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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…

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 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 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 …

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 solved at last
Added: 14 May 2012
London – A process that has reportedly defied automation for decades has been resolved by systems i…

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 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…