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The online Live Chat system allows customers to communicate directly with flow measurement experts.

FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International and OPC Foundation founded the company.

Automation.com, February 2012 By Eric Byres, Tofino Security Today’s attacks show a different focus – attempts to steal valuable information that can be used to make a counterfeit product, out-bid a rival, or coordinate a short selling campaign against a company’s stock.

With virtualization, users can safely run several operating systems and applications at the same time on a single computer, with each having access to the resources it needs when it needs them.

Using the product finder, customers can now make a pre-selection according to medium type, medium temperature, sensor material and design, voltage supply, connection type and ATEX category.

Grant is a vice president of Telesian Technology, and has more than 20 years of experience developing marketing strategies for high-technology and industrial-automation companies.

T&B has a portfolio of more than 200,000 low-voltage products marketed under 45 brand names. The combined product portfolio will enable ABB to double its addressable market in North America to around $24bn.

The actuator--2.4 m tall and 1.64 m in diameter--will be used to isolate gas being supplied from Trinidad’s northern offshore gas fields in the event of an emergency situation.

Rotork IQTPro actuators are controlling the operation of butterfly valves in the cooling system for the power conversion plant and the fuel systems for emergency generators.

Automation.com, January 2012 By Matthew Littlefield, LNS Research There are a whole slew of new technologies and system architectures being adopted in the automation industry at a very rapid pace. Companies today face the very real possibility that if they don’t effectively understand, adopt, and leverage these new technologies to their advantage; they will be left in an increasingly uncompetitive position.

The environmentally-friendly cruise ferry will use liquefied natural gas as its fuel, which will be a first for a passenger vessel of this size.

ABB supplied gearless mill drives, process and electrical control systems, power quality systems, a substation and a System 800xA integrated operations center.

Vega level sensors are being used in the decommissioning of the Dounreay nuclear plant in north Scotland.

Qualification was based on EPRI TR-107330 under an audited quality management program meeting the requirement of 10CFR50 Appendix B, NQA-1, and 10CFR21.

Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Here are my thoughts on major automation and control trends in 2012. These opinions are based on a wide range of inputs from users, suppliers and industry consultants, and from attending numerous industry forums, conferences and trade shows every year.

ARC says manufacturing companies in India are increasingly turning to system integrators to implement automation projects and seamlessly integrate disparate systems.

ÅF AB will use AVEVA Plant across all new large and medium sized design projects, including new paper machines, biomass power plants, nuclear, thermal and renewables.

Impuls in Russia reports that projects that typically took three months or more are now being completed in 5-6 weeks.

Website contains information on monitoring systems, fault detection & diagnostics systems, wind farm management information systems, process control systems and project management services.

Honeywell will integrate its Experion control system with Statoil’s existing Kvitebjørn platform to enable remote command of the facility.