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The Jim Pinto Column: Price wars and young bloods
June 2008
China low-ball pricing In the early 1990s, China was merely a low cost place to make labour-intensive products. Now the country with the world’s largest population has become the most powerful force ...

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IICI calls for members
May 2008
The Industrial Interoperability Compliance Institute (IICI), has issued a call for membership. IICI is founded on the concept that industrial interoperability standards allow manufacturers to build lean ...

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Schneider sponsors consortium
May 2008
The Schneider Electric North American Operating Division has announced a $500 000 contribution to become a Platinum Level sponsor of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the ...

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Packaging applications laboratory
May 2008
Schneider Electric has launched a new technology centre focused exclusively on the automation, control and power needs of the packaging machinery business. The Packaging Technology and Solutions Center ...

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New sensor plant
May 2008
The Endress+Hauser Group has begun construction on its new sensor plant at the Techno Park of Stahnsdorf near Berlin. The new competence centre is designed to accommodate the expansion of the international ...

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Honeywell earns accreditation
May 2008
Honeywell’s Safety Manager platform has received the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 72 Standard for Fire Protection from a US-certifying body. With the certification from Factory Mutual (FM), ...

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ABB to supply Vale
May 2008
ABB has won an order from Vale to deliver gearless mill drive systems that will maximise productivity and energy efficiency at a new copper mine in northern Brazil. The Salobo mine is located at the ...

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HMS is on the move
May 2008
HMS Industrial Networks continued its strong growth during 2007 and reported net sales of €29,4 M. To help meet increasing demands on production capabilities and development resources, HMS hired over ...

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New approach to training
May 2008
Siemens Energy & Automation and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have announced a new research and education partnership, which seeks to enhance real world training for engineering students, ...

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Web-based asset monitoring
May 2008
Ekahau, a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based realtime location systems (RTLS), recently introduced Ekahau Vision, a web-based visual interface that enables enterprise users of Ekahau RTLS to automatically ...

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Joint venture in Egypt
May 2008
Invensys Process Systems has joined ENPPI and GASCO in a joint venture to create Invensys Process System Egypt the first, ‘Industrial Automation Engineering Centre of Excellence’ in the country. This ...

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Mitsubishi announces growth
May 2008
Last year, Factory Automation increased its revenues by 10% to €5,6 billion, accounting for around a quarter of the concern’s aggregate turnover of €25,42 billion. At the same time, the division has also ...

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Jianxi turns to Emerson
May 2008
Emerson Process Management has engineered, installed, and commissioned PlantWeb digital architecture for advanced automation of Jianxi Copper Company's expansion of its Guixi Smelter in Jiangxi Province, ...

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ISA appoints new board
May 2008
The ISA Security Compliance Institute has completed elections for officer positions on its Governing Board. The results are:    * Chairman – Johan Nye, ExxonMobil    * Vice-chairman – Ivan Susanto, Chevron ...

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CBI acquires Moeller's business in South Africa
May 2008
The German electrical manufacturer Moeller will hand over its activities in South Africa to CBI-electric: low voltage, effective 1 April, 2008. The company’s long history in the business and the complementary ...

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First Opal-RT users conference
May 2008
Opal-RT Technologies will be hosting Real Time 2008 – the first Annual Opal-RT International Users Conference, on Thursday 12 June and Friday 13 June in Québec City, Canada. The objective of Real Time ...

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Test and measurement conference 2008
May 2008, National Laboratory Association
The National Laboratory Association (NLA) annual T&M conference will take place from 25–27 August, at the Misty Hills conference centre in Muldersdrift. The organising committee is pleased to advise that ...

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Klare Technologies announces new partnership
May 2008
The Port Elizabeth-based company has recently been appointed distributor for Austrian industrial automation specialists, Bernecker & Rainer (B&R), in South Africa. Founder, Gary Klare, believes this is ...

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Non-existent scada award
May 2008
In a recent article in SA Instrumentation & Control (SAI&C), we reported that international research house Frost & Sullivan (F&S) had presented Wonderware with three awards, including an award for Customer ...

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Appointment
May 2008
Valve & Automation has appointed Gideon Scheepers as its new sales manager for KZN and Eastern Cape.         

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