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Uncertainly remains over the future of the organic photovoltaic market as a whole, and arguably the industry is going through the period of despair and disillusion.

By Mike Roberts, LNS Research In this article, we’ll present key preliminary findings from a joint survey between LNS Research and MESA International focused on identifying the top metrics and best practices that are driving the most results for manufacturing business leaders today.

Mathevan holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering.

E-Mon is now offering Honeywell’s Attune Energy Dashboard service to provide facility management professionals with information on energy usage and trends.

By Peter Engstrom, STEUTE Industrial Controls There is a large selection of devices for transmitting and receiving continuously variable parameters like flow, but there has been little available in the way of wireless devices for generating and receiving simple "on-off" signals. This is changing.

Training courses and workshops teach control systems designers, engineers and operators various aspects of process safety and how to meet worldwide safety requirements.

Sercos scheduled three technical webinars for May and June that will provide interested parties insight into the technology.

A group of industrial condition monitoring specialists, machine manufacturers and research organisations collaborated with the European Commission on a project to develop a system for health assessment and power optimisation in the machine tool sector.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The Fair provides a unique world perspective of the industrial sectors. “Integrated Industry – Next Steps” was the 2014 theme, which focused on maximizing manufacturing flexibility and efficiency. This year, key representatives from the United States participated in a summit stressing the importance of a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership.

The catalog contains more than 800 unique stock imaging lenses, cameras, filters, illumination, and more.

The fast-growing worldwide market for flowmeters used for measurement of petroleum liquids totaled $956 million in 2011, and is projected to increase to almost $1.4 billion in 2016.

Joel Neidig, an engineer at Indiana Gear, has been awarded a $75,000 prize for his research project titled “Expanding Manufacturing’s Vision: MTConnect and Google Glass.”

By Denny Redwine, Kemper Controls A custom-designed HMI-based solution increased uptime at TGKY, a plastic injection molding facility in Lebanon, KY, by providing continuous real-time monitoring and alarming of machines and associate processes.

ISA hosted an informational exhibit where competing students learned about the automation profession and how to plan for careers in the field.

Worldwide sales for Coriolis flowmeters in 2011 were $1.1 billion. With a projected growth rate of 10.6%, sales will exceed $1.8 billion in 2016.

538 people attended the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) Executive Conference in San Diego, Cal., U.S., last week.

5,938 robots valued at $338 million were ordered by companies in North America in first quarter 2014, just shy of the all-time record of 6,235 robots valued at $385 million in fourth quarter 2012.

The Control System Integrators Association announced winners of three awards during the association’s 2014 Executive Conference in San Diego, Cal., U.S., last week.

Fire shelters protect the control electronics of automatic emergency shutdown and fire suppression systems on offshore gas production platforms in the Arabian Gulf .

Representatives and volunteer members of ISA and its umbrella organization, The Automation Federation, demonstrated fundamental processes of industrial automation to young people at the third USA Science & Engineering Festival, conducted 25-27 April 2014 in Washington, DC.