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Rotork retrofits valve actuators at Amsterdam water treatment plant
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ABB makes BIM Modeling available for HVAC drives
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QC Industries Introduces Online Conveyor Configuration Tool
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Invensys Supports VMWare and Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Technologies
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ICONICS enhances GENESIS64 HMI/SCADA software
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Emerson introduces Measurement Validation Diagnostic for temperature transmitter
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Yokogawa announces Vitessen CPUs for FA-M3 PLCs
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Industrial Video & Control enhances Longwatch camera management software
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Cognex introduces In-Sight 500 industrial vision system
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ABB releases TVOC-2 upgrade to Arc Guard System
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ADLINK Technology acquires LiPPERT Embedded Computers
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