high as 69.6 as recently as February 2011, but slipped to 45.5 in June.

		RF Industries to Acquire Cables Unlimited for $5,600,000 - 06/15/11 RFI will pay $2,800,000 in cash and issue 760,000 shares of common stock to the seller at closing.

		Perpetuum powers National Instruments - 05/31/11 The National Instruments NI WSN-3226 Wireless Measurement Node can be powered by Perpetuum’s vibration energy harvester technology.

		FCI acquires majority stake in Anytek Technology - 05/24/11 Anytek is a Taiwanese manufacturer of terminal blocks.

		Red Lion Controls Increases Staff - 05/23/11 Red Lion added 41 new staffing positions ranging from product and software engineers to customer service representatives.

		ABB acquires Validus DC Systems - 05/12/11 U.S.-based Validus DC Systems is a provider of direct current (DC) power infrastructure equipment for energy-intensive data centers.

		ENSCO Acquires IData Product from Quantum3D - 04/25/11 The IData product line consists of a software development toolkit and application elements for digital display devices.

		Eaton to supply SmartWire-DT to Phoenix Contact - 04/05/11 The objective is the establishment of SmartWire-DT as a new standard in the communications interface for intelligent switchgear.

		ABB to build high voltage cable factory in North Carolina - 04/04/11 The new facility will supply high-voltage and extra high-voltage transmission cables to carry electric power underground.

		Schneider Electric acquires DIGILINK - 04/03/11 Headquartered in Mumbai, the DIGILINK cabling business has 92 employees and generated sales of about €25 million in calendar year 2010.

		Fiberguide Appoints Steve Wilkes VP Sales and Marketing - 03/27/11 He joins the company from Delphi Connection Systems (Irvine, Calif.), where he was Business Unit Manager of Electrical and Fiber Optic Connections.

		Siemens launches Plantville interactive game - 03/24/11 Online game simulates a Plant Manager’s experience and challenges players to increase productivity, sustainability and the overall health of an industrial plant.

		WAGO 2011 Innovation in Automation Tour Underway - 03/16/11 Consisting of two identical vans, IIAT presents WAGO’s latest Automation, Interconnect and Electronic solutions directly to industrial professionals.

		Rockwell Automation announces Lifecycle Service Agreement - 03/14/11 The agreement helps manufacturers minimize the serious financial consequences due to extended unplanned downtime when spare parts or speedy repair are unavailable for outdated Rockwell Automation components.

		Advantech Sells One Millionth Remote I/O Module - 03/01/11 B&B Electronics purchased the one millionth ADAM Remote I/O module, the ADAM-6024-AE, a 12-channel universal I/O module.

		CoActive Technologies Acquires Comax Industrial - 03/01/11 Headquartered in Hong Kong with its primary engineering and manufacturing facility located in Huizhou, China, Comax manufactures more than 250 million switches and parts annually.

		Lower Dauphin High School wins Phoenix Contact Nanoline contest - 02/22/11 In recognition of their home outlet monitoring device, the team has earned a trip to Germany this April.

		Hoffmann + Krippner opens new division in UK - 02/21/11 Hoffmann + Krippner UK will build custom industrial PC solutions for low- to medium-volume requirements.

		ABB opens testing facilities in Italy - 02/12/11 These facilities will be used to test the load capacity and reliability of large motors and medium voltage drives used in oil and gas applications, from offshore platforms to remote production sites.

		NEMA to test Smart Grid products - 02/02/11 NEMA will be testing for interoperability of smart meters according to ANSI C12.

		Robotic Inspection of Transmission Lines - 01/22/11 Power, January 2011 By Rosa Yang, EPRI EPRI will fund a project to develop an autonomous robotic inspection system that will collect right-of-way and component condition data for use in condition-based maintenance programs. The line inspection robot will travel on the transmission line conductors and identify high-risk vegetation, right-of-way encroachment, and component degradation, using several inspection technologies.

		WAGO Terminal Blocks earn 100 kA SCCR rating - 12/20/10 Several WAGO Through-Panel and Chassis-Mount Terminal blocks and Interconnect devices have earned a 100 kA SCCR rating with appropriate fuses.

		WAGO EPSITRON Power Solutions are UL/cUL Certified - 12/20/10 27 models within the EPSITRON line of Electronic Circuit Breaker, PRO-Power Supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply and Redundancy modules achieved UL and cUL Certification.

		Siemon Z-MAX 6A Cabling Systems Verified for ISO/IEC 11801 - 12/15/10 Shielded and UTP Z-MAX 6A connecting hardware and cable achieve component and full channel compliance with amendment 2 of ISO/IEC 11801 and both IEC 60603-7-51 and IEC 61156-5 for category 6A.

		ATTABOX achieves IP66 Certification for enclosures - 12/15/10 An IP66 rating means the enclosure provides effective protection from dust penetration and leakage from high pressure water jets or heavy seas.

		SolaHD Appoints Customer Service Rep for Latin America - 12/05/10 Gina Delgado will provide customer service to SolaHD distributors in Mexico and the Latin American regions.

		IEWC appoints Cory McFarlane Managing Director - 12/01/10 Cory McFarlane will take the role of Managing Director for IEWC EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), effective January 1st 2011.

		ABB to acquire Baldor Electric Company - 11/30/10 ABB will acquire Baldor in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion, including $1.1 billion of net debt.

		PSU acquires 1U Power LLC - 11/18/10 1U Power LLC markets a range of 1U High AC/DC and DC/DC Power Solutions.

		Northwire signs Patriot Technical Sales as rep - 11/16/10 Patriot Technical Sales will represent Northwire’s cables and assemblies in the Eastern U.S.

		Northwire appoints Greg Reese regional sales manager- - 11/15/10 Reese will handle the Eastern U.S., from Maine to Florida. He has an MBA from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor’s degree from Kent State University.

		Northwire signs rep for South America and Mexico - 11/14/10 Phoenix Rep Sales will service Northwire’s customers in South America and Mexico.

		Belden signs distributor in Pakistan - 11/04/10 Eeurotech is one of the leading distributors of electronic, Industrial & telecom products in the region.

		Rockwell Automation adds Options for Critical Control Applications - 11/02/10 Options include redundant I/O, alarm and event server redundancy, network resiliency and faster controller cross-loading.

