SAGE Automation has opened its new corporate headquarters and advanced manufacturing facility at the Tonsley Innovation Precinct in Adelaide, a state government initiative that has transformed the former Mitsubishi manufacturing site into a hub that combines advanced manufacturing, research, industry, skills development and the community. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation recently announced its investment in The Hive, a Silicon Valley innovation fund and co-creation studio, to gain access to an ecosystem of innovators and technology start-ups with a focus on applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to industrial automation. [ + ]

Endress+Hauser has acquired Blue Ocean Nova AG, a manufacturer of inline spectrometers for monitoring quality-relevant process parameters. The acquisition was effective 31 October 2017, and details of the transaction were not disclosed. [ + ]

ENGIE has awarded Emerson a contract to replace legacy combustion turbine controls with its Ovation turbine control technology at its DK6 800 MW combined-cycle power plant in Dunkirk, France. [ + ]

Advantech has partnered with Mitsubishi Electric, Omron, NEC, IBM Japan and Oracle Japan to establish the 'Edgecross Consortium' to overcome boundaries between companies and industries in order to realise collaboration between factory automation and IT. [ + ]

Australia is now one of only a handful of countries in the world that can produce its own carbon fibre, thanks to research by CSIRO in conjunction with Deakin University. [ + ]

Revolutionary drone payload from CSIRO Data61 dramatically improves the value of drone-based asset inspection and mapping. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has been included in CDP's Climate A List for the seventh year running. [ + ]

Registrations are now open for the 2018 Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG 2018), Australia's largest oil and gas industry event. [ + ]

WEARX, an Australian privately owned wear solutions provider, and the Metso Corporation finalised an agreement on 1 November that will bring the two companies together. [ + ]

Emerson and exida have announced the release of a tool designed in collaboration to automatically generate SIS configurations. [ + ]

Finnish company Neste Jacobs has launched a new game called NAPCON Games Distiller for operator training in the process industry, which is said to improve training outcomes and speed up the learning process. [ + ]

There is no choice for industrial organisations but to take advantage of cloud computing, according to Vimal Kapur, president of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS). [ + ]

Schaeffler Group has announced its acquisition of autinity GmbH, an IT company that specialises in machine data recording and evaluation. [ + ]

The Australian National University (ANU) has announced the establishment of the nation's first interdisciplinary Cyber Institute, which will combine expertise from across a range of disciplines to conduct leading research that will help shape the nation's future in the increasingly vital fields of cybersecurity and innovation. [ + ]