Wonderware announces Customer Support program
Customer First program offers support options including 24/7 support, dedicated technical account management, critical incident response, software updates and advice on software architecture and security.

ASCON offers student version of KOMPAS-3D Professional
KOMPAS-3D student edition includes interactive learning system KOMPAS-ABC for the study of 2D Design and 3D Solid Modelling.

Why a PACSystem for your application?
By GE Fanuc
Web page describes GE Fanuc RX3i PAC hardware and software. Links are provided to the “Why a PACSystem for your application?” brochure, data sheet, and fact sheets. Registration required.

Software for Programmable Automation Controllers
By Opto 22
Brochure explains that software built for a PAC is not just integrated with the hardware it runs on. It's also internally integrated: it provides not only an integrated development environment (IDE) for programming but also a suite of related programs for HMI (human machine interface) development and other purposes.

National Instruments offers 6,000 drivers for control
Instrument drivers make it easy for users to connect to and control stand-alone instruments from more than 275 vendors.

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Thompson Couplings Uses Autodesk Inventor to create new coupling
By using Inventor software, it was able to accomplish its design goals two to three times faster than if engineers had relied solely on 2D means.

Boiler Optimization and SCR Systems: Reducing NOX, Managing Tradeoffs
Power Engineering, July 2008
By Rob James and Peter Spinney, NeuCo Inc.
Artificial intelligence-based optimization software is gaining traction as a tradeoff management tool. Optimization is particularly good at understanding the cause and effect impacts of multiple actions taken across multiple systems interacting in a dynamic environment. NeuCo, for example, is working with Babcock Power to more closely tie plant-wide economic optimization with SCR controls.

Simulation reduces costs and risks for RTS Flexible Systems
Process & Control Today, July 2008
Visual Components industrial simulation software is playing a key role in the design and manufacture of automated pick and place robotic systems for packaging operations made by RTS Flexible Systems Ltd. The simulation software is being used to help optimise configurations before proposals are shown to potential customers and ensure that, once built, systems work right the first time.

Endless Fun With IEC 61131
Control Design, July 2008
By Jeremy Pollard
Columnist looks into an IEC 61131 application and discovers the main benefit of IEC 61131 is that “it’s a standard,” even though customers don’t know what it is. Vendors can take advantage of the complacency of some users because of the intrinsic value of the word “standard.”

Reliance Security IT team reduces testing bottleneck by 80%
Reliance Security Services, a supplier of electronic security solutions, used Original Software’s TestPlan testing solution to enable its IT team to deliver projects on time and on budget.

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OPCTI presents webinar on Unified Architecture
September 16, 2008 1:30 p.m. EDT
Webinar addresses the impact of the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) specification on the worldwide manufacturing industry.

How to Design IEC 61508-Compliant Hardware and Software
September 22-25, 2008 Natick, MA
Seminar covers safety engineering, IEC 61508 requirements, functional safety management, E/E/PES requirements, case studies, examples, and tools.

Unleashing the Power of OPC Webinar: Part 2
September 24, 2008 11 a.m. EDT
OPC and .NET experts who will show you the many ways that you can leverage OPC technology in your custom business and manufacturing software applications. Whether you are using the latest and greatest Visual Studio.NET technologies or using the time tested Visual Studio 6/VB/C++, this VENDOR NEUTRAL presentation is sure to open your eyes to how OPC can help you insure your custom applications integrate well in the OPC world.

MatrikonOPC User Group Europe 2008
October 22, 2008 Barcelona, Spain
Conference provides an environment that facilitates hands-on learning and provides integrators and end users with professional development that enables them to counter industry wide challenges.

Benefits of Automation training course
Course shows engineers how to find improvement opportunities, how to capture them, and how to clearly document the financial results.

