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SERCOS announce packaging profile for SERCOS III
- 11/13/08
The Pack Profile defines a subset of the SERCOS interface functions for packaging machinery. |
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Opto 22 SNAP I/O receives ODVA certification
- 10/23/08
Opto 22 has received certification for its SNAP-PAC-EB1 and SNAP-PAC -EB2 SNAP I/O processors. |
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ABB Q3 net income up 26%
- 10/23/08
ABB reported increases in revenues, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), net income and cash flow in the third quarter of 2008. |
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Allied to distribute Eaton's automation products
- 10/15/08
Allied will be a catalog distributor of Eaton’s industrial control and automation products. |
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Frost & Sullivan says end users wary of wireless
- 10/09/08
In a recent study, 83 percent of the end users across process and factory automation rated interoperability as a medium to high concern. |
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GE Fanuc takes its paper mill show on the road
- 10/03/08
Tractor trailer with a complete working system that is capable of controlling activities within a paper mill will visit locations in the U.S. and Canada. |
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Rockwell Automation to lay off 600 people
- 10/02/08
Restructuring involves headcount reductions, primarily in selling, general and administrative functions, involving three percent of the company’s global workforce of 20,000 people. |
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HIMA opens office in Canada
- 10/01/08
HIMA’s office in Calgary is managed by Brad Ogilvie, Country Manager. |
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Semaphore signs Guillevin International as SCADA distributor
- 10/01/08
Guillevin will distribute Semaphore products in western Canada, including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon and Northwest Territories.
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SCADA market in Oil & Gas industry to reach $1.3 Billion in 2012
- 09/22/08
The worldwide market for SCADA Systems for the Oil & Gas industry is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% over the next five years. |
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Opto 22 opens office in China
- 09/11/08
Chief Representative Surge Yu will manage the office in Shanghai.
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Global Test Supply relocates headquarters
- 08/20/08
Global Test Supply moved its North American headquarters to a new, expanded facility in Wilmington, NC. |
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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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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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Data Acquisition Moves to the Outside
Control Engineering Asia, June 2008
Venture Development says market growth rates for data acquisition systems are higher for external chassis and modules than the plug-in analog I/O boards. There continues to be an ongoing trend in data acquisition applications to the use of external devices, especially USB PC front ends instead of plug-in analog I/O boards.
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Will DIN-rail PCs with I/O revolutionise industrial PCs?
Control Engineering Europe, July 2008
With unit shipments expected to more than triple between 2006 and 2011, DIN rail PCs with incorporated I/O (also known as programmable automation controllers, or PACs) are going to have a lasting impact on the worldwide industrial PC market according to a report by IMS Research.
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Optimation moves to Nematron offices in Ann Arbor, MI
- 07/11/08
Optimation, a subsidiary of Nematron, has been operating as separate entity since being acquired in 2001.
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Opto 22 Videos prove to be popular in automation market
- 07/09/08
OptoVideos have been downloaded by the tens of thousands since they debuted three months ago, and are featured on the websites of several industry-leading blogs and trade publications, including Automation.com.
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ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Programs
- 06/16/08
Three certificate programs are available: Safety Instrumented Systems Specialist, Safety Integrity Level Determination Specialist, and Safety Instrumented Systems Hardware Design and Analysis Specialist.
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Semaphore launches Certified SCADA Integrator Program
- 06/03/08
The program provides comprehensive training as well as a technical support program that is tailored to the needs of systems integrators. |
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ILS deviceWISE 2.0 platform complies with Oracle
- 05/29/08
The deviceWISE platform, which collects data from automation equipment and factory floor devices, is in compliance with Oracle's Manufacturing Operations Center.
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GE Fanuc completes acquisition of MOST from MTL
- 05/22/08
GE Fanuc completed the acquisition of assets of the MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) product lines. |
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ISA takes first step toward wireless standard approval
- 05/15/08
The ISA100.11a Working Group sent its first letter ballot on its draft standard, the first step in getting approval for the ISA100 standard.
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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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Microprecision builds its Swiss microswitches in the U.S.
- 05/05/08
Microprecision Electronics now builds its microswitches at Wilbrecht Electronics’ Huron, S.D. plant. |
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National Instruments reports Q1 Revenue of $193 Million
- 04/30/08
Net income for Q1 2008 was $17.6 million with diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.22.
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Moore Industries Celebrates 40 Years of Success
- 04/30/08
Still privately-held by founder and CEO Leonard W. Moore, the company has come a long way from humble garage beginnings when Moore designed and built the company's first electronic signal converters. Today, the company builds signal conditioners, temperature transmitters, fieldbus interface devices and much more. |
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SERCOS releases CIP Safety Specification
- 04/27/08
The CIP Safety on SERCOS specification is being released as a function-specific profile (FSP Safety) for Industrial Ethernet-based SERCOS III. |
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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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Acromag opens office in Switzerland
- 04/21/08
The office will service European, Middle Eastern and African markets for embedded I/O products. The office is headed by Stefan Baginski. |
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SCADAgroup acquires Adaptive Instruments
- 04/16/08
Adaptive Instruments markets Accutech wireless instrumentation products. In 2006 SCADAgroup acquired Control Microsystems, and earlier this year acquired Trio Datacom.
