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AkzoNobel warms to wireless
Added: 31 May 2011
Ghlin, Belgium – Paints and coatings major AkzoNobel has adopted wireless technology at its Ghlin s…

ABB to automate major UK gas storage facility
Added: 18 May 2011
Cheshire, UK – ABB is to automate a major gas storage facility being built in Cheshire for Storengy…

Emerson kit for Romania power plant
Added: 16 May 2011
Rovinari, Romania – SC Complexul Energetic Rovinari has selected Emerson Process Management to supp…

BASF FINA roadmaps wireless at petrochemicals site
Added: 16 May 2011
Mountain View, California – BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP has established a wireless application site…

Wireless in at Shell Houdini
Added: 16 May 2011
Technology meets hazardous area requirements at Singapore petrochemicals facility

Steel maker taps Metso for new plant
Added: 13 May 2011
Espoo, Finland – Finnish steel major Outokumpu has awarded Metso Corp an electrification and automa…

Concerns holding UK industry back
Added: 12 May 2011
Steven Hill of steute argues that wireless control technology now offers the reliability that produ…

ABB to profit from commodity price hikes
Added: 28 Apr 2011
Zurich, Switzerland, – ABB has achieved a double-digit rise in orders, revenues and earnings for Q1…

Finnish power company adds Metso energy management system
Added: 28 Apr 2011
London – Metso is to supply an energy management system to Pori Energia in Pori, Finland. It will b…

Ladle radars help Tata Steel to £12m savings
Added: 15 Apr 2011
Scunthorpe, UK – Tata Steel in Scunthorpe is running at full capacity again producing steel slab, b…

Siemens to start remote maintenance services
Added: 15 Apr 2011
Manchester, UK – Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies is adding remote services to its …

ABB to automate Scottish paper mill
Added: 14 Apr 2011
Aberdeen, UK – Arjowiggins Creative Papers has awarded ABB a contract to provide new automation tec…

Australia LNG contract for ABB
Added: 13 Apr 2011
London – ABB has won a $58 million order from QGC Pty Ltd, part of the BG Group, to provide integra…

7 out of 10 relay preference for simpler safety
Added: 11 Apr 2011
London - If you’re one of those engineers who prefers to stick with more basic, tried-and-tested te…

GSK trials wireless at Irish plant
Added: 7 Apr 2011
Cork, Republic of Ireland – GlaxoSmithKline is trialling wireless technology at its pharmaceutical …

GE claims battery-free wireless 'first'
Added: 6 Apr 2011
Minden, Nevada – GE Measurement & Control Solutions claims to have developed the world’s first elec…

Software helps CNPC Jilin Petrochemical to cut energy costs
Added: 4 Apr 2011
Singapore - China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) Jilin Petrochemical Co., northeast China’s larges…

Aberdeen-based EFC wins deals with Transocean, NDC
Added: 4 Apr 2011
Aberdeen, UK – EFC Group has announced a recent contract win with Transocean for its choke & well c…

Stuxnet spurs ISA into action
Added: 29 Mar 2011
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – The ISA (International Society of Automation) has set up a…

Yokogawa joins Profibus group
Added: 23 Mar 2011
Runcorn, UK – Yokogawa Electric Corp. has joined the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation eV (PNO), an inter…