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ISA announces FDT Group as Promotional Partner
As an ISA Promotional Partner, the FDT Group will provide the ISA community access to device maintenance and management strategies through a range of ISA media and direct marketing opportunities. -
Sigma Connectivity to provide test systems for connectBlue
Automated test fixtures will be used as test tools in the production facilities where connectBlue’s latest Multiradio module OWL355 is being produced. -
Schneider Electric completes the acquisition of Invensys
The transaction will allow the combined entity to have a unique position in industrial and infrastructure end-markets. -
Sercos International announces 2014 efforts
Sercos International will exhibit at 20 events this year, provide training, and conduct webinars. -
B&B Electronics releases Spectre cellular router starter kit
Spectre cellular router starter kit includes free, prepaid, 60-day 100MB RacoWireless 3G data plan as a way to jump-start industrial M2M network designs. -
PI Introduces PROFINEWS App
PROFINEWS App lets users receive up-to-date information about PI and its technologies directly on their devices anytime, anywhere in the world. -
OPC Tutorial - Basics, Vision and Integration of OPC for Process Control
Matrikon, an OPC Foundation Charter Member, has produced a 30-minute online multimedia tutorial to explain the basics and vision of OPC and how to begin integrating it into new and current systems. -
Shipments of cellular M2M devices in industrial automation up
Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 22.5 percent, cellular shipments are expected to reach 2.1 million in 2018. -
Sercos Safety and Industrial Ethernet webinars available
Sercos is making recordings of webinars on the topic of “CIP Safety on Sercos & EtherNet/IP” and “Common Sercos III and EtherNet/IP Infrastructure” available free and on-demand. -
EtherCAT Test Centers expanded
To best meet the rising demand for official EtherCAT Conformance Tests, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has expanded the EtherCAT testing services. -
Sercos International SPS IPC Drives show report
At the SPS IPC Drives show in Nuremberg, Sercos International displayed twelve demo points from different manufacturing companies as well as exhibits from more than twenty companies. -
PROFI Network Updates from the General Assembly Meeting
By Bill Lydon, Editor Four North American members presented why they support PI standards and are members of the board. User presentations further highlighted that existing plants have many types of networks that can benefit from efficient gateways and proxies to further enhance automation with new controls and instruments. -
Developers of Dream Report come out of hiding
By Bill Lydon, Editor I recently had the opportunity to discuss Ocean Data Systems – a little company you likely have never heard of - with Roy Kok, their VP of Sales and Marketing. Their product, Dream Report, is OEMed by a number of well-known software providers. Here is a synopsis of my interview with Kok. -
EtherCAT celebrates 10th anniversary
It has now been 10 years since the organization first began its activities at the 2003 SPS IPC Drives show with 33 official founding members. -
Festo Joins Sercos North America
Festo Corporation of Hauppauge, New York joined Sercos N.A., the North American promotional alliance for the Sercos interface, as an associate member. -
Sercos releases CIP Safety on Sercos Conformance Test Tool
The test tool offers the possibility to automatically test the full CIP Safety on Sercos protocol functionality of a device in order to prove the compliance with The CIP Safety specification. -
CIP Safety Expands to Include Safe Motion
With CIP Safety, users will be able to deploy networked motion control systems using EtherNet/IP and Sercos III in applications requiring safe motion functions. -
MTConnect and OPC connect
The MTConnect Institute and the OPC Foundation announce the MTConnect-OPC UA (Unified Architecture) Companion specification. -
Pervasive Sensing highlighted at Emerson Exchange 2013
By Bill Lydon, Editor Emerson’s Sonnenberg and Zornio discussed pervasive sensing as a growing trend. They framed the discussion around the idea of pervasive sensing as the way to achieve the pursuit of actionable information to improve operations and maintenance. -
Averna to supply Test Equipment to Power Matters Alliance
Averna will provide automated testing equipment for the PMA certification program of wireless charging devices.

