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Automation.com, December 2011 By Jerry Belanger, Honeywell Process Solutions Industrial plants need solutions guaranteeing their controls system investments are safeguarded. They want to increase the efficiency of production process, but also reduce the long-term total cost of ownership (TCO) of automation assets.

Honeywell’s second office to open in Iraq since 2010 is in Basra.

ACE is an independent systems integration firm with seven offices throughout the northeast USA and Texas.

Prokits, based in Mansfield, UK, is a designer and manufacturer of valve adaptor kits and accessories for the valve industry.

Coastal Flow added a Calibron S50 portable flow prover to its proving fleet.

The catalogs list more than 25,000 different products.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor I was recently introduced to a new HMI software offering, Tatsoft FactoryStudio. My first reaction was - Why does the industry need another HMI software product? I interviewed Tatsoft CEO and founder, Marcos Taccolini to learn more.

Catalog contains product information and installation assistance for Parker hydraulic hoses, fittings, equipment, accessories and technical information.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Bill Lydon for Automation.com Rockwell Automation introduced the new low-cost Micro800 PLC product line suited for standalone machine applications - a completely new architecture and not based on or compatible with the Logix Platform and Integrated Architecture.

Fairchild is a manufacturer of high-precision pneumatic controls and power transmission products based in North Carolina, USA.

Process Control Dynamics is a Semaphore authorized distributor for customers in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Eric Byres, Byres Security Inc. On one hand, industry is becoming increasingly concerned about just how vulnerable control systems have become to outside attacks. At the same time, new tools and applications that improve efficiency, but increase that exposure, are appearing daily. So must we sacrifice these gains in efficiency if we want to be secure?

The distinction between PLCs and distributed control systems is narrowing, but their combined market in Europe will hit €6.45 billion in 2017.

Automation.com, November 2011 By Roy Kok In the terms of Automation, a crisis can be characterized as a loss of production (downtime), possibly of a simple piece of equipment, or it can be extensive, affecting major portions of the plant. Are we giving enough focus to the right areas, not focusing on the level of a "worst case scenario" type of crisis?

Automation.com, November 2011 By Rick Kaun, Honeywell Process Solutions Security is thought of as physical protection against intrusion or the detection of hackers when, in fact, little thought is given to the security threats that exist inside the fences of any given facility.

Festo Energy Saving Services can help to monitor and optimize compressed air consumption.

Web site covers data acquisition, signal conditioning and data communication products for industrial applications.

ARC says governments continue to enact new regulations to protect public health and safety. This requires better product quality, risk, and compliance (QRC) management systems.

Rockwell will provide engineering and design work necessary to commercialize Vadxx’s proprietary processes for making synthetic crude oil.

Louisiana-based Reliability Point provides thermal imaging and services to industrial manufacturers in the Gulf Coast region and Southeastern United States.