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Measurement Specialties acquired the capital stock of Celesco for $35 million, or approximately 6 times trailing 12 month EBITDA.

Three Metso DNA automation systems and three safety systems will replace the existing systems in three of Porvoo refinery’s over forty process units.

Dulaney was appointed chief executive officer of the company’s newly-formed Infrastructure & Cities (IC) Sector in North America, which comprises the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.

ORMEC signed two new ORMEC distributor organizations and a Chinese representative to sell motion control products.

Hendrick Motorsports, winner of 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships, is a longtime user of Hexagon Metrology products for inspection and assembly of auto body, chassis and engine components.

C&E has 30+ field sales people and technical specialists to service customers in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

G3-PLC Alliance will support deployment of the new power line communications protocol called G3-PLC.

Laurent Giai-Miniet spent 20 years with Texas Instruments (TI), where he held several management positions.

Automation.com, September 2011 By Martin Rostan, EtherCAT Technology Group There is no giant marketing machine behind it, nor is EtherCAT the successor to a market leading fieldbus system – and yet EtherCAT enjoys an outstanding adoption rate worldwide, and the ETG has become the world’s largest fieldbus organization.

Automation.com, September 2011 By Vincotech System developers are becoming increasingly aware that the selection of power devices for remotely-sited applications is critical.

eSight is a web-based energy management and analysis suite that interfaces with the OptoEMU Sensor.

Control-See's alarm notification and remote control software - U.C.ME-OPC version 2010 SP5 is now certified.

Stealth will custom build computers for DC input power, multiple expansion slots, RAID, redundancy, NEMA/IP environmental protection, and high shock, temperature, vibration protection.

PROFIdtm software is free and available for download from Softing's web site.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Raj Batra and Adreas Aufenanger of Siemens Industry sit down with our editor, Bill Lydon, to discuss Siemens' global realignment, their process industry initiatives, and their vertical market applications focus.

The website provides resources for customers with heating processes in industrial coatings, high-temperature heat treatment, electronics assembly, solar photovoltaic manufacturing, food production and kiln firing.

Founded in 1988 and employing a staff of fifty, Sonavation provides advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) services particularly for companies in the oil and gas industry.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Eric Byres This tale doesn’t have princes or frogs in it, but instead it deals with SCADA and industrial control system security. It is the myth of the "air gap" between control systems and the rest of the world. Believing in it leads to a false sense of complacency by both end users and vendors, making it a very dangerous fairy tale indeed.

Automation.com, August 2011 By Joe Ciringione Cable carrier systems not only transport energy, data and media to various types of machines, but also greatly influence energy costs. To keep energy costs low, one important consideration is the amount of pull-push, or driving force, that is required at a given speed to move the cable carrier.

Softing is providing OPC components to ifm electronic to support a Condition Monitoring System for wind turbines.