Orica has been ordered to commence the process of cleaning up arsenic-contaminated groundwater at the company's Kooragang Island site. The order was issued by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). [ + ]

Schneider Electric and Waterfall have announced a partnership to bring stronger-than-firewall cybersecurity technologies to Schneider Electric customers. [ + ]

Robotics company KUKA launched an Industry 4.0 robot that is sensitive to touch at Automatica in Munich this year. [ + ]

Ausenco Rylson's optimisation work on MMG's Century Mine Project has been recognised with an award for Best Cost Saving Initiative at the Queensland Mining Contractors Awards. [ + ]

Australian Engineering Week, 4-10 August 2014, has been launched by engineer, entrepreneur and Sydney Engineering Excellence Award winner Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com. [ + ]

Honeywell Process Solutions will begin safety and production process upgrades for the Molikpaq platform, on Russia's Sakhalin shelf. [ + ]

In a bid to increase collaboration and cooperation in 3D printing, Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL) is launching the Additive Manufacturing Hub, the primary aim of which will be to seek investment in research. [ + ]

Standards Australia has recently released a number of revised parts of the Australian Standard AS 4024.1 Series - Safety of Machinery to align with global standards and strengthen workplace safety. [ + ]

CD-adapco has signed a collaborative development agreement with JSOL to jointly develop co-simulation methods in the domain to coupled thermal and electromagnetic simulations. [ + ]

Process industry software company ranked 11 among top companies for 2014. [ + ]

The Fieldbus Foundation and the HART Communication Foundation have agreed to form a united industry organisation dedicated to the needs of intelligent devices and their integration in the world of process automation. [ + ]

The Profibus Association of Australia has announced it will hold a series of three-day certified Profinet training courses throughout Australia in November 2014. [ + ]

Australia's National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) is celebrating the first birthday of Raijin, the Southern Hemisphere's fastest supercomputer. [ + ]

Moore Industries-International has promoted Scott Saunders to the position of chief executive officer. Saunders was previously COO and vice president, sales and marketing at Moore Industries, a manufacturer of instrumentation for the process control industry. [ + ]

Mark Diesendorf refutes a recent article by University of Melbourne Professor Emeritus Frank Larkins, which claimed Australia's targets to increase renewable energy will make electricity more expensive, thanks to problems with consistency and storage. [ + ]