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  • Bentley acquires APM provider Ivara

    With this acquisition, Bentley extends its AssetWise asset lifecycle information management software and services to comprehensively improve asset performance, providing new value-adding opportunities.
    18 September, 2012 | 6 minutes
  • University of Alberta joins ASM Consortium

    The Consortium will collaborate with the University to further build knowledge through research related to reducing and mitigating abnormal situations in process industries, particularly in the area of alarm management.
    18 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Emerson integrates gauging system and wireless for tank farm automation

    System installation costs can be reduced up to 50% by wirelessly connecting the tank farm to the control room, with the added benefit of reducing implementation time as much as 60%.
    By: Emerson
    17 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • ASM Consortium visits BP site and focuses on procedures

    The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium met in Hull, UK for a quarterly meeting to discuss their latest research and administrative business.
    17 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Chinese slowdown to impact the Low Voltage Generators market

    According to a report on The World Market for Low Voltage Generators from IMS Research, the Chinese market for low voltage generators is forecast to decline in 2012 and only grow at average annual rate of 3.8 percent through 2016.
    14 September, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • Eaton to control valves at Rock Creek Powerhouse

    The Eaton cylinders, used on pressure regulating valves and wicket gates, will help increase operating efficiency of the hydroelectric plant.
    By: Eaton
    07 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell opens engineering office in Tianjin, China

    The new office will serve customers in oil and gas, chemical, power and pulp and paper industries.
    By: Honeywell Process Solutions
    05 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Eaton to Build Solar PV Installation in Pennsylvania

    The array constructed at Eaton’s Vanport Township facility will be the largest solar installation in western Pennsylvania to date.
    By: Eaton
    05 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Onshore Wind Converter Market to Encounter Turbulence

    IMS says the global market for wind converters is forecast to account for less than 70 percent of the total market by 2016 due to an expected decline in the United States wind market.
    03 September, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • ABB to electrify Norwegian platform

    ABB will provide cable laying and installation of 350 km of high voltage AC and DC cables, as well as project management and related engineering services.
    By: ABB
    28 August, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Honeywell to train operators at solar power plants in Spain

    Honeywell's UniSim Operator Training Simulator (OTS) and business support planning tools will help optimize the performance of three thermo solar power plants in Spain.
    By: Honeywell Process Solutions
    28 August, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • EPLAN speeds switchgear manufacturing process by 30%

    W. Althaus delivers around 5000 switch cabinets per year all over the world. It developed a solution for the automatic production of terminal strips using robots based on EPLAN Pro Panel.
    By: EPLAN Software & Services
    27 August, 2012 | 4 minutes
  • ABB to improve power quality at copper mine in Peru

    ABB will supply two synchronous condenser systems to the mine, which is located in a remote area and connected by a long power transmission line.
    By: ABB
    27 August, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • eSight to provide energy management software to ImpactChoice

    ImpactChoice will use eSight’s web-based energy management software to analyze energy usage information and provide consultancy services to their clients.
    23 August, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Fieldbus Foundation Updates DesignMATE Design Tool

    The updates cover DesignMATE's library of registered devices, and revised terminology used within the software to align with current FOUNDATION fieldbus installations.
    21 August, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • SEL to upgrade substations in Los Angeles

    The project involves updating over 100 substations that have already been automated as well as retrofitting more than 75 substations that still require automation.
    By: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    19 August, 2012 | 1 minute
  • ABB to control Century Cement in India

    ABB will design, engineer and supply integrated automation and modern electrification systems for Century Cement’s Manikgarh Cement plant in central India.
    By: ABB
    13 August, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • Rockwell Automation to control Solar Thermal Power Plant in India

    Rockwell Automation will provide a PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) with solar field local controller panels for Godawari Green Energy in Rajasthan, India.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    01 August, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • ABB to power aluminium complex in Saudi Arabia

    ABB will design, engineer and supply a new 380 kilovolt (kV) outdoor gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation at the Ras Al Khair power plant to feed a new aluminium smelter.
    By: ABB
    01 August, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Metso to renew automation at Rauhalahti power plant in Finland

    Since its startup in 1986, the power plant has been controlled with a Damatic Classic automation system supplied by Metso.
    By: Metso Automation
    31 July, 2012 | 2 minutes
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