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		igus announces winners of cable carrier competition - 05/23/12 The winning applications included a loading/unloading press, a pump on a rotating bridge and an edge-banding machine.

		March manufacturing technology orders up 11.3% - 05/15/12 Orders were up 11.3% from February but down 1.4% when compared with the total of $502.89 million reported for March 2011. 2012 is up 12.9% compared with 2011.

		Record profits, happier customers show success of ABB-Baldor integration - 05/07/12 Automation.com, May 2012 By Jeanne Schweder, Freelance Editor "First, do no harm" sums up the approach global engineering giant ABB took to its January 2011 acquisition of Baldor, the leading U.S. motor manufacturer. Just over 12 months later, the company has shown record profits as well as profit-sharing for employees, and a 50 percent improvement in customer satisfaction rates by year’s end.

		Lenze Americas Opens Assembly & Logistics Center in Chicago - 05/04/12 The Mechanical Product Assembly & Logistics Center in Glendale Heights supports electro-mechanical product manufacturing operations for the Americas region.

		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.


		Elmo Motion Control drives gain EtherCAT Approval - 04/23/12 Gold Servo Drives have passed the rigorous EtherCAT Conformance Tests.

		Global NC Market Grew 14.4% in 2011 - 04/18/12 CIMdata estimates that end-user payments for NC software grew from $1.333 billion in 2010 to $1.525 billion in 2011.

		Frost & Sullivan says Motor Market in Europe to grow 12% - 04/17/12 F&S says the European Market for Integrated Motors and Drives earned revenues of $285.3 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach $632.8 million in 2017.

		Manufacturing Technology Orders Continue to Rise in 2012 - 04/10/12 February U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $444.06 million according to AMT, up 9.3% from January and up 35.2% from February 2011.

		Frost & Sullivan says Electric Drives growing in European Food & Beverage market - 04/02/12 F&S says electric drives earned revenues of €204.89 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach €313.14 million in 2017.

		Nanotec Electronic opens US subsidiary - 03/23/12 Nanotec Electronic US will offer Nanotec’s Plug and Drive Servo stepper motors, BLDC motors, stepper driven linear actuators and intelligent motor controllers.

		Machine Vision Market Grew 5% in North America in 2011 - 03/12/12 Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America climbed five percent in 2011 to nearly $1.9 billion, according to AIA.

		Siemens Integrates Motors Under Simotics Brand Name - 03/06/12 Products include low-voltage induction motors, motors for motion control applications, DC motors, and high-voltage motors.

		Motion Control Market Finished Strong in 2011 - 03/01/12 Orders for motion control products jumped 17.7% in 2011, according to the Motion Control Association.

		ARC says Medium Voltage AC Drives Market to grow again - 03/01/12 Growth in power and automation solutions for all regions of the world is expected to continue in 2011.

		Robert C. Adams Joins Serapid as Engineering Manager - 02/20/12 Prior to joining Serapid, Adams was the founder of Tribis Engineering, an automated test systems manufacturer and testing laboratory.

		Frost & Sullivan says debt crisis in Europe will affect PLC sales - 02/20/12 The European PLC market dropped in 2009, but made a strong recovery in 2010. The debt crisis afflicting the Eurozone will determine the future prospects of the European PLC market.

		Contrex Celebrates 40th anniversary - 02/19/12 Since the introduction of an industrial speed controller in 1972 for the film processing industry, Contrex has been producing speed and motion controllers.

		Dunkermotor signs CMA/Flodyne/Hydradyne as distributor - 02/16/12 CMAFH will be a distributor of Dunkermotor brushed and brushless rotary and linear motion products in the Central Great Lakes Region of the U.S.

		Serapid appoints Dennis H. Lucas as VP and General Manager - 02/14/12 Lucas comes to Serapid most recently from DS Technology Inc., where he served five years as President/CEO and served on the Board of Directors.

		Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 66.4% in 2011 - 02/13/12 With a year-to-date total of $5,508.81 million, 2011 was up 66.4% compared with 2010.

		Lenze promotes Gene Wood to Director of Electro-Mechanical Operations - 02/02/12 Since joining Lenze in 2003, Wood has held various positions within the company, including general manager, director of quality and service operations, and director of strategic programs.

		Mechatrolink Members Association Offers Free Upgraded Membership - 01/31/12 Mechatrolink is the most widely used motion control network in Asia, and is gaining ground in the U.S. An annual Regular Membership in MMA normally costs $1,500, but until March 31, 2012, it’s free.

		Andrew Vogl of Kollmorgen Named Motion Control Association Chairman - 01/24/12 Andrew Vogl succeeds Bill Allai of National Instruments, who remains on the MCA Board as Past Chairman.

		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.

		AMT Promotes Craig Salvalaggio to Engineering Manager - 01/17/12 Salvalaggio previously held key management and leadership roles at AMT including engineering group leader, project manager and robotics engineer.

		Medium Voltage AC Drives Market in India Growing - 01/12/12 ARC says the total medium voltage AC drives market in India will exceed $180 million in 2015.

		Marc Wolf joins B&R Industrial Automation - 01/11/12 Wolf is Business Development Manager for the company’s Global Packaging Solutions Group.

		Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 73.9% from 2010 - 01/09/12 Orders were down 6.9% from October but up 26.6% when compared with the total of $339.68 million reported for November 2010.

		Okuma Hires Kyle Klaver as 5-Axis Specialist - 01/04/12 Klaver most recently served as the manufacturing manager for Roush Yates Racing Enterprises.

		Kollmorgen achieves UL Recognition for POWERMAX II Stepper Motors - 01/04/12 UL-approved NEMA 23 (60 mm) step motors are available in half, single and two stack configurations, and provide holding torques from 42 to 253 oz-in.

		Haydon Kerk and Pittman Motors Combine Products - 12/19/11 Products include DC brush and brushless motors, linear actuators, precision lead screws, motorized and non-motorized linear rail and guide systems, drives, and controllers.

		Medium voltage drives in oil & gas - 12/18/11 Control Engineering Europe, December 2011 IMS says 2011 will see medium voltage drives sales into the oil & gas industry outpace the market owing to the high oil prices seen in 2010 and early 2011, increasing investment for production capacity expansion.

		Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 80.5% from 2010 - 12/12/11 Orders were down 22.4% from September but up 20.3% when compared with the total of $385.21 million reported for October 2010.

		Three companies get PLCopen Motion Control certifications - 12/05/11 This brings the total number of certified companies to 27 and of certified products to 39.

		Lenze Americas expands in Illinois - 12/05/11 Lenze plans to open a Mechanical Product Assembly & Logistics Center in Glendale Heights, Illinois, and hire 40 people.

		ABB donates Drives and PLCs to Milwaukee College - 12/01/11 ABB provided 15 motor drives and PLCs to the Milwaukee Area Technical College.

		Motion Control Market Up 19% in 2011 - 11/30/11 New orders for motion control products are up 19% through the third quarter of 2011, but are slowing down says MCA.

		PLCopen updates Motion Control Specification - 11/30/11 PLCopen Motion Control Specifications have been extended with the release of Part 5 and Part 6, adding fluid power to the spec.

		European HVAC Drives Market to expand - 11/21/11 Escalating energy prices across Europe are underlining the need to implement electric drives to minimise energy bills and achieve better efficiency.

		Bosch Rexroth Expands Production in America - 11/16/11 Bosch Rexroth AG is doubling the production area at the Fountain Inn plant in South Carolina, USA.

		SEMI accepts ODVA networks as international standards - 11/14/11 The Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) organization has renewed EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet as standards in its sensor bus network communications activities.

		Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 91.9% in 2011 - 11/14/11 September U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $606.56 million, up 22.9% from August and up 51.9% when compared with the total of $399.32 million reported for September 2010.

		ARC says General Motion Control Market recovering - 10/19/11 Motion control suppliers who endured as much as 50 percent declines in business during the downturn reported a tremendous rebound in shipments. Asia leads, of course.

		Manufacturing technology orders up 101% from 2010 - 10/10/11 August U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $460.61 million according to AMT and AMTDA.

		Machine Production to Hit Record Growth in 2011 - 10/06/11 This is set to be a record year for worldwide machinery production, recording aggregate 10.2 percentage growth, according to IMS Research.

		ORMEC signs distributors and rep in China - 10/03/11 ORMEC signed two new ORMEC distributor organizations and a Chinese representative to sell motion control products.

		Mitsubishi Announces Remote Asset Management Service - 09/22/11 Support Connect enables administration, predictive maintenance and remediation of remotely managed assets without an upfront investment in data center hardware.

		Yaskawa sets inverter record - 09/21/11 Yaskawa America manufactured its one millionth inverter in the United States.

