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  • Metso acquires Valstone Control in South Korea

    Valstone is a globe valve and service specialist company in Chungju, South Korea, with net sales of MEUR 10.
    07 March, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • GENPRO buys more AVEVA PDMS design software

    GENPRO will be using AVEVA PDMS on a number of large projects in the rapidly growing Brazilian chemical, petrochemical and nuclear sectors.
    06 March, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Information Synergy

    Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The automation industry is learning to go beyond simply providing business systems with data by synergistically using information to collaborate in new ways to make plants more profitable, responsive and efficient.
    27 February, 2012 | 4 minutes
  • Endress+Hauser Releases White Paper Showing How to Maintain pH Sensors

    Automation.com, March 2012 By Fred Kohlmann, Endress+Hauser White paper describes when and how to inspect, clean and calibrate pH sensors-including a complete decision tree diagram that outlines all necessary steps.
    27 February, 2012 | 1 minute
  • ARC says Foundation Fieldbus is Number One

    ARC says Foundation fieldbus accounted for nearly three-quarters of the total digital process fieldbus marketplace in 2011.
    23 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Balluff valve transducer achieves IECEx rating for hazardous areas

    The Micropulse TA12 is a non-contact linear position sensor for continuous feedback on hydraulically and pneumatically actuated valves.
    23 February, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell competition challenges students to simulate manufacturing issues

    Honeywell’s 2012 Americas student competition is challenging engineering students to use simulation software to create solutions to critical issues facing manufacturing companies.
    22 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Digital Factory Superstructure Emerging with OPC UA

    Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor OPC UA is emerging as a fundamental technology for implementing Digital Factory concepts to increase production efficiency. The concept was reinforced at the ARC Forum in a session titled, Transforming Manufacturing with OPC UA: From Embedded to the Enterprise.
    17 February, 2012 | 4 minutes
  • Flowserve opens valve manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia

    The Dammam manufacturing plant will have the capability to manufacture valves and actuators, including Flowserve Valtek globe, ball, plug, butterfly and severe service control valves.
    16 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Frost & Sullivan says Control Valve market to grow in Europe

    F&S says the market earned revenues of €496.5 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach €676.3 million in 2017.
    13 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell opens office in Dubai

    The full-service office will support Process Solutions and Scanning & Mobility businesses.
    13 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Ventyx absorbs Mincom

    Ventyx completed the integration of Mincom and ABB Network Control into one enterprise solutions organization.
    13 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Rockwell Automation Product Philosophy

    Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon Rockwell Automation firmly believes there are users that only want simple controllers and users that want integrated control and information products. In order to meet these requirements Rockwell has two separate product and software architectures, Connected Components and Logix.
    13 February, 2012 | 5 minutes
  • Wilbrecht Receives ATEX Certification for Snap Action Switch

    MP300 series switches are now in compliance with ATEX and are approved for zone 22 in potentially explosive dust atmospheres.
    09 February, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Using Guided Wave Radar in Steam loops

    Automation.com, March 2012 By Keith Riley and Ravi Jethra, Endress+Hauser White paper addresses the application of Guided Wave Radar to measure level in steam loops, including discussions of how this technology functions and differs from more traditional forms of level indication.
    09 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • McCrometer Adds Live Chat to Web Site

    The online Live Chat system allows customers to communicate directly with flow measurement experts.
    08 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • FDI Cooperation formed to support fieldbus Device Integration

    FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International and OPC Foundation founded the company.
    07 February, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • Cyber Espionage comes to SCADA Security

    Automation.com, February 2012 By Eric Byres, Tofino Security Today’s attacks show a different focus – attempts to steal valuable information that can be used to make a counterfeit product, out-bid a rival, or coordinate a short selling campaign against a company’s stock.
    06 February, 2012 | 5 minutes
  • Invensys Supports VMWare and Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Technologies

    With virtualization, users can safely run several operating systems and applications at the same time on a single computer, with each having access to the resources it needs when it needs them.
    06 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • ISA names Juliann Grant social media community manager

    Grant is a vice president of Telesian Technology, and has more than 20 years of experience developing marketing strategies for high-technology and industrial-automation companies.
    05 February, 2012 | 2 minutes
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