SignalFire Wireless Telemetry expanded its customer reach and support throughout Canada by adding 2 new channel partners to represent its wireless telemetry solutions. These automation and instrumentation solution providers will increase responsiveness to channel end users by offering local application engineering and product availability.
Sandvik will be providing a complete automation solution that will increase efficiencies during production operations. Its experience, leading-edge technology and proven track record having supplied underground mining projects throughout the world will further enhance the execution of the Horne 5 Project.
Siemens is responding to the rapidly accelerating structural changes in the fossil power generation market and the commodity sector. A consolidation plan for the Power and Gas Division (PG), the Power Generation Services Division (PS) and the Process Industries and Drives Division (PD) aims to increase capacity utilization at production facilities, drive efficiency and enhance expertise by bundling resources.
British Columbia and Yukon Territory have embarked upon a new classification system for water systems that promises to strengthen the oversight of operational responsibilities, recruitment, training, and the development of System Risk Management Plans.
Hardwired or add-on safeguards can lead to longer machine design times and lower operational productivity. To address these challenges, Rockwell Automation has enhanced its machine safety portfolio to include a full range of input, logic and output devices designed to help companies more easily make safety a core function of smart machines.
Rockwell Automation Inc.has confirmed that it has received a revised unsolicited proposal from Emerson to acquire Rockwell Automation.
Emerson is expanding its alliance agreement with Informetric Systems, a leading developer of data collection and reporting applications, to help life sciences companies deliver more than 50 percent reduction in batch reporting time while getting rid of bottlenecks in batch release processes. Emerson’s Syncade manufacturing execution system (MES) is integrating Informetric’s InfoBatch— flexible electronic batch reporting technology — to improve operational efficiency and eliminate reporting roadblocks in the batch release process.
Delta Controls launches support page for CP2000 variable frequency drives and bypass packages. It’s now even easier to get all the support you need for these versatile drives.
“During the third quarter we continued to demonstrate the “next tier” of drilling efficiency improvement with Process Automation Control (PAC) and other technology initiatives we are implementing in our beta testing program. Precision has drilled approximately 70 wells utilizing PAC technology, which is currently installed on 20 Super Triple rigs, and the results continue to show improved efficiency, consistency and repeatability, exactly what our customers desire.” said President Kevin Neveu
Yokogawa Corporation of America has appointed MicroWatt to represent Yokogawa field instrumentation, data acquisition and control, and analytical products exclusively in northwest Alberta and northeast British Columbia.
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced the fourth edition release of The Condensed Handbook of Measurement and Control by Nabil (Bill) E. Battikha, PE.
The International Society of Automation (ISA) has created a named scholarship fund in honor of Dick Morley, a longtime ISA supporter, founder of Modicon (now part of Schneider Electric) and the initial designer of the first Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)-a primary component in modern-day automation. Morley, 84, passed away on 17 October.
Last week, Innovative Automation, the enterprise Stephen Loftus co-founded in 1989 broke ground in preparation for a new 62,500-square-foot facility on Welham Road in Barrie, Ontario. When the state-of-the-art plant is operational in late 2017, it will consolidate Innovative Automation’s two current facilities on Saunders Road.
Oil and gas producers have been feeling the pressure in this down market to get the most from their existing assets and wellheads, as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
WAGO has named John Bukowski as its new Distribution Channel Manager of North America.
Intelligent Packaging by Stora Enso utilizes Microsoft Azure, the leading cloud platform for business digitalization. The global and scalable cloud platform from Microsoft enables reliable and secure data collection and analytics for clients investing in innovative intelligent packaging solutions.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
