Helsinki Energia has ordered metsoDNA automation solution for its coal-fired Salmisaari power plant in Finland. The automation system modernisation is a part of the power plant’s project of replacing the outdoor coal yard with the underground storage with four coal silos.

Honeywell Process Solutions has announced that it has been appointed as preferred control systems supplier by Woodside Energy Ltd, one of Australia’s leading resource companies.

The BOC industrial group from Windlesham, near London, is to play a key role in major Chinese industrial gases projects costing a total of more than 100 million US dollars. It is already the country’s leading company in this field.

Parker Instrumentation has been selected to supply components for the refurbishment of the Basra refinery in southern Iraq.

The Australian Marine Complex at Jervoise Bay, 25 km south of Perth, is set to become the largest marine engineering and fabrication complex in Australia following the investment of some $200 million by the state and federal governments.

The recent State Energy Minister meeting in Perth focused attention on the power generation sector as will Power Generation World 2004, which is a key platform and showcase for equipment manufacturers and service providers to the industry.

For the automation sector, the signs are looking good, six months ahead of the first Automatica International Trade Fair for Robotics + Automation to be held at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre — from Tuesday 15 to Friday 18 June 2004.

A team of mechanical engineering students from the University of Newcastle has been awarded a 'highly commended' third place at the Australasian 'Warman Student Design and Build Competition' held at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.

A leading search service for out-of-print, collectable and hard-to-find books has announced the launch of a service tailored to the engineering industry.

Beeline Technologies is the first company to commercialise hands-free steering for tractors and the third generation of this technological revolution, the Beeline Steering Assist Controller, was recently honoured with the prestigious AE50 Award from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Australian companies, institutions and individuals are being invited to express their interest in collaborating with their counterparts across the globe in developing manufacturing processes for the revolutionary 21st century field of nanotechnology.

Forklift technology developer and manufacturer Crown Equipment finished in a high position in this year's prestigious ranking (2002-2003) made by a German awards body, thereby highlighting the amount of design intensity put behind developing these industrial vehicles.

Citect has announced the award of an AU$4 million contract for three major gas projects with Hong Kong-listed company, China Gas Holdings Limited.

Sydney-based Armacel Technology Group has won the 2003 Innovator of Year Award at the North American Association of Independent Corrugated Converters meeting in San Francisco.

SYDNEY, New South Wales, Australia - 12th January 2004 - the continuing climb of the Australian dollar and the subsequent positive impact on the US-Australian exchange rate, has enabled National Instruments Oceania to reduce prices on all product lines by 10-15% in Australia and New Zealand.