		AMT goes into the magazine publishing business - 09/20/11 AMT will acquire Time Compression and Process Cleaning magazines from Gardner Publications.

		Chinese wage inflation opens market for linear motion products - 09/20/11 Plant Engineering, September 2011 IMS Research says that automation in Chinese factories is expected to increase dramatically in the next two years to stem a sharp increase in wages. This will mean an increase in opportunities for manufacturers of linear motion products and linear and torque motors.

		TÜV Certifies Mechatrolink Network Safety Protocol - 09/14/11 Certification of the Mechatrolink field network for safety makes it possible for MMA members to build motion control and machine control systems for use in applications that comply with safety standards.

		Manufacturing technology orders up 102.9% from 2010 - 09/12/11 July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $506.97 million, up 7.3% from June and up 92.7% when compared with the total of $263.14 million reported for July 2010.

		Kaman acquires Target Electronic Supply - 09/06/11 Target is a motion control distributor in the New England trading area.

		SICK Appoints Craig S. Smith President - 08/31/11 Smith is responsible for all sales, marketing, and operating activities within SICK’s factory, logistics and process automation business segments in Canada.

		New Infrastructure Propels High Power AC Drives Market - 08/30/11 ARC says the high power AC drives market will experience strong growth through 2015.

		AMT and AMTDA mulling merger? - 08/23/11 A committee will meet to discuss strategic partnerships and a joint approach to important manufacturing issues, as well as consolidated services.

		Muscle Robotics muscles into Santa Clara, CA - 08/08/11 Muscle Robotics announced the opening of its head U.S. based office in Santa Clara, California.

		Manufacturing technology orders up 103.9% from June 2010 - 08/08/11 June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $459.39 million according to AMT and AMTDA.

		Dunkermotoren Acquires Copley Motion Systems - 08/03/11 Copley Motion Systems develops and manufactures highly dynamic linear motor systems.

		ARC says Low Power AC Drives market to grow - 08/02/11 The low power AC drives market will experience growth spurred by increasing concerns regarding energy efficiency as well as the environment.

		Mechatrolink Membership Reaches 900 Companies - 07/21/11 The MMA is a group of Mechatrolink product developers and users who promote the use of Mechatrolink, the most widely used motion control network in Asia.

		ABB second-quarter income rises 43% - 07/21/11 ABB reported a second-quarter net income of $893 million. The Discrete Automation and Motion division recorded the strongest growth, up more than 60 percent.

		Intelligrated Names Chuck Harris Vice President - 07/11/11 He is rejoining Intelligrated after a yearlong appointment at Savoye, where he served as director of business development for the company's North American operations.

		Manufacturing technology orders up 108.0% in 2011 - 07/11/11 With a year-to-date total of $1,984.87 million, 2011 is up 108.0% compared with 2010.

		Business Conditions Lose Steam in June - 06/30/11 NEMA says its Electroindustry Business Confidence Index had climbed as high as 69.6 as recently as February 2011, but slipped to 45.5 in June.

		Kollmorgen Appoints Udo Panenka VP Marketing - 06/27/11 Panenka previously held the position of Vice President Sales & Marketing for Kollmorgen Europe GmbH, a position now held by Patrik Hug.

		Europe’s new efficiency requirements for low voltage motors in effect - 06/16/11 The requirements, in the form of Commission Regulation EC 640/2009, came into effect on June 16, 2011

		Manufacturing confidence in U.S. drops sharply - 06/14/11 Only 40% believe the U.S. economy will improve in the next six months, down from 60% three months earlier. At the same time, 26% believe the U.S. economy will get worse, up from 3%.

		Manufacturing technology consumption up 105.3% in 2011 - 06/13/11 April U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $396.92 million, according to AMT.

		Schneider Electric acquires Leader & Harvest for $650 million - 06/09/11 Leader & Harvest manufactures medium voltage (MV) variable speed drives. The company employs over 750 people in China.

		Moog Acquires Animatics - 05/25/11 Animatics designs, manufactures, and markets motion control products and systems, and has over 24 years in the motion control industry.

		Amtech Drives appoints Charles Geraldi President - 05/24/11 Geraldi is a 27 year veteran of the high tech automation industry and holds a BEEE from Stevens Institute of Technology along with a MBA from Iona College.

		B&R signs Advanced Motion Systems as distributor - 05/23/11 AMS is a high tech distributor covering Upstate New York.

		March manufacturing technology consumption up 57.6% - 05/09/11 March U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $511.15 million according to AMTDA and AMT. This total was up 57.6% from February.

		Siemens names Doug Keith president of Drive Technologies Division - 05/03/11 He joins the organization from Siemens Energy, where he served as vice president of the Power Distribution Medium Voltage Business Unit since 2005.

		ABB builds 2 Millionth ACS550 Drive - 04/25/11 The two millionth ACS550 drive rolled off the production line in April, marking it the first for an ABB drive series to reach the two million unit production mark.

		Nexen signs Minarik as distributor - 04/25/11 Minarik will distribute a broad range of Nexen products designed for precision motion control.

		Minarik acquires Automation Technology - 04/20/11 Automation Technology is a motion control distributor in the Intermountain and Pacific Northwest trading areas.

		Festo appoints Richard Huss CEO - 04/13/11 Huss comes to Festo US from Bosch Rexroth, where for the past 10 years he was Vice President and General Manager.

		Manufacturing technology consumption up 138.1% - 04/11/11 February U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $329.43 million. With a year-to-date total of $699.16 million, 2011 is up 138.1% compared with 2010.

		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.

		China‘s PLC and PAC Market to grow - 03/20/11 ARC predicts strong growth of the PLC and PLC-based Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) market through 2014 in China, but provides no numbers.

		B&R signs Kundinger Controls as distributor in Michigan - 03/17/11 AchieKundinger, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, distributes, designs, engineers, manufactures, installs, and provides ongoing service support for machine applications.

		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.

		Machine Vision Standards Play Increasingly Important Role - 03/10/11 Among the factors driving the rapid growth in the application of machine vision technology is the creation of new industry standards, according to industry leaders.

		PMMI to help OMAC grow membership and develop standards - 03/06/11 PMMI’s support will enable OMAC’s volunteer leadership to expand its membership domestically and internationally, plus engage customer and supplier teams in further developing OMAC standards, including PackML.

		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.

		Soaring Energy Prices driving Medium Voltage Drives sales - 02/23/11 Frost & Sullivan says the European market for Medium Voltage Drives was $176.9 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach $287.2 million by 2016.

		Siemens Norwood Manufacturing Plant Obtains API Certification - 02/14/11 Siemens Industry’s Norwood motor manufacturing plant has been certified by the American Petroleum Institute to use the Official API 547 Monogram.

		U.S. Factories Keep Edge Over China - 02/14/11 Manufacturing.net, January 2011 By Paul Wiseman America remains by far the No. 1 manufacturing country. It out-produces No. 2 China by more than 40 percent. U.S. manufacturers cranked out nearly $1.7 trillion in goods in 2009, according to the United Nations.

		ABB opens testing facilities in Italy - 02/12/11 These facilities will be used to test the load capacity and reliability of large motors and medium voltage drives used in oil and gas applications, from offshore platforms to remote production sites.

		Bison Gear signs Canadian 3PL - 02/07/11 Canadian 3PL provides warehousing, inventory management and delivery of gearmotors, motors, reducers and accessories to the Canadian market.

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

		Manufacturing technology consumption up 82.7% - 01/10/11 With a year-to-date U.S. manufacturing technology consumption total of $2,792.58 million, 2010 is up 82.7% compared with 2009. These numbers are based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participating in the USMTC program.

		Servo2Go.com now carries Galil DMC-41x3 Motion Controller - 01/03/11 Servo2Go.com added Galil Motion Control’s DMC-41x3 Series Motion Controller to its product line.

		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.

		49% of manufacturing plan to increase hiring in next six months - 12/13/10 Senior management at U.S. manufacturing companies is once again optimistic, according to a Grant Thornton November survey.

		Manufacturing technology consumption up 83.2% - 12/13/10 With a year-to-date total of $2,477.06 million, 2010 is up 83.2% compared with 2009.

		SERCOS releases FDT specification for SERCOS III - 12/01/10 The FDT/DTM specification for SERCOS III was developed by a joint working group of SERCOS International and the FDT group

		ABB to acquire Baldor Electric Company - 11/30/10 ABB will acquire Baldor in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion, including $1.1 billion of net debt.

		Machine Safeguarding Trounced in Global Recession - 11/29/10 ARC says the worldwide market for Machine Safeguarding Solutions declined in 2009, but a strong rebound has begun in the second half of 2010.

