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ETAP to supply Power Management System to Asahi Kasei
The system will be used for power optimization and visualization; simulating maintenance operations; incident playback and analysis; and optimizing balance between loss minimization and power system stability. -
Global Power Transformers Market Growing
Transparency Market Research says the market was valued at USD 17.12 billion in 2012, and is expected to reach USD 28.69 billion by 2019, growing at a rate of 7.7 percent from 2013 to 2019. -
ABB opens fifth factory in Brazil
The new plant will build compact power substations, motors, generators, drive systems, measurement equipment and low-voltage products. -
ACM Facility Safety Offers Free Process Safety Workshop
The free workshop teaches the essential elements of Safety Instrumented Systems including how to comply with myriad safety requirements. The workshop is available in a two-day classroom in Calgary, or as a three-day webinar. -
Yokogawa to Control Uruguay Combined Cycle Power Plant
Yokogawa wil supply a CENTUM VP integrated production control system for the monitoring and control of all plant facilities at a combined cycle power plant being built for UTE in Punta del Tigre. -
Endress+Hauser sales reach $2.43 billion
Endress+Hauser Group increased its net sales by approximately 7 percent to over 1.8 billion euros ($2.43 billion) in the 2013 financial year. -
Endress+Hauser donates instrumentation to Polk State College
Through the donations of Endress+Hauser, Rockwell Automation and TriNova, Polk State College will be the new home to a $1 million, state-of-the-art PTU (Process Training Unit). -
OSI supplies SCADA/DMS to EPB Chattanooga
SCADA/DMS provides smart grid modeling, analysis and automation capabilities, including Distribution Power Flow, Fault Location, Isolation and Service Restoration, Feeder Reconfiguration and Volt/VAR Control. -
Red Lion Controls monitors EPM Colombia Remotely
Red Lion installed a remote connectivity solution that provides monitoring and control throughout EPM¹s power distribution network, helping to save time and reduce costs. -
Schneider Electric's Integration of Invensys
By Bill Lydon, Editor With this acquisition, Schneider Electric significantly enhanced its position to serve the process industries and now has a complete portfolio of products to serve the entire industrial and process automation industry. This article highlights a few key aspects of the integration of the two companies. -
ABB fourth-quarter earnings down $260 million
4Q 2013 results were adversely impacted mainly by charges for storm-related project delays and operational issues in the Power Systems (PS) division. -
OSI to supply SCADA to Southern Maryland Electric
The SCADA/DMS will provide SMECO with both the visualization of the current network operating conditions and optimal solutions to further improve reliability and efficiency. -
OSI opens office in Houston, Texas
OSI’s Houston office will deliver solutions and services including system design and engineering, technical and integration services and training and customer support. -
Kamstrup to supply 153,000 smart meters to Denmark
A consortium of eight Danish utilities, the MV Group, will buy 153,000 smart meters over a three-year period. -
Windows XP Cyber Time Bomb set for April 8, 2014
By Bill Lydon, Editor The huge installed base of automation software running on Windows XP will be vulnerable to cyber-attacks with the end of Windows XP support April 8, 2014. More than 12 years old, Windows XP is the longest supported version of Windows ever and therefore is the most used in industrial automation systems. -
AVEVA to supply design software to JSC NIAEP
JSC NIAEP-ASE will use the software to support the whole lifecycle of a nuclear plant – from engineering & design phase to decommissioning. -
Fossil Fuels Lose Steam in Power Generator Markets
The share of new generator sales that use fossil fuels is forecast to decline as growth in the renewables and nuclear sectors ramps up. -
Metso to control Electric Power Plants in Buryatia
Electric Power Plants is modernizing and increasing capacity at its Gusinoozyorskaya thermal power plant in Gusinoozyorsk, Republic of Buryatia, in Eastern Siberia. -
Developers of Dream Report come out of hiding
By Bill Lydon, Editor I recently had the opportunity to discuss Ocean Data Systems – a little company you likely have never heard of - with Roy Kok, their VP of Sales and Marketing. Their product, Dream Report, is OEMed by a number of well-known software providers. Here is a synopsis of my interview with Kok. -
Cyber Security Lessons from a Military Leader
By Bill Lydon, Editor Major General Robert E. Wheeler gave a compelling and informative keynote presentation on cyber security at the ISA Automation Week conference in Nashville, TN on November 6, 2013. The cyber security challenges faced by the military and industrial automation systems are strikingly similar.