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PLCopen certified B&R's SafeDESIGNER product, version 2.58.

PLCopen certified SSS for Motion Control Compliance (part 1 and 2).

The Siemens Retrofit Business Development group is based in Lebanon, Ohio.

Specs for certification of IEC 61131-3 editors have been updated for the first time since 1998.

The market for AC Drives, PLCs, motion controls, CNC, and machine safeguarding was $18.0 billion in 2008 and is forecast to be over $21.2 billion in 2013.

Previously, Martin was Director of Sales at Holt Electric, Inc., a major Midwest electrical distributor based in Hartland, WI.

Shire Human Genetic Therapies will use Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), Experion Batch Manager, wireless network and Uniformance Process Historian Database.

By Carl Hosier, Honeywell Process Solutions Many manufacturing facilities have taken to integrating plant subsystems with their DCS to maximize productivity and improve overall efficiency. Applying this same concept to power generation could help electricity and steam generators streamline production in a way that makes sense to both their pocketbooks and the regulators.

The European market earned revenues of over $75.2 million in 2008 and this will reach $132.8 million in 2012.

ProLeiT will integrate its Plant iT with the Logix control platform for applications in the brewing, dairy and related industries.

AMT senior staff, in cooperation with the Board of Directors, will oversee ongoing programs and day-to-day operation.

By Softing One of the largest manufacturers of tobacco connected 40 production lines, each being controlled by up to 8 legacy Simatic S5 PLCs, via Ethernet to the MES system by using Softing’s Echolink, a serial to Ethernet converter.

April 29-30, 2009 Charlotte, NC Seminar provides attendees with an in-depth look at the various factors that are addressed when slitting flexible web materials.

H835 catalog provides product specifications, detailed drawings, part numbers, suggested application designs, and a photo of the parts.

By recording when an engine enters or leaves a test or work cell Cummins can see how quickly an engine moves through the testing process and identify any differences between engine types and options.

UAVs (Unmanned Air Vehicles) will be a special highlight. This will be backed up by live demonstrations of glass façade-cleaning robots - also decidedly "aboveground."

By Mark DeCramer, WAGO An interface to removable storage media, such as USB memory devices and CompactFlash, are providing flexibility never before realized in PLC architectures. Because these devices are capable of holding gigabytes of data, years of collected data can be stored to a single device.

By IVT From woodworking to foam cutting, CNC routers are a commonplace system found in many different areas on the manufacturing floor. Integral V linear guiding system eliminates the tedious alignment process.

Orders decreased 19 percent in the fourth quarter but full-year EBIT nevertheless reached a record $4.6 billion.

Jerry Yen has been named director of the company’s new Custom Solutions Center.