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• Bachmann enhances M-TARGET for Simulink
• Infimatic introduces Freedom NC200 NC software
• LDRA releases Version 7.7 of Testbed
• ASCON updates KOMPAS-3D CAD software
• B&R adds XDD editor to its control system
• EDSA introduces Paladin BlackBoard power system simulator
• PPT VISION upgrades IMPACT machine vision software
• BlueCielo enhances InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework
• Matrox announces multi-display software suite for desktops
• Aonix PERC Ultra supports latest VxWorks release

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Autodesk to acquire ECSCAD Technology  
Autodesk will acquire substantially all of the assets -- including the ECSCAD product line -- of Elektro-CAE-Software GmbH, a provider of electrical computer-aided design (CAD) software.

RTI and Lockheed Martin add messaging to LabVIEW
The two companies announced a joint effort to provide a high-performance, low-latency messaging middleware solution for National Instruments LabVIEW applications.

ASCI hires WBF to develop B2MML  
The Automation Standards Compliance Institute has retained Charlie Gifford and Dennis Brandl from WBF to develop the B2MML Compliance Program.

Siemens acquires innotec
Innotec GmbH of Schwelm, Germany, is an international vendor of digital engineering software and services for the process industry.

NI reports record revenue for Q2 2008
National Instruments reported record quarterly revenue of $210.5 million, up 17 percent in the second quarter of 2008.

InduSoft CEView HMI/SCADA certified by AT&T for Mobile Applications
CEView HMI/SCADA software is certified to run on many popular mobile devices, including the AT&T 5700, MOTOQ Global, Pantech Duo, the Samsung BlackJack and BlackJack II.

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Honeywell to upgrade controls at Australian alumina plant
Honeywell will expand the plant’s existing DCS, add a UniSim operator training simulator, and improve plant security.

Invensys to Upgrade Taiwan Power Company's Kuosheng Nuclear Plant
IPS will replace and upgrade obsolete analog-based recirculation water control systems with digital systems, including IA Series system, and FSIM and SIM4ME simulation software.

GM Targets Scalable Automation
Automation World, August 2008
GM plans to launch a pilot project in an Asia-Pacific plant that relies on a reduced-footprint control system based on Rockwell Automation ControlLogix PACs, for which GM engineers have written scaled-down code based on GM’s common software specification, and a Windows CE-based module that resides in one of the ControlLogix controllers.

MultiTrode uses ISaGRAF 5 in MultiSmart Pump Station Manager
MultiSmart Pump Station Manager monitors and controls water/wastewater lift stations. Version 2.0 includes a pump controller, a PLC, and ISaGRAF v5 for complex station control.

Enbridge Energy deploys eSimOptimizer to gas processing facilities
The eSimOptimizer solution will be used at the Avinger and Longview gas processing plants to calculate optimal process targets for the plants.

Emerson Exchange
September 29 - October 03, 2008 Washington, DC
More than 325 workshops and short courses, plus management sessions, technology exhibits, industry forums, and educational opportunities.

ARC's Digital Plant of the Future Forum
October 13-15, Houston, TX
Asset-intensive organizations suffer staggering losses each year as a result of poor Asset Information Management. Fast access to complete, accurate information is the foundation for operational excellence in Asset Lifecycle Management. Learn how your peers have implemented best-in-class programs at ARC's Digital Plant of the Future Forum: Optimize Asset Lifecycle Performance through Better Asset Information Management.

ISA Expo
October 14-16, 2008 Houston, Texas
Organized around six core automation and control themes, ISA EXPO 2007 provides attendees a content-rich environment that offers unlimited opportunity for exploration of key technologies, professional growth, and interaction with like minded professionals.

Cyber-Con 2008
October 26-29, 2008 Boston, MA
Conference provides an interactive and informative forum for users to share ideas and thoughts about common customer challenges, suggestions and recommendations from the global customer community and communicate collectively to the Industrial Defender team.

OMAC Integration Symposium
December 3-4, 2008 Charlotte, NC
Presentations and demonstrations will focus on the theme of “Total System Evolution: Emerging Technologies for the Advancement of Machine Automation and Control.”

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