Industry News
Honeywell survey shows low adoption of industrial cybersecurity measures
Almost two-thirds of surveyed industrial companies don't monitor for suspicious behaviour. [ + ]
QAD aligns with Progress on cognitive applications for industrial asset maintenance
Long-time partner expands strategic relationship and looks to add cognitive predictive maintenance platform. [ + ]
Something for everyone at AOG 2018
There has been a noticeable upturn in the oil and gas sector and as a result a list of new and innovative activities that will be part of a very full week at for the Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG 2018) in Perth next March. [ + ]
ARC names ABB global leader in SCADA systems for the power sector
The latest ARC report says ABB's Grid Automation business is at the forefront of grid automation and digitalisation. [ + ]
ABB and Hewlett Packard partner on IT/OT integration
Partnership to provide actionable insights across industrial plants, cloud and on-premises data centers for higher productivity and innovation. [ + ]
Green light for new energy project in South Australia
Schneider Electric and Planet Ark Power have been awarded a $1.95m South Australian Government grant towards a $13.8m solar PV and battery microgrid project. [ + ]
ABB unveils single-arm YuMi cobot
ABB has unveiled a single-arm, smaller-footprint version of its YuMi collaborative robot. [ + ]
Yokogawa Australia partners with Applied Analytics to expand analyser system capabilities
Yokogawa Australia has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Applied Analytics to distribute its range of process analysers in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
Infor named a Leader in Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for EAM Software
Infor has announced the company was recognised as a Leader in the Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Asset Management Software for Infor EAM. [ + ]
ABB and Kawasaki announce cobot cooperation
ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have announced that the companies will join forces to share knowledge and promote the benefits of collaborative robots, in particular those with dual-arm designs. [ + ]
Calix receives Australian Advanced Manufacturing Growth Fund award
Australian technology company Calix has announced it is the recipient of an Australian Advanced Manufacturing Growth Fund award to produce advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries, a major growth market over the coming decades. [ + ]
Sophisticated metal 3D printing machine from GE unveiled at UNSW
UNSW is the only Australian institution and the only university outside of the United States selected by GE to receive the $350,000 machine. [ + ]
MEP Instruments to become Metrohm Australia, Metrohm New Zealand
MEP Instruments has announced a corporate name change to Metrohm Australia and Metrohm New Zealand, effective 1 January 2018. [ + ]
Broadspectrum joins University of Newcastle in world-first clean-air project for coalmines
World-first initiative seeks to decrease methane emissions from underground coalmining operations by up to 90% and reduce Australia's annual greenhouse output by up to 3%. [ + ]
IHI marks milestone in the Pilbara
IHI Engineering Australia is celebrating a major milestone as it joins TransAlta, Horizon Power and the Government of Western Australia for the official on-site opening of the South Hedland Power Station on 27 November 2017. [ + ]
