Industry News
Turck in top five of Automation World survey
For the second year in a row, Turck has been named as one of the top five in the discrete sensing category in the 2012 Automation World First Team Leaders in Automation annual survey. [ + ]
Fluke Corporation recalls digital clamp meters
Fluke Corporation is voluntarily recalling certain digital clamp meters that were manufactured between 1 September 2010 and 1 October 2012, due to a manufacturing fault that may present a hazard to personnel. [ + ]
Honeywell awarded four contracts worth US$40m by Borouge
A suite of Honeywell solutions to optimise operations efficiency for a petrochemical plant expansion. [ + ]
Rotork acquires Fairchild Industrial Products Company
Rotork has announced the acquisition of Fairchild Industrial Products Company, a manufacturer of high-precision pneumatic controls and power transmission products based in North Carolina, USA. [ + ]
Honeywell awarded at China Automation Service Products Summit
Honeywell won the Gold Medal in Automation Service Products, Excellence in Lifecycle Service Brands and Excellent Case Study in Automation Services at the 2012 China Automation Service Products Summit. [ + ]
Advantech announces full support for Microsoft Windows 8
Advantech has announced its full support for Microsoft Windows 8. The company has added several powerful functions into this release, including Natural User Interface, cloud connectivity, Windows-to-Go and Secure Boot. [ + ]
International safety experts headline Hazards Asia Pacific 2013
Safety experts from around the world will speak at the Hazards Asia Pacific 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur on 16-18 April, presented by the Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Chemical Industries Council of Malaysia. [ + ]
Rotork acquires Fairchild Industrial Products
Rotork has acquired Fairchild Industrial Products Company, a manufacturer of high-precision pneumatic controls and power transmission products based in North Carolina. [ + ]
GHD merger means more power
One of the world’s leading engineering, architecture and environmental consulting companies, GHD, has merged with Hill Michael, an Australian firm specialising in the development and operation of electricity supply systems. [ + ]
Engineering program a FIRST for Australia
Rockwell Automation has extended its support of the global FIRST program to Australia and New Zealand, opening up new opportunities for school students aspiring to become engineers. [ + ]
NHP and Cortem Group announce distribution agreement
NHP has announced its exclusive distribution agreement with HAE specialists Cortem Group. [ + ]
Automation creating, not stealing, jobs in US
The Association for Advancing Automation has expressed disappointment in 60 Minutes’ portrayal of the automation industry, in a segment entitled ‘March of the Machines’ in the United States. [ + ]
New Managing Director Australia New Zealand for Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation has appointed a new Managing Director Australia New Zealand. David Hegarty was appointed to the position on 5 November 2012 and will maintain his previous role of Regional Sales Director for the region. [ + ]
Security is top priority for oil and gas industry
Escalating demand for oil and gas, the construction of new facilities, and physical and cyber threats to these installations have led to growth in the oil and gas infrastructure security market. [ + ]
Liquid metal marbles: a new platform for nanomaterials
Researchers at RMIT University have created ‘liquid metal marbles’ - droplets of liquid metal coated in nanoparticles - in a world-first breakthrough that advances research into soft electronics and industrial sensing technologies. [ + ]