The Automatic Data Capture Association (ADCA), which are a leading reference source for automatic data capture technology in Australia, has announced that a new automatic data capture technology exhibition will be launched in Melbourne during September.

After successful 2002 seasons in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne, Rockwell Automation Australia's travelling trade show and seminar series, Complete Automation on the Move, is coming to Sydney and Perth in 2003. The two-day free event will be held on May 7-8 at the Sydney Showgrounds at Homebush (Southee Pavilion), and on June 4-5 at the Burswood Convention Centre in Perth.

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced that China's state-owned oil company, CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation), and Shell Petrochemicals Company Ltd, will use its technology, Foundation fieldbus, for automation of a new petrochemical complex. The project will be one of the largest Foundation fieldbus installations in the world, interconnecting more than 12,000 fieldbus devices.

High school graduates may be crossing their fingers over 2003 UAC Engineering placements, but recent survey results indicate industry experience is the number one factor in securing a job.

Outokumpu Technology has begun work on a contract won against worldwide competition for 10 high-rate thickeners for the Rio Tuba laterite nickel and cobalt mineral processing plant in the Philippines.

ABB, the global power and automation technology group, and BASF AG, a world leading chemical company, signed an agreement for the supply of DCS-Systems to BASF facilities worldwide.

Control Equipment Pty Ltd has been appointed as the sole Australian agent for the Riken Keiki brand of gas detection equipment.

Schneider sold its nuclear business, based in Grenoble, France, to Data Systems and Solutions, a joint venture formed in 1999 between Rolls Royce in the UK and Science Applications International Corporation in theUS.

Citect has been awarded a contract worth more than AUD$3 million to upgrade the baggage-handling control system at Sydney airport's international terminal.

Two of the most common challenges facing process manufacturing professionals are keeping up with/applying technology and quantifying returns on capital before investing in it. Innovative, proven technologies like Foundation fieldbus can revolutionise manufacturing economics.

Industrial maintenance practitioners can enhance their predictive maintenance knowledge with a program of vibration analysis training courses being offered by industrial automation group Rockwell Automation Australia.

SSA GT has acquired 100% ownership of Infinium Software, which provides web-integrated enterprise business applications optimised for the IBM eServer iSeries.

Amcor has moved to consolidate its northern hemisphere closures manufacturing operations, by announcing the sale of its 65% stake of Amcor White Cap LLC for AU$66 million.

Sandvik Steel has developed a production method for internally, longitudinally finned, cold finished tubes for use as pyrolysis tubing in the demanding environment of ethylene furnaces.

Recent economic and tragic events have not had a major impact on business and employment in Australia and a forecast of steady growth is expected in the next two years, according to research released by recruitment firm Hamilton James & Bruce.