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The PlantPAx system with EtherNet/IP and ControlNet network connectivity passed tests for “61b,” the Fieldbus Foundation’s most demanding host profile.

Automation.com, October 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor It is hard to find another platform with the computing power and rapid prototyping capabilities of LabVIEW coupled with NI hardware. Because it comes at a price, their products are used in demanding industrial automation applications out of the reach of typical industrial controllers.

Kepware links PCs and PLCs to help manage the water supply for more than 2,700 acres in Walla Walla Valley, OR.

The global intelligent HVAC control systems market has been resilient in a weak economy and the market is shifting from analog to digital architecture.

Boris Waldeck, the Sales Director of KW-Software, become Secretary and Kevin Hull, Application and Deployment Supervisor Motion Control of Yaskawa America, joined the board.

Mr. Matsukuma san is succeeding Mr. Matsumoto san of Fuji Electric who held this position for the last 3 years.

For the fifth consecutive year, middle school and high school students can vie for a trip to Germany by creating a working control system using Phoenix Contact's Nanoline controller.

System integrator Technovator International of Singapore chose Distech Controls as the primary supplier of building management systems (BMS) for Junction Square shopping center in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma).

IMS Research projects world sales revenue of operator terminals with embedded PLC hardware will rise from $99 million in 2011, to approximately $148million in 2016; a CAGR of about 9 percent.

Joint, turn-key services include a wide range of consulting, design, installation and engineering for fully integrated analyzer systems, process and equipment control systems, and industrial automation systems.

Spencer Bolgard will oversee the company’s U.S. Sales Subsidiary, including sales, marketing, channel operations and service functions within the United States.

Catalog covers push buttons, sensors, switches, HMIs, PLCs, controllers, relays, signal conditioners and more.

Rockwell Automation will provide a PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) with solar field local controller panels for Godawari Green Energy in Rajasthan, India.

ABB's orders received in tne second quarter grew 9 percent to $10.1 billion while revenues rose to $9.7 billion.

By John Armstrong, Mel-O-Cream Donuts Mel-O-Cream used a PLC, VFD, HMI and Ethernet communications equipment from AutomationDirect to automate a donut packaging and labeling line that processes more than 40 different products.

Automation.com, July 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor In the past, Phoenix Contact's products were typically hidden in control cabinets. Their new vertical market initiative puts them in the mainstream of automation and control solutions, including further expansion in the United States.

Automation.com, July 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor At Honeywell Users Group (HUG), 'Sustain. Ability.' was defined as including technology, performance, resources, market and regulatory demands; and described as a holistic approach to sustainability that includes best practices, design, build, operations, and management.

MAAC Machinery, a maker of thermoforming machinery, uses eWON VPN routers to connect to its machines, PLCs, drives and HMI devices just about anywhere.

The market for Programmable Logic Controllers I/O modules recovered quite strongly after the recession with double-digit growth in both 2010 and 2011.

The free iPhone/iPad app provides read/write access to I/O, registers, flags and motion on Model 2700 and 5000 series controllers.