		Direct-Industrial saves Sting concert - 10/21/10 Direct-Industrial engineers worked through the night to repair and service a faulty drive that threatened to cancel a Sting concert.

		Schneider Electric to acquire 50% of Electroshield - 10/20/10 Electroshield–TM Samara sells medium voltage products and solutions in Russia to oil & gas, power generation and electro-intensive industries.

		ITT receives Class-A Enterprise Certification in China - 10/18/10 ITT Interconnect Solutions received a Class-A Enterprise Certification from the Chinese Customs and Chinese Inspection and Quarantine Bureau for its facility in Shenzhen, China.

		RuggedCom to Acquire Substation Business of Bow Networks - 10/04/10 Bow Networks is a developer of substation automation and security software.

		AMT appoints Edward Turley controls department manager - 09/27/10 Turley will be responsible for managing the Controls Engineering Department including management of hardware & software design and all field support activities.

		Weidmuller Terminal Blocks Pass Insulation Tests - 09/08/10 Testing for solar photovoltaic (PV) applications ensures that Weidmuller terminals can withstand a continuous voltage of 1000 VDC under all climatic conditions.

		Northwire names Mark Johnson vice president of operations - 08/18/10 Most recently, he was Lean Sigma Champion, Global Operations for an electronic manufacturing services company.

		Rockwell Trains Teachers at Alexandria Technical & Community College - 08/16/10 ATCC staff members will complete a Rockwell Automation train-the-trainer course, which will allow ATCC to offer five certified Rockwell Automation training courses to students.

		Moore Industries Enclosure Certified Explosion-Proof by cCSAus - 08/10/10 CSA International has certified Moore Industries’ BH Field-Mount Instrumentation Enclosures Explosion-Proof.

		Northwire forms government business unit - 08/09/10 Paul PierAgostini will manage the unit.

		Northwire names Carol A. Jensen regional sales manager - 07/25/10 Prior to joining Northwire, Jensen was vice president of sales and marketing for a Wisconsin-based investment organization.

		Rockwell's Emergency-Stop Push Buttons Earn TÜV Safety Certification - 07/22/10 Rockwell Automation earned TÜV certification for the B10d Functional Safety rating on all styles of Allen-Bradley emergency-stop push buttons.

		Siemon’s Z-MAX 6A connector meets Global 10G Standard - 07/22/10 Independent, third party testing confirms that Siemon’s Z-MAX 6A achieves both component compliance and full channel compliance with the published version of ISO/IEC 11801.

		Underwriters Laboratories Authorizes Class CF Fuse and Fuse Holder - 07/20/10 The new Class CF is the first class with Peak Current Let-Through Curves in the standard. These curves cover the range of currents from 25kA to 300kA, and allow users to pick any available current they want.

		Marsh Bellofram achieves Hazardous Certification for Voltage Alert - 07/12/10 The UPA-130 series Universal Voltage Alert achieved hazardous area certifications (Class 1, Division 2, HAZ LOC, Groups A, B, C, D).

		Fiberguide Appoints Frank Pensa Business Development Manager - 07/08/10 Prior to Fiberguide, Pensa was Regional Sales Manager for Sixnet and Siemens. Pensa holds a BSEE from the Stevens Institute of Technology.

		Pepperl+Fuchs Industrial Flat Panel Monitors Now UL listed - 07/06/10 VisuNet Series Industrial Flat Panel LCD Monitors have received Class II Division 2 certification for use in dust environments.

		ISA Opens Registration for ISA Automation Week 2010 - 06/21/10 ISA Automation Week will be held 4-7 October 2010 in Houston, Texas, at the Westin Galleria Hotel.

		SymCom acquires Solid State Advanced Controls from ABB - 06/10/10 The acquisition includes all SSAC non-Din rail mounted timers, monitoring relays, controls, and custom products.

		NEMA Announces Premium Efficiency Program for Transformers - 06/09/10 The NEMA Premium Efficiency Transformer Program will help utilities, commercial buildings, and industrial plants incorporate super high-efficiency electrical transformers into their operations.

		ABB offers to buy Chloride Group - 06/08/10 Chloride Group makes UPSes, employs about 2,500 people and reported revenue of 336 million pounds in its fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.

		SolaHD Appoints Lynn Garcia Safety and Compliance Engineer - 05/26/10 Ms. Garcia comes to SolaHD from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in Northbrook Illinois where she spent over ten years in functional compliance areas.

		Schneider Electric Appoints Jeff Drees U.S. President - 05/19/10 Drees previously served as president of the Buildings business of Schneider Electric in the Americas. Drees joined the company in 2001.

		ABB to build new cable factory in US - 05/19/10 The new plant will manufacture land cables for use in both AC and DC applications.

		Direct-Industrial to sell surplus factory automation - 05/13/10 Direct Industrial will buy automation parts in any condition (new or used) from any manufacturer including Allen Bradley, Siemens and Mitsubishi.

		SICK signs Sun Automation as distributor - 05/03/10 Sun Automation’s sales territory includes Arizona, New Mexico and Southern Nevada.

		Northwire appoints Louis Garriga business unit leader - 04/26/10 Garriga has been director of manufacturing at Northwire since 1998.

		Automation.com celebrates 10 years of growth - 04/15/10 Since its inception in 2000, Automation.com has grown to become the leading online publisher of automation-related news, information and resources. Each month, the site attracts more than 115,000 automation professionals from around the world.

		Red Lion Controls promotes Sharon Keeler to controller - 04/15/10 Ms. Keeler has worked as a Staff Accountant at Red Lion Controls for more than five years.

		Fiberguide names Bill Lepoir Director of North American Sales - 04/05/10 Lepoir was Business Development Manager at RTP Corporation (Pompano Beach, FL), a manufacturer of safety control systems for the refinery, petrochemical and power industries.

		PMA USA opens office in Harrisburg, PA - 03/11/10 PMA designs, manufactures and distributes cable protection products, including conduit.

		ABB opens factory in Vietnam - 03/10/10 ABB opened a new facility for manufacturing power products near Hanoi, Vietnam.

		ARC says prices are coming down on automation products - 03/07/10 One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.

