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Allied will be a catalog distributor of Eaton’s industrial control and automation products.

The catalog contains 800 pages with more than 4,800 products, including hundreds of new items.

MINI SAC cordsets meet Fieldbus Foundation's FF-844 requirements for H1 Type A cable.

Belden, Northwire, Phoenix Contact and Rockbestos-Surprenant Cable are the first cable suppliers to pass the Fieldbus Foundation registration process.

Mouser Electronics will distribute Electronic Assembly's LCD function modules.

Catalog has over 115,000 products plus technical information and product photos.

Brochure describes nine RoHS compliant, corrosion resistant enclosure families, available in polycarbonate, plus selected availability in ABS, aluminum, and fiberglass.

Allied will offer the HyperLink product line, which includes antennas, surge and lightning protectors for WLANs, SCADA Systems, ISM, GSM and RFID design applications.

ABB won a $75-million contract from Eskom, South Africa’s national electricity provider, to supply and install circuit breakers to strengthen the country’s electricity network.

Power Integrations was found to have acted properly in the process of applying for and obtaining its patents from the Patent Office. The Court rejected Fairchild's claims and ruled the patents enforceable.

For power outages, VDC and VDC-XE will seamlessly provide up to 300kW of DC power in a single csbinet. VDC models can be paralleled.

ABB will supply LDK Solar more than $36 million in electrical systems, equipment and related engineering and project management services for a new production plant in Xinyu City, China.

By Rick Zabel, Automation.com The proposed name change of ISA (to "International Society of Automation") is up for a vote again during ISA Expo in Houston, October 14-16, 2008. Last year, the change was voted down, but I have yet to hear a compelling argument against the change. And there are many reasons for the change. If ISA is truly the global society of automation professionals, then its name should reflect its cause. It's time for a change!

Allied will carry a broad range of products from MCC, including diodes, transistors, MOSFETs and circuit protection products.

Site includes design features, illustrations, finishes, accessories and specifications for 2,500 standard enclosure products.

ESX10-T Electronic Circuit Protector combines electronic trip characteristics and active current limitation to allow disconnection of loads connected to 24VDC power supplies.

FF-844 certification assures that DataCELL cable is electrically precise and meets FOUNDATION fieldbus type A cable physical property requirements.

VPFR infrared windows were used as accessories in a 50,000 Amp 6 cycle arc resistance test, and the windows were shown to contain the effects of the blast.

Onyx Power is a designer and manufacturer of custom power magnetics and power distribution equipment for the data center, telecommunications and alternative energy industries.

HVDC technology will enable E.ON, Germany's biggest utility, to link the world’s largest offshore wind farm to the German power grid at minimal impact to the environment.