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  • Hollysys to provide Profibus DCS to power plant in China

    The DCS will control more than 13,000 points and ProfiBus will control 3,600 distributed devices for two 1GW ultra-supercritical thermal power generating units at the Fujian Hongshan Thermal Power Plant.
    16 July, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • ABB controls Nui Phao tungsten mine in Vietnam

    ABB supplied an Extended Automation System 800xA solution that includes process control, electrical control, information management and asset optimization.
    15 July, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • ECS Solutions publishes S88 Brochure

    Capabilities brochure provides a technical review of S88 Builder and the productivity and cost-saving benefits of its technology.
    11 July, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Emerson controls Arkansas coal plant

    The 600-MW plant is the first ultra-supercritical power plant built in the United States. Emerson worked with the SWEPCO team to develop the sophisticated logic needed to integrate controls for the ultra-supercritical boiler into the overall plant automation architecture.
    11 July, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Emerson controls Gladstone LNG project in Australia

    Emerson supplied DeltaV digital automation system, Electronic Marshalling, Rosemount measurement and analytical instruments, Fisher valves, Bettis actuators, Roxar multiphase meters, ROC remote operations controllers, and AMS Suite maintenance software.
    08 July, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell System Integrator Program 'Firing on all Cylinders'

    By Bill Lydon, Editor The Honeywell system integrator initiative was launched in 2009 and has quickly become a solid program to serve small to midrange customers with Honeywell’s modular systems. There are 200 system integrators in the program with 55 of them located in the United States.
    08 July, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • ABB to control North Sea floating production unit

    ABB will provide 800xA safety and automation, condition monitoring, and operator training systems for a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) operated by Dana Petroleum.
    02 July, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Metso to control paper mills in Thailand

    Metso will supply automation systems, quality control systems, and Neles and Jamesbury valves to two paper mills operated by SCG Paper.
    02 July, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Control Station introduces PID tuning evaluation program

    The program enables participating manufacturers to validate PlantESP’s contribution to improved production performance and bottom-line profitability prior to commercial licensing.
    27 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • ABB automates Ohio Paper Mill

    The Chillicothe, Ohio, mill installed ABB’s Extended Automation System 800xA to upgrade the existing control system and improve quality control.
    25 June, 2013 | 3 minutes
  • Emerson to automate natural gas platform in South China Sea

    Emerson will provide process automation, safety, and asset management technology for a CNOOC gas production project in the South China Sea.
    25 June, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Honeywell to automate Tuapse Refinery

    Honeywell will equip the Tuapse refinery in Russia with an Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), UniSim Design Suite process simulation software, and MES software.
    25 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • ABB to build and control LPG pumping station in Algeria

    ABB will supply switchgear, transformers, motors, variable speed drive systems, instrumentation, distributed control and safety systems, as well as a SCADA system for the new 400 km pipeline.
    20 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Metso to supply Recovery Analyzer to Brazil kraft pulp mill

    By applying this online measurement, the Otacilio Costa mill will be able to raise the quality and strength of its cooking liquor, react faster to disturbances and increase process output.
    17 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • ABB names Ulrich Spiesshofer CEO

    Spiesshofer will succeed Joe Hogan as CEO on September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with ABB for some months as Senior Advisor to the Board.
    17 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Metso to control Smurfit Kappa Cellulose plant

    Metso will supply a DNA control system and a pulp cooking process optimization solution for the Cellulose du Pin mill in Biganos, France.
    13 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Control Station announces Web-Based Training

    The first course covers Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Process Control.
    06 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Metso to automate UK waste-to-energy plant

    Metso will supply a Metso DNA distributed control system, an integrated safety system and an information activity server to the 68MW plant in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, UK.
    04 June, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • PAS announces PAS University

    PAS University offers training solution courses in alarm management, control loop optimization, high performance HMI, cyber security and change management.
    04 June, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Honeywell Conference Covers future of manufacturing

    Around 1,000 attendees – representing major oil and gas, refining, chemical, pulp and paper, and metals and mining companies, among others – will participate in the 2013 Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Americas symposium June 16-22 in Phoenix. .
    31 May, 2013 | 2 minutes
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