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As part of its trade mission to CeMAT Hannover 2014, The Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity is funding and supporting up to 10 eligible companies who apply.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Dr. Peter Martin, Invensys Vice President, gave a passionate keynote by combining the elements of engineering, business, and evangelism. Martin believes the future of our profession is as bright as ever if we all work together to put knowledge to work and drive the great problems of the world out of existence.

Japan’s Control System Security Center (CSSC has joined the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) as an Associate member.

DMG MORI SEIKI USA, ITAMCO, Mazak, and Okuma America will support the MTConnect Challenge 2 by providing participants access to data generated by their equipment for development and testing of manufacturing intelligence applications.

Seeq provides software and services that enable data-driven decision making from industrial process data.

With CIP Safety, users will be able to deploy networked motion control systems using EtherNet/IP and Sercos III in applications requiring safe motion functions.

By Thomas R. Cutler During 2013 the past-paced, ever-changing elements of automation impacting manufacturing, material handling, and logistics was remarkable. The prognosis for more automation innovation in 2014 is axiomatic and transformative companies will illuminate the possibilities of great efficiency, productivity, and profitability.

Illinois is launching a dedicated pavilion at the World of Industry (WIN) 2014 trade fair in Istanbul, Turkey, and will provide funding and support for 10 eligible Illinois automation companies.

By Softing The San Jacinto Tizate geothermal project in Nicaragua is using Foundation Fieldbus connected to pressure and temperature transmitters and control valves to move the actual control function from the control room to the field devices.

The MTConnect Institute and the OPC Foundation announce the MTConnect-OPC UA (Unified Architecture) Companion specification.

In the study, 54.8 percent of respondents said they thought integration with social media would be an important factor in ERP software selection in the future, whereas 58 percent had expressed that sentiment in 2010.

ARC forecasts solid growth for the safety system market, which will exceed $3 billion worldwide in 2017.

Firms in Mexico spent $535 million on packaging machinery imports in 2012, making their nation the world’s seventh-largest importer of packaging machinery.

TriComB2B says business-to-business (B2B) decision makers are twice as likely now, versus two years ago, to use social media when gathering information before making a purchasing decision.

EMO will take place at the Hannover Exhibition Center in September of 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2025.

Users of enterprise asset management (EAM) and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software report low levels of access to these systems through handheld mobile devices.

Fairbanks Scales is now running IFS Metrix Service Management, encompassing service functions ranging from work orders, service inventories, contract management and mobility.

The country’s economic slowdown impacted multiple markets that use the devices, including appliances, automotive and housing. But they'll be back.

By Pat Garrehy, Rootstock ERP software providers often confuse potential customers with cost comparisons relating to software license, implementation, ongoing maintenance, future enhancements and customizations between Cloud and On Premise solutions. The costs are actually about the same.

Frost & Sullivan says the market earned revenues of $704.2 million in 2012 and is estimated to reach $928.0 million in 2016.