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KNAPP will license and integrate Kollmorgen’s NDC Suite technology in warehouse applications for automated order-picking and automating standard forklifts.

Participants are asked to submit brief videos that explain why their buildings are the smartest in America.

The Winters Gauge Audit Program will increase gauge monitoring performance, help the customer save on repairs and replacements costs, and consolidate gauge inventory.

Since its inception in 2000, Automation.com has grown to become the leading online publisher of automation-related news, information and resources. Each month, the site attracts more than 115,000 automation professionals from around the world.

EDSA and Viridity Energy will combine their software solutions to provide power system optimization for the UC San Diego microgrid.

Schneider Electric will supply mechanical services, lighting services, and control systems for energy savings of 15-20% and to cut CO2 emissions across the entire campus.

This valuable resource—the top purchasing guide in the automation field—is available to ISA’s members from a link on the ISA homepage.

By Manny Mandrusiak, OPC Foundation The OPC Foundation has been receiving a lot of email lately regarding the different technologies that are now offered in the OPC portfolio in 2010. It is very easy to see where individuals could become overwhelmed with the number of options that now exist. Here at the OPC Foundation we have taken steps to bring some clarity to the marketplace by simplifying the OPC message regarding the three core OPC technologies: OPC Classic, OPC Xi, and OPC UA.

By Software Toolbox TOP Server BACnet OPC Server software provides access to full diagnostics of alarms and monitoring of the cooling systems from the control room

SoftDEL Systems has successfully completed the ISO ISO17025:2005 process, including an assessment of the laboratory’s compliance with the A2LA Information Technology Program Requirements.

Design guide provides engineers and IT professionals with detailed guidance on deploying plantwide EtherNet/IP, a standard Ethernet and IP network technology

Report observes a decline in the incident rate in the petroleum and chemical industries, but an increase in the incident rate in the water & wastewater and the power & utilities industries.

Under the deal, BAE Systems only pays for actual energy savings realized from energy efficiency improvements.

Website helps IT network and data center professionals understand the benefits of shielded twisted-pair copper cabling.

Yokogawa signed BBP Sales in Baton Rouge, LA, and TechStar in Deer Park, TX,

HALCON Embedded runs on the Nokia N900 mobile phone with the Maemo Linux-based operating system.

The guide details how portable data loggers can be applied in building monitoring applications, such as HVAC/R systems monitoring, commissioning, Measurement & Verification, and load profiling.

CD-based library includes more than 100 documents, including measurement tips, application notes, and product selection guides.

One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.

Zicom is the largest independent electronic security systems integrator in India.