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M2M: Connect for Smart Services

By Harbor Research.

In the new M2M world, build awareness and connectivity into your product and be ready to reap the rewards of being a smart service provider.

The purpose of the term M2M (machineto- machine) is to cover those forms of data communication not covered by other mainstream consumer and offi ce oriented systems. Traditionally this has mean...

Is it safe?

Bob Gill | Group Editor

In the 1976 film Marathon Man, Laurence Olivier plays a former Nazi dentist, Christian Szell. Now living in New York, he has stashed away diamonds stolen during the war in a safe deposit box. He ...

Searching for the Hot Spot

Put a thermal imager in your hands and get a powerful tool for diagnosing equipment condition.

In manufacturing, uniformity is essential. If failure occurs, hourly downtime costs can run into the millions. Hence, technicians rely on monitoring of all kinds, from fixed mount sensors to ha...

Safety in the Spotlight

G. Venkatesh reports.

Deadly plant explosions, increasing oil & gas investments, and greater awareness are factors focusing attention on process safety systems.

It has been slow, but certainly steady and sure. Industries the world over are realising the imperativeness of ensuring process safety. It may have taken a few charred bodies, however, to enhan...

Executive Insight: Powering Productivity

With a mission to help customers boost productivity while conserving energy, Power and Automation technology specialist ABB is thriving – recently reporting record earnings and registering high growth in its key markets. James Foo, President and Country Manager, ABB Singapore, reveals more to CE Asia.

CE Asia: ABB has made a remarkable recovery after some tough times earlier in the dec...

ABB earnings hit $2.5 billion

Strong demand for technology to increase power grid reliability, industrial productivity and energy effi ciency co...

Belden on buying spree

Network cable specialist Belden is hot on the acquisition trail. A deal to buy Germany’s Hirschmann Automation...

GE Fanuc gets together in Shanghai

The Business Advisory Council (BAC) is the biggest annual event for GE Fanuc Asia Pacific. This year – under the th...

EMO returns to Hannover

The biennial EMO, the world’s biggest international trade fair for the metalworking industries, takes place later ...

Wireless innovation recognition for Emerson

BP has presented its prestigious Digital & Communications Technology (DCT) Helios awards to its teams that collaborated with Emerson Process Management to develop innovative wireless technolog...

Oracle widens footprint in India to 23 cities

As part of its commitment to make Oracle technology and applications accessible to organizations of all sizes across highgrowth cities in India, Oracle has announced successful completion of ...

NI Days are here again

National Instruments ’ annual seminar series, NIDays, this year kicked off in Singapore in February before going ...

ICONICS brings seminars to Asia

Automation software supplier ICONICS has announced a 2007 free seminar series, “Strategies for Operational Excellence”, to be held in major cities worldwide. The seminars, which will take pla...

New president for Yokogawa

Shuzo Kaihori, currently Director and Senior Vice President, Industrial Automation Business Headquarters, has been appointed to the position of Representative Director and President. He takes ...

Connecting with Weidmuller

A chance for some technology learning and to fi nd out more about the activities and products of one of the leadi...

Citect’s Ampla MES Solution has

Citect’s Ampla MES Solution has been recognized by SAP with an award for Best New Application Ported to SAP NetWeaver (ANZ) and Powered by NetWeaver ISV at the recent SAP Asia Pacific FK...

Invensys wins InFusion power project

Williams Power has selected Invensys to implement an InFusion-based Generation Management System (GMS) for its fleet of electrical generation assets in the US. These assets include two company...

Honeywell strengthens position in advanced control

PAS, a supplier of software products and consulting services for the process industries, has sold its Advanced Cont...

No Need For Alarm

By Jeanine Katzel.

An on-going An on-going program to reduce unwanted alarms and monitor, prioritize, and respond appropriately to the rest can keep a plant operating safely and effectively.

Technology is good, so more technologymust be better. Right? Wrong. More is not always better. The advent of the microprocessor and the proliferation of the modern distributed control sys...

Flexible sensor system for M2M

The AySystem from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) is a GSM/GPRS solution that consists of the Ay ter...

Process imaging system

Raytek announces the availability of the CS200 Process Imaging System, which provides comprehensive temperature...

Enhanced asset management portal

The latest version (2.5) of the AMS Suite: Asset Portal software from Emerson Process Management allows users...

High current rating MCBs

The ABB S800N and S800S High Performance MCBs (miniature circuit breakers) feature high current ratings up to 1...

Entry-level color vision sensor

Cognex has introduced the DVT 535C, which it claims as the most capable and easy to use color vision sensor ...

Compact, fanless automation computer

Advantech introduces a new model in the UNO-3000 S e r i e s , the UNO-3074, a high performance Pentium M/ Cel...

Fieldbus PCI cards

Mini PCI cards for PROFIBUS, CANopen, DeviceNet and Ethernet now enhance the Beckhoff PC Fieldbus Card range...

Control Valve Actuators

Ninety percent of survey respondents expect to buy these products in the next 12 months, and they’re looking for high reliability and ease of maintenance, says Mark Hoske.

Market for control valve actuators is growing, with 90% expecting to buy the same or more such products in the next 12 months as in the past year, according to research from Control Engineering...