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Seeing Into Se7en

Healthy economic growth, a resurgent oil & gas sector, and the drive for ever more efficient manufacturing made 2006 a stellar year for automation technology providers. What about 2007? Regional CEOs along with industry consultants and commentators give CE Asia their take on how they see the year ahead.

Most industry markets were strong for ABB in 2006, with double-digit increases inorders as we supported customer demand for increased manufacturin...

Second life

Bob Gill, Group Editor

Click the mouse and up pops the Web page. Click the mouse and off shoots that e-mail. Well, at least that’s what supposed to happen. Butnot in Asia in...

Pressure Points

Pressure measuring devices are everywhere, but do you really understand them? Peter Welander points out what you need to know.

Measuring pressure is one of the most basic instrumentation functions in any industry. From an oil refinery to a bulldozer, measuring the pressure of compressed air, hydraulic fluid, process l...

Executive Insight: Time for Vietnam

Yokogawa Engineering Asia recently announced the establishment of a new subsidiary in Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy – Vietnam. Taking the helm is Kersi Aspar, Managing Director, Yokogawa Vietnam Company. He talks to CE Asia.

CE Asia: Why the decision to open up a subsidiary in Vietnam at this time? Aspar: We have actually...

All set for Hannover Fair

Under the unifying umbrella of HANNOVER MESSE 2007 (www.hannovermesse.de) from 16 to 20 April, the Industrial Automation ...

Free wireless technology training

Emerson Process Management is offering 19 new online training courses on various aspects of wireless for process automation....

Invensys Process Systems appoints new CEO

Paulett Eberhart has been appointed CEO and President of Invensys Process Systems (IPS), the industrial automation business group of Invensys plc. Eberhart was previously with EDS, the global ...

Seven million servo motors

FANUC LTD and GE Fanuc Automation have announced the cumulative production of more than seven million AC servo motors, and the two compani...

Fieldbus Foundation launches new website

Robust functionality and intuitive navigational features serving those implementing FOUNDATION technology are the claimed features of the Fieldbus Foundation’s redesigned and enhanced website...

ILOG ties up with IBM for MES

ILOG has signed an agreement with IBM to market ILOG Fab PowerOps(FPO) – ILOG’s solution for semiconductor production scheduling – to IBM’s manufacturing execution systems (MES)customers, among...

Meeting the machine challenge

What matters most to your business? That was the title of the OEM workshop organised by Rockwell Automation and targete...

Changing the playing field

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced that this year’s General Assembly meeting, taking place in Houston on February 22-23 and to be attended by FOUNDATION technology suppliers and industry p...

Parker Hannifin expands in India

Motion and control technologies supplier Parker Hannifin has acquired SSD Drives India from the UniDEL India Group, a privately held automation and technology group, for an undisclosed amount....

Oil & Gas on show

Despite the skyrocketing cost of oil, it is grossly underpriced even at current levels. The top issue in the next five years will be the disparity between ...

GE acquires Microwave Data Systems

GE Industrial is to acquire the assets of Microwave Data Systems (MDS), supplier of industrial wireless networking solutions. The acquisition offers complementary technology to GE’s Multilin b...

EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet updated

ODVA has published new editions of the DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP Specifications, bringing a range of enhancements aimed at further increasing ease of configuration. Specifically, over 20 Speci...

Siemens acquires UGS for $3.5 billion

In a major industry move, Siemens is to expand its industrial software portfolio through a definitive agreement to acquire UGS Corp, a leadin...

Emerson creates Chief Strategic Officer position

Emerson Process Management has announced the appointment of Peter Zornio to the new position of Chief Strategic Offi cer. He will direct ...

Become a PROFIBUS Certified PA Engineer

The Singapore office of Endress+Hauser, in cooperation with the PROFIBUS CompetenceCenter, is offering PROFIBUS PA Engineer Certification.The co...

India moves into semiconductors

India, with growing semiconductor consumption and acceleration in electronics manufacturing activities, and with the setting up of EMS shops, is destined to emerge as an important semiconducto...

Direct Part Mark quality guidelines

AIM Global (www.aimglobal.org), the worldwide authority on automatic identifi...

Collaborating for RFID

The RFID market is set to reach $11.7 billion by 2010 as demand grows for tags, readers, middleware, antennae and chips. Since a single company cannot supply all the components required for an ...

Yokogawa receives record project order

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has received an order to supply plant control systems for the Rabigh Project, which is constructing one of the world’s largest integrated refi ning and petrochemica...

Schneider Electric 2006 sales up strongly

Schneider Electric’s annual sales amounted to €13.7 billion (US$18.7 billion) in 2006, up 17.6% on a current structure and exchange rate basis. After sharp increases in the two previous years, o...

Process Automation on the rise

Manufacturing companies continue to increase investments in capital expenditures for automation equipment as they clearly recognize the rol...

Opportunities for Power over Ethernet

Observers are expecting great things from PoE+, according to a report out from Venture Development Corporation (www.vdc-corp. com). The IE...

Technology boosts compliance initiatives

Manufacturers and software vendors alike are more focused on compliance and traceability than ever before. However, many manufacturers are still in the beginning stages of adopting technology ...

Programmable automation controllers (PACs)

Pietrusewicz Krystof, Pawel Dworak

When ARC Advisory Group analyst, Craig Resnick, proposed a new term for an emerging class of programmable devices for automation in 2001, few expected such growth of related technologies. The ...

Information to Insight: Manufacturing Intelligence

A manufacturing intelligence software solution enables enterprises to uncover valuable shop floor information and so boost plant and supply chain effi ciencies. Edward Toung explains more.

Manufacturing continues to be the engine that drives economies around the world. With competition mounting from global suppliers, and an ever increasing push towards mass customization and sho...

PAC provides new generation control

 In order to satisfy the market demands for complex control, PACs (programmable automation controllers) are now emerging in the marke...

USB data acquisition devices

National Instruments has announced two new M Series multifunction data acquisition (DAQ) devices for USB. With the new NI USB-6221 and...

Space saver transmitter concept

The 364 from ABB evolves the pressure transmitter concept by simplifi cation and common sense design. As a solution for multiple instal...

Embedded with advanced diagnostics

Emerson Process Management has announced the availability of Advanced Diagnostics on Rosemount 3051S instrumentation for solutions usin...

Electrical cylinder with piston rod

Electrical drives are precise and fl exible, making them the ideal solution when forces need to be built up quickly and positions need...

Closing the enterprise gap

Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has expanded its MES (manufacturing execution systems) portfolio Simatic IT by two cross-industry lib...

Pressure transmitter is safety compliant

Safe plant operation is a prime requirement for process automation in oil, gas, petrochemical and other industries.. Safety instrumented sy...

Compact motion control

The CompactLogix 1768-L43 controller from Rockwell Automation is targeted at smaller applications involving up to four axes of motion. These...

Connecting for industrial Ethernet

Weidmüller is presenting a new gigabit-capable family of connectors with STEADYTEC technology for industrial Ethernet (IE). Requiring n...

Servo System Application Tips

Successful electric servo motion applications require attention to detail, from the system down to specific components. Frank Bartos some helpful tips and guidance to ease the way.

Electric servo systems provide the most advanced and precise motion control available for increasingly versatile industrial applications. Servos excel in two distinct working modes: rapid poin...