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  • Scottish universities to partner with Mexican government to launch energy sector education program in Mexico

    Scottish universities to partner with Mexican government to launch energy sector education program in Mexico

    SENER (Mexico’s Secretary of Energy) this week announced that Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the University of Aberdeen will join Imperial College London and the IFP School in France as the selected universities.
    05 October, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • GE Power chooses Nozomi Networks to deliver ICS cybersecurity

    GE Power chooses Nozomi Networks to deliver ICS cybersecurity

    GE will utilize Nozomi Networks’ advanced solutions for industrial control system (ICS) cyber resiliency and real-time operational visibility.
    05 October, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Scottish universities to partner with Mexican government to launch energy sector education program in Mexico

    Scottish universities to partner with Mexican government to launch energy sector education program in Mexico

    SENER (Mexico’s Secretary of Energy) this week announced that Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the University of Aberdeen will join Imperial College London and the IFP School in France as the selected universities.
    05 October, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • What Does Prevention Through Design Really Mean?

    What Does Prevention Through Design Really Mean?

    By Rachel Bugaris, Panduit The significance of PtD in manufacturing-oriented environments today can’t be understated, and furthermore the case for PtD in implementing solutions that design electrical safety into the process can easily be made.
    03 October, 2018 | 3 minutes
  • Emerson announces acquisition of HTE Engineering Services

    Emerson announces acquisition of HTE Engineering Services

    HTE Engineering Services is headquartered in Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland. Terms of the acquisition, which closed on October 1, were not disclosed.
    03 October, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Emerson announces agreement to acquire General Electric’s Intelligent Platforms Business

    Emerson announces agreement to acquire General Electric’s Intelligent Platforms Business

    The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of fiscal 2019, subject to regulatory approvals, GE’s consultation with employee representatives where required and other customary closing conditions.
    02 October, 2018 | 1 minute
  • ABB to help provide enclosures for Brazilian pipeline network

    ABB to help provide enclosures for Brazilian pipeline network

    ABB will provide E-houses for the 47 pumping stations along the pipeline, spread across 47 kilometers, connecting a station being built in São Bernardo do Campo to the Capuava Refinery (RECAP) in Mauá in São Paulo.
    28 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • ABB to help power Portuguese wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean

    ABB to help power Portuguese wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean

    ABB has been selected to deliver its WindSTAR transformers specifically designed for floating wind turbines, to MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
    26 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Honeywell announces strategic alliance with Sunpreme

    Honeywell announces strategic alliance with Sunpreme

    The cooperation will enable Honeywell to deliver solar modules with data analytics to commercial and industrial customers to help them achieve sustainability goals.
    26 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Falkonry announces launch of global partner program

    Falkonry announces launch of global partner program

    As part of this program, SCSK Corporation and KOLON BENIT have begun selling Falkonry LRS in Japan and South Korea respectively, and Falkonry is engaged with other OEMs, system integrators, distributors, resellers and referral partners around the globe who are expected to follow.
    26 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • ISA announces ISA/IEC 62443-4-2-2018 standard

    ISA announces ISA/IEC 62443-4-2-2018 standard

    ISA/IEC 62443-4-2-2018, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems: Technical Security Requirements for IACS Components, provides the cybersecurity technical requirements for components that make up an IACS, specifically the embedded devices, network components, host components and software applications.
    25 September, 2018 | 2 minutes
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  • ABB to help Egyptian power company digitalize electric grid

    ABB to help Egyptian power company digitalize electric grid

    The scope of supply includes an ABB Ability Network Manager SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)/Energy Management System (EMS), more than 120 Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) and a fiber-optic communications network to monitor and control the grid.
    25 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • How ICS Security Attacks Can Cripple Smart Cities

    How ICS Security Attacks Can Cripple Smart Cities

    By Ben C. Garber, Ultra Electronics, 3eTI Cyber attacks can bring these thriving smart cities to a standstill and create utter chaos. Ensuring cyber-physical security against local and foreign adversaries is the new challenge for today’s city planners.
    24 September, 2018 | 4 minutes
  • The Next Generation of HMI and SCADA

    The Next Generation of HMI and SCADA

    By Benson Hougland, Opto 22 The next generation of HMI and SCADA technologies is now poised to deliver the rich interfaces users expect, with even easier connectivity to the thriving variety of Internet of Things devices.
    19 September, 2018 | 7 minutes
  • Are Industrial Protocols Going the Way of AppleTalk, DecNet & Netware?

    Are Industrial Protocols Going the Way of AppleTalk, DecNet & Netware?

    By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The industrial automation industry has a reputation and history of being behind the technology adoption curve. With an prganizational need for reliability and system availability, the key question is: When is a new technology reliable enough that the benefits outweigh the risk?
    18 September, 2018 | 4 minutes
  • HARTING and itelligence AG announce technology partnership

    HARTING and itelligence AG announce technology partnership

    Both companies are to develop an integrated RFID tracking and weighing solution for monitoring containers in Production on the basis of the HARTING MICA (Modular Industry Computing Architecture) Edge Computer.
    13 September, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • What do Design Engineers Need to Know about Brushless DC Motor Technologies

    What do Design Engineers Need to Know about Brushless DC Motor Technologies

    By Walter Smith, Sensata Technologies The advent of rare-earth magnets and advanced brushless DC motor (BLDC) motor design has empowered a new range of motors small enough to fit into confined spaces, powerful enough to do real work, and efficient enough to be used in wireless or remote applications.
    13 September, 2018 | 6 minutes
  • CP Automation helps enhance power capabilities for UK port

    CP Automation helps enhance power capabilities for UK port

    As part of a larger infrastructure investment, CP Automation recently installed a Riello 3/1 phase UPS system at 40 kVa at one bustling UK port to improve the duration of its power supply.
    12 September, 2018 | 3 minutes
  • Optomec helps University Nebraska-Lincoln to print magnesium medical components

    Optomec helps University Nebraska-Lincoln to print magnesium medical components

    This work is intended to enable 3D printed, patient-specific implants with controlled time to dissolve eliminating the need for second surgeries and thus also reducing risks, costs and suffering for patients.
    11 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • exida announces IEC 62443 OEM software development course

    exida announces IEC 62443 OEM software development course

    The methods taught in the course are based on the IEC 62443-4-1 and IEC 62443-4-2 standards, which represent the expertise of a large group of global experts to reduce cyber vulnerabilities by laying a solid foundation of cyber defense mechanisms for automation system networks.
    07 September, 2018 | 1 minute
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