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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.

Despite the recession, the Collaborative Production Management market continues to grow, albeit at a very modest pace.

Vishay provided a web tension measurement system to Western Michigan University (WMU) for use in its Coating Pilot Plant. The system precisely measures the sheet web tension between the coater backing rolls and the chill-roll S-wrap.

OPC Foundation president Tom Burke says the desire to improve the operational efficiency of production facilities, plus the increasing importance of energy management, building automation and energy conservation, means vendors need to adopt standards, like OPC.

The machine is used by a large aerospace components manufacturer in Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce spur, helical and crown gears with complex profiles.

Elliot Murray and Yvan Fasquel joined Heason from Danaher Motion, where they worked motion technology product lines including the Kollmorgen and Dover lines that are also offered by Heason.

Sopogy of Hawaii uses the MEMFlo MFT flow transmitter in its solar air conditioning systems.

The first exam for the new certification program will be administered on Jan. 27, 2010, at the Winter Conference in Orlando, Fla.

F&S says nanomaterials, flexible electronics, advanced batteries and energy storage, smart materials, green IT, CIGS solar, 3D integration, autonomous systems, white biotech and lasers are the top ten technologies.

The contest challenged the students to address a palletizing need. The teams were provided customer specifications and were directed to find a solution that was fast and economical.

ARC expects the GMC market will experience modest growth in 2010, as businesses slowly start investing in capital equipment.

Website has a LiveChat feature that allows users to directly connect with a sales representative and have their questions immediately answered.

HART Server Version 3.1 supports HART 7, HART-over-IP based networks, and WirelessHART gateways.

Factivity fit Swanson Industries with its shop floor technology, replacing pen-to-paper with a PC based manufacturing execution system (MES).