		GAMBICA forms Inter-Connection Technologies Group - 03/04/10 The scope of the new group includes a range of terminals and connectors for power, signal and data in industrial applications.

		Red Lion Controls appoints Amber Ungrady Director of Quality - 03/01/10 Ungrady graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology, and previously worked for Honeywell.

		Market Outlook - 02/25/10 Industrial Automation Asia, December 2009 Hit by the recession in 2009, many companies scrambled to reorganise and restructure, looking for a way to ride the economic storm. Executives from ABB, National Instruments, SICK, Rockwell and Advantech tell their plans for 2010.

		FCI acquires MergeOptics - 02/22/10 MergeOptics is a manufacturer of active optical cables (AOCs) and optical transceivers.

		Eastern Europe offers opportunity for automation vendors, says Frost & Sullivan - 02/17/10 The transition of the manufacturing base from Western Europe to low-cost eastern European countries has opened new prospects for automation.

		Survey: Harsh Duty Cabling & Connectors - 02/16/10 Control Engineering, February 2010 By David Greenfield Engineers voice their opinions in a Control Engineering-Molex Inc. survey about the criticality of harsh duty cabling and connectors as they relate to production failures, equipment downtime, and industrial network connectivity.

		Northwire hires Oscar Audelo as regional sales director - 02/11/10 Audelo will serve Northwire customers in the Western United States region, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America.

		GAMBICA warns that IEC 61439 needs more testing - 02/09/10 Manufacturers working to the new standard still need to exercise a high level of skill and caution in relation to the ratings they adopt for components used in their assemblies.

		Manufacturing technology consumption down 60.4% in 2009 - 02/08/10 AMT says U.S. manufacturing technology consumption was up in December but down 60% from 2008.

		Fiberguide Receives ISO 9001:2008 Certification - 02/04/10 Fiberguide received ISO 9001:2008 certification for establishing and maintaining a quality management system for manufacture of fiber optic assemblies and optical fiber.

		SUBNET to provide Substation Intelligence Training - 01/28/10 Courses help SCADA engineers and other utility personnel evaluate, test, implement and troubleshoot multi-vendor substation communication devices.

		Pepperl+Fuchs acquires Walsall Limited - 01/26/10 Walsall specializes in the development and manufacture of enclosures and electromechanical equipment for use in hazardous areas.

		Schneider Electric to acquire Cimac - 01/24/10 Cimac implements automation, control and electrical distribution solutions, primarily for water-wastewater and oil & gas customers in the Middle East Gulf region.

		Rittal Corporation appoints Ken Fairleigh president - 01/14/10 Prior to joining Rittal Corporation, he held positions at General Electric, Square D and Fluke, and most recently served as vice president and general manager of Rexnord.

		EGS names John Hargis Western Region Director - 01/13/10 Hargis was director of sales for SolaHD.

		Market for operator panels to recover as OEMs and SIs die - 01/11/10 ARC says the current economic situation has resulted in consolidation among companies that buy operator panels. For example, in 1988 there were roughly 30,000 OEMs and system integrators in the auto industry; by 2000, there were 5,600 suppliers left.

		Northwire's Craig Nelson received ASQ certification - 12/29/09 Craig Nelson has been named a Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence by the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

		PDI appoints Martin Rogers director of business development - 12/16/09 Martin prevously was Director of Global Services and Process Improvement with Schneider Electric.

		Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly - 12/08/09 ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course.

		ISA appoints Bill Lydon chief editor for InTech - 12/02/09 Automation.com's Bill Lydon was appointed editor of InTech, further strengthening ISA’s partnership with Automation.com to jointly publish several e-newsletters for InTech and Automation.com subscribers.

		AVI-SPL appoints Mary Jo Nye business development manager - 11/19/09 Mary Jo Nye is business development manager of the Control Room Group, focusing on the utility and process control vertical markets.

		SolaHD surge protection devices receive UL 1449 certification - 11/11/09 SolaHD's line of surge protection devices have been approved under ANSI/UL 1449 & UL Standard for Safety for Surge Protective Devices.

		Schaefer obtains UL listing for AEP-A2000R inverters - 11/03/09 AEP-A2000R Series of pure sign wave inverters are now UL60950-1 Listed.

		Belden signs Omni Cable as a distributor - 11/01/09 Omni Cable is a distributor of specialty wire and cable for electrical distribution.

		ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions.

		Northwire promotes Katina Kravik to chief executive officer - 10/21/09 Kravik represents the third generation in her family to own and lead the privately held 37-year old company.

		E-T-A ESX10-T CSA approved for hazardous areas - 10/21/09 ESX10-T solid state overcurrent protector is CSA approved for installation into Class I, Division 2 - Group A, B, C, and D applications.

		Weidmuller receives UL Approval for W-Series screw clamp terminals - 10/19/09 UL 1059 approval assures users that the terminals are acceptable for use in applications that may require more than one conductor per clamp.

		Power Efficiency appoints Scott Johnson COO - 10/14/09 Johnson previously was VP of Sales at Warner Electric and VP-Sales & Marketing at Compumotor.

		Aaeon and InduSoft offer hardware and software control solutions - 10/08/09 Aaeon makes embedded single board computers, panel and automation hardware, and InduSoft's Web Studio HMI/SCADA software runs on all of these devices.

		ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters - 10/07/09 The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals.

		Schneider Electric to sell NEMA products through Allied - 10/01/09 Schneider Electric NEMA control products have been added to the Allied Electronics catalog.

		Siemens merges four divisions into one - 10/01/09 Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry.

		WAGO celebrates 30th anniversary - 09/23/09 Established in 1979 in a small suburban Milwaukee office by one employee, WAGO operates out of a 75,000 sq. ft manufacturing complex in Germantown, WI.

		Eagle Controls opens office in Bradenton, Florida - 09/02/09 The Bradenton office will cover sales and marketing activities in North America, Canada and Mexico.

		Fibre Channel Industry Association elects Board of Directors - 09/02/09 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.

		Northwire names Michael Conger president - 08/11/09 Michael Conger replaces Mark Kravik, who was president and owner since 1984 and is transitioning to chairman of the board.

		ABB Q2 revenues down - 07/23/09 Orders decreased across all divisions and regions compared to the second quarter of 2008 on a combination of lower volumes and price decreases resulting from both lower raw material costs and reduced demand.

