• Schneider Electric adds Greenhouse Gas info to Powerlogic
• Measurement Computing announces USB-502-LCD temperature/ humidity logger
• Graphic Products introduces DuraLabel 9000 sign and label printer
• IDEAL introduces HeatSeeker thermal imager
• EDSA introduces Paladin Live Energy Management Advisor
• Eaton introduces Series NRX low voltage circuit breaker

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Photoluminescent labels, signs and path markings
White paper for safety professionals provides information on photoluminescent technology in relation to label, sign and path markings. Covers NFPA 101 and local and state requirements. Registration required.

White Paper on Improving Gearmotor Efficiency
"Improving Gearmotor Efficiency" addresses the energy savings to be had with the proper application of the billions of fractional horsepower electric motors and gearmotors in use today. Registration required.

Voice in the Warehouse: All Talk, or True Solution?
By Tom Singer, Tompkins Associates
Voice technology is so appealing today. It offers the promise of hands-free, eyes-free wireless access to the information needed to drive key warehouse processes. For warehousing applications, Voice can provide a fluid, natural user interface.

How Mobile Technology Can Optimize the Human Element in Manufacturing Operations
By Form Automation Solutions
Manufacturing companies need live workers to check production facilities frequently and to correct issues immediately before they escalate. AuditMatic software and mobile computers are being used to automate gathering, analyzing and reporting field data.

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LonMark offers online career center
The career center accepts and posts resumes and jobs from within the intelligent building and control networking industry.

Graphic Products publishes guide to top 10 OSHA violations in 2008  
Guide provides specific code references associated with each violation and reinforces the need to create proper workplace safety labels to prevent injuries, fatalities, and fines.

Automation for Lean Initiatives in Organizations brochure
Automated storage and retrieval systems can help supply chain automation organizations impact their lean manufacturing or distribution initiatives.

Rexroth Offers Lean Problem Solving Tips
'Daily Problem Solving in a Lean Organization' explores principles and work practices that businesses which have already implemented lean can use in daily problem solving to sustain the improvements they've made, and to deepen their commitment to lean.

Norgren announces Compressed Air Program
Compressed air management program includes plant-wide analysis, real-time process control and pneumatic system design in a single integrated solution.

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Onset supplies Bonneville Power with web-based energy monitoring systems
Bonneville Power Administration installed 14 web-based energy monitoring systems for measuring the energy performance of packaged rooftop HVAC units on commercial buildings.

IT sees light
Plant Services, January 2009
New Millennium decided to renovate and expand its voice and data network. That included laying fiber-optic cable to connect five manufacturing buildings with the main office facility. Fiber-optic connections among buildings set the stage for high-speed information transfer to and from production machines.

Emerson's AMS Suite enables Solvay to increase maintenance productivity
The Tavaux plant, the largest chemical plant in the Solvay group, installed Emerson’s AMS Suite predictive maintenance software to better manage field devices.

Securing Remote Internet Maintenance Services
By Innonimate
Applications in various industries illustrate how TCP/IP connections provide remote maintenance capabilities via secure links.

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HVAC Mobile Green Classroom
The Partnership for Environmental Leadership, a collaboration of six Green-minded Industry associations displayed its popular HVAC Mobile Green Classroom on the Show floor at the 2009 AHR EXPO. Visitors had free access to hands-on learning opportunities.

Energy Management Seminars  
February 2009, various locations
Free energy management seminar focuses on the realization of cost savings associated with better measurement of natural gas, steam and compressed air.

Automated Building Controls webcast
February 26, 2009 12 pm CST
“Automated Building Controls: Maximizing Energy Performance” webcast covers why, when and how to implement automated building controls.

HazardEx in the Regions: North America
March 2-31, 2009 Calgary, Canada
HazardEx in the Regions are a series of one-day seminars that offer expert advice & case study examples of ATEX, IECEx, Functional Safety IEC 61508 & SILs. Along side the conferences are small product displays to give delegates hands-on access to the latest products & services available in the field of engineering safety.

Siemens offers building sustainability management class
March 10–11 and July 7–8, 2009 Buffalo Grove, IL
Course teaches how to improve the sustainability and environmental management of facilities.

Reliability Week
March 23 – 27, 2009, Raleigh, NC
The reliability week combines a carefully selected collection of training workshops with presentations from practitioners in the industry. The reliability training workshops presented by IDCON cover the major business processes needed to achieve equipment reliability in any process or manufacturing plant.

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

Siemens says wireless building automation is catching on
Wireless popularity is progressing rapidly in various market segments, says Siemens.

Cisco acquires Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence
Richards-Zeta is a provider of intelligent middleware technology that enables businesses to integrate building infrastructure and IT applications over a common Internet Protocol network.

ASHRAE publishes 2008 BACnet standard
The new standard replaces the 2004 version for BACnet technical and specification efforts. Price: $119.

Autodesk acquires BIMWorld Assets
Autodesk completed the acquisition of BIMWorld, a privately-owned business specializing in the production and distribution of branded BIM content for building product manufacturers.

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IFS to supply project management software to Sørco
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
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
Honeywell will protect Woodside’s Pluto onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant with a sophisticated industrial security system.

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Supply Chain World
March 16-19, 2009 Houston, TX
This event brings together the people who deliver and create value in the supply chain — especially those accountable for supply chain results — to learn the latest trends and research, network, and discover critical strategies for supply–chain management.

MAINTEC 2009
March 17-19, 2009 Birmingham, UK
The UK's biggest and most comprehensive event for maintenance and asset management. 30 training sessions and 150 exhibitors for preventive / predictive maintenance solutions, condition monitoring, thermography, plant & environment safety and enterprise & asset management.

Logichem Europe 2009
March 31-April 3, 2009 Dusseldorf, Germany
The chemical industry's annual supply chain management conference addresses every critical concern to chemical supply chain professionals, from the current shortage of transport and storage capacity to topics including demand planning, collaboration and growing markets.

GLOBALCON 2009
April 1-2, 2009 Atlantic City, NJ
Globalcon 2009 is designed specifically to facilitate those who need to get up to speed on the latest developments in the energy field, explore promising new technologies, compare energy supply options, and learn about innovative and cost-conscious project implementation strategies.

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