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The first step in any power quality strategy is developing a complete understanding of your electrical environment, implementing a good power distribution system design and using good grounding techniques. If you want virtually maintenance free protection from a wide range of power problems, the constant voltage transformer, correctly applied, is still one of the best forms of total power conditioning.

ADLINK will acquire a total of 39,743,137 common shares in Ampro, representing 100% of Ampro's shareholding, with a total investment amount of US$20 million.

InduSoft won for its Web Studio v6.1, the only HMI/SCADA solution that runs on almost every type of hardware.

WireScope Pro cable tester meets and exceeds the requirements in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Annex E and Annex I for certifying Category 6A structured LAN cabling.

New facility in Jiangsu Province, China, includes a 5,300-square foot warehouse and 3,400-square foot office.

EPLAN improves the engineering design times, costs and quality of Electrical Control Systems, Fluid Power Systems, and Instrumentation & Control Systems.

The updated site contains four times as many enclosure products as before.

Abstracts will be accepted until 11 April for paper, panel, and tutorial sessions.

AMT acquired K-R Automation, a Warren, MI, based automation controls design, engineering and panel manufacturing company.

The Short Form Product Guide provides an easy reference selection guide for Calex DC/DC converter and AC/DC power supply products.

Interactive design guide has library of 50 applications, allowing users to locate the specific product series or part number that best matches their needs.

The NCS has been running since February 2005 in an environmental chamber at temperatures up to 221°F. The only problem so far: Labels are turning brown.

ABB won a contract worth $123 million to design, construct, and provide System 800xA automation for a new fertilizer processing plant in Chile.

This program provides consumers of circuit protection devices with an opportunity to properly recycle electrical components that may otherwise populate a landfill.

Donation is to the IEEE and NFPA Arc Flash Collaborative Research Project. The donation will help expand the knowledge of electric arc phenomena and enhance worker safety.

ABB will provide a System 800xA to help expand operations and increase processing capacity by 80 percent.

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.

Kepware will provide third-party communications for FactoryTalk View Site Edition and FactoryTalk View Machine Edition products from Rockwell Automation.

By Lonmark International Floor controls are linked via a LonWorks network, using Siemens LMEC gateways onto a BACnet system which handles the interaction with the central AHU, boilers and chillers.