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FLIR Borealis camera

Camera replaces 'sniffers' at Borealis polymer plant

Added: 25 May 2012

Stenungsund, Sweden – Borealis is using an optical gas imaging camera to detect potentially dangero…

Subsea7 AI Controlpoint

Subsea 7 enhances incident-response capabilities

Added: 24 May 2012

London – Subsea 7 offers seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and support services to the of…

Valero Corp

Valero to use Invensys HF monitoring technology

Added: 23 May 2012

London – Invensys Operations Management, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Valero En…

Tata scarfer plant

Tata Steel plant knocks £10k off its energy bill

Added: 21 May 2012

Stocksbridge, UK – Tata Steel has reduced energy bills on the finishing process at its steel plant …

B Braun Burkert image

New B. Braun plant to feature advanced process technologies

Added: 17 May 2012

Melsungen, Germany – Pharmaceutical and medicals supplier B. Braun Melsungen AG’s new Euro164-milli…

UK team advances measurement of gas bubbles in pipelines.

Added: 17 May 2012

Southampton, UK – Researchers at the University of Southampton has devised a new method to more acc…

Crumbs problem Mitz

Crumbs problem solved at last

Added: 14 May 2012

London – A process that has reportedly defied automation for decades has been resolved by systems i…

Honeywell enterprise software launch

Honeywell launches enterprise-wide software for process sector

Added: 9 May 2012

Bracknell, UK – Honeywell has launched Intuition Executive software, which comprises enterprise-wid…

Emerson radar level gauge

Emerson in level measurement buy

Added: 9 May 2012

London – Emerson Process Management has acquired ISE Magtech of Pearland, Texas, for an undisclosed…

Metso to automate combined-cycle power plant in Turkey

Added: 8 May 2012

Helsinki – AGE ENERJ? Yat?r?mlar? A?, one of Turkey’s major energy companies has engaged Metso to a…

Yokogawa laser analyser test

Optical analyser supports advanced laser gas detection

Added: 8 May 2012

London – Laser manufacturer nanoplus, based in Gerbrunn, Germany, is using an optical spectrum anal…

GM crops

Keeping track of GM crops

Added: 3 May 2012

New bioluminescent technology can track and monitor GM crops in the food processing chain.

Emerson GF flow metering

Italy machinery maker fills flow metering gap

Added: 20 Apr 2012

Parma, Italy – GF SpA, an Italian manufacturer of filling equipment and quality control systems, ha…

ICL control room for carbon capture plant

Imperial College London opens carbon capture plant

Added: 19 Apr 2012

London – Imperial College London has officially opened a carbon capture pilot plant within the chem…

IEC clears wireless standard for low-power devices

Added: 16 Apr 2012

Oberhaching, Germany – The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has ratified a new stand…

Mobile technology improves process efficiency at ArcelorMittal

Added: 12 Apr 2012

London - ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel maker, has achieved significant efficiency gains …

Fraunhofer: Simulation software for the grids

Simulation software to tackle 'smart-grid' challenges

Added: 12 Apr 2012

Cologne, Germany – The increasing emergence of ‘smart grids’ to permit even more extensive use of p…

Fieldbus Foundation: IEC technical report is "good news" for automation end users

Added: 11 Apr 2012

Austin, Texas — Fieldbus Foundation has welcomed a new International Electrotechnical Commission (I…

German speciality chemicals maker adds mobile SCADA

Added: 5 Apr 2012

London – Speciality chemicals manufacturer Allessa Chemie has implemented a mobile SCADA system at …

Cyber

Byres: "Air gaps won't stop Stuxnet's children"

Added: 15 Mar 2012

Cyber

Edited version of article by Eric Byres of Canadian IT security firm Byres Security:

 

Lantzville, Br…