Automationtechies.com e-News

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year! At the start of each new year, I like to set new goals and resolutions. With regard to Automationtechies.com, here are a few goals for 2004.

1. Continue to be the 'go-to" site for industry information, i.e. keep adding great content to the site.

2. Exceed the 100,000 visitors/month mark. In December 2003, we set another record for site traffic, just shy of 80,000 visitors. By meeting this traffic goal, I believe we would become the most visited industrial automation and process control site on the web. Pretty cool, huh?

3. Provide our site visitors and e-newsletter subscribers with the the latest company and product news. Check out our home page or our Automation News section frequently for comprehensive industry news updates.

4. Provide more frequent e-news updates with industry news headlines, articles, application tools, job opportunities, and much more. We plan to publish our e-newsletter each week unless there's a national holiday or major automation show scheduled that week.

5. Compile a comprehensive product showcase where visitors can browse new and innovative products by category or manufacturer. Right now, the Product Showcase has a few manufacturers represented, but will soon have many new products and companies represented. Check back often and browse our Product Showcase. Oh, and don't forget to review the Featured Products each month (also on the home page).

6. Continue to be the preferred site for job search and posting of industry job opportunities. Companies that post their jobs on our site continue to have success. The cost to post a job for 60 days is just $295.00. Visit our Career and Job Center often.

Of course, some of these goals rely on cooperation and contribution from manufacturers and other automation companies. I invite those companies who are not already participating to contact me (use my name link below) to discuss how we can work together.

Don't forget to spend some time setting your personal and professional goals and resolutions for 2004. Its worth the investment!

Best wishes to all of you for a prosperous 2004.

Enjoy the rest of this e-news!

Rick Zabel

Featured Articles

10 Tips for Choosing Temperature Transmitters

While there are many practical and economic advantages to using temperature transmitters, the most basic are to ensure measurement integrity and to convert a temperature sensor�s low-level (ohm or mV) signal to a standard 4-20mA current signal that can be readily accepted by a monitoring and control system, such as a DCS or PLC. Advancing technology has made the use of temperature transmitters affordable, even in cost-sensitive applications. Here are few things to consider when choosing one.

Read full article by Moore Industries-International, Inc.

Other articles and white papers on various automation topics.

Application Story: Canadian Pharmaceutical Giant Goes for Growth

FKI Logistex� Cleco Systems Maestro aisle-changing cranes provide flexible vertical storage and retrieval solution to enable 500 percent growth. Fred Grafe likes to think outside of the box. Luckily he can. In his role as director of logistics for Toronto, Ontario-based Apotex Inc.�Canada�s largest Canadian-owned pharmaceutical manufacturer�Grafe has been virtually forced to stay outside of the box to keep his team of logistics experts just ahead of the explosive growth their company has experienced in the past few years.

Read full story by FKI Logistex�

Other application stories using various automation products.

Automation & Process Control News

News Headlines - Automation, Process Control & Instrumentation News

Hear all about it! We publish industry news on our site as soon as we hear about it. Check out our Daily News Headlines page frequently to stay up-to-date on the industry events. Here are news headlines since our last e-news. Use the following links to read the complete news release:

Product News Headlines:

Company News Headlines:

Application News Headlines:

These are just a few of the news items published on our website. Our Automation News section provides you up-to-date news of what is happening with product and services suppliers in the industry. Users can search for releases by company or by date. View Daily News Headlines Here. Send your automation news releases to press@automationtechies.com. Please provide press releases in electronic format (pictures can be provided in .JPG or .GIF format).

Application Tools, Guides, Demos & Literature

2004 Measurement & Automation Catalog

The National Instruments catalog is the leading virtual instrumentation resource for engineers and scientists seeking the most productive customer-defined software and hardware tools for industrial control, vision, motion control, data acquisition and measurement applications. You will find everything you need from product specifications to comprehensive tutorials.

Request your Catalog

Other available application tools.

Other available demo software.

Other available product catalogs.

New Job Opportunities

New Jobs Posted on Automationtechies.com

Here's a list of new job opportunities posted on Automationtechies.com since our last newsletter:

To view other recent job postings, please use our Job Search Function.

Automation Auctions

New eBay Listings

eBay hosts over 4000 auctions for industrial automation and control products. From PLCs to sensors and from motor controls to robotics...Now you can browse new, used and surplus automation and control products right from Automationtechies.com. We added a new page in the "Classifieds" section of our web site called eBay Listings.

Use the links below to browse auctions and classified ads by product category:

Industry Resources

IndustryDeck

IndustryDeck is an electronic card deck offered by Next Communications introducing some of the latest new products for your automation and process control applications.

Check out the latest issue.

Trade Magazine Subscriptions

As a valued Automationtechies.com member, we would like to extend the opportunity to receive leading industry publications.

Browse from the list of titles and be sure to check back often for new titles.

On a Humorous Note...

Rick's Dilbert Comic Pick

'One way to cut expenses'

Automationtechies' Services

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We hope you enjoyed this e-news update!

Rick Zabel

Vice President

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