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		Eaton to Acquire Cooper Industries - 05/22/12 Eaton will acquire electrical equipment supplier Cooper for $11.8 Billion. Eaton and Cooper will be combined under a new company incorporated in Ireland, where Cooper is incorporated today.

		Acromag acquires Xembedded - 05/21/12 Xembedded builds products based on VME, VPX, and COM Express platforms and its hardware and software products have been installed in over 400,000 systems worldwide.

		Spies, Hackers and Energy - Preventing a Digital Pearl Harbor - 04/26/12 OilPrice.com, April 2012 By Jen Alic The real threat to US energy infrastructure from the cyber theater is China and Russia, both of whom are believed to be developing cyber warfare methods capable of dealing a major blow to critical infrastructure.

		National Instruments Establishes Electronic Design Specialty - 03/15/12 The Electronic Design Specialty identifies experts for customers looking to extend and customize NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware products.

		How China is Stealing Our Secrets - 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism.


		WinSystems celebrates its 30th anniversary - 01/18/12 Started in 1982 by Jerry Winfield, WinSystems manufactures industry-standard PC/104, EPIC, EBX, SUMIT-ISM and STD Bus computer boards, I/O modules, and enclosures.

		LXI Consortium Elects Officers for 2012 - 11/30/11 The three Strategic Member companies appointed directors for next year, and the 16 Participating Member companies elected two directors for the Board.

		B&R X20 System certified for maritime use - 11/01/11 The X20 System achieved the seal of quality for maritime applications after extensive testing by the certification institute Germanischer Lloyd (GL).

		ERIKS to Acquire Industrial Controls - 10/30/11 Founded in 1976, Industrial Controls is a distributor of Controls, Instrumentation, Automation and Automated Valves in the U.S.

		WAGO I/O Devices Earn ATEX, IEC Ex Certifications - 10/27/11 Nearly 30 couplers, controllers and I/O modules in the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM now carry ATEX and IEC Ex Certifications for operating in temperatures up to +60°C.

		Moore HIX HART Signal Isolator Receives CSA Approval - 08/24/11 The HIX HART signal isolator has received General Location and Class I, Division 2 (Non-Incendive) approvals from CSA International in the United States and Canada.

		Spectris to Acquire Omega Engineering - 08/16/11 Spectris operates across four business segments: Materials Analysis, Test and Measurement, In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls. Headquartered in Egham, Surrey, England, the company employs over 6,400 people.

		J.H. Whitney Capital Partners Acquires Autosplice - 08/10/11 Autosplice is a multi-national, custom electronic interconnect solutions provider.

		Energy Harvesting to be a $4.4 Billion Market in 2021 - 08/07/11 This includes 250 million sensors powered by an energy harvester, at an average price of $6 per harvester.

		Advantech Remote I/O Receives BACnet Certification - 05/31/11 BAS-3000BC series of remote I/O modules have received BACnet certification, approved and listed by BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL).

		Red Lion Controls Increases Staff - 05/23/11 Red Lion added 41 new staffing positions ranging from product and software engineers to customer service representatives.

		ESCORT Data Loggers signs CAS as distributor - 04/03/11 CAS will be responsible for the sales and support of all ESCORT Data Logger products in North America.

		ODVA announces machinery initiative - 04/03/11 ODVA launched a Machinery Initiative designed to improve the integration of machinery with the industrial manufacturing ecosystem.

		Siemens launches Plantville interactive game - 03/24/11 Online game simulates a Plant Manager’s experience and challenges players to increase productivity, sustainability and the overall health of an industrial plant.

		WAGO 2011 Innovation in Automation Tour Underway - 03/16/11 Consisting of two identical vans, IIAT presents WAGO’s latest Automation, Interconnect and Electronic solutions directly to industrial professionals.

		Jody Markopoulos named President & CEO of GE Intelligent Platforms - 03/15/11 Markopoulos, who will report to GE Home & Business Solutions President and CEO Charlene Begley, succeeds Maryrose Sylvester who was recently named as president and CEO of GE Lighting.

