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Drax Power Station in the UK uses ProcessVue software to identify alarm trends and analyse the causes of plant upsets.

Tianjin Waterworks in China will use Bentley’s WaterGEMS and HAMMER software to improve its water supply service, decrease operational costs, and extend the life of its water infrastructure.

ACA.HF monitors and measures hydrofluoric acid levels in real time by analyzing differential responses from online sensors. Valero will implement the solution at seven refineries globally.

Barber succeeds Dennis Gillespie, former President of Wonderware West, who retired.

Honeywell has been selected by Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe GmbH to replace its current quality control system (QCS) with Experion MX.

Automation.com, May 2012 By Jürgen Lange, Softing Here's a history of OPC, which also gives an understanding of the importance that the new OPC Unified Architecture standard has for automation. Part 2 in a series of eight articles

ABB remains the leading EAM supplier in Asia and Latin America, and was ranked second in North America.

PROJECTUS has extended its AVEVA PDMS with the addition of AVEVA OpenSteel and AVEVA Global.

Linamar deployed KEPServerEX Communications platform to gather data from sixty production machines controlled by six disparate systems.

Automation.com, May 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Participants of the Pharmaceutical Automation Roundtable discussed the topic of networking approaches while considering the differences between manufacturing automation control system networks and business IT networks.

The seamless interaction between EPLAN Electric P8 and Automation Studio allows development to occur in parallel processes.

The system will replace an existing ERP system to support the company's growth and improve operational efficiency through realtime information and reporting.

Paxon Industries will be responsible for implementing SYSCON-PlantStar's real-time production and process monitoring systems in Chinese manufacturing companies.

Automation.com, April 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The Pharmaceutical Automation Roundtable group described the overall goal and vision of unified recipe management is to increase manufacturing productivity and accomplish zero day production releases. How far have they come?

The worldwide market for Plant Asset Management Systems will experience an unknown amount of growth this year according to ARC.

Founded in August 1987, COPA-DATA now has ten subsidiaries, cooperates with distributors throughout the world and has zenon customers in more than 50 countries.

Mike has held several positions in MESA, including the International Board of Directors, Strategic Advisor, Executive Chair of the Marketing Committee and North American Conference Chair.

Badger Technologies incorporated Aegis’ MOS Manufacturing Operations Software into their Farmington, NY factory.

CIMdata estimates that end-user payments for NC software grew from $1.333 billion in 2010 to $1.525 billion in 2011.

Automation.com, April 2012 By Sasan Montaseri, ITTIA What are the important characteristics for selecting an embedded database for an industrial automation system? What can a database offer beyond recovery from power failure, preventing data loss, or reducing flash media wear? What are the hidden costs when selecting an embedded database?