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AutomationDirect to resell KEPServerEX
AutomationDirect will sell KEPDirect OPC Server for use with its controllers and remote I/O. -
GE joins board of PI North America
Bernie Anger, General Manager Control and Communication Systems for GE Intelligent Platforms, has been elected to PI North America's Board of Directors. -
ODVA announces machinery initiative
ODVA launched a Machinery Initiative designed to improve the integration of machinery with the industrial manufacturing ecosystem. -
Lantech publishes 2011 product guide
The 2011 product guide features a complete selection of Lantech product lines, including wireless access points, redundant fiber controllers and industrial switches. -
Skid Integration Problems Solved by PLCopen Standards
Automation.com, March 2011 By PLCopen North America The use of skid mounted equipment has become popular for a number of reasons but they pose some unique automation and control challenges that can be solved by using IEC 61131-3 and PLCopen standards. -
Siemens launches Plantville interactive game
Online game simulates a Plant Manager’s experience and challenges players to increase productivity, sustainability and the overall health of an industrial plant. -
ILS Technology supplies deviceWISE M2M to Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless will use deviceWISE M2M smart device application platform as a component of its Machine to Machine (M2M) Management Center and other smart service offerings. -
Banner Engineering publishes 2011 Product Catalog
The 2011 catalog wraps Banner's sensor products together with lighting and indicators, machine vision, wireless and machine safety products. -
Semaphore to connect Water & Wastewater plant in New Zealand
Semaphore will supply 370 remote terminal units (RTUs) over the next 3 years, along with master telemetry units (MTUs), Ethernet UHF radios, and associated equipment. -
Yokogawa Joins PROFIBUS User Organization
Yokogawa joined the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO), an interest group for the PROFIBUS and PROFINET standard communication protocols. -
Fox-IT adds MatrikonOPC software
The combined system provides security for SCADA networks, including protection from sophisticated cyber threats such as Stuxent and Night Dragon. -
ODVA Industrial Networks Energy Initiative
Automation.com, March 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The intent of this energy initiative is to create a comprehensive approach to the optimization of energy usage for the industrial consumer that is scalable, open and inclusive for both users and suppliers. -
Smart-Energy Consumption via an Open Ecosystem
Automation.com, March 2011 By Tony Paine, Kepware Technologies Expect in 2011 to see smart grid solutions, smart meters, and a real-time, automated, metering infrastructure (AMI) to be rolled out across the country. -
Ethernet Infrastructure - Is IPv6 another Y2K?
Automation.com, March 2011 ODVA is taking IPv6 seriously because it could have major implications for existing EtherNet/IP installations and product developers. This is not unique to EtherNet/IP, the change has an impact on all Ethernet devices and infrastructure including business, industrial, home, and mobile communications. -
Flowserve uses Transpara's Visual KPI software for asset data
Transpara Visual KPI extends visibility of equipment performance data by delivering KPI), scorecards, trends and alerts to more than 400 smartphones and PDAs. -
ABB to maximize efficiency at India’s largest seawater desalination plant
When completed at the end of 2011, the Nemmeli seawater desalination plant will supply up to 100 million liters of potable water a day and reduce the stress on Chennai’s dwindling groundwater resources. -
Airfield Lights Using Wireless POINT I/O and Mobile Operator Interfaces
At the heart of the lighting systems are ControlLogix PACs utilizing Ethernet/IP wireless communications modules. Airfield lighting circuit status is served to a FactoryTalk SCADA operator console located in the Air Traffic Control Tower. -
Online Development names Mark Knebusch VP of Operations
In this expanded role, Knebusch will lead the company's business operations for all product development and will continue to focus on new business expansion. -
ABB publishes brochure on 2600T family of pressure transmitters
The brochure highlights a comprehensive range of pressure measurement products, stressing reliability and simplified installation and configuration. -
One man’s waste is another man’s energy
Granger Electric operates a landfill-gas-to-energy program that extracts methane from decomposing waste and supplies it to customers as an alternative "greenhouse" fuel. This story highlights the communication system used between the control center and customers’ sites, to remotely access and monitor energy consumption.