		ASI announces marking and labeling lease program - 06/14/09 Lease program covers the EZ Mark plotter system, MARKINGenius, and Rolly 1000 high speed thermal print systems and the DIN rail cutter.

		Brendon Button wins Alberta's Electrical Apprentices Competition - 06/08/09 Alberta’s top electrician apprentices converged at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Polytechnic (SAIT) for the 2009 Alberta Skills Competition, May 13 and 14.

		Weidmuller terminal blocks obtain seismic qualification - 05/25/09 DIN-rail mounted terminal blocks have approvals for thermal aging and seismic qualification for cabinet-mounted instrumentation and control equipment.

		ARC says process industries are weathering current economic storm - 05/21/09 Automation expenditures in the process industries reached $45.5 billion dollars in 2007 and are forecast to exceed $61 billion by 2012.

		TURCK obtains FM Approval for quick disconnect sensor cordset - 05/17/09 Quick disconnect sensors may be used in Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C and D environments when equipped with a TURCK lokfast guard.

		Fiberguide appoints Jack Kelly president - 05/03/09 Kelly previously was President of the Remote Automation Solutions division of Emerson Electric.

		Kepware to supply CE communications software to Iconics - 04/27/09 Kepware will deliver Windows CE communications solutions for use with ICONICS embedded SCADA and visualization products for machine builders and Panel OEMs.

		HANNOVER MESSE receives 210,000 visitors - 04/26/09 210,000 visitors came to Hannover to see 6,150 exhibitors from 61 countries. 70% of the visitors were from Europe, 25% came from abroad, but only 7% came from the Americas.

		ABB Q1 revenues steady despite economic challenges - 04/23/09 ABB’s first-quarter 2009 revenues rose 3 percent to $7.2 billion while orders decreased by 3 percent to $9.2 billion.

		Beckhoff increases turnover to 278 Million Euros in 2008 - 04/16/09 Beckhoff Automation closed the 2008 business year successfully with robust turnover growth of 20 percent.

		ABB relocates North American headquarters to Cary, NC - 04/14/09 Among the primary factors behind this move are significant cost savings and a favorable business climate in the Triangle, as well as closer proximity to growing customer and employee bases.

		Micromem to supply keyboard circuits to Unotron - 04/07/09 Micromem will supply Unotron with approximately five million keyboard circuits that incorporate magnetic sensor technology.

		HANNOVER MESSE 2009 stresses energy effiicency - 04/06/09 The subject of energy efficiency is a recurrent theme throughout the range of offerings at the 13 international trade fairs that form this year's HANNOVER MESSE.

		WAGO appoints Darrick Rejret ProServe product manager - 03/26/09 Rejret was promoted from his position as a systems analyst at Wago.

		WAGO WALL-NUTS connectors pass tests - 03/24/09 Testing verified WALL-NUTS contact continuity (no current interruptions during testing) and housing integrity (no physical damage) under extreme conditions.

		Flying robots at HANNOVER MESSE - 02/23/09 UAVs (Unmanned Air Vehicles) will be a special highlight. This will be backed up by live demonstrations of glass façade-cleaning robots - also decidedly "aboveground."

		ABB orders decrease in Q4, but 2008 income up - 02/12/09 Orders decreased 19 percent in the fourth quarter but full-year EBIT nevertheless reached a record $4.6 billion.

		Consumers want safe, modern and sustainable U.S. manufacturing - 02/09/09 Survey shows most Americans believe highly automated factories are important to economic growth. The majority support a stimulus package to modernize U.S. factories.

		WAGO takes terminals on the road - 02/08/09 WAGO's Innovation in Automation Tour will spend 40 weeks touring the U.S. and Canada presenting automation, interconnect and electrical interface product lines.

		SIXNET names Hilton Nicholson President and CEO - 02/01/09 Nicholson succeeds former CEO Steve Schoenberg, who will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors.

		Hannover Fair covers optimizing energy efficiency in industry - 01/27/09 The INTERKAMA+ tradeshow at HANNOVER MESSE 2009 is gearing up to make a contribution of global significance in this area via its "Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes" display.

		Legal disputes among suppliers halts exiderdome U.S. tour - 12/21/08 Legal disputes have prevented exiderdome from being transferred from a barge to land for the second half of its U.S. tour.

		Douglas Electrical Components expands operations - 12/18/08 Douglas Electrical Components moved all of its manufacturing and support functions to a new, expanded facility in Randolph, New Jersey.

		Pepperl+Fuchs acquires SLICE enclosures and PCs - 12/09/08 Pepperl+Fuchs acquired the stainless steel SLICE product platform for the pharmaceutical production and clean room environment.

		Microprecision Electronics acquires Wilbrecht LEDCO division - 11/24/08 LEDCO builds a wide range of precision, U.S.-made LED assemblies, metal foil resistors, microswitches and sealed position switches.

		New Age Enclosures signs Mouser Electronics as distributor - 11/17/08 Mouser now stocks New Age's enclosures for USB, dongle devices, electronics, key FOBs, handheld instruments, as well as utility cases and desktop boxes.

		AD Products adds Bud enclosures - 11/10/08 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.

		Allied to distribute Nicomatic cconnectors - 11/06/08 Allied will carry products from Nicomatic, including microconnectors, connectors for PCB, and flat flex cables and jumpers.

		SolaHD signs sales rep firms - 11/05/08 SolaHD signed Fox-Rowden-McBrayer and G.L. Smith Associates as sales representatives.

		VYCON appoints Dann McKeraghan sales director - 11/03/08 McKeraghan joins VYCON from Eaton Corporation where he managed the Central Zone for Eaton’s Powerware UPSs and power quality solutions.

		Fiberguide appoints Churchill Eastern Regional Manager - 10/27/08 Churchill will be responsible for Fiberguide’s products and services east of the Mississippi river.

		Northwire cable passes flex tests - 10/27/08 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.

		Allied to distribute Eaton's automation products - 10/15/08 Allied will be a catalog distributor of Eaton’s industrial control and automation products.

		Phoenix Contact's cordsets meet Fieldbus Foundation specs - 10/09/08 MINI SAC cordsets meet Fieldbus Foundation's FF-844 requirements for H1 Type A cable.

