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Sundance adds Dillon's FFT IP to SMT702 PXIe LXT FPGA
- 11/23/08
SMT702 is available with a number of different Dillon FFT IP options. Prices subject to FFT core and configuration. |
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PLCopen at Pack Expo 2008
Visit the PLCopen Organization booth and see how PLCopen member companies are committed to control software standards that improve your quality and productivity.
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Ralph Carter named President of Rockwell Software
- 10/20/08
Carter, former president and CEO of Pavilion Technologies, was named president of Rockwell Software. |
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McObject signs G-Tek as distributor in Turkey
- 09/29/08
G-Tek, a software distributor and engineering firm in Ankara, Turkey, will resell and provide integration services for McObject's eXtremeDB and Perst database systems.
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Beckhoff Automation opens office in Fond du Lac, WI
- 08/26/08
This office will serve as a regional center for Beckhoff customer training as well as for direct sales and application support.
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ACP starts Thin Client Technology tour
- 08/12/08
ThinNation Road Show highlights the benefits of migrating to a Thin Client, centralized computing model for deployment of existing applications. |
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NI reports record revenue for Q2 2008
- 07/30/08
National Instruments reported record quarterly revenue of $210.5 million, up 17 percent in the second quarter of 2008.
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InduSoft CEView HMI/SCADA certified by AT&T for Mobile Applications
- 07/30/08
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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ABB Q2 Net Income up 34%
- 07/24/08
ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million. |
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ProSoft Technology mourns loss of President/Founder, assigns successor
- 07/22/08
Douglas Sharratt, lost his life in a plane crash in Sunriver, Oregon. ProSoft Technology names CFO, Gary Joke, his successor. |
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ABB appoints Joseph Hogan CEO
- 07/17/08
Hogan is currently CEO of GE Healthcare and is a member of the GE Senior Executive Council. He will join ABB on September 1, 2008.
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InduSoft Launches Certified Integrator Program
- 06/13/08
Certification entitles integrators to discount pricing on runtime licenses, special pricing on InduSoft products, and free technical training--all without annual support fees.
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Green Hills Software joins Power.org
- 06/10/08
Green Hills joined at the Sponsor level in Power.org, the organization that develops and promotes Power Architecture (formerly PowerPC) technology. |
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Azure signs Elatec Vertriebs as distributor
- 05/14/08
Elatec will distribute Azure's embedded computers in East Central Europe and Russia. |
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Moore Industries Seeks Oldest Products Still in Service
- 05/07/08
Moore Industries is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and is trying to find the oldest of its products that are still in service. |
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ABB first quarter net income up 87%
- 04/24/08
ABB's first-quarter net income reached $1 billion, an increase of 87 percent compared to the same quarter in 2007. |
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Siemens brings exiderdome traveling exhibit to U.S.
- 04/16/08
exiderdome consists of 55 containers, arranged in a two-story building that is about 50 yards long and includes eight product venues, conference rooms, an executive lounge and a central atrium. To reach destinations, exiderdome uses a convoy of 55 tractor trailers.
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ADLINK to acquire 100% of Ampro Computer
- 03/20/08
ADLINK will acquire a total of 39,743,137 common shares in Ampro, representing 100% of Ampro's shareholding, with a total investment amount of US$20 million. |
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InduSoft Receives Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award
- 03/18/08
InduSoft won for its Web Studio v6.1, the only HMI/SCADA solution that runs on almost every type of hardware. |
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Engineers Turning to Portals to find Product Information
- 03/13/08
Control Design, March 2008
By Joe Feeley
A study by Control Design magazine says engineers are getting tired of using Google and Yahoo because “too many of the results have nothing to do with what they’re actually looking for.” Instead, the use of portals, such as www.automation.com/portals, to find information is increasing. |
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Moore Industries bakes NCS data acquisition system for three years
- 03/02/08
The NCS has been running since February 2005 in an environmental chamber at temperatures up to 221°F. The only problem so far: Labels are turning brown. |
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ABB reports $29.2 billion in revenue in 2007
- 02/14/08
ABB's net income increased to a record $3.8 billion in 2007 from $1.4 billion a year earlier as markets remained strong and further operational improvements were made.
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OMAC seeks Corporate Members
- 02/11/08
One of the most important benefits OMAC Corporate Members receive is a seat on the OMAC Technical Advisory Board (TAB). |
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National Instruments joins Multicore Association
- 02/04/08
The Multicore Association develops standards that help shorten time to market for products that involve multicore implementations. |
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Comark Appoints Kevin Ricketts to Director of Engineering
- 01/30/08
Ricketts will oversee Comark’s hardware and software development, validation and program management.
