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68% growth forecast for ZigBee in smart metering applications
The WTRS Wireless Sensor Network Technology Trends Report projects strong market growth in the smart metering market for ZigBee chipsets over the 2009 to 2014 period. -
ARC says process industries are weathering current economic storm
Automation expenditures in the process industries reached $45.5 billion dollars in 2007 and are forecast to exceed $61 billion by 2012. -
WirelessHART sensors monitor flow on StatoilHydro Gullfaks platforms
90 wireless transmitters from Emerson are automating flow monitoring to increase production on StatoilHydro's Gullfaks offshore platforms in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea. -
MicroStrain to monitor US Navy wings
The US Navy awarded MicroStrain a contract worth $80,000 to develop a wireless system to measure buffet loads on the control surfaces of in-service aircraft. -
Apprion completes OEM agreement with Motorola
The OEM agreement enables the two companies to jointly develop and market integrated wireless application networks for industrial enterprises. -
Emerson expands Smart Wireless starter kit
Enhancements include discrete switches as well as vibration and pH transmitters. -
Air Products installs GE wireless monitoring system
The new system is helping improve operational efficiency and productivity by providing a way to reliably monitor, diagnose and maintain water equipment and processes. -
Rockwell Automation controls Green Planet Farms food plant
PlantPAx process automation system manages more than 100 batch and continuous process phases. System includes HMI software, instrumentation and wireless equipment. -
ZigBee Alliance to integrate Internet protocol standards
ZigBee will incorporate global IT standards from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) into its specification portfolio of low-power wireless networking standards. -
Emerson's wireless network monitors Irish gas transmission pipeline
Rosemount wireless transmitters include five measuring pressure, one differential pressure, and one temperature; each measurement point has redundant communication to the RTU via two or three routes. -
ProSoft announces Wireless Designer software tool
Wireless Designer simplifies the task of planning and specifying wireless networks. -
HANNOVER MESSE receives 210,000 visitors
210,000 visitors came to Hannover to see 6,150 exhibitors from 61 countries. 70% of the visitors were from Europe, 25% came from abroad, but only 7% came from the Americas. -
ABB Q1 revenues steady despite economic challenges
ABB’s first-quarter 2009 revenues rose 3 percent to $7.2 billion while orders decreased by 3 percent to $9.2 billion. -
NASA'S Dr. Kevin Grazier to deliver Keynote at Sensors Expo
Grazier is Investigation Scientist & Science Planning Engineer for the Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn & Titan at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. -
Beckhoff increases turnover to 278 Million Euros in 2008
Beckhoff Automation closed the 2008 business year successfully with robust turnover growth of 20 percent. -
Digi announces wireless Green Design Competition
The contest will award more than $20,000 for using wireless to save energy in electrical, water or natural gas or fuel consumption, and eliminating or monitoring air pollution. -
MicroStrain adds DecaWave's ScenSor wireless radio chips
ScenSor offers an ultra-low complexity coherent receiver, giving MicroStrain the benefits of superior range at ultra-low power consumption. -
ISA100 Factory Automation Working Group calls for papers
The group is seeking presentations for new wireless technology and system architectures for the link between sensors/actuators and automation systems. -
Wireless technology enables online filter monitoring
Emerson's wireless technology is enabling INEOS to monitor filters within polyethylene pellet transportation tubes. Eight Rosemount 3051S DP wireless transmitters were installed as well as a single Emerson Smart Wireless gateway. -
Honeywell to control biotech manufacturing processes
Shire Human Genetic Therapies will use Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), Experion Batch Manager, wireless network and Uniformance Process Historian Database.