		Electronic Assembly signs Mouser Electronics as distributor - 10/07/08 Mouser Electronics will distribute Electronic Assembly's LCD function modules.

		Fieldbus Foundation registers H1 Fieldbus Cables - 10/07/08 Belden, Northwire, Phoenix Contact and Rockbestos-Surprenant Cable are the first cable suppliers to pass the Fieldbus Foundation registration process.

		L-com signs Allied as distributor for HyperLink products - 09/29/08 Allied will offer the HyperLink product line, which includes antennas, surge and lightning protectors for WLANs, SCADA Systems, ISM, GSM and RFID design applications.

		Power Integrations wins patent lawsuit against Fairchild - 09/25/08 Power Integrations was found to have acted properly in the process of applying for and obtaining its patents from the Patent Office. The Court rejected Fairchild's claims and ruled the patents enforceable.

		VYCON releases VDC Flywheel UPS - 09/25/08 For power outages, VDC and VDC-XE will seamlessly provide up to 300kW of DC power in a single csbinet. VDC models can be paralleled.

		Micro Commercial Components signs Allied as distributor - 09/22/08 Allied will carry a broad range of products from MCC, including diodes, transistors, MOSFETs and circuit protection products.

		Northwire obtains Fieldbus Foundation approval for cable - 09/18/08 FF-844 certification assures that DataCELL cable is electrically precise and meets FOUNDATION fieldbus type A cable physical property requirements.

		E-T-A obtains Class I, Div 2 Group A, B, C, D certification for ESX0-T trip - 09/18/08 ESX10-T Electronic Circuit Protector combines electronic trip characteristics and active current limitation to allow disconnection of loads connected to 24VDC power supplies.

		IRISS VPFR infrared window passes 50kA Arc Flash test - 09/17/08 VPFR infrared windows were used as accessories in a 50,000 Amp 6 cycle arc resistance test, and the windows were shown to contain the effects of the blast.

		Power Distribution acquires Onyx Power - 09/15/08 Onyx Power is a designer and manufacturer of custom power magnetics and power distribution equipment for the data center, telecommunications and alternative energy industries.

		C&K Components signs TTI as distributor - 09/08/08 Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, TTI, Inc. is the largest distributor specialist of passive, interconnect and electromechanical components.

		Wavestream opens East Coast headquarters in Atlanta - 09/04/08 The new office, in Norcross Technology Park, will be headed by Howard Jetmundsen, Senior Systems Engineer for Wavestream.

		Onyx Power acquired by Power Distribution - 09/04/08 Power Distribution is owned by Bertram Capital Management, a private equity investment firm.

		Raycap's Strikesorb surge protectors receive UL 1449 certification - 08/08/08 Strikesorb modules met UL 1449 3rd Edition safety standard's intermediate current abnormal overvoltage test by successfully conducting current at 1000A for seven hours.

		ABB Q2 Net Income up 34% - 07/24/08 ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million.

		ABB appoints Joseph Hogan CEO - 07/17/08 Hogan is currently CEO of GE Healthcare and is a member of the GE Senior Executive Council. He will join ABB on September 1, 2008.

		ABB to acquire Kuhlman Electric Corporation - 07/16/08 Kuhlman Electric manufactures a wide range of high-quality transformers for the industrial and electric utility sectors.

		Allied redesigns Web Site - 07/15/08 Web site now has the most popular product categories, including connectors, wire and cable, switches, relays, control and power products, on the home page.

		ABB expands services and automation for Alberta's oil sands - 06/20/08 In just two and a half years, the ABB office in Calgary, Canada, has swelled from 45 to more than 200 employees, and it is still hiring.

		ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Programs - 06/16/08 Three certificate programs are available: Safety Instrumented Systems Specialist, Safety Integrity Level Determination Specialist, and Safety Instrumented Systems Hardware Design and Analysis Specialist.

		PDI names Tim Cortes CTO and VP Of Engineering - 05/29/08 Tim Cortes replaces John Kammeter. Kammeter will continue to provide ongoing technical support to PDI in a new role as Senior Technical Consultant.

		Northwire sells via e-commerce - 05/13/08 NorthwireDirect is an e-commerce website for ordering off-the-shelf, factory-direct cable.

		Northwire MVC-800 FireWire cable hits 11 million cycles - 05/11/08 MVC-800 FireWire Cable surpassed 11 million flex cycles in rigorous bending, rolling and torsional tests.

		ABB Automation World held in Houston with record attendance - 05/05/08 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.

		Microprecision builds its Swiss microswitches in the U.S. - 05/05/08 Microprecision Electronics now builds its microswitches at Wilbrecht Electronics’ Huron, S.D. plant.

		Moore Industries Celebrates 40 Years of Success - 04/30/08 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.

		WAGO names Cory Thiel Product Manager - 04/29/08 Thiel will oversee terminal blocks and connectors, PCB connectors and similar products.

		Rittal adds Efficiency Label to TopTherm PLUS Air Conditioners - 04/13/08 In accordance with DIN EN ISO 14021, an Efficiency Label is now being affixed to all TopTherm PLUS cooling units.

		Agilent's WireScope Pro meets requirements for Category 6A Cabling - 03/17/08 WireScope Pro cable tester meets and exceeds the requirements in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Annex E and Annex I for certifying Category 6A structured LAN cabling.

		Northwire expands Asian operations - 03/16/08 New facility in Jiangsu Province, China, includes a 5,300-square foot warehouse and 3,400-square foot office.

		Engineers Turning to Portals to find Product Information - 03/13/08 Control Design, March 2008 By Joe Feeley A study by Control Design magazine says engineers are getting tired of using Google and Yahoo because “too many of the results have nothing to do with what they’re actually looking for.” Instead, the use of portals, such as www.automation.com/portals, to find information is increasing.

		ISA issues call for papers for ISA EXPO - 03/11/08 Abstracts will be accepted until 11 April for paper, panel, and tutorial sessions.

		Applied Manufacturing Technologies Acquires K-R Automation - 03/09/08 AMT acquired K-R Automation, a Warren, MI, based automation controls design, engineering and panel manufacturing company.

