Metrohm offers BioSystems food and wine analytical solutions
13 April, 2018The full range of BioSystems' FoodQuality and Enology reagents and instruments is now available at Metrohm Australia and Metrohm New Zealand.
Harbour Energy makes $10.4 billion bid for Santos
03 April, 2018Santos is considering the bid, the fourth in a series of offers made by the US company.
NHP to become sole South Pacific distributor for Rockwell
27 March, 2018NHP has been granted sole distributor rights for Rockwell Automation products, systems and solutions in the South Pacific, effective 1 May.
Austrian company acquires Shell's upstream business in NZ
19 March, 2018OMV AG, Vienna, has reported that it has acquired from Royal Dutch Shell PLC the supermajor's upstream assets in New Zealand for US$578 million.
APS Industrial launches in Australia as master distributor for Siemens
09 March, 2018Siemens has announced APS Industrial as a new master distributor of industrial low-voltage electrical and automation products in Australia.
Phoenix rises to make the MacLean connection
02 February, 2018MacLean Electrical (Australia) to partner with Phoenix Contact for WA and Qld.
Emerson in Australia passes pressure management sales and support to partner network
11 December, 2017Effective 1 December 2017, Emerson's Australian Local Business Partner (LBP) network will lead and facilitate all sales and support in Australia for all of Emerson's pressure management products.
AspenTech acquires IIoT cloud and edge connectivity assets of RtTech Software Inc.
11 December, 2017Acquisition strengthens AspenTech's asset optimisation strategy with cloud and edge processing technology for data aggregation.
GE Additive acquires GeonX to strengthen software simulation capabilities
20 November, 2017Headquartered in Belgium, GeonX provides software for engineers developing new products, to simulate additive manufacturing, welding, machining and heat treatment processes in various industries such as aerospace, automotive and energy.
WEARX joins forces with Metso
06 November, 2017WEARX, an Australian privately owned wear solutions provider, and the Metso Corporation finalised an agreement on 1 November that will bring the two companies together.
ABB to acquire GE Industrial Solutions for US$2.6bn
26 September, 2017ABB CEO Ulrich Speisshofer called GE Industrial Solutions an "unloved child", but is confident that with the right attention from ABB it will flourish and reverse its waning market share.
Balluff acquires software and machine vision companies
15 September, 2017Balluff has acquired innovative software services GmbH (iss) and Matrix Vision GmbH to further extend its digital technology capablities.
Merger of Dow and DuPont completed
04 September, 2017Merged company moving forward towards an intended separation into three publicly traded companies in agriculture, materials science and specialty products.
Honeywell completes acquisition of Nextnine
04 August, 2017The addition of Nextnine strengthens Honeywell's industrial cybersecurity capabilities.
Advantech B+B SmartWorx partners with Reekoh on IIoT edge solutions
21 July, 2017Advantech B+B SmartWorx has announced a partnership and signed an MoU with Reekoh to provide complementary market-leading capabilities focused on integration and interoperability for the Internet of Things.