		Kollmorgen signs Heason Technology as distributor in UK - 11/29/10 Kollmorgen Europe signed UK-based motion control distributor and systems integrator Heason Technology into its 'Sales Partner Program.'

		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.

		September manufacturing technology consumption up 66.1% - 11/08/10 September U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $399.76 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association and AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

		National Manufacturing survey finds weak job market - 11/02/10 A Grant Thornton survey says only 18% of manufacturers plan to increase hiring in the next six months, while 22% plan to decrease hiring.

		ARC says Motion Control Market Growth Will Resume - 10/24/10 Automation suppliers closed the books on a disappointing 2009, and for the near term, at least, suppliers expect the challenging business environment to continue.

		Direct-Industrial saves Sting concert - 10/21/10 Direct-Industrial engineers worked through the night to repair and service a faulty drive that threatened to cancel a Sting concert.

		Manufacturing technology consumption up 62.4% in 2010 - 10/11/10 August U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $246.42 million, according to AMT.

		ARC says CNC market bombed - 10/10/10 The CNC market came to a dramatic halt in the last quarter of 2008 as a result of the global financial crisis, the bankrupt automotive sector, and collapse of oil prices.

		Frost & Sullivan says European Motor Market to grow - 10/06/10 Frost & Sullivan estimates the market for AC Fractional Horsepower (FHP) Motors in Europe will reach $1.82 billion by 2016.

		AMT appoints Edward Turley controls department manager - 09/27/10 Turley will be responsible for managing the Controls Engineering Department including management of hardware & software design and all field support activities.

		ARC predicts growth in High Power AC Drives Market - 09/26/10 ARC expects the high power AC drives market to experience healthy growth during the forecast period through 2014.

		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.

		Profinet and Powerlink are top real-time Ethernet protocols - 09/16/10 IMS Research says POWERLINK and PROFINET are the most used industrial Ethernet protocols for transferring machine and sensor data in true real-time.

		SME to Acquire Tooling U - 09/16/10 SME will acquire all outstanding shares of Tooling U, a provider of online training for the manufacturing industry.

		Manufacturing technology consumption up 58.9% in 2010 - 09/13/10 July U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $266.08 million, up 58.9% compared with 2009.

		ARC says the low power AC drives market will improve - 09/12/10 This trend will be due to growing investments in the infrastructure and manufacturing industries worldwide, and pressure from industry to deploy sustainability solutions that save energy.

		HSI Sensing to be on “World’s Greatest!” TV show - 09/02/10 HSI Sensing will appear on the “World’s Greatest!” TV show on September 14 and 15, 2010.

		Only 37% of manufacturing plans to increase hiring - 08/30/10 Only 37 percent of manufacturing business leaders report that their companies will increase hiring in the next six months.

		Nidec to Acquire Emerson Electric's Motors & Controls Business - 08/17/10 Emerson has a number of development, production and sales centers mainly in the United States and in other areas, including Mexico, People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom.

		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.

		Rockwell exec appointed to Dept of Commerce Manufacturing Council - 08/09/10 Michael Laszkiewicz, Rockwell Automation’s vice president and general manager of the company's Power Control Business,was appointed to the 2010 Manufacturing Council.

		June manufacturing technology consumption up 35.8% - 08/09/10 With a year-to-date total of $1,207.60 million, 2010 is up 56.1% compared with 2009.

		Frost & Sullivan says energy costs driving European Motor Market - 07/13/10 European low voltage ac motor market is predicted to grow from $2.2 billion in 2009 to $3 billion in 2016.

		Manufacturing technology consumption up 52.9% in 2010 - 07/12/10 May U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $178.34 million, according to AMTDA and AMT, up 58.6% from $112.42 million in May 2009.

		austriamicrosystems signs Dexter Magnetics as distributor - 07/06/10 Dexter Magnetic Technologies will be a franchised value-added provider of austriamicrosystems’ magnetic sensors and associated magnetic products, including engineered modules, in North America.

		Kaman Industrial Technology promotes Steven Smidler to President - 06/30/10 Smidler, previously Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed president following Jack Cahill’s retirement.

		Ruland signs RotoPrecision as Canadian distributor - 06/29/10 RotoPrecision to become Ruland’s master distributor in Canada for shaft collars and couplings.

		ABB obtains California Seismic Certification for Low Voltage Drives - 06/28/10 ACH550 line of drives and bypasses for HVAC has been added to the “Facilities Development Division (FDD) List of Equipment/Components with OSHPD Special Seismic Certification Pre-Approval (OSP).”

		PLCopen Function Blocks for Motion Control released for comments - 06/08/10 The PLCopen Motion Control profile specification has been released for comments until August 16, 2010.

		MCA Reports 22% Jump in New Orders in First Quarter - 06/07/10 New orders for motion control products jumped 22% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009, according to figures from the Motion Control Association.

		Motoman and Yaskawa to merge - 06/01/10 Motoman and Yaskawa Electric America will combine to form Yaskawa America.

		Market report shows growth for industrial automation electronics - 05/25/10 European Process Engineer. May 2010 IMS Research predicts strong growth for most automation equipment in 2010 and 2011. First quarter 2010 growth will likely have been 25 per cent over that of first quarter of 2009, during which all regional markets experienced the steepest declines.

		AMT says 1st Quarter 2010 Workholding Shipments up 8.1 Percent - 05/17/10 Workholding equipment shipments within the U.S. by the 38 companies participating in the AWT statistical report totaled $42.6 million while exports amounted to $7.4 million.

		Direct-Industrial to sell surplus factory automation - 05/13/10 Direct Industrial will buy automation parts in any condition (new or used) from any manufacturer including Allen Bradley, Siemens and Mitsubishi.

		NORD Drivesystems names Jendryschik Managing Director - 05/12/10 G.A. Küchenmeister, the company's founder and Managing Director, will retire from active work.

		First quarter manufacturing technology consumption up 33.7% - 05/10/10 March U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $258.00 million, up 49.5% from the total of $172.59 million reported for March 2009.

		Beckhoff buys its rep in the UK - 05/06/10 Hayes Control Systems has been acquired by Beckhoff and renamed Beckhoff Automation Ltd.

		Beckhoff Earns 236 Million Euros in 2009 - 05/05/10 This corresponds to a decrease of 15 percent in comparison with the previous year.

		Bison Gear Acquires Von Weise Brushless Motor Product Line - 05/03/10 The product line includes low voltage (12-24 volt) BLDC motors ranging from 80 to 225 watts (0.1 to 0.3 hp) with integral multifunction speed controls.

		CIMdata says NC Software Market Declined by 13.1% in 2009 - 04/28/10 The reduction in 2009 was a direct result of a downturn in the global economy that resulted in dramatically lower manufacturing activity, including machine tool sales into the manufacturing industry.

		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.

		Ronald Zoromski Joins Yaskawa Electric America - 04/13/10 Ronald D. Zoromski has joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President of Finance.

		Bison Gear signs Kaman Industrial Technologies as distributor - 03/31/10 Kaman will distribute Bison's gearmotors throughout its nearly 200 customer service centers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

		January manufacturing technology consumption up - 03/08/10 January U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $130.96 million, down 40.3% from December but up 26.2% from the total of $103.77 million reported for January 2009.

		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.

		Siemens to ship servomotors fast - 03/02/10 Customers can place an order for any Siemens 1FK7 servomotor and have it drop-shipped in three weeks.

		AMCI stepper drives are UL listed - 02/24/10 The SD17040, SD31045, and SD17060 series stepper drives are now certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) as UL Listed products.

		ABB orders decline in Q4 - 02/21/10 Orders declined to $7.5 billion as lower demand mainly in mature markets outweighed continued growth in emerging markets. Revenues for the quarter were $8.8 billion, down 12 percent

		Lenze-AC promotes Eric Klein to Director of Sales - 02/08/10 Klein is a graduate of Cornell University with a BS in Engineering and four years with Lenze-AC Tech, 16 years at Toshiba and four years with Reliance Electric.

		Chuck Edwards named president of Lenze Americas - 02/08/10 Edwards was previously at Molex Incorporated (MOLX), Woodhead Industries and Rockwell Automation.

		Manufacturing technology consumption down 60.4% in 2009 - 02/08/10 AMT says U.S. manufacturing technology consumption was up in December but down 60% from 2008.

		Yaskawa Electric Brasil achieves ISO and OHSAS certification - 01/31/10 Yaskawa Elétrico do Brasil received ISO 9001, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18001 certifications from Bureau Veritas

		Bison Gear Celebrates 50th anniversary - 01/26/10 Bison was established in 1960 by three Chicago area entrepreneurs who derived the company's name from their last initials of B-S-N.

