Netherlands-based automation company ATS has announced that it has acquired Integrated Automation Pty Ltd, based in Melbourne, Australia. Integrated Automation specialises in system integration, control, industrial automation and related services for manufacturers. [ + ]

ABB hosted an event at its Malaga factory on 13 October to celebrate the significant milestone of 60 years of transformer manufacturing in Western Australia. [ + ]

Rittal has appointed Michael Mallia as the new managing director for its Australia and New Zealand business.

The director of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Safety Centre (ISC), Trish Kerin, has won the Engineers Australia John A Brodie Medal for her paper featuring a new process safety competency. [ + ]

Chemical engineers from around the world have gathered in Melbourne for the Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2015). [ + ]

Kaeser Compressors is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary in Australia. [ + ]

Siemens has signed a research agreement with Defence Science and Technology Group and QUT to advance the use of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) technologies in Australia. [ + ]

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) is calling on the profession to put forward its nominations for the latest round of medals and prizes. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has been elected to the steering committee of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). [ + ]

ALD Vacuum Technologies is a global supplier of vacuum equipment and systems and offers process services for thermal and thermo-chemical treatment of metals in solid and liquid form. [ + ]

A CSIRO-led innovation that enables fast, automated analysis of rock materials directly from drill sites is to be commercialised, opening the way for millions of dollars' worth of potential cost and time savings. [ + ]

Emerson Process Management has provided automation and engineering services for a Qatargas project that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.6 million tonnes annually. [ + ]

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions has decided Siemens plant engineering and plant management software solution Comos is to be used throughout the company as part of the further integration of its global plant construction business. [ + ]

The University of South Australia claimed victory on Tuesday at the 2015 National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition (NI ARC), defeating 21 university teams from Australia and New Zealand in the live final held at the University of New South Wales. [ + ]

Process control and automation technology will again feature highly when the annual Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference (AOG) is staged in Perth from 24 to 26 February 2016. [ + ]