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Livingston & Haven will sell and support Precise Automation’s products in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. These products include PrecisePlace robots, Guidance motion controllers and PreciseVision software.

M-Series sensors are being used to increase the safety and efficiency of international coastal shipping between European nations. The highly accurate magnetostrictive level sensors provide precise measurements of hazardous materials being carried by fuel barges as required by the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN).

Honeywell has been recognized for Excellence in Automation and Process for helping maximize energy and operational efficiency at the Samsung Fine Chemicals facility in Korea. The honor was presented to Honeywell at Asian Power Awards 2006.

ABB's 800xA Extended Automation system will provide control and monitoring of tanks and reactors, batch control plus control functions for automatic valves, stirrers and analog measurement signals for the process. The systems also include functions for the assembling and handling process, operational data management with functions for reporting and archiving.

The X-Mark line of cabinets, enclosures, racks and accessories for manufacturing facilities and IT environments will now be sold under the Belden brand.

Dow Corning is using a dynamic simulator, built and implemented by Invensys Process Systems, to train operators at its Barry, South Wales, production facility in the UK. It is anticipated that use of the simulator will result in significant savings in training and manpower costs, enhanced plant safety and increased productivity.

Deltran spring and electromagnetic friction clutch/brake products have been paired with Thomson mechanical motion control solutions. The new line is called Thomson-Deltran.

Intermec commemorates the company's 40th anniversary with a series of celebrations at its offices around the world. Intermec was founded in 1966 as Interface Mechanisms, a start-up company developing dual-image tape, a machine readable code used to compile data for the phototypesetting industry. One of the company's early leaders, Dr. Dave Allais, went on to invent Code 39, still one of the world's most widely used bar code symbologies.

In this capacity, Mr. Welch will help Invensys develop and deliver a new suite of comprehensive enterprise network and security solutions to Invensys' global customers. He has 24 years of experience in the services industry. This includes positions with companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq Computers, Nortel Networks, and Unisys.

Engauge Controls has implemented Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture on its latest gantry units. The Allen-Bradley ControlLogix controllers with integrated motion control and FactoryTalk View human-machine interface (HMI) software help them simplify programming and configuration, reduce development costs and speed system installation.

As automation equipment continues to decrease in size and increase in complexity, sensor manufacturers are striving to provide smaller sensors with greater capabilities that meet new user requirements. Many new designs can function in confined spaces where traditional, larger, barrel-shaped proximity sensors cannot.

Data Systems International will host ON '07: The dcLINK Conference, June 11-13, 2007, at the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference will help dcLINK customers expand their understanding of the strategic business benefits of real-time data capture using RFID, data collection, and mobile applications.

Keithley and Mesatronic developed advanced probe cards for semiconductor parametric testers used in RF and low current DC applications. When the new probe cards are available later this year, they can be used with Keithley parametric testers for simultaneous extraction of RF and very low level DC current parameters on any combination of probe pins that contact a semiconductor wafer.

Online Shopping Cart System features Online Quotation, Online Purchase Orders, and Credit Card Orders. A customer can use the Online Quotation on the website to get a quotation for products, and can buy industrial Ethernet switches online with a credit card.

Emerson completed an automation upgrade of the Silane unit in the REC Silicon plant in Moses Lake, Washington, migrating the company's existing PROVOX control system to a DeltaV digital automation system. A new plant-wide MES network was installed that hosts an OSIsoft PI data historian. The project also included new AMS Suite predictive maintenance software.

Honeywell continues its "Sensing and Control" educational series on Wednesday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. (ET) with a webcast for design engineers involved in specifying and selecting pressure sensors and transducers for OEM applications. The presentation will include a discussion of technologies used by pressure transducer manufacturers and Honeywell's Advanced Thick Film (ATF) technology employed in Series MLH pressure sensors.

Ian Nimmo, Founder and President of User Centered Design Services, joins PAS at an upcoming Alarm Management Workshop as a co-instructor. Mr. Nimmo will bring a strong focus on Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) to help teach the seven steps to effective alarm management together with Bill Hollifield, PAS Principal Alarm Management Consultant, in San Francisco on December 7th and 8th.

OutBound Shipping's customized solution incorporates a multi-carrier certified shipping application using .NET and XML technologies.

The new group--SIMATIC IT Business Unit--combines the company's MES group with the Manufacturing Intelligence capabilities of IndX, a software company acquired by Siemens in 2003. It will offer a single-source solution for every manufacturing software need - from the plant floor to the executive office. The SIMATIC IT Business Unit employs 80 associates with operations in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Spring House, Penn., Houston, Texas, and Chicago, Ill.

ABB and Automated Logic Corp have agreed to jointly pursue facility automation projects, focusing on GxP production, laboratory and clean room facilities, as well as other critical or regulated environments. The agreement combines the strength of ABB in regulated environments and process applications together with the strength of ALC in full turn-key installation of commercial and critical building management applications.