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  • HARTING recognized as 'Innovator of the Year" by DESIGN&ELEKTRONIK magazine

    HARTING recognized as 'Innovator of the Year" by DESIGN&ELEKTRONIK magazine

    HARTING garnered the award from DESIGN&ELEKTRONIK trade magazine in the electromechanics category for its ix Industrial connector. The connector was jointly developed by the Espelkamp-based family-owned business together with Japan’s HIROSE technology group and placed on the market.
    By: Harting Inc. Of North America, Harting Inc. Of North America
    20 November, 2017 | 1 minute
  • ABB to help Iceland enhance electric vehicle infrastructure

    ABB to help Iceland enhance electric vehicle infrastructure

    ABB has reached an agreement with Reykjavik Energy for the delivery of 15 fast chargers. The fast chargers will boost the country’s charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and will all be commissioned by the end of 2017
    By: ABB
    15 November, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • PULS announces move to new Munich office

    PULS announces move to new Munich office

    120 employees of the power supply specialist PULS now have a new home. The innovation that drives PULS in the design of every power supply also flows through this new office.
    08 November, 2017 | 1 minute
  • The Push for Industrial Cyber Security Standards: A Look at Underwriters Laboratory Efforts

    The Push for Industrial Cyber Security Standards: A Look at Underwriters Laboratory Efforts

    By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com While industrial automation suppliers can claim products are cybersecure it is hard to prove. Standards and certification, like electrical and safety device requirements, today for cybersecurity are one such way for companies to illustrate that proof.
    By: Bill Lydon
    06 November, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • Siemens supplies electrical equipment for underground copper mine in Mongolia

    Siemens supplies electrical equipment for underground copper mine in Mongolia

    The delivery comprises the new conveyor system with gearless and conventional drives from thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions. The system extends the existing opencast mining facility and is expected to bring 95,000 tons of copper ore to the surface per day.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    02 November, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • Fluke earns NECA Showstopper Award for T6 Electrical Testers

    Fluke earns NECA Showstopper Award for T6 Electrical Testers

    The Fluke T6 Electrical Testers with FieldSense technology are designed to make troubleshooting safer and more efficient by allowing electricians to take simultaneous voltage and current measurements — not just detection — without test leads.
    By: Fluke Corporation
    20 October, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • ENGIE announces acquisition of Fenix International

    ENGIE announces acquisition of Fenix International

    Fenix will be the first SHS company to join a major worldwide energy company, which puts the fight against climate change and energy access at the very center of its purpose.
    By: Engie Industrial Automation
    20 October, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Essential Tasks to Automate in Active Directory Management

    Essential Tasks to Automate in Active Directory Management

    By Anton Pozdnyakov, Softerra If your IT staff is buried under a load of simple but time-consuming manual tasks, this means that you’re also stuck business-wise and can’t move forward. So, you either slowly go down or you finally start automating.
    19 October, 2017 | 3 minutes
  • Siemens to focus on the Digital Enterprise at SPS IPC Drives 2017

    Siemens to focus on the Digital Enterprise at SPS IPC Drives 2017

    Exhibiting under the banner “Discover the Value of the Digital Enterprise” in Hall 11 across an impressive 4,400 square meter exhibition space, the company will be presenting the latest additions to its Digital Enterprise portfolio.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    18 October, 2017 | 3 minutes
  • Dell Technologies announces new IoT division

    Dell Technologies announces new IoT division

    Dell Technologies unveiled its Internet of Things (IoT) vision and strategy, a new IoT division as well as new IoT specific products, labs, partner program and consumption models
    12 October, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • Sager Electronics announces acquisition of Power Sources Unlimited

    Sager Electronics announces acquisition of Power Sources Unlimited

    Sager Electronics, a North American distributor of Interconnect, Power and Electromechanical components and provider of value-add solutions, announced that it has acquired the distribution and supply business of Power Sources Unlimited, Inc.
    09 October, 2017 | 1 minute
  • GE announces GE Power’s Monitoring & Diagnostic Center to incorporate Predix-based Asset Performance Management (APM) software

    GE announces GE Power’s Monitoring & Diagnostic Center to incorporate Predix-based Asset Performance Management (APM) software

    Running GE Digital’s APM solution will help further prevent power outages by increasing the reliability of the thousands of power producing turbines and generators monitored by the M&D Center.
    By: GE Digital
    09 October, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • What Are the Benefits of Oxygen-Based Fuel Controllers for Biomass Plants

    What Are the Benefits of Oxygen-Based Fuel Controllers for Biomass Plants

    For plants that use automated fuel control, a pressure-based controller is the most common.
    By: Contributing Authors
    09 October, 2017 | 5 minutes
  • NI announces release of NI Trend Watch 2018

    NI announces release of NI Trend Watch 2018

    The report examines the technological advances propelling our future faster than ever before along with some of the biggest challenges engineers face looking ahead to 2018.
    By: National Instruments Corporation
    04 October, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Webinar Recording: The Growing Cybersecurity Threat to Natural Gas Distribution Systems

    Webinar Recording: The Growing Cybersecurity Threat to Natural Gas Distribution Systems

    Natural gas providers must focus on their security posture & how to address cybersecurity threats to critical gas metering & data management infrastructure.
    By: Contributing Authors
    02 October, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • Abaco Systems names Rich Sorelle as Chief Executive Officer

    Abaco Systems names Rich Sorelle as Chief Executive Officer

    Mr. Sorelle brings over 30 years of experience as a defense electronics executive across a variety of roles, with deep professional experience in manufacturing, engineering, program management, and business development
    02 October, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Eaton announces VFD online training program

    Eaton announces VFD online training program

    Created by Eaton experts in VFD technology and application, the program supplements basic product understanding through self-guided and instructor-led training and includes commissioning classes.
    By: Eaton
    29 September, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • ABB announces acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions

    ABB announces acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions

    ABB will acquire GE Industrial Solutions for $2.6 billion; the transaction will be operationally accretive in year one. ABB expects to realize approximately $200 million of annual cost synergies in year five, which will be key in bringing GE Industrial Solutions to peer performance.
    By: ABB
    25 September, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • CP Automation and Rockwell Automation partner to help alleviate drought in Namibia

    CP Automation and Rockwell Automation partner to help alleviate drought in Namibia

    Eco Projects was undertaking a 17 month project in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, to alleviate a critical water shortage. Using boreholes, a deep, narrow hole made in the ground to locate water, the client pumped water to various reservoirs. This is to provide an accessible store of water for Windhoek.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    20 September, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • NI works with Innovari to enhance efficiency in grid operations

    NI works with Innovari to enhance efficiency in grid operations

    Innovari’s Interactive Energy Platform (IEP) uses artificial intelligence, “big data” analytics, proprietary optimization routines and grid-edge hardware built on NI technology to deliver capacity and address grid demand.
    By: National Instruments Corporation
    19 September, 2017 | 2 minutes
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