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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…

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…

Keeping track of GM crops
Added: 3 May 2012
New bioluminescent technology can track and monitor GM crops in the food processing chain.

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…

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 …

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 …

Byres: "Air gaps won't stop Stuxnet's children"
Added: 15 Mar 2012

Edited version of article by Eric Byres of Canadian IT security firm Byres Security:
Lantzville, Br…

Stop-start water cycle blocks technology flow
Added: 8 Mar 2012

London – ?After a slow start to the current Asset Management Plan - AMP5 (2010-15) - suppliers have…

Drax axes 'new biomass' plans
Added: 8 Mar 2012
London – ?Drax Group PLC has scrapped plans to build a dedicated 300MW biomass plant at its 4,000MW…

Contracts & Projects Tracker: February 2012
Added: 5 Mar 2012
Virtalis has designed and installed two virtual reality systems for the new Nuclear AMRC, which was…

Norwegian researchers develop powerful radiation sensor
Added: 2 Mar 2012
Oslo, Norway- Scientists at the Norwegian Micro and Nano Laboratory have created one of the most ad…

Laser beams help detect chemicals over long distances
Added: 28 Feb 2012
Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology have developed a method of detecting chemicals w…

South America contracts for Metso
Added: 22 Feb 2012
Helsinki – Metso is to deliver automation technology to two major infrastructure projects currently…

Retrofit increases valve efficiency at Dutch water treatment plant
Added: 16 Feb 2012
Amsterdam – Waternet has installed Rotork modulating electric valve actuators as part of an efficie…

Emerson selected as MAC for BP project in the Caspian Sea
Added: 14 Feb 2012
London – The BP-operated Azerbaijan International Operating Co. (AIOC) has awarded Emerson Process …