ABB has announced its Extended Automation System 800xA was recently registered as an initial Foundation fieldbus host system after it passed the Fieldbus Foundation’s rigorous new Host Profile Registration Process.

The Welding Technology Institute of Australia (WTIA) named BOC WTIA Company of the Year 2008.

Fluke Corporation is voluntarily recalling a specific serial number range of Fluke 333, 334, 335, 336 and 337 digital clamp meters manufactured between 3 March 2008 and 27 February 2009.

Siemens has enhanced its channel partner program with the recent appointment of a number of new authorised resellers throughout Australia for industrial products.

Fast Automation’s PLC Cables has been appointed the distributor for the Youkong Electromechanical Co Ltd range of PLC interfacing products.

Control Components has announced that Kayden Instruments Inc of Alberta Canada has appointed Control Components its exclusive Australian distributor for its range of thermal dispersion technology products.

JMP Engineering, a turnkey provider of palletising, packing, stretch-wrapping and conveying systems, has announced the opening of a new office in Brisbane.

The Queensland Department of Mines and Energy says a third-year apprentice has been injured while helping to maintain a mobile crusher at a mine.

Activity in the manufacturing sector declined at its fastest rate in 17 years during April as Australian firms cut stocks in reaction to reduced demand for goods, a survey shows.

CrispTech, an industrial communications solutions provider, will have different contact details and will not be reachable on its old phone number after 1 May 2009.

National Instruments has opened registration for the 2009 NI Technical Symposiums, the company’s free annual professional development series of conferences to be held in Australia and New Zealand in May this year.

DP World Australia (formerly P&O Ports ANZ) has recently paid $80,000 after a damaged valve in a storage container leaked ethyl acrylate at its Coode Island terminal in Melbourne.

Australian compressor technology group Champion Compressors has been named as the exclusive Australian distributor for Bidell Equipment LP (Bidell), a Canadian-based supplier of reciprocating and rotary-screw natural gas compressors.

Industrial automation leader Rockwell Automation will be showcasing its scalable solutions for the packaging industry at Auspack 2009, to be held in Sydney 16 to 19 June.

Edwin Wakefield, a 70-year-old South African engineer, has just successfully completed a three-month, part-time course in PLCs and SCADA Systems, offered by IDC Technologies.