		Rockwell Automation announces Lifecycle Service Agreement - 03/14/11 The agreement helps manufacturers minimize the serious financial consequences due to extended unplanned downtime when spare parts or speedy repair are unavailable for outdated Rockwell Automation components.

		Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group celebrates 175 years - 03/06/11 Originally founded in Cincinnati Ohio in 1836 by James Foster, Jr., Palmer Wahl has been a consistent innovator since the 18th century, developing the first thermometer made in America - the Foster Cup - in 1852.

		Advantech Sells One Millionth Remote I/O Module - 03/01/11 B&B Electronics purchased the one millionth ADAM Remote I/O module, the ADAM-6024-AE, a 12-channel universal I/O module.

		CoActive Technologies Acquires Comax Industrial - 03/01/11 Headquartered in Hong Kong with its primary engineering and manufacturing facility located in Huizhou, China, Comax manufactures more than 250 million switches and parts annually.

		B&R signs distributor in Indiana - 02/27/11 IFP Automation offers B&R’s complete line of electrical automation products in addition to a full array of fluid power offerings.

		Bosch Rexroth becomes principal member of ODVA - 02/24/11 Bosch Rexroth, an active member for several years, became one of the organization’s principal members.

		National Instruments to sell GE Reflective Memory Module - 02/24/11 GE signed an agreement that lets National Instruments distribute the GE cPCI-5565PIO Reflective Memory PMC and PMC Carrier Card for 3U CompactPCI systems.

		WAGO I/O Receives GL nautical Approval - 02/14/11 This enables WAGO to offer more than 150 marine and offshore products with multiple marine ratings including ABS, BV and DNV.

		IPSO Alliance adds five members - 02/08/11 IPSO Alliance added BII Group, AvaLAN Wireless Systems, Tritech, Synapse Wireless and Ubilogix, bringing its total membership to 57 companies.

		Red Lion Controls opens office in Germany - 02/01/11 Red Lion opened a sales office in Sprockhövel, Germany.

		ACI Acquires ACT’s ICC for BAS HVAC I/O - 01/10/11 Translation of acronyms: ACI acquired ACT’s Interface Control Components (ICC) line to provide I/O for its HVAC systems used in building automation systems.

		SERCOS celebrates 25th Anniversary - 12/30/10 As a universal and open automation bus, SERCOS combines powerful motion and logic applications with current safety concepts and a broad range of peripherals.

		Advantech sells one millionth ADAM Remote I/O Module - 12/30/10 Founded in 1992, Advantech’s ADAM remote I/O modules have been a consistent and reliable figure in the industrial automation field.

		I/O Module Market has Fierce Competition - 12/06/10 The I/O module market is drive by fierce competition, which led to a rapid price drop across all segments of the market

		National Instruments Opens Office in Penang - 12/01/10 National Instruments opened temporary offices for its planned R&D and operations facility in Penang, Malaysia.

		National Instruments to Open Operations Center in Costa Rica - 11/23/10 Scheduled to open in Q2 2011, the center will employ 200 people over in customer relationship management, financial services, IT and sales operations positions.

		WIB Releases Comprehensive Cyber Security Standard - 11/10/10 The international standard outlines a set of specific requirements focusing on cyber security best practices for suppliers of industrial automation and control systems.

		Beijer Electronics acquires part of Korenix - 11/09/10 Beijer Electronics acquired 37 percent of Korenix, becoming the largest shareholder in the company.

		Rockwell Automation adds Options for Critical Control Applications - 11/02/10 Options include redundant I/O, alarm and event server redundancy, network resiliency and faster controller cross-loading.

		National Instruments Appoints Alex Davern Chief Operating Officer - 10/05/10 Davern joined National Instruments in 1994 and has been serving as CFO and senior vice president of manufacturing and IT operations since 2002.

		Intelligent Instrumentation names Robert Auman president and CEO - 10/04/10 Robert M. Auman was Vice President of worldwide sales. Auman has been with the company since 1986.