		SME elects Barbara M. Fossum president - 01/19/10 For the first time in its 78-year history, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has elected a woman to lead the organization.

		PLCopen issues three Motion Control certifications - 01/11/10 Three PLCOpen members have been awarded the PLCopen Motion Control Certificate.

		Economic outlook for manufacturing sector in 2010 - 12/21/09 In general terms, FMA says 2010 will be better than 2009. GDP growth will be in the range of 2% to 3% and that is far superior to the negative numbers registered in the last year.

		Deutsche Messe postpones Dubai tradeshows - 12/16/09 Deutsche Messe is postponing CeMAT MIDDLE EAST, Industrial Automation MIDDLE EAST and Motion, Drive & Automation (MDA) MIDDLE EAST until 2011.

		GE and FANUC finalize their divorce - 12/13/09 The two companies signed the final agreement and will now operate independently as GE Intelligent Platforms and FANUC LTD.

		Yaskawa expands manufacturing space in Milwaukee - 12/13/09 Yaskawa expands Milwaukee facility to 140,000 square feet to accommodate continued growth in the Americas.

		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.

		Hannover Fair goes to China - 11/29/09 The FA/PA trade fair, previously run by the China Association for Mechatronics Technology & Applications, will be run by Deutsche Messe, organizers of Hannover Fair.

		ABB reorganizes automation divisions - 11/29/09 Business units in the Automation Products and Robotics divisions will be regrouped into two new divisions – Discrete Automation and Motion, and Low Voltage Products.

		NEMA-backed motor rebate bill introduced in Congress - 11/09/09 Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) launched a $700 million motor rebate bill for an energy-efficient motor rebate program advocated by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).

		Workholding shipments down in third quarter - 11/08/09 At $39.6 million for third quarter 2009, shipments of workholding equipment were down 34.1 percent from third quarter 2008 according to the Advanced Workholding Technology (AWT) Group of AMT

		ABB promotes Daniel Huber to manager of Open Control Systems - 11/08/09 Most recently, Huber was global Technology Manager for ABB’s Process Industries Products business, and oversaw product roadmaps and forward evolution for ABB’s control systems portfolio.

		Dan Janka appointed Chairman of AMT Board - 11/04/09 Dan Janka, President, MAG Global, was elected Chairman of the Association of Manufacturing Technology (AMT) Board of Directors.

		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%.

		Heason Technology hires two AEs from Danaher Motion - 10/19/09 Elliot Murray and Yvan Fasquel joined Heason from Danaher Motion, where they worked motion technology product lines including the Kollmorgen and Dover lines that are also offered by Heason.

		ARC says general motion control market will grow - 10/12/09 ARC expects the GMC market will experience modest growth in 2010, as businesses slowly start investing in capital equipment.

		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.

		POSITAL encoders certified for IRT by Profibus - 09/30/09 OPTOCODE rotary encoders with PROFINET I/O interfaces are now certified for IRT (isochronous real-time) data transfer protocols.

		Rockwell Automation Automation Fair expects 8,000 - 09/28/09 Rockwell Automation expects to host more than 8,000 attendees in Anaheim, CA, Nov. 11 and 12 at its 18th annual Automation Fair event.

		ARC says investments in infrastructure will help AC drives market - 09/24/09 Once global economic stability is restored, the use of high power AC drives will increase at a faster rate across all industrial segments.

		Omron starts Systems Integrator partner program - 09/09/09 OASIS (Omron Authorized Systems Integrator Solution) introduces Omron-certified systems integrator partners who can design and deliver an automation system using Omron controls.

		AMS joins Siemens Solutions Partner program for CNC Machines - 09/01/09 Applied Motion Systems develops motion control systems for a broad range of industries.

		Siemens opens plant in Illinois to make drives for wind turbines - 08/30/09 The new plant in Elgin, IL, will be used for the assembly and testing of mechanical gear drives used in wind turbines.

		CC-Link claims to be dominant open fieldbus network in Asia - 08/25/09 The CC-Link Partner Association announced CC-Link open fieldbus network has exceeded 6.5 million nodes worldwide and that new research finds that CC-Link is the predominant open network in Asia.

		Machine safeguarding market confronting turbulence - 07/28/09 Turbulence in the global market effectively put the brakes on the machine safeguarding market around the third quarter in 2008.

		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.

		AMT President urges Congress to assist small manufacturers - 07/15/09 Testifying before the House Small Business Committee, Douglas K. Woods, President of AMT, said the effects of tax breaks and other provisions within the stimulus law have so far been minimal on the struggling manufacturing industry.

		Motor drives: Chinese buyers prefer European brands - 07/14/09 European Design Engineer, July 2009 Even China doesn’t like its own cheap products! According to the results of a user survey compiled and analysed by IMS Research, Chinese users of motor drives tend to favour European brands, which were generally perceived to be industry experts offering premium quality products.

		Overseas Analysts Bullish on Indian Manufacturing - 07/14/09 Automation World, July 2009 By Uday Lal Pai ndustry pundits are once again turning bullish on the Indian economy as India is fast emerging as a global manufacturing hub. But Can India scale up its production to Chinese levels?

		Downturn Hits Brazilian Automation - 07/14/09 Automation World, July 2009 By Silvia Pereira Despite a drop in first quarter revenues, 2009 overall will still be slightly positive for Brazilian electrical and electronics sales, the Brazilian Electrical and Electronics Industry Association projects.

		ARC says low power AC drives market will grow slowly - 07/06/09 Moderate growth will be due to investments in infrastructure and manufacturing industries worldwide, once financial stability is restored globally.

		Dr. Navid Zargari wins Innovator of the Year award in Canada - 07/02/09 Zargari was recognized at the Premier’s Innovation Awards ceremony in Toronto and received a $200,000 grant.

		Frost & Sullivan says Electric Drives market to increase - 06/02/09 The electric drives market is anticipated to sustain its growth rates due to the need for infrastructural changes in chemical plants, especially across Eastern Europe.

		U.S. High-Tech Industry Adds Jobs Control Design, May 2009 The high-tech industry has added 382,900 jobs to the U.S. economy over the past four years, according to TechAmerica’s 12th annual Cyberstates report. The industry added 77,000 net jobs in 2008, for a total of 5.9 million workers. This was on top of 79,600 added in 2007, 139,000 in 2006 and 87,400 in 2005.

		AMT annoyed with Presidential Task Force - 06/01/09 AMT urges Congress and the Administration to protect the manufacturing technology supplier base in the wake of GM’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, but AMT’s attempts to reach out to the President’s Auto Task Force have so far not been answered.

		House approves NEMA premium motor rebate program - 05/21/09 The House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved an amendment creating a NEMA Premium motor rebate program. The amendment approves $350 million to provide $25 per horse power rebate for NEMA Premium motors.

		MTConnect Institute seeking new members - 05/19/09 MTConnect Institute seeks to promote manufacturing system interoperability.

		Douglas K. Woods Elected President of AMT - 05/04/09 Woods brings a wealth of manufacturing experience to the Association For Manufacturing Technology, having worked at everything from small tool and die shops up to multibillion-dollar machine tool corporations.

		PLCopen extends motion control to cover fluid power - 05/04/09 PLCopen is launching a new initiative in the Motion Control working group to extend the specifications to fluid power.

		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.

		Did they tell you this about higher efficiency motors? Control Engineering Europe, April 2009 According to a survey conducted by ABB, engineering managers in the U.K. placed inverters at the bottom of the list of the ten most effective measures for cutting energy bills. In fact more than half of them believe that changing electricity suppliers is the best way to reduce their companies’ energy costs. After that, clamping down on visible waste, such as inefficient lighting and compressed air leaks, is high on their list. Investing in equipment that makes industrial processes more efficient came at the bottom. So much for technological advantages.

		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.

		SERCOS working on encoder profile for SERCOS III - 04/22/09 A specification for an encoder profile for the SERCOS III real-time Ethernet protocol is being developed in consultation with users and suppliers and will be available in November 2009.

		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.

		ATS Automation cuts workforce by 240 - 03/19/09 Automation Tooling Systems is reducing its Cambridge workforce by approximately 80 full-time employees and its Photowatt France workforce by approximately 160 temporary workers.

		Parvalux moves drive manufacturing to Bournemouth, UK - 03/16/09 Parvalux relocated of EMD Drive Systems’ manufacturing and administrative operations from Halstead to the company’s main site at Wallisdown in Bournemouth.

		ARC says machinery automation market to reach $21.2 Billion - 03/14/09 The market for AC Drives, PLCs, motion controls, CNC, and machine safeguarding was $18.0 billion in 2008 and is forecast to be over $21.2 billion in 2013.

