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Veresen owns and operates energy infrastructure assets across North America, focusing on principal businesses that include pipeline, midstream and power operations.

Emerson will supply integrated control and safety systems for two new bridge-linked platforms for the Clair Ridge project, in the North Sea to the west of the Shetland Islands, U.K.

MeterSuite fiscal metering solution received European Measuring Instrument Directive (MID) and International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) R117 certification.

Thermon builds heat tracing products for process industries, including energy, chemical processing and power generation.

Eaton will acquire electrical equipment supplier Cooper for $11.8 Billion. Eaton and Cooper will be combined under a new company incorporated in Ireland, where Cooper is incorporated today.

Xembedded builds products based on VME, VPX, and COM Express platforms and its hardware and software products have been installed in over 400,000 systems worldwide.

Automation.com, May 2012 By J Timothy Shea, Senior Analyst Due to expected increasing demand for level measurement and inventory tank gauging technologies as tools to help companies to continue to improve operational efficiencies, increase productivity, gain greater control over inventories and enhanced accuracy, VDC is forecasting a 5.2% CAGR through 2016.

The training center in Istanbul will serve both Turkey and its neighboring countries, acting as a training hub for the region and offering an extensive range of Honeywell training courses.

The Process Training Unit features Endress+Hauser instruments and Rockwell Automation PlantPAx process automation system for educating field technicians, engineers and sales personnel.

Automation.com, May 2012 By Mark Howard, Zettlex Article lists 10 simple rules for design engineers when selecting position and speed sensors that must cope with shock or vibration.

The system will be installed on BM8, one of the largest board machines in the world with an annual production amount of over 400,000 tons.

A manufacturer of speciality chemicals in the UK, Robinson Brothers is conducting a trial of the transmitter on a steam main supplying its chemical manufacturing plant.

ATEX approval was obtained for LVCS continuous output stainless steel vertical liquid level sensors and vertical float switches.

Thermal Imaging Technical Resource includes an analysis of specifications, an explanation of image viewing technology,and a comparison of industrial vs building thermal imagers.

ST100 Flow Meter received FM and FMc approvals: Class I, Division 1, hazardous locations, Groups B, C, D; Class II and III, Div 1 Groups E, F, G; Nonincendive Class I Division 2 Groups A, B, C, D; Nonincendive Class II, Division 2 Groups E, F, G.

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GF reduced filling times, improved accuracy, and enabled tighter tolerances for its filling machines by using Emerson's Model FMT filling mass transmitter.

Coastal Flow Liquid Measurement will resell and support Flow MD’s small volume provers (SVP).

Zettlex will develop lightweight but rugged position sensors for space applications for the European Aerospace & Defence Systems agency.

Turbine flowmeter revenues are forecast to increase at a rate of 0.6 percent per year through 2016 to reach $427.5 million worldwide.