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  • ISA announces Rick Roop as 2015 President

    Roop is a financial management executive, an instrument and electrical engineer, and a power plant manager.
    By: International Society of Automation (ISA)
    23 January, 2015 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • CAS data acquisition system cleans up detergent tests

    German detergent manufacturer Henkel replaced its old data recorders with 10 Delphin measurement data acquisition systems.
    By: CAS DataLoggers
    23 January, 2015 | 4 minutes
  • COPA-DATA Zenon receives SIL 2 certification

    Zenon Analyzer, Supervisor, Operator and Logic certification was carried out by TÜV Süd.
    By: COPA-DATA
    22 January, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • Apollo Safety forms Environmental Health & Safety Division

    The division will feature offerings that pertain to gas detection equipment, maintenance and monitoring and compliance.
    13 January, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • Alkylation plant in Portugal upgrades safety system

    A shutdown of Petrogal’s alkylation unit at Sines Refinery was the perfect opportunity for engineering and consulting company Optieng to install a new HIQuad safety system.
    By: HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH
    13 January, 2015 | 1 minute
  • ACM Facility Safety and Endress+Hauser Announce P&ID Interpretation Workshop

    This 2-day course gives students the ability to read and understand P&IDs for the analysis of emergency situations; and for safety, environmental and regulatory compliance issues such as Process Hazards Analysis and HAZOP studies.
    By: Endress+Hauser, Inc.
    08 January, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • ABB in Canada receives TÜV certification for safety systems

    Calgary and Burlington offices can now implement TÜV certified Functional Safety Management System for design, engineering and delivery of Safety Instrumented Systems
    By: ABB
    07 January, 2015 | 2 minutes
  • Gems Introduces sensor catalog App

    The mobile application features the same look, feel and navigation as the standard catalog of of liquid level, flow and pressure sensors, indicators, transmitters, receivers, etc.
    By: Gems Sensors & Controls
    16 December, 2014 | 1 minute
  • MCAA tells OSHA what to do

    MCAA’s chairman Todd Lucey of Endress + Hauser told OSHA that it should adopt a plan to use private sector accreditors to perform application reviews and on-site assessments.
    15 December, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Express Logic ThreadX RTOS earns UL safety certification

    ThreadX RTOS has been recognized by UL for compliance with UL 60730-1 Annex H, CSA E60730-1 Annex H, IEC 60730-1 Annex H, UL 60335-1 Annex R, IEC 60335-1 Annex R, and UL 1998 safety standards for software in programmable components.
    15 December, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • ABB to control pipelaying ship

    ABB will deliver electrical propulsion, power, safety and automation systems for a 5000T heavy-lift pipelay construction vessel being built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry.
    By: ABB
    09 December, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • aeSolutions Announces Organizational Changes

    Following the death of co-founder Brian Merriman in September, aeSolutions announced a reorganization.
    03 December, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Phoenix Contact contactors receive UL 508 approval

    CONTACTRON ELR 2+1 and ELR-3 series of solid-state contactors have received UL 508 General Use approval.
    By: Phoenix Contact
    25 November, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Rockwell Automation creates Machinery Safety System Integrator program

    Program helps manufacturers identify safety system integrators with current safety standards expertise, a proven track record in building safety systems, and knowledge of productivity-enhancing safety technologies.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    24 November, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • Baumer obtains UL listing for CleverLevel level switch

    CleverLevel LBFS/LFFS level switch has been listed by the American Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL).
    By: Baumer Ltd.
    21 November, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Rotork to supply electro-hydraulic actuators for oil pipeline in Colombia

    Rotork EH electro-hydraulic actuators will be used for failsafe valve control on the Colombian Bicentennial Pipeline, which will have a capacity of up to 600,000 bbl/d of crude oil when completed in early 2016.
    By: Rotork PLC
    20 November, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • ASM Consortium has 20th anniversary

    The ASM Consortium has been working continuously together for more than 20 years to maximize safety and performance by preventing or minimizing the impact of abnormal situations.
    20 November, 2014 | 2 minutes
  • B&R opens office in Manchester, UK

    Managed by area sales manager Andrew Norcliffe, the UK Northern office employs 3 application engineers, including a dedicated B&R technology trainer.
    By: B&R Industrial Automation Corp.
    17 November, 2014 | 1 minute
  • Asiatic Agricultural Industries Converts to EX

    Mettler Toledo helped Asiatic Agricultural Industries to convert its mix of EX and non-EX equipment in its plants to all EX equipment.
    By: Mettler Toledo
    17 November, 2014 | 1 minutes
  • 2014 Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 5.2%

    September U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $647.63 million, up 77.3% from August and up 61.4% when compared with the total of $401.18 million reported for September 2013.
    10 November, 2014 | 3 minutes
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