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The newly updated Fourth Edition of A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge is the only officially authorized book covering ISA’s body of knowledge core competencies. This revised guide provides an overview of important automation concepts and processes, while also describing the technical skills required to implement them in today’s industrial environment.

The expanded facility strengthens customer partnerships and supports growth across Australia and New Zealand.

Specialized flow meters are required to measure the density of silica sand slurry, ideally without process pipe penetrations or production interruptions during installation.

Valmet 3D Fiber technology combines high capacity and speed, automation and resource efficiency to produce high-quality molded fiber packaging.

Andrew McDonald, founder and principal consultant of Future of Manufacturing LLC, has been elevated to ISA Fellow in 2026.

PlantPAx helps streamline operations at the state-of-the-art facility and enables future AI-driven optimization.

Bullen’s Autonomous Process Optimization initiative with Phenx uses machine learning and digital twin modeling to improve manufacturing performance.

The Kundinger Family of Brands provides products, technical expertise, systems integration and service capabilities to customers needing fluid power, automation, process controls and service and repair expertise.

Rainer Brehm will lead the newly established Automation unit beginning Oct. 1, 2026.

Valmet will supply a Valmet IQ Quality Control System for corrugator to Sheets Unlimited.

As main automation contractor, Yokogawa's scope encompasses the full automation lifecycle of the Mason County facility, from front end engineering design through commissioning and startup.

By presenting information clearly and intuitively, a well-designed Distributed Control System User Experience (UX) reduces the likelihood of human error, helps prevent accidents and enhances situational awareness.

Rockwell Automation, Inc., has modernized end-of-line operations at Ken’s Foods, improving performance, reducing complexity and supporting continued growth. 

Endress+Hauser, in collaboration with Covestro, BASF and Yokogawa, has conducted a further large-scale Ethernet-APL scalability test, extending validation to more complex and heterogeneous process automation environments.

A new metric is changing the conversation about the value of control loop performance.

Middleware became a control system, and it did so without inheriting any of the discipline we spent seventy years wrapping around control systems.

Mass Flow Measurement, published by Taylor and Francis on June 26, 2026, explores the concept of mass and its measuring technologies in non-technical language.

When technology works, why does a pilot or project fail? Here are three clues to better outcomes.

Schneider Electric demonstrated how open software-defined automation, digital intelligence and electrification are converging amid a resurgence in domestic manufacturing, heightened pressures to modernize industrial processes and aging infrastructure, and the data center boom.

Like a lot of things in engineering and construction, it’s hard to teach everything and risky not to, but getting it right the first time saves time and money.