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Automation has already had a big impact on productivity. Indeed, most of the so-called “jobless recovery” has been caused by the increased effectiveness of automation, which reduces headcount. Off shore outsourcing is responsible for just 15% of recent job losses.

OPC can take advantage of real-time values from what once was a relational database by using Generic Database Access (GDA) technology. This technology continues to reinforce why industry is turning to OPC as their connectivity standard.

The cellular technology can be also used with SCADA applications to improve productivity, increase plants’ uptime and prevent damages. The device that makes the difference is the cellular modem.

The Control Trends Awards recognize and honor leading companies, products, technologies and persons in specific categories from the Building Automation and HVAC Controls industry.

A3 is the umbrella trade association for the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), AIA - Advancing Vision + Imaging, and the Motion Control Association (MCA).

Call for Papers invites authors, experts, innovators, thought leaders, and automation and control professionals to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the conference, which will be held 5-7 November 2013 at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Under the new motto "Efficiency, Innovation, Sustainability", the next HANNOVER MESSE will be showcasing innovations, new developments and technologies. If you are looking towards international trade, this webinar will provide you with details on a leading platform which promises just that.

Attendees came together again on the afternoon of February 10, 2010 for a second, Forum-wide general session. This session included a timely and interesting OpX presentation by BASF's Werner Setzwein; an attention-getting and thought-provoking presentation on immersive virtual environments by Chevron's Kevyn Renner; a brief introduction and overview by Daryl Dulaney, President and CEO of the recently formed Siemens Industry business; and finally, a presentation on a successful continuous improvement process by Dennis Inverso, from DuPont Engineering.

MergeOptics is a manufacturer of active optical cables (AOCs) and optical transceivers.

Wood will oversee Paladin SmartGrid operations. Paladin SmartGrid is scheduled to be commercially released by the second quarter of 2010.

Automation expenditures by the refining sector are expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly five percent over the next five years, according to ARC.

By Paul Miller and Dick Hill, ARC Advisory Group Tuesday morning's general session for all forum tracks included presentations by Andy Chatha, ARC's President and Founder, Marty Edwards from the DHS Control Systems Security Program at Idaho National Laboratories (INL); Thomas Lange, Director of Modeling and Simulation at Procter & Gamble; and Ralph Rio, Research Director, Enterprise Advisory Services here at ARC.

The 14 online, instructor-led seminars will run from March until May for those interested in expanding their knowledge of the HVAC industry and keeping up to date with the latest technology and their applications.

MES Conference includes a series of lectures that demonstrate positive experiences with the application of MES software in actual industrial applications and explain its effects on quality management and the optimization of capacity utilization.

The Centre of Expertise "Industrial Embedded" is located among the displays of industrial automation in Hall 9. Here, embedded technologies take centre stage against a background of steadily growing and increasingly complex and sophisticated applications.

AstraZeneca, a pharmaceutical company, deployed the Infometrics continuous monitoring-based commissioning program in its Fairfax, Delaware research facility.

The transition of the manufacturing base from Western Europe to low-cost eastern European countries has opened new prospects for automation.

Trace Software's elecworks software application for electrical design is now integrated to SolidWorks.

Ubisense location solutions will provide Airbus with a real-time view of business operations such as the tracking of components and assembly processes.

Shimadzu now provides CAMO Software’s multivariate data analysis (MVDA) software to FTIR customers requiring chemometric analysis.