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More than 100,000 employees in the chemical processing and oil and gas sectors lost their jobs in 2020, and U.S.-based companies were already looking at a shortfall of at least 40,000 skilled positions by 2025. The knowledge drain and the related skills gap open up an opportunity to make digital solutions a key part of future operations.

Version 2.90 of the OPC UA .NET Standard Toolkits adds the Pub/Sub MQTT protocol to the SDK, support for UMATI NodeSet files, NodesSet2 XML handling, and performance improvements for your next OPC UA development project.

The demand for USB ports has increased exponentially due to the sheer number of these peripheral devices and gadgets, each of which requires the ubiquitous USB ports for communication and connection.

Chevron Australia and Aker Solutions chose ABB to supply the electrical power system from shore and subsea long step-out to Jansz-Io field, part of the Chevron-operated Gorgon natural gas project.

Joseph S. Alford, PhD, an ISA Fellow and long-time contributing expert on ISA18, has been honored with a 2021 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Purdue University’s College of Engineering, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering. This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue.

Microchip’s SA65 CSAC for military and industrial systems features ultra-high precision and low power consumption.

Cast-iron motors meet or exceed NEMA Premium efficiency standards for oil-and-gas/petrochemical, pulp-and-paper, grain and rock processing, other harsh environments.

OleumTech, a leading industrial automation and IoT solutions provider, today announced the launch of an Electromagnetic Flow Meter as another addition to its fast-growing H Series hardwired process instrumentation line.

Teknic’s ClearPath servos power the Dominator, a Guinness World Record setting robot, made by Mark Rober!

The POC project is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently opened its new Missile Defense Futures Lab (MDFL) in Huntsville. The company’s MDFL is pioneering change with speed and precision to develop, test and field an integrated missile defense system.

Desai will help lead company's internal and external sustainability efforts.

Basin Water Resources, LLC (BWR) was selected by a major international gold producer to supply a dual-train nanofiltration (NF)/reverse osmosis (RO) pilot system to evaluate various membrane performance characteristics.

Nigel Smith, managing director of Shibaura Machine partner, TM Robotics, explains how clean room robots can eradicate the risk of human contamination.

In June PLCopen had a very successful virtual annual General Meeting. Part of the meeting related to changes in the Board of Management.

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA) and the Incident Command System for Industrial Control Systems (ICS4ICS) have announced the release of a cybersecurity first-responder credentialing program. This article was originally published in InTech's July/August issue.

TwinCAT Analytics now includes even more easy-to-configure condition monitoring functions.

New products include WiBotic’s first passively cooled onboard charger, two transmitters that use the latest gallium nitride (GaN) technology from GaN Systems for maximum efficiency, and more.

In his latest monthly column, ISA President Steve Mustard calls on YOU to volunteer with the Society.