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Schneider Electric Focuses on City Infrastructure

  • July 15, 2013
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor Schneider Electric held their Xperince event on June 4, 2013 in Washington D.C. which primarily focused on the challenges that cities face and how to solve them. Key topics included transforming energy into an asset, the smart grid, making smart cities a reality, and turning operating inefficiencies into capital investments.

Schneider Electric buying Invensys?

  • July 12, 2013
  • News

By Bill Lydon, Editor There has been speculation for a long time that the Invensys automaton business would be sold. Now Schneider Electric has made a 3.3 billion pound ($5 billion) takeover proposal for Invensys.

Frost & Sullivan comments on Schneider purchase of Invensys

  • July 12, 2013
  • News

Frost & Sullivan says Schneider stands to benefit the most from the deal, especially in the automation market.

Real Time Automation Gateways meet UUKL Smoke Certification

  • July 11, 2013
  • News

The products covered by UUKL are intended to be installed in conjunction with heating-ventilating-air conditioning (HVAC) equipment to form a system for controlling the flow of smoke in a building during a fire condition.

GreenPeak opens China office

  • July 9, 2013
  • News

The new office in Hong Kong will bring Zigbee and home data communications to China.

Cooper Bussmann releases FC2 App for Fault Current Calculations

  • July 9, 2013
  • News

Available for all Apple iPhones and iPads, and Android mobile devices, the FC2 mobile app quickly and easily determines available fault current levels anywhere in an electrical distribution system.

E-Mon obtains BACNet and LonWorks Certification for Meters

  • July 2, 2013
  • News

Several models of meters were certified by independent testing labs to have met or exceeded equipment interoperability guidelines of BACnet Testing Laboratory and LonWorks.

Beckhoff Growth Continues with New NA Headquarters

  • June 21, 2013
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor On May 30, 2013, I attended the grand opening of Beckhoff Automation’s new $8 million North American headquarters. The facility features a training center, an ESD-protected PC repair center, and a building automation system based on Beckhoff‘s own hardware and software.

Cities Integrate Automation Technology

  • June 14, 2013
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor Metropolitan Solutions, a showcase created by Deutsche Messe and run concurrently with the 2013 Hannover Messe, provided a focal point for learning about the application of technology to improve cities. Real-time automation and control technologies are the logical building blocks for cities to modernize, improve safety and reliability, and provide efficient environments for people to live.

Epicor to supply ERP to Urbanas in Colombia

  • June 10, 2013
  • News

Construction company Urbanas will use the ERP to integrate all of its financial and project information, customer relationship management (CRM) tools and business analytics.