Yokogawa's Stardom and Centum VP control systems, and ABB's System 800xA extended automation system, are the first host systems to pass the Fieldbus Foundation's Host Profile Registration Process.

Champion Compressors has launched an air-compressor service division in Mudgee, central New South Wales.

Industrial automation and control manufacturer Yokogawa has established a presence in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Vision and robotic products manufacturer ControlVision has signed an agreement to distribute the LMI Technologies maestro and FireSync products throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Invensys Process Systems has received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan South East Asia Industrial Technologies Award for 'Customer Service Leadership for Safety Systems' at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Modern manufacturing methods are stunningly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, consuming from 1000 to 1,000,000 more energy than traditional industries according to a MIT study.

The ASCC has released a report that shows work-related injuries and illnesses cost Australians $57.5bn in the 2005–2006 financial year, amounting for 5.9% of Australia's GDP in that period.

SeaGen, a commercial tidal current turbine in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, runs with bearings from NKE Austria.

Honeywell has launched www.TheOptimizedPlant.com, a website that delivers ideas, information and tools to help manufacturers maximise plant performance and get the most out of existing assets.

The world's smallest machined part will be on display at Austech 2009, along with a range of new products and technologies showcased for the Australian manufacturing industry.

Researchers are using the motion-sensing hairs on a blind cavefish as a blueprint for advanced flow sensors.

Macnaught Australia, a lubrication equipment manufacturer, has just invested more than $1.2 million on advanced technology CNC machining centres at its Sydney manufacturing complex.

Australian OHS pioneer Dr Eric Wigglesworth died on the weekend, days short of presenting a paper to the Safety In Action Conference calling for systemic change to the research into workplace health.

Profinet is experiencing a rapid increase in the number of installed nodes, recording a 40% growth in the number of instalments during 2008.

Bonfiglioli has commissioned a complete assembly and testing line dedicated to HDP parallel shaft and HDO bevel helical gearboxes.