		Moore Industries bakes NCS data acquisition system for three years - 03/02/08 The NCS has been running since February 2005 in an environmental chamber at temperatures up to 221°F. The only problem so far: Labels are turning brown.

		Cooper Bussmann recycles customer fuses, circuit breakers and contactors - 02/20/08 This program provides consumers of circuit protection devices with an opportunity to properly recycle electrical components that may otherwise populate a landfill.

		Schneider Electric Contributes $500K to Arc Flash Research - 02/20/08 Donation is to the IEEE and NFPA Arc Flash Collaborative Research Project. The donation will help expand the knowledge of electric arc phenomena and enhance worker safety.

		ABB reports $29.2 billion in revenue in 2007 - 02/14/08 ABB's net income increased to a record $3.8 billion in 2007 from $1.4 billion a year earlier as markets remained strong and further operational improvements were made.

		Rockwell Automation renews OEM Agreement with Kepware - 02/13/08 Kepware will provide third-party communications for FactoryTalk View Site Edition and FactoryTalk View Machine Edition products from Rockwell Automation.

		Institutional Investor names Emerson's CEO Best in America - 01/28/08 David N. Farr, chairman, CEO and president of Emerson, was named the top CEO in the electrical equipment and multi-industry category.

		ABB promotes Division Heads in North America - 01/28/08 Greg Scheu was promoted to head ABB's Power Products division in North America; Rick Hepperla was promoted to Scheu's previous position as Senior VP of Automation Products.

		MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership - 01/24/08 ABB will join MIT in research for nanofluids, power electronics, intelligent robotics and equipment heat management. The five-year, $5-million partnership will help develop green technologies and train graduates.

		Carey Miller joins DLT&V as director of engineering - 01/23/08 Based in Las Vegas, Miller will be responsible for managing engineering activities and representing DLT&V’s services in Nevada.

		Schneider reports record growth in 2007 - 01/22/08 Schneider Electric sales for 2007 rose 26.1% to €17,309 million, double the Group’s sales in 2003.

		Cooper acquires Sure Power, OMNEX and Roam Secure - 12/27/07 Combined sales for the three companies in 2007 will be approximately $62 million and the combined purchase price is approximately $100 million.

		Altra Holdings, Inc. names Christian Storch CFO - 12/13/07 Storch joins Altra Holdings from Standex International Corporation where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2001.

		CoActive Technologies names Paul Jona as Chairman and CEO - 12/13/07 Mr. Jona formerly spent 12 years with Amphenol Corp., an interconnect systems company with 2006 revenues of $2.5 billion, where he most recently served as a Senior Vice President responsible for the Global Cable Systems Group.

		Powerit Holdings names Todd Greenwalt VP of Engineering - 12/13/07 Todd will be part of the strategic management team at Powerit Holdings, operating from their international headquarters in Seattle, WA.

		Yokogawa and Wood Group sign agreement for turbine and rotating equipment controls solutions - 12/11/07 Under the agreement, Yokogawa will utilize TCS to provide turbine controls and associated services. Wood Group will use Yokogawa Controls and Instrumentation where appropriate to supplement their current service offering.

		General Monitors and ELPRO partner to deliver wireless gas and flame detectors - 12/11/07 General Monitors announces its partnership with ELPRO Technologies in offering wireless technology and communications for its advanced gas and flame detector product lines, which provide critical protection to people, equipment, and plants engaged in hazardous industries worldwide.

		Allied Electronics to distribute RECOM Power - 11/20/07 Allied to distribute RECOM’s on-board DC/DC, AC/DC converter and switching regulator products.

		Power Distribution names Keith Schmid CEO - 11/15/07 Schmid replaces Rich Combs who will serve as PDI Executive Chairman.

		Powerit Solutions opens East Coast office - 10/30/07 Powerit opened an office in Farmington, CT, and hired Jim Majsak and Tom McClure to run it.

		Schneider Electric sales up in third quarter - 10/23/07 Schneider Electric sales for the third quartertotaled €4,468 million, up 28.4% from the year-earlier period.

		Phoenix Contact expands DUPLICON electrical products - 10/01/07 Additiions include T-Box and M12 adapter cover.

		Donald Hendler Named CEO of Leviton - 09/26/07 Donald Hendler was named CEO and Stephen Sokolow was named Chairman of the Board; both are sons-in-law of Harold Leviton.

		Bill Schneider appointed to Board of Microprecision Electronics - 09/26/07 Schneider previously held the position of CEO at TURCK. Microprecision is a manufacturer of sealed position switches

		Honeywell celebrates 75th anniversary of micro switch - 09/19/07 Invented in 1932, the micro switch was one of the first components to supercharge the race to miniaturization and high performance in electronics.

		Power Efficiency appoints Kenneth Munson VP of Sales and Marketing - 09/12/07 Munson will lead the sales and marketing team to advance business initiatives within emerging markets, both in Europe and North America.

		ABB expects increased earnings from 2007 to 2011 - 09/05/07 ABB expects to increase revenues at almost twice the rate of market growth and three times the rate of global GDP growth over the period.

		Phoenix Contact Names VPs of Sales and Marketing - 08/30/07 Greg Jerrehian and Louis L. Grice will serve as vice presidents of sales and marketing, respectively.

		Power Efficiency Corp says recent energy legislation beneficial - 08/28/07 Federal legislation will establish a national standard for energy efficiency.

		Adaptive Micro appoints Richard Johnson president - 08/20/07 Johnson was hired because of his ability to grow privately held companies ranging in size from $50M to $300M throughout his career.

		PAS opens automation center for power industry customers - 08/20/07 PAS opened its Center of Excellence in St. Louis, Missouri, to promote Alarm Management and Automation Configuration Management to the power industry.

		Honeywell Experion obtains MUSIC security certification - 08/14/07 The MUSIC certification is designed specifically for IP-based controllers and is closely aligned with the emerging ISA-SP99 security standards.

		PANDUIT components added to promis•e design software - 08/08/07 Panel builders now have the ability to generate BOMs, purchase order lists, job costing lists, terminal block plans, from-to wire lists and field wire lists.

		Ruggedcom obtains patent on Ethernet power supply - 07/24/07 The patent relates to the power supply design developed and currently used by RuggedCom in its Ethernet switches and network routers.

