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ABB Chief Executive Officer Fred Kindle is leaving the company due to irreconcilable differences about how to lead the company. Chief Financial Officer Michel Demaré is interim CEO.

Kepware will provide third-party communications for FactoryTalk View Site Edition and FactoryTalk View Machine Edition products from Rockwell Automation.

To ensure openness, verify that you will not be locked in on any level of the system. Encourage multi-subsystem integration for maximum efficiency. Start from a good open specification framework and learn the technologies, options, and market directions. After all, freedom of open information exchange is empowering.

by Chip McDaniel, AutomationDirect CorrTech, a systems integrator, replaced the controls in a 1970-vintage box-making machine for Smurfit Stone Enterprises in Ravenna, Ohio. Corr-Tech removed all the control relays and wiring and reconfigured the system using AutomationDirect's DL06 PLCs. And they did it all over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Guide covers VLT variable frequency drives and MCD soft starters with specifications, dimensions, performance data, options and accessories.

National Instruments reported record quarterly revenue of $205 million, up 13 percent and the company's best revenue growth quarter for 2007.

Paper shows why standards and regulations are important to global business, and why industry should care.

Frost & Sullivan says the Brazilian and Mexican DCS and PLC market earned revenues of $448.7 million in 2006 and estimates this to reach to $926.0 million in 2012.

Schneider Electric sales for 2007 rose 26.1% to €17,309 million, double the Group’s sales in 2003.

PLCopen XML schemas and documentation as well as an introduction are available free on the internet.

ADK software enables the implementation of complex motion-time-event sequences with accurate positioning and timing, and simpler applications such as point-to-point control.

Creative Diversions website offers unique and comical look at the engineering profession. Includes music, videos, and even signs related to all types of workplace humor.

Developing customized products for specific industries that have particular requirements could help companies attain an edge over competitors.

Kingfisher G30 embeds the ISaGRAF 5 control software environment to provide support both the IEC 61131-3 and IEC 61499 standards.

Dr. Albert Hieronimus is now chairman of the Bosch Rexroth AG board of management and Dr. Karl Tragl has been appointed to the board.

The China market for PLCs is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.4% over the next five years. The market was close to $750 million in 2006 and is forecasted to be over $1.3 billion in 2011.

Intecon Controls, Inc. Announces Contract With Johnson Utilities Worth $890,000.00; Intuitive Systems Solutions, Inc. (ISS) Announces Contract With Tharldson Development for $142,000.00

Beckhoff demos Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 at show in Japan.

ISC provides solutions, engineering support, consulting and project management services to manufacturers and industrial customers.

TASC provides a dedicated team of specialists from multiple disciplines who serve as a single-point resource for technical and application support.