		Robert Simpson resigns as president of AMT - 03/01/09 AMT senior staff, in cooperation with the Board of Directors, will oversee ongoing programs and day-to-day operation.

		ABB appoints Rick Dolezal Channel Partner marketing manager - 02/24/09 Most recently, Dolezal was Manager of the Process Market Development Group at Rockwell Automation.

		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."

		European motor efficiency developments Control Engineering, February 2009 By Frank J. Bartos Although an effective date isn’t expected before 2011, mandatory minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for electric motors are coming to Europe in 2009. This will promote energy-efficient (EE) motor systems that can save up to 30% of the 70% of industrial electricity used by motors.

		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.

		B&R opens second office in Great Britain - 02/10/09 The new office is in Andover, located in the county of Hampshire. Chris Hansford will manage the office.

		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.

		Hannover Fair covers power transmission and control - 01/29/09 The trade fair Motion, Drive & Automation (MDA), part of HANNOVER MESSE, will show how important the issue of efficiency has become for manufacturers and users of power transmission systems.

		Hannover Fair covers Condition Monitoring - 01/29/09 A Conditioning Monitoring Systems presentation will be held during HANNOVER MESSE, targeted at plant and machinery engineering suppliers.

		Hannover Fair emphasizes vibration analysis - 01/27/09 Improved availability and scheduled servicing are crucial for the cost-efficiency of machines and plants. "Condition Monitoring Systems" exhibit will reveal how companies can achieve both.

		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.

		Siemens Bribery costs $1.6 billion New York Times, December 2008 Siemens agreed to pay a record total of $1.6 billion to American and European authorities to settle charges that it routinely used bribes and slush funds to secure huge public works contracts around the world. The SEC alleges that Siemens paid bribes on the design and construction of metro transit lines in Venezuela, power plants in Israel, and refineries in Mexico.

		Performance Motion Devices names Greg Woods president - 12/23/08 Founder Chuck Lewin will continue on as Chairman of the Board and VP of Engineering.

		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.

		ARC says China AC Drives market to reach $1.9 Billion - 12/18/08 The China market for High Power AC Drives was over $1.0 billion in 2007 and is forecast to be nearly $1.9 billion in 2012, according to an ARC Advisory Group study.

		Robotics students build robots to play Botball - 12/16/08 For the 2009 competition, igus donated Energy Chain cable carriers and DryLin linear guide systems to 400 competing teams.

		EtherCAT Technology Group developing Safety Drive Profile - 12/10/08 ETG is enhancing the Safety over EtherCAT protocol with a safety-related device profile for drives (Safety Drive Profile).

		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.

		Frost & Sullivan says wireless not taking over factory automation yet - 12/10/08 Wireless devices are perceived as the next big technological wave in factory automation, but users are wary.

		Omron adopts EtherCAT for its Motion Bus System - 12/09/08 Omron intends to develop EtherCAT-based servo motors and inverters as well as motion controllers by summer 2009.

		Ron Meyer promoted to president of Thomson - 12/04/08 Meyer joined Danaher in 1997 as President of Qualitrol.

		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.

		One Millionth ABB ACX550 Drive produced - 12/03/08 ABB has built one million ACS550 and ACH550 drives in five years.

		GE Fanuc PACMotion meets PLCopen motion control standard - 12/01/08 PACMotion fulfills the requirements in PLCopen Compliance Procedure for Motion Control Library V. 1.1 and Part 2 – Extensions, Version 1.0.

		40 vendors support EtherCAT - 11/19/08 To date, 40 different vendors have readily available or publicly announced high-performance EtherCAT servo drives.

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

		Baumer merges four divisions to create Baumer Motion Control - 11/13/08 Baumer Motion Control includes motion products and technologies from Baumer, Baumer Hübner, Baumer IVO, and Baumer Thalheim.

		PLCopen to finalize Motion Control Part 4 spec - 11/05/08 PLCopen wants to finalize the specification and publish the results at the upcoming SPS/IPC/Drives event.

		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.

		Precise Automation signs Cross Automation as distributor - 11/03/08 Cross Automation will sell and support Precise Automation's controller products in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia.

		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.

		Moog Acquires Berkeley Process Control - 10/21/08 Moog acquired Berkeley Process Control for $14 million. Berkeley makes motion control software and hardware.

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

		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.

		Niels Christiansen becomes President and CEO at Danfoss - 10/01/08 Jorgen M. Clausen, president and CEO, retired and his successor, Niels B. Christiansen has assumed these positions.

		Danfoss expands in Illinois - 09/25/08 Danfoss is doubling its Loves Park, IL, facility that produces variable frequency drives, adding both production and office space.

		ARC says wireless to grow to $780 million by 2012 - 09/14/08 The discrete wireless market for ISA SP50 levels 0 through 2 totaled $368.0 million in 2007 and is forecasted to grow to over $780 million in 2012.

		Longwatch publishes white paper on Video Process Monitoring - 09/09/08 “Video Process Monitoring” white paper discusses the newest trend in HMI/SCADA: Embedding video into an HMI screen, so operators can actually see what is happening in a process plant, along an assembly line, or in remote areas.

		GE Fanuc supports MTConnect Standard - 09/08/08 MTConnect ia a new communication protocol that links machine tools from varying suppliers around the world.

		Parvalux acquires EMD Drive Systems - 08/29/08 EMD is a UK manufacturer of DC permanent magnet electric geared motors for the mobility, leisure and industrial sectors worldwide.

		Danaher Motion connects to MathWorks - 08/29/08 Danaher Motion's MechaWare 3.0 mechatronic tool kit is integrated with Mathwork's Simulink simulation software to speed custom algorithm development and reduce costs.

		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.

		ARC says High Power AC Drives Market to reach $9.7 billion in 2012 - 08/15/08 The worldwide market for High Power AC Drives is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8% over the next five years.

		ARC says CNC market to reach $7.7 Billion by 2012 - 08/11/08 The Computer Numerical Controls (CNC) market has simply exploded in the last two years lead by the surge in production of machine tools in the European and Asian markets.

		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.

		Power transmission industry sees decline in sales - 07/28/08 The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA)says overall sales of PT/MC products declined 7.2 percent in May 2008 compared to April 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.

		Applied Manufacturing Technologies opens office in India - 07/22/08 Located in Bangalore, the new office will include all areas of automation engineering, training, field support, and development functions.

		Aerotech opens subsidiary in Japan - 07/20/08 The full-service subsidiary will provide application engineering, sales, and customer service for Japan.

		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.

		Robotics experts wanted by the U.S. Department of Labor - 07/08/08 The U.S. Department of Labor seeks Robotics Experts to provide information relating to the occupation for use in the Occupational Information Network.

		New Scale Technologies signs austriamicrosystems as distributor - 06/30/08 austriamicrosystems will sell New Scale Technologies' SQUIGGLE motors, micro motion systems and other products.

		Bosch Rexroth names Dan Throne Sales and Marketing Manager - 06/30/08 Throne is responsible for planning, directing and implementing all activities for the Electric Drives and Controls sales and marketing group.

		Siemens building new plant in Illinois for its Drives Technologies business - 06/27/08 The $20 million plant will be used for the assembly and testing of mechanical gear drives used in wind turbines. The new plant, expected to be completed in March 2009, will create approximately 350 new jobs.

		OMAC changes its name and mission - 06/23/08 The Open Modular Architecture Control Users' Group (OMAC) is now the Organization for Manufacturing Automation and Control (OMAC).

		Orders quadruple for ABB drive systems in mining - 06/23/08 Orders for ABB motor and drive systems that enable mines to grind vast amounts of minerals and ore are at record levels as the mining industry seeks to boost production to meet the global boom in demand.

		ABB expands services and automation for Alberta's oil sands - 06/20/08 In just two and a half years, the ABB office in Calgary, Canada, has swelled from 45 to more than 200 employees, and it is still hiring.

		ARC says PLC market to reach $12 billion by 2012 - 06/10/08 The PLC market reached nearly $9.0 billion in 2007 and is forecasted to grow to over $12 billion in 2012, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.

		Bosch Rexroth opens Tech Center East - 06/09/08 The facility in Rochester Hills, MI, will house 120 workers from the company’s hydraulics, pneumatics, electric drives, and linear motion and assembly technologies groups.

		alpha gear drives changes name to WITTENSTEIN - 06/03/08 As of July 2008, alpha gear drives will change its name to WITTENSTEIN, Inc.

		Partnerships help SME Education Foundation Gateway Academy flourish in SC - 06/03/08 Contributions from companies and organizations have allowed the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation's Gateway Academies to spread across South Carolina.

