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Success in energy conservation
By Troy Miller for InTech
Whatever the dominant driving factor behind the initiative, and whether an organization is just beginning in earnest or has been at it for years, there are several critical foundations that go a long way toward achieving and maintaining significant results in energy conservation and reduction initiatives.

The fix is in at MGM Grand Macau
By Bill Lydon for Automation.com
The MGM Grand Hotel and Casino Macau is a $1.6 billion property about three years old located on prime water front land in Macau. Their power bills were $1.6 million per month. The CFO called in John Leslie and his team to make some changes that saved $3.1 million in energy bills in the first 11 months.

CSIA shares strategies for successful system automation
By Robert Lowe and Ann Massie Nelson for InTech
Welcome to the first in a series of columns written by members of the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA). This first article provides a background and principals for the CSIA organization. During the months ahead, you will hear primarily from integrator members as they describe specific ways to improve the success and lower the risk of system automation.

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Belden installs WLAN Process Control solution for Shell
Belden designed and delivered a wireless Profinet infrastructure, which acts as an interface to the process control systems at Shell's Ethylene Cracker Complex in Singapore.

Baldor controls conformal coating machine
Baldor's real-time Ethernet motion control system helped Advanced Coating Robotics create a conformal coating machine that combines three-dimensional spraying accuracy with high throughput.

Flow-Cal controls West African Gas Pipeline
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Adalet can modify ATEX certified enclosures
ATEX control panel certification allows Adalet to eliminate the requirement to re-submit enclosure assemblies to third party testing laboratories.

Rockwell Automation's Online Tool Helps Reduce Energy Use
Free Energy Evaluator tool gives a manufacturer a complete analysis of its current water, air, gas, electric and steam (WAGES) management performance.

Thomas & Betts Conduit and Fitting CAD Models available Online
Online CAD Library has more than 2,300 electrical conduit and fittings products in computer-aided design (CAD) formats.

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ABB announces FECA-01 EtherCAT Adapter for drives
The FECA-01 supports CANopen over EtherCAT (CoE) protocol for CS355 and ACS850 drive families.

Cognex enhances VisionPro Machine Vision Software
Enhancements in VisionPro 7.0 machine vision software include Inspection Designer and 1DMax bar code functions.

Invensys announces embedded ArchestrA Workflow software
The software synchronizes human and system activity by enforcing standard operating procedures, as well as standard responses to abnormal events, such as downtime, quality breaches or yield decreases.

Apprion announces ION asset location system
ION Location supports real-time locating technology systems including Wi-Fi, passive or active RFID, UWB, and satellite in a single, comprehensive network.

Schneider Electric Announces Production Energy Optimization software
PEO enables active energy management, to allow operators to track and monitor performance, capture excessive consumption for analysis and continuous improvement, and improve production energy forecasting.

Siemens releases Sirius Modular Industrial Power Controls
Sirius Innovations line comes in sizes S00 (10 hp) and S0 (30 hp) and incorporates sustainable elements that make more efficient use of space and simplify assembly, while reducing power consumption.

Exele Releases Mobile Browser for TopView Alarm Software
With Mobile Browser capability, TopView outputs can be formatted for wide or narrow screens, with special settings for mobile web browsers.

AutomationDirect expands Encapsulated transformers line
The single phase units are now available in 100VA up to 25kVA ratings and input voltage ranges of 120VAC to 480VAC.

Mitsubishi introduces MELPAQ process automation solution
MELPAQ is a combination of hardware and software aimed at water, energy management and building automation markets.

Servo2Go introduces STAC5 step motor driver
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Meridium Expands Certified Services Provider Program
Emerson Process Management, SGS Malaysia, and Bureau Veritas join the Meridium Certified Services Provider Program.

Honeywell Forms Advanced Solutions Business
The Advanced Solutions business provides open software and services to the process industries, and includes offerings such as UniSim, Profit Suite, Uniformance PHD and Matrikon.

Emerson opens flow calibration & service center in Abu Dhabi
The Middle East Flow Service Center provides flowmeter calibration, flowmeter diagnostics and evaluations, and witness inspection services.

ABB opens testing facilities in Italy
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.

Industry, ODVA outline best practices for managing energy data
ODVA's energy approach will simplify the ability to understand energy consumption and enable control methodologies to optimize energy usage throughout the industrial ecosystem from the plantfloor to the grid.

Beijer Electronics acquires Korenix
Earlier this year, Beijer Electronics acquired a minority stake in Korenix. From the beginning the intention was to acquire Korenix and that is now accomplished.

ISA Announces Partnerships with four companies
Fluke, GE Energy, Honeywell Process Solutions and OSIsoft joined the ISA Corporate Partnerships Program.

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Emerson to supply DeltaV electronic marshalling to Solvay
Solvay’s Tavaux plant faces the task of managing a collection of control systems from multiple suppliers. This includes DCSs, PLCs, relay-based systems, pneumatic systems, and emergency shutdown systems (ESD).

GE to supply Proficy Workflow to S3 Development
Proficy will be the foundation for an Intelligent Control Room Management solution for S3’s natural gas and hazardous liquids customers.

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