Acquisition adds monitoring capabilities for critical electrical power transmission and distribution equipment. [ + ]

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has launched a new membership grade in response to growing demand for the recognition of process safety specialists. [ + ]

After a much anticipated wait, ABB's YuMi is now available in Australia. [ + ]

Toyota has announced its research and development centre in Melbourne will close by June 2016 with the loss of more than 100 highly skilled engineering jobs. [ + ]

Australian instrumentation supplier ProDetec has announced that it has partnered exclusively with Norwegian manufacturer NEO Monitors to add its gas analysers and dust monitors to its range. [ + ]

Addressing growing industry demand for transformational improvements in capital project execution, Emerson has launched Project Certainty, a technology and engineering-based approach for improved capital efficiency and more reliable project schedules. [ + ]

Netherlands-based automation company ATS has announced that it has acquired Integrated Automation Pty Ltd, based in Melbourne, Australia. Integrated Automation specialises in system integration, control, industrial automation and related services for manufacturers. [ + ]

ABB hosted an event at its Malaga factory on 13 October to celebrate the significant milestone of 60 years of transformer manufacturing in Western Australia. [ + ]

Rittal has appointed Michael Mallia as the new managing director for its Australia and New Zealand business.

The director of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Safety Centre (ISC), Trish Kerin, has won the Engineers Australia John A Brodie Medal for her paper featuring a new process safety competency. [ + ]

Chemical engineers from around the world have gathered in Melbourne for the Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2015). [ + ]

Kaeser Compressors is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary in Australia. [ + ]

Siemens has signed a research agreement with Defence Science and Technology Group and QUT to advance the use of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) technologies in Australia. [ + ]

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) is calling on the profession to put forward its nominations for the latest round of medals and prizes. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has been elected to the steering committee of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). [ + ]