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There's an old saying, "Necessity is the Mother of Invention." A number of experts have said that the United States has lost its edge – its ability to innovate. Kamen believes that inventions in the U.S. have not slowed down. However, Kamen says, "Our society has become more cautious and we don't accept new innovations as quickly."

Growth will drop markedly in the near future as the effects of the global economic recession take its toll on the market for Coriolis flowmeters.

TwinCAT Developers group on Linkedin provides a forum for all levels of Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC developers to discuss issues, problems and solutions.

AirMagnet supplies security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs.

MultiPlus Solutions offers a complete ERP suite including finance, project control, maintenance, manufacturing, document management, and human resource management.

TÜV Rheinland North America moved its operations center to Boston’s Financial District at 1 Federal Street.

Hint delivered an AML system for analyzer management for the pilot plants of STC at Brielle, in The Netherlands. STC institute trains process operators and instrumentation and control specialists.

Kiva uses hundreds of mobile robotic drive units to bring inventory on movable shelves directly to workers, allowing easy and efficient access to all inventory items at all times.

CIMdata is forecasting that PLM investments in 2009 will decline 2.1% from 2008 results and the five year CAGR will be 3.5%— with investments growing to just under $31 billion in 2013.

ETG opened the first EtherCAT Test Center outside Europe in Kyoto, Japan.

The new subsidiary in Singapore is FRABA Pte. Ltd.

The worldwide market for Intelligent Pumps is expected to grow at a rate somewhat less than the total automation market, but is expected to a bright spot in the overall pump market.

By Harry Kohal, Eagle Technology There are tools available to improve quality, manage lifecycle and provide qualitative and quantitative data to measure performance of people, assets and comfort in any facility or plant.

Hongyun Honghe Tobacco, the fourth largest cigarette producer in the world, plans to use Wonderware software to manage its utility operations.

Turbulence in the global market effectively put the brakes on the machine safeguarding market around the third quarter in 2008.

The worldwide market for Inductive, Capacitive and Ultrasonic Proximity Sensors will decline this year but is expected to strongly rebound next year according to ARC Advisory Group study.

By Integration Objects Integration Objects used OPC to integrate a point to point connection infrastructure based on VMS and Unix platforms that connected all the Distributed Control Systems and other automation islands with Aramco’s PIMS (Plant Information Management System).

Comit Systems will deliver turnkey engineering services for integration of GreenPeak's wireless technology.

As I travel from one user conference to another, there is one clear and consistent theme coming from the major automation suppliers. Services, which include systems integration, optimization, life cycle management, asset management, and maintenance, have become a major focus for many of them. Even in this challenging economy, the services groups within these organizations continue to grow – sometimes significantly.

Accreditation is recognition that the test laboratory is competent to carry out tests in compliance with PLCopen guidelines for the certification of IEC 61131-3 related products.