		IBEW applauds Cooper InVision wireless downtime-reduction system - 07/12/07 IBEW recognized the Cooper InVision Downtime-Reduction System as being a product and program that can make a significant impact on its members.

		Schaefer releases AEP-U3000R pure sine inverters - 07/11/07 The AEP-U3000R Series delivers "clean" output power for improved efficiency, ideal for powering sensitive loads and heavily inductive loads.

		Plaia Named VP of Leviton - 07/02/07 Ed Plaia is now Vice President/General Manager for the company's Commercial and Industrial business.

		ABB names Enrique Santacana Head of ABB US - 06/29/07 He replaces Dinesh Paliwal, who is leaving ABB at the end of June. Most recently, he was ABB's Region Division Manager for Power Products in North America.

		Moore Industries appoints Yong Park to Controller - 06/25/07 Most recently, Park held the title of Controller with Plastic Services & Products, Inc., where he successfully completed a merger with a competitor company as well as two outside acquisitions.

		Schneider Electric wants to sell MGE to Eaton - 06/21/07 Schneider Electric is in negotiations with Eaton to sell MGE UPS Systems operations in small systems per its commitment to the European Commission.

		ABB Process Automation moves to Houston, TX - 06/19/07 ABB is relocating its global Process Automation division headquarters from Norwalk, CT, to Houston, TX, effective August 1, 2007.

		Power Efficiency Corp obtains CSA and UL approval for motor controllers - 06/11/07 The company's digital motor efficiency controllers obtained Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and Underwriter Laboratories (UL) certification.

		Enerdoor opens U.S. office for RFI/EMI filters - 06/06/07 An Italian manufacturer of EMI and RFI filters formed a new company in the United States for the sale and manufacture of RFI/RMI filters.

		AutomationDirect adds enclosures from Hubbell/Wiegmann - 05/31/07 The NEMA-rated cabinets range in size from 20x21x8 in. wall-mountable to 84x197x18 in. heavy duty free-standing units.

		Schneider Electric exec named finalist in American Business Awards - 05/21/07 Thomas Insprucker is a finalist in the Best Marketing Executive category for the 2007 American Business Awards.

		Dinesh Paliwal leaving ABB - 05/10/07 Dinesh Paliwal, President, will leave ABB at the end of June.

		Sadlowski named Chief Executive Officer for Siemens - 05/03/07 Siemens appointed Dennis Sadlowski President and CEO, succeeding Aubert Martin, who is retiring.

		MicroEmissive Displays to build P-OLED-based headsets - 05/02/07 MED will build headsets based on polymer organic light emitting diodes (P-OLEDs), a competitor to LCD flat panel displays.

		Bertram Capital acquires Power Distribution - 05/02/07 Power Distribution, Inc., manufacturer of power distribution, power monitoring and static switching equipment, has been acquired by Bertram Capital.

		ABB Announces income up 163% in Q1 - 04/27/07 ABB's first-quarter net income rose 163 percent to $537 million from $204 million in the same period of 2006, driven primarily by continued strong market demand and further operational improvements.

		Bosch Rexroth educates Pennsylvania Officials on wind power - 04/20/07 Officials from the Pennsylvania governor's office and journalists from Western Europe recently gathered at the Bosch Rexroth hydraulics facility in Bethlehem, PA, to discuss manufacturing for the renewable energy market.

		Schneider Electric announces 1Q results - 04/19/07 Schneider Electric sales for the first quarter of 2007 totaled €3,893 million, up 22.4% from the year earlier period.

		ISA submits electrical safety standard to ANSI - 04/17/07 ISA submitted ISA-12.12.01, "Nonincendive Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 and Class III, Divisions 1 and 2 Hazardous (Classified) Locations," for ANSI approval.

		Schneider Electric receives Frost & Sullivan award - 04/16/07 Schneider Electric received the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation for North America in the field of power quality (PQ) and energy management solutions.

		Cambridge Display awarded grant for display research - 04/13/07 This grant will part fund a project which will be important in the field of low-cost organic electronic devices, and especially in the development of low-cost flexible displays. The total value of project is around $500k.

		InPlay Technologies licenses Duraswitch to Kay-EE in China - 04/10/07 Under the terms of the agreement, Kay-EE has the right to market and manufacture products using Duraswitch electronic switch technologies. Guangzhou Kay-EE Membrane Keyboard Switch Co. (Kay-EE) is one of the largest suppliers of membrane switch panels in mainland China.

		Belden will acquire Lumberg Automation - 04/04/07 It is anticipated that the Lumberg Automation Components acquisition will be completed in June or July of 2007.

		PDI Introduces Certified Partner Program - 03/23/07 This program allow data center managers to know that their building management system has been integrated and proven out with PDI's Branch Circuit Monitoring System (BCMS). BCMS can monitor and report current and voltage measurements on each individual circuit branch breaker which can prevent overloading any of these circuits.

		Bosch Rexroth sales hit $6.2 billion - 03/22/07 Bosch Rexroth AG increased sales in 2006 by 7.1 percent to approximately $6.2 billion (4.9 billion Euros). Sales grew 16 percent in Middle and Eastern Europe and 14 percent in Asia, including 33 percent growth in China. Sales in North and South America declined slightly in a difficult economic environment.

		ARC says Asian DCS Market thrives on massive investments in manufacturing - 03/15/07 Strong economic activity in Asia is spurring the growth of manufacturing, which in turn is propelling the growth of the automation market in the region. The Asian market for Distributed Control Systems (DCS) is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.0% over the next five years, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.

		Syncroness study confirms trend of outsourcing new product development - 03/15/07 According to the study, 83% of respondents had outsourced some or all of NPD activity, confirming that outsourcing of core product development is extremely important in today’s market.

		ISA leads efforts to develop an Automation Engineering Degree Program - 03/15/07 A committee of industry leaders and academia met at ISA headquarters to begin work on the learning objectives for an automation engineering curriculum for universities. "Our goal is to develop curriculum content for a 4-year automation engineering degree program," said committee chair Randy Buchanan of the University of Southern Mississippi.

		Dataforth continues to expand - 03/13/07 Dataforth has increased production capacity by 50 percent through significant additions to production machinery, product inventory, square footage, and staff.