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National Instruments Reports Record Revenue and Net Income
- 01/30/08
National Instruments reported record quarterly revenue of $205 million, up 13 percent and the company's best revenue growth quarter for 2007. |
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MU Security joins ISA Security Compliance Institute
- 01/30/08
ISA SCI is working toward establishing the ISA Secure certification designation for security compliant products and systems in the automation industry. |
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Green Hills Software supports Wind River's VxWorks RTOS with Padded Cell Secure Hypervisor
- 12/11/07
This technology breakthrough provides safe, reliable, independent execution and containment of the VxWorks guest operating system and unmodified VxWorks applications while allowing parallel execution of mission critical applications on the Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS.
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IEI develops RISC processor R&D team
- 12/10/07
IEI’s diversified RISC R&D team comprises both electronic and software engineers who are able to rapidly develop RISC turnkey solutions and reduce the customer’s system integration time and time to market. |
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Beckhoff Automation runs Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2
- 11/21/07
Beckhoff demos Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 at show in Japan. |
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PXI standard celebrates 10th Anniversary
- 09/17/07
The PXI standard was introduced in 1997 as a modular instrumentation platform for measurement and automation applications. |
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Advantech supports lab at University of Cincinnati
- 09/13/07
Advantech supplied Embedded Automation Controllers, Flat Panel Monitors, USB I/O modules and a Touch Panel Computer for the lab, which will be used by students and professionals.
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ISA submits Control System cyber security report to ANSI
- 08/27/07
ISA-TR99.00.01, Security Technologies for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, has been submitted to ANSI for approval as an ANSI Technical Report.
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Advantech Going Global
- 08/27/07
Advantech plans to become a Globally Integrated Enterprise to meet the challenges and opportunities driven by Web 2.0 and an increased global business climate. |
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ARC says SCADA Market for Oil & Gas to reach $1.1 Billion
- 07/18/07
The worldwide market for SCADA Systems for the Oil & Gas industry is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9% over the next five years. |
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ISA Security Compliance Institute Proposed
- 07/03/07
An ad-hoc group of asset owners and suppliers of industrial automation technology and services offered a plan to establish an ISA Security Compliance Institute.
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ABB names Enrique Santacana Head of ABB US
- 06/29/07
He replaces Dinesh Paliwal, who is leaving ABB at the end of June. Most recently, he was ABB's Region Division Manager for Power Products in North America. |
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Fieldbus Foundation updates Host Profile Spec
- 06/20/07
FF-569 Version 2.0 supports new Host Profile Test & Registration Program. It includes updated FOUNDATION fieldbus host profiles, interoperability requirements, and test procedures leading to host registration. |
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Express Logic announces RTOS support for Luminary Micro's Microcontrollers
- 06/05/07
ThreadX RTOS and NetX TCP/IP networking stack support Ethernet-enabled and CAN-enabled Stellaris microcontrollers. Free demo available. |
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Beckhoff PCs and TwinCAT software support Intel Core Duo
- 05/22/07
Intel Core Duo processors feature two computation kernels in one processor case. This technology enables multitasking and improves the throughput in multithread applications. |
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Beckhoff Automation sales increase 26% in 2006
- 05/17/07
During 2006, the company had sales of 190 million euros. |
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Dinesh Paliwal leaving ABB
- 05/10/07
Dinesh Paliwal, President, will leave ABB at the end of June. |
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Sadlowski named Chief Executive Officer for Siemens
- 05/03/07
Siemens appointed Dennis Sadlowski President and CEO, succeeding Aubert Martin, who is retiring.
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ABB Announces income up 163% in Q1
- 04/27/07
ABB's first-quarter net income rose 163 percent to $537 million from $204 million in the same period of 2006, driven primarily by continued strong market demand and further operational improvements.
