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Prior to joining Geometric, Pascarella was responsible for Strategic Automotive Initiatives at Dassault Systèmes.

Datum Alloys will use the ERP to to replace its custom manufacturing and finance solutions in three countries.

IMCO Engineering & Construction, based in Kuwait and Qatar, will use IFS to streamline processes such as project and contract management.

AVEVA NET was installed at the Phu My 3 Power Plant Project in Vietnam.

The Group offers consultancy in the areas of technology assessment and roadmap, application portfolio rationalization, and PLM ROI improvement.

Automation.com, June 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Participants of the Pharmaceutical Automation Roundtable discussed the use of data, modeling and other automation technology for Intelligence-based Manufacturing. The goal is to move from responsive and reactive actions to preventative and proactive manufacturing strategies. This is part 6 of a 6 part article series.

M.G. Bryan Equipment is using cloud computing for remote asset management of high-tech fracturing equipment, including engines, generators, industrial pump units, and oil field service equipment.

Cogiscan provided SORIN with a TTC solution on one line and a link to its MES system from Rockwell Automation.

Under the terms of the agreement, nearly all of COGITA's employees will be offered employment by Epicor.

Fischcon, a Dutch manufacturer of custom hydraulic packs and firefighting systems used in oil and gas exploration, uses EPLAN to manage the procurement of components.

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

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

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

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.