Aug. 07, 2008
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What's New in the Manufacturing Automation & Process Control Industry
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MultiTrode uses ISaGRAF 5 in MultiSmart Pump Station Manager  - 08/06/08
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.
Emerson to automate coal-fired power plant in Indonesia  - 08/05/08
Emerson’s PlantWeb with Ovation control system will automate critical processes and equipment at two 300-MW power generating units at the PLTU 2 Banten-Labuan power plant.
ABB to supply switchgear for hydropower plant in Switzerland  - 08/01/08
ABB won an order worth $31 million from Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL) to supply power equipment for a hydro storage power plant at the Tierfehd plant in Switzerland.
FKI Logistex automates distribution center in Toronto  - 08/01/08
FKI Logistex installed a new put module and routing sortation system at Forzani's distribution center (DC) in Toronto.
ABB automates solar cell chemical plant  - 07/30/08
ABB’s System 800xA will control production of ultra-pure chlorosilanes at Evonik Industries' plant in Essen, Germany.
ABB to control smelter plant in India  - 07/30/08
ABB won orders worth $113 million from Vedanta Aluminum to provide automation and power products for a greenfield expansion of an aluminum smelter plant in Jharsuguda, India.
Softing to embed PROFIBUS into subsea oil well equipment  - 07/30/08
Aker Solutions, Scotland, will use a Softing Profibus board in a “Christmas Tree,” an assembly of valves, spools and fittings for an oil well.
Honeywell to supply controls for solar panel material plant  - 07/30/08
Honeywell will install Experion process and safety systems for a new Hoku Materials plant to produce polysilicon, a key material needed to produce solar panels.
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