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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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GE Fanuc acquires machine safety assets From MTL
- 03/31/08
GE Fanuc will acquire MTL Open Systems Technology (MOST) product lines including the MTL8000 I/O, intrinsically safe I/O, SafetyNet system, and process control technologies. |
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Semaphore signs Gray Matter Systems as distributor
- 03/18/08
Gray Matter Systems is Semaphore's authorized distributor for markets in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. |
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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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ISA issues call for papers for ISA EXPO
- 03/11/08
Abstracts will be accepted until 11 April for paper, panel, and tutorial sessions.
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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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ABB CEO Fred Kindle leaves company
- 02/13/08
ABB Chief Executive Officer Fred Kindle is leaving the company due to irreconcilable differences about how to lead the company. Chief Financial Officer Michel Demaré is interim CEO.
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Cooper acquires MTL Instruments Group
- 02/11/08
Cooper Controls Limited acquired more than 98 percent of the outstanding shares of The MTL Instruments Group.
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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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MCAA makes Three-Year Market Forecast
MCAA says the 2006 total market value for twelve PI&A products is $6.7 billion for the United States and $784 million for Canada. In the U.S., annual growth will be 3.6% with 4.2 % in Canada. Four products are forecasted to grow faster than the average in both regions – Electronic Flow, Pressure, Remote I/O and Electronic Level. |
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Schneider reports record growth in 2007
- 01/22/08
Schneider Electric sales for 2007 rose 26.1% to €17,309 million, double the Group’s sales in 2003. |
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ARC says Ethernet moving downward in the control hierarchy
- 01/21/08
Industrial Ethernet’s migration into the device or I/O level of the automation network hierarchy signals its continued march downward in the enterprise architecture. |
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TURCK incorporates full subsidiary in Australia to support emerging markets
- 12/12/07
Prior to this, TURCK products have been distributed in Australia by Micromax, who will remain TURCK’s distribution arm for factory automation focused products with the full support of the new local subsidiary to help grow the TURCK market.
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MTL acquires RTK Instruments
- 11/08/07
MTL acquired a 90% stake in RTK, a manufacturer of process alarm equipment, displays and interface products.
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Schneider Electric sales up in third quarter
- 10/23/07
Schneider Electric sales for the third quartertotaled €4,468 million, up 28.4% from the year-earlier period.
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ACR adds networking to SmartReader Plus Data Loggers
- 10/10/07
Up to 10 SmartReader Plus multi channel data loggers (up to 80 channels) can be networked to one modem or PC. |
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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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PICMG forms COM Express Plug-and-Play Subcommittee
- 09/13/07
ADLINK, congatec AG and MSC form the new PICMG COM Express plug and play subcommittee. It will define a COM Express Plug and Play Design Guide. |
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ABB expects increased earnings from 2007 to 2011
- 09/05/07
ABB expects to increase revenues at almost twice the rate of market growth and three times the rate of global GDP growth over the period.
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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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Acromag celebrates 50th Anniversary
- 08/23/07
Founded in 1957 by Henry Patton, Acromag pioneered the use of magnetic amplifiers for measurement and control applications. |
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Omron appoints Gregg Holst President and COO
- 08/10/07
He assumes the position immediately, filling a 10-month-long vacancy created by the death of the previous COO and President.
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ABB Q2 net income doubles to $729 million
- 07/26/07
Earnings in the quarter rose to $1 billion on a 27% increase in revenues and net income doubled to $729 million.
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UEI moves to new facility in Walpole, MA
- 07/23/07
The new location is only about 8 miles from the existing plant. |
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Bosch Rexroth to consolidate Detroit offices
- 07/07/07
Bosch Rexroth is consolidating its branch offices in the Detroit area, moving its employees into a facility in Rochester Hills. |
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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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Honeywell to acquire Enraf for $260 million
- 06/26/07
Enraf offers solutions for the control and management of transportation, storage and blending operations in the oil and gas industry. |
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Moore Industries appoints Yong Park to Controller
- 06/25/07
Most recently, Park held the title of Controller with Plastic Services & Products, Inc., where he successfully completed a merger with a competitor company as well as two outside acquisitions.
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Mitsubishi expands distribution agreement with Livingston & Haven
- 06/06/07
Livingston & Haven now sells the Mitsubishi Electric Automation product line; it will add the full line of articulated and SCARA robotic products. |
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Schneider Electric exec named finalist in American Business Awards
- 05/21/07
Thomas Insprucker is a finalist in the Best Marketing Executive category for the 2007 American Business Awards.
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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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Moore Industries Promotes Charles Larson to Director of Technology
- 05/09/07
Larson will provide a bridge between Marketing and Engineering to help develop and optimize the commercial exploitation of Moore's intellectual property. |
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ABB creates engineering and science education foundation
- 05/04/07
ABB will create a foundation with total funding of $16.6 million to sponsor talented and needy students in engineering and natural sciences. |
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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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Phoenix Contact Opens Technology Center in Houston
- 05/02/07
The 15,000-sq-ft center has a demonstration room, training facility, application lab, office space and a warehouse.
