The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased by 1.1 points to 50.9 in October, signalling a very mild expansion across the manufacturing sector. [ + ]

IDEC's US headquarters are powered by a combination of solar panels and wind turbines, providing about 50% of the facility's total power requirements. [ + ]

Metso continues to be included in CDP's Climate Change evaluation at the Leadership level with an A-ranking (the scale of the index was A-D). [ + ]

Colonial Pipeline Co shut down its main petroleum product pipelines on Monday after an explosion and fire in Shelby, Alabama, killing a worker and sending five to the hospital. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has been awarded a position on the Climate A List by CDP, the international not-for-profit that drives sustainable economies. It is the only company of its industry to get an A grade for six years in a row. [ + ]

Asset owners and professionals involved in the corrosion industry are encouraged to network with colleagues and peers, as well as learn the latest information concerning corrosion prevention, control and repair, by attending Corrosion & Prevention 2016 in Auckland. [ + ]

Media briefing in Nuremberg, Germany, will address the launch of fully integrated FDT/IIoT architecture. [ + ]

Local communities and governments will lose jobs and tax revenues as mines become increasingly automated using emerging technologies such as self-driving trucks. [ + ]

Komatsu and GE have today announced a 10-year partnership agreement to provide electrical remanufacturing services for mining equipment and vehicles. [ + ]

Bill Ferris AC, chair of Innovation and Science Australia, has called for a greater focus on the role of innovation in driving future economic growth and prosperity in a speech delivered recently at the NZVCA 2016 Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference. [ + ]

Belden has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Testbed, which aims to improve multivendor interoperability and to display the value of the IEEE 802.1 Ethernet standards for time-sensitive networking in a manufacturing ecosystem. [ + ]

HMS Industrial Networks has acquired eWON and is now offering the Netbiter remote management solution under the eWON brand. [ + ]

The Ai Group has reported that manufacturing activity in Australia improved in September, helped by activity in the food industry which recovered after a contraction the month before. [ + ]

With all the talk of the impact of the closure of car manufacturing in Australia, it has been easy to forget the impact it may have on our smaller trading partners. [ + ]

Modular microgrid offers scalable, containerised solution for easy transport, as well as fast and safe installation and commissioning. [ + ]