		Precise Automation signs Credimex as distributor - 05/28/08 Credimex will sell and support Precise Automation's products in Switzerland, including robots, Guidance motion controllers and PreciseVision software.

		Hartfiel celebrates 50th anniversary - 05/13/08 The Hartfiel Company was founded in 1958, and has distributed automation and motion control products for 50 years.

		Manfred Wittenstein elected President of VDMA - 05/07/08 Wittenstein had been Vice President of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) since 2004 and a member of the Main Board for eight years.

		ABB Automation World held in Houston with record attendance - 05/05/08 A record 3,300+ customers, distributors, channel partners, original equipment manufacturers and ABB employees attended the three-day trade show and conference that ran from April 29 through May 1 in Houston, Texas.

		Siemens and ROY-G-BIV combine machine tool controls - 05/02/08 Partnership combines Siemens Motion Control Information System (MCIS) software with ROY-G-BIV's XMC machine connectivity software.

		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.

		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.

		Precise Automation signs Dongil Rubber as distributor - 04/21/08 DRB will sell Precise Automation products in Korea and China, including PrecisePlace Robots, Guidance Motion Controllers and PreciseVision Software.

		Bison Gear hosts first MSCC graduating class - 04/16/08 Graduation for Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) certificate students will be May 9, 2008 at Bison Gear headquarters.

		AMT and Bosch Rexroth sponsor LSSU Robotics Project - 04/14/08 Students at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) in Sault Sainte Marie, MI, developed a vision-based robotic workcell as a senior project.

		Omron opens regional headquarters in Mexico - 03/25/08 The office will provide sales, technical support, and training for Omron industrial automation customers across Mexico.

		Adept supplies robots to German Solar Equipment Manufacturer - 03/17/08 SLS Solar Line Saxony will use Adept's robots and motion control and machine vision software in its automation equipment for solar cell production.

		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.

		Bison Gear makes it onto CBS Evening News - 03/12/08 CBS Evening News "Hard Times, Good Jobs" series featured growth at Bison Gear.

		Okuma introduces Partners in THINC - 02/27/08 Partners in THINC allows visitors to see real parts being manufactured for real customers in real time.

		AMETEK acquires Motion Control Group - 02/26/08 AMETEK acquired MCG, a manufacturer of customized motors and motion control solutions for the medical, life sciences, industrial automation, semiconductor and aviation markets.

		Alpha Gear opens office in Canada - 02/26/08 Alpha Gear Drives opened an office in Waterdown, ON, Canada

		Good news for gear makers Motion System Design, February 2008 The Freedonia Group forecasts a 3.3% annual increase in U.S. demand for gears, reaching $29.3 billion in 2011, with the most promising growth prospects to come from the aerospace industry. Demand for gear products in aerospace is projected to advance over 5% annually through 2011, to $2.4 billion.

		Todd Lucich Joins Bison as VP of Sales - 02/21/08 Lucich was formerly VP of Distribution and National Accounts with Rexnord Industries.

		Aleithe named VP and general manager for ABB LV Drives - 02/14/08 Aleithe will be responsible for the continued growth and strategic business development of low voltage drives in the U.S. market.

		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.

		Ron Bullock named Chairman, Illinois Manufacturers' Assn - 02/11/08 The Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IMA) named Ron Bullock its Chairman until 2010. Bullock is the owner and Chairman of Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. of St. Charles, Illinois.

		Parvalux appoints Euro-me as China distributor - 02/07/08 Euro-me will cover China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

		Frost & Sullivan says market for Electric Drives rising in European Food & Beverage Industry - 02/05/08 Frost & Sullivan says the Electric Drives Market in the European Food & Beverage Industry was $260.4 million in 2006 and will reach $413.8 million in 2013.

		Coroware achieves Microsoft Certified Partner status - 02/04/08 The program offers CoroWare resources designed to help the company grow revenue, build sales momentum, and improve marketplace prominence while increasing market impact.

		Bison Gear promotes Jim Parejko to Vice President - 02/04/08 Parejko was promoted to Vice President, Continuous Improvement and Engineering. Parejko joined Bison in 2006 as Engineering Manager.

		ISA100 Wireless Committee forms discrete automation group - 02/01/08 ISA100 Wireless Automation standards committee formed an interest group for wireless networks in factory and discrete automation.

		Adept signs Rep Agency in Midwest - 01/31/08 Phister Equipment, Cincinnati, OH, will cover Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.

		Bison Gear names Martin Swarbrick CEO - 01/31/08 Swarbrick first joined the company in December 2006 after serving as Vice President and Director of Business Excellence for Motorola Inc.

		Robotics Challenge Aims To Develop Friendly Highly Autonomous Robots Science Daily, January 2008 The “ROBAUCO: mobile, autonomous and collaborative robots” project was recently initiated in Spain. The principal objective of the project is the generation of technologies necessary for the development of mobile robots able to carry out complex tasks with a high degree of autonomy and capacity for collaboration.

		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.

		ARC ranks ABB top Process Automation System supplier - 01/28/08 The study says the total worldwide market for automation systems in the process industries will grow by 9.6% to over $47 billion by 2011.

		FIPA opens office in Atlanta - 01/24/08 The company provides solutions for vacuum technology, extraction, gripping, and pneumatic manual and automated air nippers.

		MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership - 01/24/08 ABB will join MIT in research for nanofluids, power electronics, intelligent robotics and equipment heat management. The five-year, $5-million partnership will help develop green technologies and train graduates.

		Allied Electronics to distribute Pittman motor products - 01/23/08 Allied will stock Pittman LO-COG brush-commutated motors and gearmotors which are featured in section 8 of the 2008 Allied catalog.

		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.

		Bison Gear names Gary Dorough Regional Sales Manager - 01/21/08 Previously, Dorough was president of Pro-Dynamics, Inc., a sales rep firm where he acquired over 20 years experience applying and selling Bison gearmotor products.

		Austriamicrosystems buys 25% of New Scale Technologies - 01/17/08 New Scale Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of miniature motion systems.

		ARC says low power AC Drive Market in India will grow 15% - 01/17/08 The market for low power AC drives in India, which exceeded $150 million in 2006, is expected to grow at 15.4% over the next five years, according to ARC.

		Schneider Electric acquires Intelligent Motion Systems - 01/11/08 Schneider Electric will acquire IMS, a U.S. company that designs and manufactures integrated motor and drive products and generated revenues of $20 million in 2007.

		Circonix hires Joe Garruzzo as Software Engineering Manager - 01/09/08 Garruzzo was employed by Circonix from 1993 to 2002, left, and returns with advanced expertise in the technologies that facilitate web conveyance.

		MCA says sales of motion control up 10% in Third Quarter - 01/09/08 Sales of motors, electronic drives, actuators and other motion control components continued to grow in 2007, up by nearly 10% from second quarter 2007.

		IXXAT to develop Safety Stack Software for SERCOS - 12/28/07 IXXAT will develop a portable stack software for the CIP Safety on SERCOS safety protocol. The stack software can be used for SERCOS master as well as SERCOS slaves.

		SERCOS/IP Protocol Specification Released - 12/28/07 The protocol allows standard Ethernet IP communication with a SERCOS III network both during cyclic real-time network operation and during non-real time operation.

		ARC says Discrete Automation Will Continue Solid Growth - 12/20/07 The worldwide market for discrete automation systems is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8% over the next five years.

		ADVANCED Motion Controls donates 158 drives to universities - 12/19/07 158 drives were donated toward 27 different projects at 19 institutions totaling over $40,000.00 in donations for servo drives and amplifiers.

		Bosch Rexroth AG announces Management Changes - 12/17/07 Dr. Albert Hieronimus is now chairman of the Bosch Rexroth AG board of management and Dr. Karl Tragl has been appointed to the board.

		SERCOS Opens a Branch Office in China - 12/17/07 In addition to offices in the USA, Japan and Germany, this makes the fourth office that serves as a contact point for developers and users.

		Altra Holdings, Inc. names Christian Storch CFO - 12/13/07 Storch joins Altra Holdings from Standex International Corporation where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2001.

		Santa found his Way to Bison Gear & Engineering for the 10th Year - 12/13/07 Every Christmas since 1997, Breakfast with Santa treats children and their families to a catered breakfast and then provides the opportunity to meet with Santa and Mrs. Claus to chat about their Christmas wish list.

		Siemens completes $30 million Norwood plant expansion for motor development - 12/13/07 After a $30 million investment, the facility has been transformed into a "Global Motor" research and technology development center that will contribute to enhancements in Siemens motors sold throughout the world.

		Animatics Corp. acquires Harmonic Linear Drive (HLD) LTD - 12/12/07 Previously sold only in the United Kingdom, this consolidation will make the HLD available globally, through Animatics other offices in Europe, Asia and the United States.