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Measurement Computing's boards support Vista
- 04/19/07
MCC supports Windows Vista across its USB- and PCI-based product lines. |
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PLCopen forms Security working group for control systems
- 04/12/07
The goal is to define a test bed and a set of routines, implementing a set of software tools and scripts to perform these test, and making this available to the public in order to be able prove a level of networking security within a broad set of control systems. |
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InPlay Technologies licenses Duraswitch to Kay-EE in China
- 04/10/07
Under the terms of the agreement, Kay-EE has the right to market and manufacture products using Duraswitch electronic switch technologies. Guangzhou Kay-EE Membrane Keyboard Switch Co. (Kay-EE) is one of the largest suppliers of membrane switch panels in mainland China. |
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PDI Introduces Certified Partner Program
- 03/23/07
This program allow data center managers to know that their building management system has been integrated and proven out with PDI's Branch Circuit Monitoring System (BCMS). BCMS can monitor and report current and voltage measurements on each individual circuit branch breaker which can prevent overloading any of these circuits. |
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Bosch Rexroth sales hit $6.2 billion
- 03/22/07
Bosch Rexroth AG increased sales in 2006 by 7.1 percent to approximately $6.2 billion (4.9 billion Euros). Sales grew 16 percent in Middle and Eastern Europe and 14 percent in Asia, including 33 percent growth in China. Sales in North and South America declined slightly in a difficult economic environment. |
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ARC says Asian DCS Market thrives on massive investments in manufacturing
- 03/15/07
Strong economic activity in Asia is spurring the growth of manufacturing, which in turn is propelling the growth of the automation market in the region. The Asian market for Distributed Control Systems (DCS) is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.0% over the next five years, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study. |
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Syncroness study confirms trend of outsourcing new product development
- 03/15/07
According to the study, 83% of respondents had outsourced some or all of NPD activity, confirming that outsourcing of core product development is extremely important in today’s market. |
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ISA leads efforts to develop an Automation Engineering Degree Program
- 03/15/07
A committee of industry leaders and academia met at ISA headquarters to begin work on the learning objectives for an automation engineering curriculum for universities. "Our goal is to develop curriculum content for a 4-year automation engineering degree program," said committee chair Randy Buchanan of the University of Southern Mississippi. |
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KSE Protech and ObjectAutomation Merge
- 03/13/07
The resulting company, known as OA International bv, is a 200+ employee global automation solutions provider. Martin F. Wieffering, former CEO of KSE Protech is now OA International's Chief Executive Officer & Chairman. |
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S2 Technologies appoints distributor in Korea
- 03/13/07
S2 Technologies appointed MDS Technology as its distributor in Korea. MDS has been focusing on the embedded industry for more than 13 years, serving about 750 customers such as Samsung, LG, Hyundai and others. |
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Xycom Automation becomes Pro-face
- 02/28/07
Xycom Automation is adopting Pro-Face as its new corporate name. Xycom will remain a product brand name fully supported in the Pro-face family of Operator Interface and Industrial PC products. |
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NI President elected to National Academy of Engineering
- 02/27/07
Dr. James Truchard, CEO, president and cofounder of National Instruments was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Truchard was recognized for creating virtual instrumentation, which enabled the rapid development of customized measurement systems in industry, academia and classrooms. |
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Schneider Electric acquires American Power Conversion
- 02/20/07
Schneider Electric announced the completion of the acquisition of American Power Conversion Corporation following satisfaction of the closing conditions of the merger agreement. Under the terms of the acquisition, each share of APC common stock is converted to the right to receive US$31.00 in cash. The total amount to be paid in cash to APC shareholders represents approximately US$6.1 billion.
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Advantech to co-sponsor Automotive Research Lab at Penn State
- 02/13/07
Advantech will co-sponsor an automotive research lab administered by the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute at Penn State. This project develops a campus-wide hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) capability to test advanced vehicle powertrains and controllers. Advantech will supply industrial PCs, embedded PCs and accessories. |
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Thanks for the Memories – Storage Media in Industrial Applications
When it comes to data storage for industrial applications, users no longer have to go around in circles. They now have a choice between rotating magnetic media – hard disk drives with spinning platters – and flash memory. Thanks to advances in size, speed, and reliability, solid state flash memory can now be a serious contender for the storage of operating systems, applications and vital process data. |
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Xycom Automation takes new corporate name
- 01/31/07
Xycom Automation is adopting Pro-Face America as its new corporate name. |
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Nematron announces CEO and VP of product management
- 01/23/07
Greg Chandler has been appointed President and CEO, and Ralph Damato was appointed Vice President, Product Management. Chandler was a founding member of Nematron in the early 1980s. Previously, Damato developed and marketed industrial computers and flat panel monitors for Xycom Automation. |
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Advantech wins Intel Awards
- 01/11/07
Advantech won Intel's Multi-Core Solution Contest and the Intel Associate Partner of the Year awards.
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