		Hannover Fair to join IMTS - 09/16/10 Industrial Automation North America will occur September 10–15, 2012, alongside the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2012 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

		TURCK's JBBS FM Approved for Hazardous Locations - 09/15/10 JBBS junction bricks for AS-interface networks are now FM approved for Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C and D hazardous locations.

		Phoenix Contact announces Nanoline Contest 2011 - 09/15/10 The contest introduces students to the world of automation, and the winning team will present their project at the TectoYou Hall at the Hanover Fair (Hannover Messe) in Germany next spring.

		Rockwell Trains Teachers at Alexandria Technical & Community College - 08/16/10 ATCC staff members will complete a Rockwell Automation train-the-trainer course, which will allow ATCC to offer five certified Rockwell Automation training courses to students.

		VXIbus System Specification Revision 4.0 Available - 07/11/10 The key improvements to the VXIbus in Revision 4.0 are higher throughput, increased power, and better synchronization.

		SICK signs Process Value Automation as distributor - 06/22/10 PVA, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, specializes in industrial process controls and instrumentation.

		Moore Industries obtains CSA certification on signal conditioners - 06/16/10 The miniMOORE and STA products received General Location and Non-Incendive approval per CSA for Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C & D.

		SymCom acquires Solid State Advanced Controls from ABB - 06/10/10 The acquisition includes all SSAC non-Din rail mounted timers, monitoring relays, controls, and custom products.

		Semaphore Wireless RTU Monitor Achieves IP67 Rating - 06/07/10 T-BOX WM Wireless Monitor has passed all third party criteria and testing for Ingress Protection level 67 (IP67) and for operation in Class I, Division 1 hazardous areas.

		Advantech opens office in Indonesia - 06/06/10 The new office is located in South Jakarta.

		ABB to build new cable factory in US - 05/19/10 The new plant will manufacture land cables for use in both AC and DC applications.

		Automation.com celebrates 10 years of growth - 04/15/10 Since its inception in 2000, Automation.com has grown to become the leading online publisher of automation-related news, information and resources. Each month, the site attracts more than 115,000 automation professionals from around the world.

		Red Lion Controls promotes Sharon Keeler to controller - 04/15/10 Ms. Keeler has worked as a Staff Accountant at Red Lion Controls for more than five years.

		Pickering appoints distributor in Russia - 03/31/10 Sovtest ATE will provide sales and service representation for Pickering's PXI product range.

		Semaphore signs Pericom AG as rep - 03/15/10 Based in Germany, Pericom specializes in industrial PC, control, and networking products serving the building automation, energy, machine, and water utility markets.

		ARC says prices are coming down on automation products - 03/07/10 One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.

		IVI Foundation identifies four instrument classes - 03/03/10 The IVI Foundation defined four instrument classes: digitizer, counter/timer, upconverter, and downconverter. IVI Foundation promotes specifications for programming test instruments.

		Red Lion Controls appoints Amber Ungrady Director of Quality - 03/01/10 Ungrady graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology, and previously worked for Honeywell.

		TURCK achieves UL certification for IMS signal conditioners - 02/26/10 IMS interface modules are now UL certified for Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C and D hazardous locations.

		ARC says refining automation to increase - 02/21/10 Automation expenditures by the refining sector are expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly five percent over the next five years, according to ARC.

		Phoenix Contact engineers hit the high schools - 02/17/10 Phoenix Contact engineers in Pennsylvania and Michigan are sharing their enthusiasm for science with local students this week. The activities are part of National Engineers Week.

		Sealevel names Landmark of China as rep - 01/20/10 Landmark covers the growing Chinese marketplace with four offices: Beijing (North China), Wuhan (Middle China), Shanghai (East China), Chengdu (Southwest).

		Onset appoints Justin Testa president - 01/06/10 Most recently, Testa served as the executive vice president and business unit manager for Cognex Corporation.

		Elecsys acquires SensorCast - 01/05/10 SensorCast, located in Lenexa, Kansas, provides integrated data collection and reporting solutions to the pipeline and energy exploration industries.

		Sensors Expo to co-habit with Embedded Systems Conference - 12/21/09 2010 Sensors Expo & Conference and the Embedded Systems Conference Chicago will share space in Chicago, June 7-9, 2010.

		Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly - 12/08/09 ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course.

		ISA appoints Bill Lydon chief editor for InTech - 12/02/09 Automation.com's Bill Lydon was appointed editor of InTech, further strengthening ISA’s partnership with Automation.com to jointly publish several e-newsletters for InTech and Automation.com subscribers.

		National Instruments supports Windows 7 - 11/30/09 LabVIEW software and PCI Express hardware are compatible with Windows 7.

		PXI Systems Alliance releases new PXI MultiComputing specification - 11/16/09 PXImc Specification supports a high performance, communication architecture for multi-controller PXI and automated test systems.

		ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions.

		ABB orders decline 15% in Q3 - 10/29/09 ABB reported third-quarter net income of $1 billion. Orders declined 15% and revenue was down 5%.

		Schneider Electric adopts B&R technology - 10/26/09 Schneider Electric will update their machine controller and I/O system using B&R technology.

		ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters - 10/07/09 The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals.

		Siemens merges four divisions into one - 10/01/09 Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry.

		WAGO celebrates 30th anniversary - 09/23/09 Established in 1979 in a small suburban Milwaukee office by one employee, WAGO operates out of a 75,000 sq. ft manufacturing complex in Germantown, WI.

		eLynx opens office in Lander, Wyoming - 09/15/09 eLynx Technologies is a provider of web-based monitoring and field automation services to the oil and gas industry.

		Eagle Controls opens office in Bradenton, Florida - 09/02/09 The Bradenton office will cover sales and marketing activities in North America, Canada and Mexico.

		ABB Q2 revenues down - 07/23/09 Orders decreased across all divisions and regions compared to the second quarter of 2008 on a combination of lower volumes and price decreases resulting from both lower raw material costs and reduced demand.

		Leonard W. Moore named Honorary Member of ISA - 07/22/09 The highest honor bestowed by the International Society of Automation (ISA), Honorary Member, has been given to Moore Industries’ founder and President Leonard W. Moore.

		ARC says process industries are weathering current economic storm - 05/21/09 Automation expenditures in the process industries reached $45.5 billion dollars in 2007 and are forecast to exceed $61 billion by 2012.

		Mark Barber named President of Baumer USA - 04/30/09 Prior to joining Baumer, he served as President and CEO of Fischer Connectors as well as President and CEO of EAO Switch.

		HANNOVER MESSE receives 210,000 visitors - 04/26/09 210,000 visitors came to Hannover to see 6,150 exhibitors from 61 countries. 70% of the visitors were from Europe, 25% came from abroad, but only 7% came from the Americas.

		Bringing Manufacturing Back To The U.S.A. Manufacturing.net, April 2009 By Michael Collins, MPC Management A recent study by Archstone Consulting indicates that many manufacturers are contemplating bringing their manufacturing back to the U.S. Nearly 90 percent of manufacturers are considering changing or have already changed their manufacturing and supply strategy. The study cited many reasons, varying from rising fuel costs and increasing Chinese wages to delivery problems and satisfying American customers.

		ABB Q1 revenues steady despite economic challenges - 04/23/09 ABB’s first-quarter 2009 revenues rose 3 percent to $7.2 billion while orders decreased by 3 percent to $9.2 billion.

		SERCOS lll software now available without license fees - 04/22/09 SERCOS III will be the first high performance real-time protocol which makes driver software available as source code, without any license fees and without any usage limitations.

		Beckhoff increases turnover to 278 Million Euros in 2008 - 04/16/09 Beckhoff Automation closed the 2008 business year successfully with robust turnover growth of 20 percent.

		ABB relocates North American headquarters to Cary, NC - 04/14/09 Among the primary factors behind this move are significant cost savings and a favorable business climate in the Triangle, as well as closer proximity to growing customer and employee bases.

		HANNOVER MESSE 2009 stresses energy effiicency - 04/06/09 The subject of energy efficiency is a recurrent theme throughout the range of offerings at the 13 international trade fairs that form this year's HANNOVER MESSE.