		Misumi now stocks standard length linear shafts for fast delivery - 12/10/07 The “Linear Shafts Quickly” program enables engineers to order standard straight shafts from a supplier known for its extensive line of configurable machined shafts.

		BisonCares Awarded 2007 Civic Image Award - 12/06/07 Recipients are awarded based on humanitarian efforts, and/or civic or personal projects, outside of business, which have brought outstanding positive recognition to St. Charles and assists in enhancing the image of the community.

		Festo & SCCC unveil Advanced Mechatronics Training Center - 12/05/07 The center hopes to create greater awareness among students, school systems, industry leaders, workforce development agencies, economic development agencies and government officials about the variety of career paths that exist in the manufacturing field.

		ABB plans major expansion in India - 12/03/07 ABB plans to develop its Indian operations by investing $100 million over three years to expand business, engineering and R&D capacities, build new factories and broaden its automation and power product range in India.

		SERCOS III Accepted as IEC Standard - 11/29/07 SERCOS III integrates the open Ethernet protocol with high-speed data transfer at 100 MBitS per second.

		Motion Industries opens office in Conroe, Texas - 11/27/07 Motion Industries is a distributor of electrical and industrial automation, hydraulic and industrial hose, hydraulic and pneumatic components, and material handling.

		Bosch Rexroth promotes Erwin Wieckowski to VP - 11/21/07 Wieckowski was promoted to vice president and general manager for the Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies Group.

		ATS appoints Anthony Caputo Chief Executive Officer - 11/19/07 Most recently, Caputo served as Corporate Vice-President and President and COO of L-3 Communications.

		AMT forms automation group - 11/15/07 The General Industry Group will provide programming, software, vision, mechanical design, controls, simulation and training.

		Jervis B. Webb sold to Daifuku - 11/15/07 The transaction is expected to be completed in December, pending final government authorizations and approvals.

		AMT joins Save Your Factory initiative - 11/13/07 Collaborative industry initiative provides North American manufacturers with alternatives to moving manufacturing off-shore.

		ABB Q3 income rises 86% to $738 million - 10/25/07 ABB's net income rose 86 percent in the third quarter to $738 million and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose to $1 billion.

		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.

		Parvalux opens Poland office - 10/15/07 Parvalux opened a subsidiary in Warsaw, Poland to address the needs of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) from the Central Eastern Europe region.

		GE Fanuc is now GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms - 10/14/07 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms brings together GE Fanuc Automation, CNC and Embedded Systems groups.

		Animatics relocates HQ to larger building - 10/10/07 Animatics relocated and expanded its California Headquarters and US Factory into a new 104,000 sq. ft. facility in in Santa Clara, California.

		Bison Gear promotes Bruce Ashe to Manager, Electrical Engineering - 10/09/07 Ashe will be responsible for the maintenance of AC and DC product lines and will manage product development for the motor lines.

		Jeff Blackman named VP Sales for Bosch Rexroth - 10/09/07 Blackman will be responsible for the Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies, Electric Drives and Controls, and Pneumatics Groups.

		Motion Control sales hit $503 million in Second Quarter - 10/03/07 The Motion Control Association (MCA) says sales of motors, electronic drives, controllers, actuators and other motion control components are up by 3.7% from first quarter 2007.

		Bosch Rexroth Celebrates 40th year in the U.S. - 09/30/07 The company launched its U.S. operations in 1967 as the Rexroth Corporation, the U.S. arm of G.L. Rexroth GmbH, a German manufacturer of industrial products.

		Bison Gear promotes Bunnyray Larmond - 09/30/07 Larmond was promoted to Senior Application & Sales Engineer, with responsibility for Wisconsin.

		Barry-Wehmiller Design names three new partners - 09/19/07 Mike Ripper, Sebastian Vega and Kurt Wirth were named Partners in the St. Louis-based engineering consulting firm.

		Advanced Motion Controls announces university servo drive contest - 09/16/07 Servo drives are offered free of charge for advancing motion control knowledge at educational institutions located in the U.S.A. and Canada.

		NASA Director to keynote RoboDevelopment Conference - 09/16/07 Terry Fong, Director of the NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group, will deliver the keynote at RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition, Oct 25.

		ATS elects new board, interim CEO - 09/14/07 ATS elected a new board consisting of the director nominees previously proposed by Goodwood Inc. and Mason Capital Management. John Bell was elected interim CEO.

		Entire board of directors at ATS resigns - 09/13/07 Automation Tooling Systems announced that its board of directors will resign at 10:00 a.m. on September 13, 2007.

		Power Efficiency appoints Kenneth Munson VP of Sales and Marketing - 09/12/07 Munson will lead the sales and marketing team to advance business initiatives within emerging markets, both in Europe and North America.

		Jervis B. Webb names Margaret Murdock Executive Director - 09/11/07 She is now responsible for leading all aspects of electrical controls, Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) product line engineering and customer service.

		Danaher Motion ships 300,000th SynqNet Axis - 09/07/07 Since SynqNet’s introduction in 2003, more than 303,000 axes have been installed worldwide, making it one of the fastest growing motion networks available today.

		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.

		Power Efficiency Corp says recent energy legislation beneficial - 08/28/07 Federal legislation will establish a national standard for energy efficiency.

		Misumi USA expands its marketing team - 08/22/07 Misumi appointed Misa Nishimuras Director of Marketing and Inside Sales and Dwayne Roark Senior Marketing Manager.

		Misumi USA names Masanori Suzuki president - 08/22/07 Suzuki was formerly the General Manager of the Strategic Planning Department for Misumi in Japan, the parent company of Misumi USA.

		ARC predicts Motion Control Systems Market to Reach $7.8 Billion - 08/22/07 The worldwide market for GMC systems is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.0% over the next five years.

		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.

		Micronor wins patent for fiber optic rotary encoder - 08/08/07 Micronor has secured U.S. patent 7,196,320 for its ZapFREE Fiber Optic Rotary Encoder System.

		ABB completes renovations to New Berlin office - 08/08/07 ABB completed a $1.2 million, two-year renovation at its production facility in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

		Automation Tooling Systems appoints two presidents - 08/08/07 James Rowan will join the Company as President and COO of Automation Systems Group. Bruce Seeley is assuming the newly-created role of ASG President, Europe and Asia.

		ARC ranks ABB top automation services provider - 08/08/07 The study reports that the total worldwide market for these services was close to $14 billion at the end of 2006, and will increase by more than $10 billion over the next five years, to $24.9 billion in 2011.

		ARC predicts strong growth for AC Drives Low and high power AC drive markets experienced strong growth driven by the massive consumption occurring in the Chemical, Cement, Metal, Pharmaceutical, Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Water & Wastewater, and Metals & Mining industries.

		ARC says Machine Safeguarding market to reach $2.8 Billion - 08/02/07 The worldwide market for machine safeguarding solutions is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 12.5% over the next five years.

		HEIDENHAIN ships its 200,000th NC control - 07/31/07 With 30,000 units shipped, the iTNC 530 is the company's most popular product.

		Hannover Messe expands Interkama in 2008 - 07/31/07 Asset Management and Control Engineering will join the INTERKAMA Exhibit Program.

		Bosch Rexroth opens sales and service center in Mexico - 07/29/07 The Monterrey office will provide repair, field service, training, and sales support for hydraulics, electric drives and controls, and linear motion and assembly technology.

		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.

		Precise Automation signs Rocky Mountain MotorReps - 07/11/07 Rocky Mountain MotorReps will sell Precise Automation products, including robots, motion controllers and vision software, in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

		Innova offers licenses for its patented PC Control System used in robotics applications - 07/10/07 Innova Robotics and Automation intends to use every means possible to protect the company's intellectual property and enforce its patents.

		FKI logistex opens North American Technology & Education Center - 07/10/07 The 31,000-square-foot training and demonstration center showcases the latest in material handling integration and automation.

		German Packaging Group Endorses OMAC Guidelines - 07/07/07 DVI's Automation Circle endorsed OMAC Guidelines for improved packaging machine design and interoperability.

		Danaher developing AGV-forklift collision avoidance system - 07/03/07 Sky-Trax indoor positioning system will avert collisions between Automatic Guided Vehicles and forklift trucks.

		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.

		ICS Triplex achieves Achilles Level 1 Certification - 06/29/07 The Trusted Safety Controller received Achilles Controller Level 1 Cyber Security Certification from Wurldtech Security Technologies.

		Alpha Gear follows RoHS Directive - 06/28/07 Alpha Gear's products conform to the RoHS Directive, as of May 2007.

