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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. |
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PLCopen at Pack Expo 2008
Visit the PLCopen Organization booth and see how PLCopen member companies are committed to control software standards that improve your quality and productivity.
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PLCopen adding IEC 61131-3 to OPC UA
- 08/13/08
PLCopen is re-activating Technical Committee TC4 to define an IEC 61131-3 based information model as additional part of the overall OPC UA specification. |
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ABB Q2 Net Income up 34%
- 07/24/08
ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million. |
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Ken Ryan joins PLCopen Board of Management
- 07/17/08
Dr. Kenneth J. Ryan is the director of the Center for Applied Mechatronics at Alexandria Technical College in Alexandria, Minnesota, USA. |
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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. |
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PLCopen releases Motion Control Part 4 for Comments
- 04/21/08
Part 4 of the PLCopen suite of specifications has been released for comments as version 0.99 and can be downloaded from the PLCopen website. |
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PLCOpen exhibits at Motor, Drive & Automation Systems Conference
PLCopen North America participated with a booth and made a presentation at the 2008 Motor, Drive & Automation Systems Conference February 14-15, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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PLCopen revives TC6 - XML
- 03/31/08
PLCopen TC6 first published its XML schema and documentation in June 2005 as version 1.01. After feedback from companies starting to implement this specification, it's been revised. |
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PLCopen Releases Safety Specification User Guidelines
- 03/26/08
The PLCopen Technical Committee 5 (TC5) Safety Software User Guidelines is a reference for control people implementing safety control systems. |
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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. |
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Engineers Turning to Portals to find Product Information
- 03/13/08
Control Design, March 2008
By Joe Feeley
A study by Control Design magazine says engineers are getting tired of using Google and Yahoo because “too many of the results have nothing to do with what they’re actually looking for.” Instead, the use of portals, such as www.automation.com/portals, to find information is increasing. |
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PLCopen publishes standard on XML Control Logic
- 01/21/08
PLCopen XML schemas and documentation as well as an introduction are available free on the internet. |
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Bosch gets creative with fun diversions
- 01/06/08
Creative Diversions website offers unique and comical look at the engineering profession. Includes music, videos, and even signs related to all types of workplace humor. |
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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. |
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Beckhoff Automation runs Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2
- 11/21/07
Beckhoff demos Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 at show in Japan. |
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Yokogawa celebrates 50 years of business
- 10/23/07
Yokogawa commemorated 50 years of business in North America at its Newnan, Ga., headquarters on October 18, 2007.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Rockwell Automation to acquire ICS Triplex
- 05/24/07
Rockwell will acquire Industrial Control Services Group Limited for £110 million in cash. ICS trades and does business as ICS Triplex, a supplier of critical control and safety solutions to the process industries. |
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Beckhoff PCs and TwinCAT software support Intel Core Duo
- 05/22/07
Intel Core Duo processors feature two computation kernels in one processor case. This technology enables multitasking and improves the throughput in multithread applications. |
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Beckhoff Automation sales increase 26% in 2006
- 05/17/07
During 2006, the company had sales of 190 million euros. |
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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. |
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Phoenix Contact Opens Technology Center in Houston
- 05/02/07
The 15,000-sq-ft center has a demonstration room, training facility, application lab, office space and a warehouse.
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PLCopen forms Security working group for control systems
- 04/12/07
The goal is to define a test bed and a set of routines, implementing a set of software tools and scripts to perform these test, and making this available to the public in order to be able prove a level of networking security within a broad set of control systems. |
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B&R opens office in Spain
- 03/10/07
The new subsidiary will be headed by Ramon Diaz. Diaz has gained extensive experience in automation and drive technology in Germany and Spain. |
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Beckhoff Automation promotes Mark Lewis to Support Manager
- 01/24/07
He will be responsible for managing Beckhoff’s technical support, field service and repairs departments at the company’s Burnsville, Minn. headquarters. |
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Beckhoff Automation establishes subsidiary in Brazil
- 12/12/06
To increase sales and engineering support for customers in South America, Beckhoff Automation has opened its newest subsidiary in Brazil. Together with distribution partners in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, Beckhoff is now represented in four countries on the South American continent. |
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ISaGRAF Software included Rabbit Semiconductor's PLC Application Kit
- 10/12/06
ISaGRAF is the software of choice for Rabbit Semiconductor's new Embedded PLC Application Kit. The Rabbit Embedded PLC Application kit includes all of the hardware and software required to develop this low-cost PLC replacement system: the ISaGRAF Application Workbench, ISaGRAF programming cable, and the Rabbit BL2500 single board computer with embedded micro PLC firmware kernel.
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PLCopen Trade Organization Appoints Bill Lydon Managing Director for North America
- 04/12/06
PLCopen is a non-profit industry organization dedicated to improving the programming efficiency control and automation engineers by providing information, training, and fostering communications between users, vendors, educators and others. |
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Ormec Introduces New ServoWire Motion & Logic Controllers
- 09/20/05
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B&R Implements the IEC 61131-3 Functions Defined and Standardized by PLCopen
- 05/26/05
B&R has implemented the IEC 61131-3 functions defined and standardized by PLCopen for motion control for both single-axis functions as well as the multi-axis variants. |
