Academic Ranking

5 Canadian Universities Make top 100 list for Automation and Control on the Academic Ranking of World Universities

 

In an increasingly automated world the importance of advanced training for the next generation is ever prevalent. Universities are focusing more time and funds into their Electrical Engineering Departments and more classes focused on advanced technologies for Control and Automation.

 

 

ABB

ABB and HPE Bring Intelligence to Industrial Plants

 

ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have announced a strategic global partnership that combines ABB’s industry-leading digital offerings, ABB AbilityTM, with HPE’s innovative hybrid information technology (IT) solutions. The partnership will provide customers with solutions that generate actionable insights from vast amounts of industrial data to increase the efficiency and flexibility of their operations and create competitive advantage.

 

 

SignalFire

SignalFire Announces Product Partnerships in Eastern and Western Canada

 

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.

 

 

Siemens

Siemens Cutting about 6,900 Jobs Worldwide

 

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.

 

 

Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation’s Enhanced Machine Safety Portfolio Improves Productivity

 

 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.

 

 

Emerson

Emerson and Informetric Integrate Batch Reporting Technology

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.

 

 

Precision Drilling

Precision Drilling’s Positive Third Quarter Results Driven by High Efficiency Rig Systems

“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