		Halliburton moves corporate HQ to United Arab Emirates - 03/12/07 Halliburton Company will open its corporate headquarters office in the United Arab Emirates. Chairman, President and CEO Dave Lesar will move to Dubai. The headquarters in Dubai is the next step in a strategic plan announced in 2006 to focus on expanding its customer relations with national oil companies while concentrating more of the company’s investments and resources in growing its business in the Eastern Hemisphere.

		MooreHawke's TRUNKGUARD passes fieldbus short-circuit tests - 03/12/07 Independent tests prove that the TRUNKGUARD device coupler works seamlessly with a DeltaV control system during repeated short-circuit testing and extreme temperatures. According to Evaluation International, TRUNKGUARD continued to operate and maintain communications with DeltaV after multiple short circuits on spurs, temperatures from -40 to 70°C, and operation at upper and lower voltage limits.

		Nick Moore promoted to Director of Strategic Planning at Moore Industries - 03/08/07 Nick will work with all vice presidents, corporate officers, directors and department heads to ensure that operations are in line with Moore Industries’ corporate goals and initiatives. Moore Industries is a leader in the design and manufacture of interface instruments and fieldbus equipment.

		Irby named Allen-Bradley Distributor in Mississippi - 03/07/07 Stuart C. Irby Co. has become the authorized Allen-Bradley distributor for the Columbus and Meridian, Mississippi, markets. Irby will establish two new locations as full-line commercial and industrial branches to complement and expand their existing Mississippi footprint.

		Schneider Electric's Jim Pauley elected vice chairman of ANSI Board of Directors - 03/07/07 Jim Pauley has assumed the role of vice-chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). He will also continue serving as vice-president, industry and government relations for Schneider Electric North America.

		Moore Industries signs Arjay Automation as Manufacturer’s Rep in Upper Midwest - 02/22/07 Moore Industries signed Arjay Automation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a manufacturer’s representative for all Moore Industries product lines, including MooreHawke. Arjay will be responsible for covering Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and western Wisconsin for Moore Industries.

		Phoenix Contact's McLendon Named to EIA Board - 02/21/07 Scott McLendon, vice president and general manager of Phoenix Contact USA, has been appointed to the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) Board of Governors.

		Schneider Electric forced to divest partial MGE UPS operation - 02/20/07 Schneider Electric and American Power Conversion received clearance from the European Commission for Schneider to acquire all outstanding shares of APC, provided that Schneider Electric divests its MGE UPS Systems operations in small systems below 10 kVA.

		Schneider Electric acquires American Power Conversion - 02/20/07 Schneider Electric announced the completion of the acquisition of American Power Conversion Corporation following satisfaction of the closing conditions of the merger agreement. Under the terms of the acquisition, each share of APC common stock is converted to the right to receive US$31.00 in cash. The total amount to be paid in cash to APC shareholders represents approximately US$6.1 billion.

		ABB 2006 net income rises 89% to $1.4 billion - 02/16/07 ABB's net income rose 89 percent to $1,390 million in 2006 amid strong demand for technology to increase power grid reliability, industrial productivity and energy efficiency. Revenues for 2006 reached $24,412 million, an increase of 11 percent (10 percent in local currencies) over 2005, while orders were 22 percent higher (22 percent in local currencies) at $28,401 million.

		ATS Electronics to distribute products from BASI and Amalgamated - 02/15/07 ATS Electronics will distribute signal conditioners from BASI Instruments and Industrial Process Instrumentation and Display Units from Amalgamated Instruments in the United States and Canada.

		Cooper Bussmann Sponsors NASCAR Truck - 02/14/07 Cooper Bussmann, Inc. is the primary sponsor for the #63 NASCAR Craftsman Truck operated by MB Motorsports race team. Cooper Bussmann will run a limited schedule of races including Dover, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Atlanta and Homestead-Miami.

		Falcon Electric wins Award for UPS - 02/07/07 Falcon's UPS is the recipient of the Chaos Manor Users Choice Award, given by Dr. Jerry Pournelle, columnist and science fiction writer.

		APC shareholders approve merger with Schneider Electric - 01/17/07 American Power Conversion shareholders approved the merger of APC with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schneider Electric. As previously announced on October 30, 2006, APC and Schneider Electric entered into an agreement and plan of merger which provides, among other things, for each share of APC common stock to be converted to the right to receive $31.00 in cash.

		MGE UPS Systems expands Power System Test Center - 01/17/07 The expanded facility, located at MGE's North American headquarters in Costa Mesa, Calif., encompasses over 25,000 sq ft including 28 test bays with a total electrical capacity of 12 MW. The expanded test site gives customers the ability to witness critical testing of their enterprise and data center power systems to assure operational functionality and interoperability of their entire power infrastructure.

		Schneider Electric donates $7 million to help rebuild Gulf region - 01/15/07 More than 200 Square D/Schneider Electric business leaders will work alongside Gautier, Miss., residents Jan. 30 to build houses and community spaces for one of Habitat for Humanity’s largest corporate site builds. Schneider Electric will donate $7 million in Square D electrical distribution equipment to Habitat for Humanity over the next 4 1/2 years.

		Siemens promotes Kopanski & Batra - 01/10/07 Tom Kopanski, currently vice president of the Automation and Motion Division (AMD) has been named the new vice president of Power Distribution and Controls Division (PD&C). Raj Batra, vice president of the Automotive and Aerospace Center of Competence, has been named to the position of vice president of the Automation and Motion Division. These appointments will become effective, Jan. 15, 2007.

		Schneider Electric rebrands ION products to Square D - 01/08/07 Schneider Electric purchased Power Measurement Inc. and its ION technology in 2005. It rebranded ION enterprise energy management products and solutions and will sell them as Square D PowerLogic products.

		Schneider Electric appoints Ralph Harris vice president of sales - 01/03/07 Ralph Harris has been promoted to vice president, U.S. sales. Harris joined the company in 1991 as a regional sales manager in the Retail Products Division. Since that time, he has held numerous key leadership positions in sales, marketing and organizational development. Most recently, Harris held the position of regional vice president, Southern Region.

		E-T-A’s 4140 Aerospace Circuit Breaker Handles Currents to 50A in a Small Package - 08/11/04

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