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The INTERKAMA+ tradeshow at HANNOVER MESSE 2009 is gearing up to make a contribution of global significance in this area via its "Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes" display.

Automation includes Siemens Sinumerik 840D powerline for the CNC control, 160 NC machines, 18 robots, Profibus, PLCs, HMIs and industrial PCs.

Legal disputes have prevented exiderdome from being transferred from a barge to land for the second half of its U.S. tour.

Automated storage and retrieval systems can help supply chain automation organizations impact their lean manufacturing or distribution initiatives.

Serapid supplied a mechanical linear actuator for a guided carriage transporting 6000 pounds of nuclear waste.

Running along an Integral V track, the drill rig can move more precisely and excel in the dusty environment while using fewer mounting components.

By Rick Zabel, Publisher Automation Insights Network is a select group of controls and automation professionals who agree to help us cover news, emerging trends and technologies on various automation topics. Every two months, we will ask people in the Network to share their observations, knowledge and expertise with us. We take that information, distill it, and pass it on to our reporters and editors for use in future stories.

Brian Stewart was promoted to Executive Vice President & COO and Jonathan Ball was promoted to Corporate Advisor.

The last Webb retires from Jervis B. Webb Company. Ryuichi Kitaguchi takes over as CEO.

Webb will supply four SmartCart AGC Automatic Guided Carts to Western Container’s new facility in Fife, Wash.

Improvements include web-based tools for dynamic workload planning, detailed productivity reporting, and exporting productivity data.

By Rick Zabel, Automation.com The proposed name change of ISA (to "International Society of Automation") is up for a vote again during ISA Expo in Houston, October 14-16, 2008. Last year, the change was voted down, but I have yet to hear a compelling argument against the change. And there are many reasons for the change. If ISA is truly the global society of automation professionals, then its name should reflect its cause. It's time for a change!

Webb will supply six SmartCart AGC Automatic Guided Carts to Solutia’s plant in Pensacola, Fla.

System delivers a prompt message to the right people if an error occurs during the baggage transfer to the sorting laterals.

Software assists users in calculating chain drive configurations and selecting suitable chains for motion control and conveyor applications.

More than 160 organizations have joined the South Carolina Engineering Cluster. The cluster has two goals: promoting engineering as a career for students and promoting the South Carolina engineering industry.

“Video Process Monitoring” white paper discusses the newest trend in HMI/SCADA: Embedding video into an HMI screen, so operators can actually see what is happening in a process plant, along an assembly line, or in remote areas.

By Patrick Roberts Conveyor change-over helps ALM Express to label and renest 200 clamshells per minute for high-speed, high-volume produce packaging.

By Jim McMahon J.T.M. Food Group’s switch from manual cold storage warehousing to an automated storage and retrieval system cut energy usage by 66 percent.

Bosch and Middlesex are also planning to cooperate on development of automated material handling systems to meet the needs of the semiconductor industry for 300mm Prime and 450mm wafer fabs.