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European safety legislation is significant and far reaching. At first glance, it can seem like just more red tape which compounds the problems of operating in a highly competitive world. The truth, however, is far from this. The legislation is based on experience and common sense and represents a consistent message for industry — it must be safe! The rational behind the framework of measures is to ensure the safety of individual workers whoever or wherever they may be.

GE Fanuc completed the acquisition of assets of the MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) product lines.

Moore Industries is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and is trying to find the oldest of its products that are still in service.

A record 3,300+ customers, distributors, channel partners, original equipment manufacturers and ABB employees attended the three-day trade show and conference that ran from April 29 through May 1 in Houston, Texas.

Still privately-held by founder and CEO Leonard W. Moore, the company has come a long way from humble garage beginnings when Moore designed and built the company's first electronic signal converters. Today, the company builds signal conditioners, temperature transmitters, fieldbus interface devices and much more.

The CIP Safety on SERCOS specification is being released as a function-specific profile (FSP Safety) for Industrial Ethernet-based SERCOS III.

ABB's first-quarter net income reached $1 billion, an increase of 87 percent compared to the same quarter in 2007.

While some companies are slowly seeing the financial benefits of investing in safety, other companies view safety as an encumbering and expensive task.

Document provides examples and guidance for the combination of the different technologies, making it easier for a user to integrate safety in a motion and logic application.

More than 60 short and informative SME videos have been uploaded to YouTube and generated more than 200,000 hits.

Manufacturers can learn about the GS and CE Markings, with details about their purposes and differences, in a new white paper by TÜVRheinland.

GE Fanuc will acquire MTL Open Systems Technology (MOST) product lines including the MTL8000 I/O, intrinsically safe I/O, SafetyNet system, and process control technologies.

The catalog covers Product Testing and Safety, System Auditing, System Testing, Management System Certification, and Specialty Services.

The PLCopen Technical Committee 5 (TC5) Safety Software User Guidelines is a reference for control people implementing safety control systems.

Siemens is donating $250,000 in hardware, software and cash to Rochester Institute of Technology's Advanced Systems Integration Laboratory.

The donation will help expand the knowledge of the electric arc phenomena and enhance worker safety through advances in the codes and standards relating to safe employee work practices.

Abstracts will be accepted until 11 April for paper, panel, and tutorial sessions.

CEDES is a leading supplier of safety and measuring light curtains, as well as other safety and non-safety optoelectronics, control units and related accessories for industrial applications.

The catalog details the company's testing services, product types, product approval schemes, service approval schemes, and available certification marks.