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Dresser had revenues of $2 billion and earnings of $318 million in 2009. GE bought Dresser for $3 billion.

R3 Sensors joined the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) as a supplier member.

Non-contact torque sensors from Sensor Technology are playing a key role in the development of commercial-scale in-stream tidal turbines produced by Irish company, OpenHydro.

AIT will be organized as a standalone company within The Thompson Group. Financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

The Baghdad office will supply process automation equipment to Iraq’s oil and gas industry, which is in the midst of re-construction.

Davern joined National Instruments in 1994 and has been serving as CFO and senior vice president of manufacturing and IT operations since 2002.

Robert M. Auman was Vice President of worldwide sales. Auman has been with the company since 1986.

ISA Automation Week 2011: Technology and Solutions Event will be held at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center in Mobile, Alabama, USA, on 17-20 October, 2011.

The 2011 Catalog showcases more than 120,000 products from over 300 suppliers.

By Mubeen Almoustafa, Flow Dynamics Inc In order to be confident that a meter is accurately measuring the flow volume or mass, it must be recalibrated on a periodic basis.

Technical reference guide provides comprehensive information and data for selecting magmeter liners, electrodes, and grounding rings.

A recently enacted US Minerals Management Service (MMS) mandate stipulates that all domestic US offshore rigs processing more than an average 2000 bopd must install flare/vent gas flow meters.

Yokogawa will be supplying CENTUM VP control systems, ProSafe-RS safety instrumented systems, device management software packages, and a simulator.

Emerson’s Smart Wireless solutions have been certified by NIST to meet government Federal Information Processing Standard-197 (FIPS-197) requirements.

Replacing traditional wired network with wireless for control and monitoring has improved operations and worker safety in harsh environment.

Automation.com, September 2010 Honeywell Process Solutions India organized its annual User Meet on 30th & 31st Aug 2010 at Madh Island, Mumbai on the theme of ‘Optimize. Innovate. Sustain.’ The event saw an overwhelming participation from companies across all industry segments and focused on providing solutions to increase business performance & protect automation investments.

Vitrociset will integrate NI hardware and software into its service packages for organizations developing sophisticated physics projects such as particle accelerators and fusion devices.

Four-page full-color brochure covers the Safety 2600T pressure transmitter.

ABB supplied a System 800xA process control system, field instrumentation, motor control centers, motors and variable speed drives to Gulf Industrial Investment, Bahrain.

Viscomaster meter improves fuel efficiency by accurately measuring viscosity, density and temperature of the heavy fuel oil (HFO) that supplies the vessel's main and auxiliary engines.