		Kepware supplies Operon Systems with OPC communications software - 03/11/09 Operon Systems makes Red Hawk data collection and manufacturing productivity monitoring solutions.

		Frost & Sullivan says wireless market in factory automation to nearly double by 2012 - 03/03/09 The European market earned revenues of over $75.2 million in 2008 and this will reach $132.8 million in 2012.

		Frost & Sullivan says wireless is next wave in powering electronic devices - 02/24/09 Induction-based wireless power could represent the next wave in powering portable electronics.

		Flying robots at HANNOVER MESSE - 02/23/09 UAVs (Unmanned Air Vehicles) will be a special highlight. This will be backed up by live demonstrations of glass façade-cleaning robots - also decidedly "aboveground."

		ABB orders decrease in Q4, but 2008 income up - 02/12/09 Orders decreased 19 percent in the fourth quarter but full-year EBIT nevertheless reached a record $4.6 billion.

		Consumers want safe, modern and sustainable U.S. manufacturing - 02/09/09 Survey shows most Americans believe highly automated factories are important to economic growth. The majority support a stimulus package to modernize U.S. factories.

		Jerry Yen joins Mitsubishi Electric Automation - 02/09/09 Jerry Yen has been named director of the company’s new Custom Solutions Center.

		SIXNET names Hilton Nicholson President and CEO - 02/01/09 Nicholson succeeds former CEO Steve Schoenberg, who will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors.

		Hannover Fair covers optimizing energy efficiency in industry - 01/27/09 The INTERKAMA+ tradeshow at HANNOVER MESSE 2009 is gearing up to make a contribution of global significance in this area via its "Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes" display.

		LXI Consortium elects Von Campbell President - 01/06/09 Von Campbell of Agilent Technologies is the Consortium's new president.

		Legal disputes among suppliers halts exiderdome U.S. tour - 12/21/08 Legal disputes have prevented exiderdome from being transferred from a barge to land for the second half of its U.S. tour.

		Schneider Electric USA names Amelia Huntington COO - 12/10/08 Huntington will have managerial responsibility for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Juno Lighting Group and several other core Division functions and business operations.

		POWERLINK specification V.1.1.0 adds new features - 12/03/08 Improvements include the complete integration of high availability functionality and a greater bandwidth for the asynchronous phase.

		SERCOS announce packaging profile for SERCOS III - 11/13/08 The Pack Profile defines a subset of the SERCOS interface functions for packaging machinery.

		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.

		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.

		Allied to distribute Eaton's automation products - 10/15/08 Allied will be a catalog distributor of Eaton’s industrial control and automation products.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		HIMA opens office in Canada - 10/01/08 HIMA’s office in Calgary is managed by Brad Ogilvie, Country Manager.

		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.

		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.

		Opto 22 opens office in China - 09/11/08 Chief Representative Surge Yu will manage the office in Shanghai.

		Global Test Supply relocates headquarters - 08/20/08 Global Test Supply moved its North American headquarters to a new, expanded facility in Wilmington, NC.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		ISA issues call for papers for ISA EXPO - 03/11/08 Abstracts will be accepted until 11 April for paper, panel, and tutorial sessions.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		MTL acquires RTK Instruments - 11/08/07 MTL acquired a 90% stake in RTK, a manufacturer of process alarm equipment, displays and interface products.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		UEI moves to new facility in Walpole, MA - 07/23/07 The new location is only about 8 miles from the existing plant.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		Beckhoff Automation sales increase 26% in 2006 - 05/17/07 During 2006, the company had sales of 190 million euros.

		Dinesh Paliwal leaving ABB - 05/10/07 Dinesh Paliwal, President, will leave ABB at the end of June.

		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.

		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.

		Sadlowski named Chief Executive Officer for Siemens - 05/03/07 Siemens appointed Dennis Sadlowski President and CEO, succeeding Aubert Martin, who is retiring.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		Measurement Computing's boards support Vista - 04/19/07 MCC supports Windows Vista across its USB- and PCI-based product lines.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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.

		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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