		SynqNet Interest Group Established for Motion Applications - 06/26/07 Members get access to online SynqNet articles, case studies, flash animations, quarterly e-newsletters, invitations to annual SynqNet meetings, and direct email access to SynqNet experts.

		B&R opens regional office in Los Angeles - 06/21/07 Paxton Shantz is the Regional Manager for the B&R office in Los Angeles, CA.

		Siemens opens Technology Center in Erlangen - 06/15/07 The Technology and Application Center in Erlangen, Frauenauracher Straße, Germany, houses machine tools and production machinery that are available for demonstrations and training courses.

		FANUC Robotics signs Puritan Automation as distributor - 06/15/07 Puritan Automation specializes in the design and manufacture of fully-automated, semi-automated, or manual assembly and test equipment.

		2007 Engelberger Robotics Awards given at robot show - 06/15/07 Awards were given to David Lavery of NASA, Harvey Castner of EWI, Martin Hägele of the Fraunhofer Institute, and Bala Krishnamurthy of Aeolean.

		ABB names Ravi Uppal to Executive Committee - 06/14/07 ABB appointed Ravi Uppal, head of the company's Indian business and South Asia region, to its management board as head of Global Markets.

		Parvalux appoints Justin Levine Managing Director - 06/12/07 Levine previously was executive Vice-President with Schneider Electric Motion.

		Bison Gear receives Business Leadership Award - 06/12/07 Bison Gear will receive the award from the River Valley Workforce Investment Board in Aurora, Illinois, for its outstanding contribution to workforce development during the past year.

		Don Vincent to retire as head of Robotic Industries Assn - 06/11/07 Vincent will be succeeded by Jeffrey A. Burnstein, who has served as RIA's number two executive for more than two decades.

		Power Efficiency Corp obtains CSA and UL approval for motor controllers - 06/11/07 The company's digital motor efficiency controllers obtained Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and Underwriter Laboratories (UL) certification.

		Barry-Wehmiller to open office in Raleigh-Durham - 06/08/07 Brian Bullock has joined the firm as Director of the Design Group's Raleigh Office.

		B&R exec elected to OMAC Packaging Workgroup - 05/30/07 Markus Sandhoefner, Sales Manager with B&R, was elected as a representative to the board of directors of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup.

		ARC says automation services market will grow - 05/22/07 Automation services are benefitting from several converging factors that will provide 12% annual market growth over the next five years, according to ARC Advisory Group.

		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.

		Rexroth appoints Amy Defayette to Product Marketing - 05/15/07 Amy R. Defayette will do Product Marketing for the company's VarioFlow conveyor product line.

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

		ISaGRAF 5.1 achieves IEC 61499 compliance - 05/09/07 Version 5.1 of ISaGRAF has been confirmed by TÜV Rheinland to be compliant with the requirements detailed in the IEC 61499 standard.

		Bison Gear Celebrates 20th anniversary - 05/07/07 Twenty years ago, CEO Ron Bullock, purchased Bison Gear and expanded it to become a world class gearmotor, electric motor and gear reducer manufacturer.

		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.

		SERCOS promotes soft master for SERCOS III - 05/03/07 The soft master implementation will make SERCOS III the only bus on the market that offers both hardware and software based master implementations.

		Bison Gear starts Skilled Workforce training - 05/01/07 To help reduce the shortage of qualified entry-level workers in Manufacturing, Bison is starting a training program consisting of applied math and manufacturing principles.

		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.

		Harbour Group Acquires Haydon - 04/24/07 Harbour Group acquired Tritex, the parent company of Haydon, which makes fractional horsepower linear actuators, lead screw assemblies, rotary stepper motors and hermetically sealed switches.

		Schneider Electric announces 1Q results - 04/19/07 Schneider Electric sales for the first quarter of 2007 totaled €3,893 million, up 22.4% from the year earlier period.

		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.

		ABB names Jim Perkins Managing Director of Drives - 03/29/07 Perkins will be responsible for leading, directing and managing LV & MV Drives businesses. Perkins will be based in the ABB facility in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

		Bosch Rexroth names Milt Coleman Product Marketing Manager - 03/27/07 Coleman will be responsible for planning, directing and implementing activities in the Product Management, Application Engineering and Customer Service Groups for Bosch Rexroth-Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies Group.

		Ohio Northern Univ team wins National Robotics Challenge - 03/26/07 An injection molding cell using a KUKA KR3 robot won the Gold award in its division and was named the “2007 Robot of the Year” at the National Robotics Challenge held March 9-10, 2007. The cell was designed, built, programmed and entered into the competition by the robotics team at Ohio Northern University.

		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.

		B&R sales reach €235 million - 03/22/07 Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH (B&R) in Eggelsberg achieved total sales of € 235 million in 2006 compared to € 190 million reached in the previous year. This reflects an increase of over 23%.

		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.

		Hannover Fair offers live automation demos The real automation highlight this year is the new Application Park, a project run jointly by the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) and Deutsche Messe. At this show within a show, mechanical engineers, robot manufacturers and automation service providers will be showcasing complete production solutions.

		Irby named Allen-Bradley Distributor in Mississippi - 03/07/07 Stuart C. Irby Co. has become the authorized Allen-Bradley distributor for the Columbus and Meridian, Mississippi, markets. Irby will establish two new locations as full-line commercial and industrial branches to complement and expand their existing Mississippi footprint.

		FANUC Robotics receives Supplier Appreciation Award - 03/07/07 FANUC received SsangYong Motor Company’s Supplier Appreciation Award for the development of an automated paint system installed in 2006.

		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.

		Dynomax opens facility in Croatia - 02/23/07 Dynomax built a new three-story facility in Croatia to house both production and engineering within a single building.

		ABB 2006 net income rises 89% to $1.4 billion - 02/16/07 ABB's net income rose 89 percent to $1,390 million in 2006 amid strong demand for technology to increase power grid reliability, industrial productivity and energy efficiency. Revenues for 2006 reached $24,412 million, an increase of 11 percent (10 percent in local currencies) over 2005, while orders were 22 percent higher (22 percent in local currencies) at $28,401 million.

		AMETEK signs worldwide distributor for Pittman products - 02/01/07 Avnet Electronics Marketing will serve as a stocking distributor worldwide for all PITTMAN brand products, effective immediately. Products include brush- and electronically-commutated BLDC motors and stepper motors.

		Groschopp signs Midwest rep - 01/30/07 Advance Sales & Engineering of Big Lake, Minnesota, will be representing Groschopp's fractional horsepower OEM motors in the territory of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

		Walco named Siemens Solution Partner - 01/26/07 Walco was recently certified as Siemens Solution Partner Automation. There are only 11 Solution Partners (AC/DC drives) with this certification in the United States.

		Shinano Kenshi signs rep in New England - 01/25/07 Underwood Sales Corporation will become the exclusive representatives for SKC products throughout a six-state region of New England.

		HEIDENHAIN promotes three in sales and product management - 01/19/07 New National Sales and Product Managers for North America are Kevin Kaufenberg, Electronics, Semiconductor & Metrology Div; Chris Weber, Machine Tool Div; and Tom Wyatt, Automation Div.

		ABB establishes Control Systems and Products center for Asia - 01/18/07 The Regional Action Center (RAC) in Singapore will provide technical and training support for automation customers, plus regional sales support, marketing and business development functions. The opening ceremony for the RAC took place on January 16, 2007.

		Bison Gear appoints new President - 01/11/07 Martin Swarbrick has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Swarbrick was Vice President and Director of Business Excellence for Motorola, when Motorola was awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2002 and the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame award in 2004.

		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.

		Circonix Technologies opens Midwest Headquarters in Dayton, Ohio - 01/05/07 This new facility provides Circonix Technologies with the increased space needed to accommodate their growing business and to better serve their customers. The Dayton office is the national service center for Circonix Technologies, coordinating service nationwide.

		Danaher Motion reaches 225,000 axes milestone with SynqNet - 01/05/07 Shipments of SynqNet motion and I/O network now exceed 225,000 axes since 2003.

		National Instruments releases LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT toolkit for older kids - 12/19/06 With the new LabVIEW toolkit, more advanced MINDSTORMS NXT users, including adults, students and secondary school and university educators, now can program the NXT using advanced programming tools available in LabVIEW.

		Bosch Rexroth names Berend Bracht President and CEO - 12/18/06 Berend Bracht, former CEO of Bosch Rexroth China and former head of the company’s U.S. industrial hydraulics operation, will take over as president and chief executive officer effective January 1, 2007. Bracht replaces Wolfgang Dangel, who has led the U.S. subsidiary of the German-based company since April 2003. Dangel is leaving to accept a leadership position with the Schaeffler Group.

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