One of Australia's outstanding young engineering innovators will be awarded the prestigious Batterham Medal today, recognising his contributions to engineering over the last five years. [ + ]

Emerson's Roxar Downhole Sensor System has been deployed on the Maria field offshore Norway, providing field operator Wintershall with improved well integrity monitoring and offshore safety. [ + ]

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A report released by the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) says that Australia has the potential to lead the world in developing large- and home-scale energy storage systems if public uncertainty can be overcome. [ + ]

Headquartered in Belgium, GeonX provides software for engineers developing new products, to simulate additive manufacturing, welding, machining and heat treatment processes in various industries such as aerospace, automotive and energy. [ + ]

ABB has been named Frost & Sullivan's 2017 Company of the Year. The award was given in recognition of ABB's digital leadership, not only when compared to other industrial automation suppliers, but also against non-industry peers. [ + ]

Emerson's automation technologies and project strategies will help Novo Nordisk achieve a tight project schedule and the rapid construction of a manufacturing site for critical medicines. [ + ]

An explosion at an Indian coal-fired power station has killed 36 people and injured more than 97. [ + ]

SAGE Automation has opened its new corporate headquarters and advanced manufacturing facility at the Tonsley Innovation Precinct in Adelaide, a state government initiative that has transformed the former Mitsubishi manufacturing site into a hub that combines advanced manufacturing, research, industry, skills development and the community. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation recently announced its investment in The Hive, a Silicon Valley innovation fund and co-creation studio, to gain access to an ecosystem of innovators and technology start-ups with a focus on applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to industrial automation. [ + ]

Endress+Hauser has acquired Blue Ocean Nova AG, a manufacturer of inline spectrometers for monitoring quality-relevant process parameters. The acquisition was effective 31 October 2017, and details of the transaction were not disclosed. [ + ]

ENGIE has awarded Emerson a contract to replace legacy combustion turbine controls with its Ovation turbine control technology at its DK6 800 MW combined-cycle power plant in Dunkirk, France. [ + ]

Advantech has partnered with Mitsubishi Electric, Omron, NEC, IBM Japan and Oracle Japan to establish the 'Edgecross Consortium' to overcome boundaries between companies and industries in order to realise collaboration between factory automation and IT. [ + ]

Australia is now one of only a handful of countries in the world that can produce its own carbon fibre, thanks to research by CSIRO in conjunction with Deakin University. [ + ]

Revolutionary drone payload from CSIRO Data61 dramatically improves the value of drone-based asset inspection and mapping. [ + ]