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  • Red Lion names Bruce Macpherson Vice President of EMEA and SAARC

    As Vice President of Sales for the EMEA and SAARC regions, Macpherson will oversee customer relationships and business growth. Bruce reports directly to Red Lion President Jack Lee and serves on the company’s leadership team.
    By: Red Lion Controls
    14 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • ABB's John Malinowski recieves Motor Summit 16 award

    John Malinowski, Senior Director of Industry Affairs for Baldor, the ABB Group Company received a MS’16 Award in recognition “for his personal engagement to make IE3 premium efficiency motors the global market standard”
    By: ABB
    09 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • PI appoints Scott Jordan as Head of Photonics Market Segment

    Jordan, who has several patents related to fast alignment techniques, was central in the development of PI's Multi-Channel Photonics Alignment System, a system that automates SiP alignments for packaging and test, operating with nanometer precision and device safety.
    By: PI Vision
    08 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Top-Down Security Approach – The Final Stage for OT Protection and Compliance

    By Shmulik Aran, NextNine This article, the fourth and final article in a series on OT security management for the manufacturing industry, will discuss a top down approach for protecting ICS systems
    22 November, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • Egemin to build third automated warehouse for potato products manufacturer Agristo

    The fully automated deep freeze warehouse will be built in Wielsbeke (90 km West of Brussels) on a 25-hectare lot. Alongside the storage facilities, Agristo is also erecting production buildings and green zones.
    18 November, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Bosch Rexroth to highlight IIoT packaging solutions at PACK EXPO 2016

    During this year’s PACK EXPO, attendees will have the opportunity to explore Rexroth technologies on the Innovation Tour. With demonstrations available in the Rexroth booth as well as select customer booths, the tour highlights a number of Rexroth’s Industry 4.0, Safety on Board, Open Core Engineering and 4EE capabilities.
    By: Bosch Rexroth
    03 November, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • Menzel Elektromotoren delivers dust resistant motor for Senegalese cement manufacturer

    The motor, which provides the plant with finely ground coal dust to meet the plant's primary energy needs, is operated in a hazardous area classified as zone 22.
    03 November, 2016 | 1 minute
  • AMCI releases Ethernet/IP programming webinar

    This pre-recorded webinar is designed to explain how to add and program EtherNet/IP products when using EDS files, and some short cuts that this simplified approach provides.
    By: Advanced Micro Controls Inc.
    02 November, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Beckhoff opens new facility in Mason, Ohio

    Strategically located in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, this 3,300 square-foot office adds greater local sales and engineering presence for customers in Ohio and the Great Lakes region.
    By: Beckhoff Automation
    31 October, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Red Lion announces Jack Lee as new company president

    Jack Lee succeeds Mike Granby, who served as President of Red Lion for seventeen years, and is leaving the company to pursue other entrepreneurial projects.
    By: Red Lion Controls
    28 October, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Emerson's Unidrive 600M boosts sugar delivery at Thai plant

    Mitr Phol Sugar Corp is the largest sugar producer in Thailand today, the biggest in Asia and the world’s fourth largest, producing 2 million tons of sugar a year from its various plants.
    By: Emerson
    25 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell’ Users Conference to highlight digital transformation for industrial controls

    Turning Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) concepts into reality for manufacturing enterprises will be a key topic at Honeywell Process Solutions’ (HPS) 28th annual Honeywell Users Group (HUG) for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India regions.
    By: Honeywell Process Solutions
    25 October, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • ABB announces Dr. Jef Beerten as first winner of ABB Research Award

    Dr. Jef Beerten from KU Leuven, Belgium, receives a US $ 300,000 grant over the next three years for ongoing research at the forefront of energy technology.
    By: ABB
    21 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Emerson Industrial delivers motor control to oilfield cranes

    A US-based specialist in the supply of complete electrical packages for oil rig cranes is using Control Techniques AC and DC drives as part of a $500,000+ order involving the upgrade of 10 LeTourneau cranes.
    By: Emerson
    21 October, 2016 | 3 minutes
  • True Cost of Ownership for Linear Position Sensors- Part 2

    By Harold Schaevitz, Alliance Sensors Group The second article, of a three part series, examines the strengths and weaknesses of industrial position-sensing technologies, and presents a comparison chart of their specification parameters together with a brief explanation of what those specifications mean
    20 October, 2016 | 10 minutes
  • Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems Cannot Wait

    By Jeff Hussey, Tempered Networks Today’s industrial control systems (ICS) represent critical operational assets across many organizations and industries. Connecting and safeguarding these vital networks is critical to improving operational efficiency, while maintaining the safety of our communities and the personnel who work with these ICS systems.
    By: Tempered Networks
    11 October, 2016 | 4 minutes
  • Emerson's Unidrive M upgrades production for tissue manufacturer

    Soffass produces a range of products including Regina, as well as a wide selection of other products aimed at the global consumer tissue paper market. The company is a long-term user of Control Techniques variable speed drives
    By: Emerson
    10 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • True Cost of Ownership for Linear Position Sensors- Part 1

    By Harold Schaevitz, Alliance Sensors This first article, of a three part series, discusses the true cost of the utilization of position sensors and how businesses can evaluate that cost when making long-term strategy decisions
    04 October, 2016 | 6 minutes
  • NEMA works with CEMEP to drive new motor efficiency standards

    In a joint white paper to be presented at the Motor Summit 2016 in Zurich on October 11 and 12, NEMA and CEMEP outline an extended product approach that moves beyond single motors, invertors, and controls to include electronic speed controls, power drive systems (PDS), pumps, fans, compressors, and other auxiliary electronics that make up the system.
    03 October, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Beckhoff opens Texas sales and support facility

    The eighth such regional facility in the U.S., the Plano facility includes sales offices, engineering labs and training facilities. This 2,600 square-foot office will provide sales and engineering expertise for customers in the south-central United States.
    By: Beckhoff Automation
    29 September, 2016 | 1 minute
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