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Moore Industries Promotes Tina Lockhart to Director of Engineering
- 05/02/07
Lockhart has more than 20 years of R&D experience and more than 10 years in management. Previously, Lockhart was a Program Manager at BAE Systems, where she was responsible for projects based on MEMS technology with real time embedded systems. |
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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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Belden will acquire Lumberg Automation
- 04/04/07
It is anticipated that the Lumberg Automation Components acquisition will be completed in June or July of 2007. |
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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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Dataforth continues to expand
- 03/13/07
Dataforth has increased production capacity by 50 percent through significant additions to production machinery, product inventory, square footage, and staff. |
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MooreHawke's TRUNKGUARD passes fieldbus short-circuit tests
- 03/12/07
Independent tests prove that the TRUNKGUARD device coupler works seamlessly with a DeltaV control system during repeated short-circuit testing and extreme temperatures. According to Evaluation International, TRUNKGUARD continued to operate and maintain communications with DeltaV after multiple short circuits on spurs, temperatures from -40 to 70°C, and operation at upper and lower voltage limits. |
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Nick Moore promoted to Director of Strategic Planning at Moore Industries
- 03/08/07
Nick will work with all vice presidents, corporate officers, directors and department heads to ensure that operations are in line with Moore Industries’ corporate goals and initiatives. Moore Industries is a leader in the design and manufacture of interface instruments and fieldbus equipment. |
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Schneider Electric's Jim Pauley elected vice chairman of ANSI Board of Directors
- 03/07/07
Jim Pauley has assumed the role of vice-chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). He will also continue serving as vice-president, industry and government relations for Schneider Electric North America.
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ARC says Foundation Fieldbus Dominates Fieldbus
- 03/02/07
According to a study prepared by the ARC Advisory Group, Foundation fielbus accounts for over two-thirds of process fieldbus revenues. ARC says the global market for fieldbus solutions in the process industries reached $831.7 million in 2006 and projects current growth trends will expand the fieldbus market to over $2.279 billion in 2011. |
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ARC says Servo Drive Market to reach $3.8 billion by 2010
- 02/27/07
The worldwide market for servo drives is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6% over the next five years. The market was $3.07 billion in 2005 and is forecasted to be over $3.839 billion in 2010, according to an ARC Advisory Group study. |
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LXI Consortium plans upgrades to LXI standard
- 02/27/07
The Consortium plans to work on new identify schema that provides more detailed information about an instrument, new requirements for event logging, an enhanced discovery mechanism that makes it easier to identify LXI devices over the Ethernet, and more. |
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Moore Industries signs Arjay Automation as Manufacturer’s Rep in Upper Midwest
- 02/22/07
Moore Industries signed Arjay Automation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a manufacturer’s representative for all Moore Industries product lines, including MooreHawke. Arjay will be responsible for covering Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and western Wisconsin for Moore Industries. |
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Phoenix Contact's McLendon Named to EIA Board
- 02/21/07
Scott McLendon, vice president and general manager of Phoenix Contact USA, has been appointed to the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) Board of Governors. |
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ATS Electronics to distribute products from BASI and Amalgamated
- 02/15/07
ATS Electronics will distribute signal conditioners from BASI Instruments and Industrial Process Instrumentation and Display Units from Amalgamated Instruments in the United States and Canada. |
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President of Moore Industries gets Pilot's License at Age 73
- 01/10/07
Leonard Moore passed all the FAA requirements for his pilot's license, and now is certified to fly single-engine land-based aircraft. Mr. Moore has been flying since he was a teenager in Oelwein, Iowa, and soloed for the first time at age 16. Since then, he has continued to fly, but always with instructors or other certified pilots. When he rebuilt an old Ercoupe, he decided to use it to get his license.
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Beckhoff Canada hires new Sales Manager
- 01/09/07
Calvin Wallace has been hired as Regional Sales Manager for Southwestern Ontario. Wallace will provide direct sales support to Beckhoff customers located in an area that extends from Windsor to Guelph. |
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Advantech donates products to University of Dayton
- 12/28/06
Advantech has donated three lab setups of ADAM Industrial Ethernet hardware with ADAMView software to the University of Dayton with the aim of cultivating future talent. The products include analog and digital I/O modules, an industrial 10/100Mbps Ethernet Switch, and data acquisition software. The University of Dayton will use this product in three different classes. |
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ARC says worldwide total process automation market to reach $79 billion
- 12/21/06
Manufacturing companies continue to increase investments in capital expenditures for automation equipment as they recognize the role of automation in the global market. As a result, the worldwide market for total process automation will grow robustly, with ARC expecting a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.4% over the next five years, to reach nearly $79 billion in 2010. |
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Advantech develops partnership with Cole-Parmer
- 12/15/06
Advantech's Data Acquisition I/O modules will be sold through the Cole-Parmer catalog.
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