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Continuum Integrated Tray/Shrink System is ideal for packaging loose containers and multipacks in a variety of materials, including glass, PET, HDPE, metal and fiber cans, HiCone, shrink bundles, and paperboard overwrap. These products can be packed into both corrugated and chipboard trays.

Deutsche Messe AG and Fiera Milano S.p.A. have agreed to jointly promote and stage trade fairs in selected growth markets around the world, including the booming markets of India and China. Three new trade fairs on automation, motino control, and material handling have emerged from this alliance and will take place concurrently 27-30 November 2007 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Center.

The KUKA KR 500 robot will be used as the building block of Primal Rides’ new robotic gaming ride. The interactive ride can be designed to match customer’s requirements in theme, intensity and realism. Additionally, the ride offers the option to cost effectively change themes to adjust to rider appeal. Primal Rides will be showing a scaled down concept version of the ride on their booth (#4004) at the IAAPA Expo in Atlanta, Georgia November 15-18, 2006.

Opto 22 has announced partnerships with Allesco Corporation, Fluid Conditioning Company, Kiser Controls Company, and MCR Technologies, Inc. Each of these distributors will add the complete line of Opto 22-brand hardware and software to their already extensive selections of industrial automation and control equipment.

ISA EXPO 2006 wrapped up on Thursday, 19 October in Houston, Texas. The three day event, held at the Reliant Center, featured a cutting-edge technical conference, a renowned training program, and an exhibition featuring some of the newest technology on the market today.

PTO is offering a free booklet that takes a fresh look at Industrial Ethernet and addresses some of the myths and facts about PROFINET. The booklet: "PROFINET or The Story of Pretty Polly, Sweet SUE and the White Knight," is available on request in hardcopy, or for download in.PDF format

AMI Semiconductor, a manufacturer of integrated mixed-signal and structured digital products, has introduced the AMIS-49200 Fieldbus Media Attachment Unit (MAU). The new device can be used as a near pin-for-pin replacement for the Yokogawa (SAA22Q transceiver, which is no longer in production. It provides a physical interface between bus wiring and actual measurement devices in industrial process automation applications.

Developed for contractors, industrials, OEMs, inspectors, and educators, the materials provide a training resource to help electrical industry workers comply with the latest NEC and industry standards; select and apply overcurrent protective devices; determine fault current levels; and analyze and improve electrical system performance and stability. Publications and e-training are available on line.

LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) is the LAN-based successor to GPIB, providing additional capabilities that simplify system creation. In addition to clarification of language, the standard now includes a section on the use of non-LXI devices within LXI-based systems. A free download is available.

It's easy to see why web-based systems are gaining popularity. Web-based systems install and run client applications from any web-browser and when users login they always get the most recent version of an application. There are no client licenses manage, no tedious software installations, no application files to copy over and no communication configurations to setup.

The free catalog introduces 10 new products including the UEILogger family and an embedded Linux toolkit for the company's PowerDNA product line. The catalog can be downloaded as a PDF.

Fieldbus Foundation released its final Diagnostic Profiles Specification, based on guidelines established by the NAMUR Working Group 2.6.

Reps include Cain White, EG Holmes and Assoc., Theta-J, TL Marketing and WaveSpace. Itnegrators include AISD Inc, Digital AV, LS Research, Software Technologies Group and Talon Communications.

Guillevin will distribute Semaphore products in western Canada, including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon and Northwest Territories.

G-Tek, a software distributor and engineering firm in Ankara, Turkey, will resell and provide integration services for McObject's eXtremeDB and Perst database systems.

INAT's range of real-time Ethernet products complements Softing's embedded fieldbus technology.

HART 7.1 was approved by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a Publicly Available Specification (IEC/PAS 62591Ed. 1).

Power Integrations was found to have acted properly in the process of applying for and obtaining its patents from the Patent Office. The Court rejected Fairchild's claims and ruled the patents enforceable.

Subcommittee IEC SC 65 E approved all 18 parts of the FDT specification.

Catalog covers DC brushed permanent magnet motors and gearboxes.