A Schneider Electric System Integrator partner since 1996, Electro80 was selected for the partnership based on its proven track record of championing safety and process optimisation in the Australian industrial market, as well as meeting the strict criteria outlined by the Alliance Program. [ + ]

SpeedCast International Limited has announced that it has been awarded one of its largest ever satellite service agreements in the energy sector, with a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract covering services in over 20 countries for both onshore and offshore oil and gas in Asia-Pacific and Africa. [ + ]

Australia's Flavor and Life Food and Beverages (FAL), maker of the Coco Joy, Juiced Up and Aqua Hero beverages, has announced it would set up its first Indian factory within three years, which will serve several countries. [ + ]

Andrew Stevens, chairman of the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, said federal research spending was mainly driven by research priorities and the curiosity of individual researchers, but making Australian companies globally competitive should be a higher priority. [ + ]

BP and Emerson have signed a global agreement for Emerson Process Management to provide automation technologies and aftercare services for BP's upstream oil and gas operations. [ + ]

The DolWin beta offshore converter station in the North Sea, housed on an offshore platform, has a 916 MW power transmission capacity, making it the most powerful installation of its kind. [ + ]

Researchers at the University of Queensland are planning a transformational space project called SPARTAN, designed to deliver satellites weighing up to 500 kg into orbit. [ + ]

Infor has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire GT Nexus, the world's largest cloud-based global commerce platform, for $675 million. [ + ]

The ACI Connect 2015 expo and conference is on today and tomorrow at Sydney Olympic Park, featuring the latest automation, control and instrumentation products from leading local vendors. [ + ]

Researchers presenting at the annual Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference have disclosed critical vulnerabilities in technologies that are actively used in industrial control systems. [ + ]

At the Engineers Australia Future Tech Forum, strategic management consultant Graeme Couch will outline key lessons for engineers dealing with changing technology environments. [ + ]

Boeing International President Marc Allen said that Boeing's Australian operations set the "gold standard" for manufacturing in its global operations because of ongoing innovations by the local team. [ + ]

The University of Technology Sydney has opened a new Data Arena that will allow users to view and interact with data in new ways. [ + ]

Engineers use the environment to give simple robotic grippers more dexterity [ + ]

Pat Boland, a co-founder of ANCA, which sells automated machine tools to Apple, Samsung and Boeing suppliers, has said the Abbott government's plan to kickstart the manufacturing sector loses sight of drivers of success like designing better products and updating obsolete equipment. [ + ]