FDI Specification can help lower total cost of ownership of digital field devices.

KSB Australia has finalised its plan to build a new water and wastewater competence centre and a sales and warehouse complex in Brisbane.

SEW-Eurodrive has opened a new sales and service centre in Perth. The Welshpool premises features on-site assembly, service and training facilities and provides access to the company's range of motor and drive technologies, expertise and spares.

It has been announced that, in 2011, National Manufacturing Week (NMW) and Austech - which combine to form Australia’s only fully integrated annual manufacturing exhibition - will line up alongside the triennial Ausplas international plastics industry exhibition.

Rockwell Automation is supporting the use of its automation software with virtualisation solutions from VMware.

Renewable energy farm planned to be running near Scone by 2013.

‘Faster to Market’ Training Seminars have been expanded to more major cities in 2010.

Longwatch, a supplier of video monitoring hardware and software products, has been named by Wonderware as a Certified Software Partner.

CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.

Hawk has opened a new sales office in New South Wales.

Emona Instruments has been appointed distributor of the CableEye range of PC-based cable test systems.

PIDTutor has released a book covering all aspects of split-range control.

NDC Infrared Engineering Ltd (UK) has announced the appointment of B-R Controls as its new distributor for the 710e range of ethernet-enabled on-line gauges.

The upcoming BIAS 2010, in Milan from 4-7 May 2010, is aimed at encouraging a match between supply and demand, as well as fostering technical and professional training.

Filtration distributor SCS Filtration is celebrating 20 years in business.