Industry News
Rockwell wins Cisco IoE Partner of the Year 2013
Rockwell Automation has been announced as Cisco Internet of Everything Partner of the Year at the Cisco Australia and New Zealand Partner Insight Awards. [ + ]
Chemical engineers urged to lead the battle against climate change
Engineers should lead the battle against climate change and the transition to renewable energies, incoming IChemE President Professor Geoff Maitland says. [ + ]
Rotork acquires Korean valve instrumentation company
Rotork has acquired Korean company Young Tech Co (YTC), a move that will expand its range of instrumentation products. [ + ]
SpeedCast to demo ReadyCONNECT TA12 at APPEA exhibition
SpeedCast will host the first demonstration of its ReadyCONNECT TA12 solution at the APPEA Conference and Exhibition in Perth this week. [ + ]
Automation services market benefits from mining boom
The automation services market - including maintenance and repair services - has flourished in the mining boom. In 2013, the market earned revenues of $181.9 million and looks set to reach $279.2 million in 2018, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan. [ + ]
PetroChina to use Honeywell software at a further 17 sites
PetroChina has announced plans to expand its use of Honeywell advanced information management and process modelling software tools to 17 additional refining and petrochemical sites across China. [ + ]
MES market to hit $31m by 2017 in ANZ
The Australian and New Zealand Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) market earned revenues of $22.8 million in 2013 and is set to reach $31.1 million in 2017, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. [ + ]
Triple win for Metso
Metso has been triply honoured for its work in the process control field, receiving Control magazine's Readers' Choice Award, Automation World's First Team Award and a Control Engineering Engineers' Choice honourable mention. [ + ]
Engineering gurus to converge on Melbourne next week
The cream of Australia's automation, control and instrumentation experts will gather in Melbourne next week at ACI Connect. [ + ]
System delivers predictive maintenance without interrupting operations
A new system developed in Germany has the ability to monitor the condition of lubricating oils, hydraulic oils and other fluids in industrial installations without interrupting ongoing operations. [ + ]
Failed mining subsidence remediation lands Orica in court
Orica is in trouble again - this time for allegedly polluting waters in the Sugarloaf State Conservation Area (SCA) after failed attempts to remediate mining subsidence near Newcastle. [ + ]
100K manufacturing jobs at risk if gas prices continue to increase
High gas prices could spell the loss of more than 100,000 Australian jobs, Manufacturing Australia chair Sue Morphet told the ABC's 7.30 program. The manufacturing industry is calling on the federal government to intervene. [ + ]
RoboClam: coming soon to a seafloor near you
The humble Atlantic razor clam (Ensis directus) has inspired the development of a robotic clam that can burrow through undersea soil quickly while using very little energy. [ + ]
Danish robots now available in Australia and New Zealand
Universal Robots' flexible, lightweight robots have been launched in the Australian and New Zealand markets. The simple-to-program robots have been targeted at small and medium-sized customers in the manufacturing, packaging and process industries. [ + ]
2014 UniSim Design Challenge opens
Honeywell's annual UniSim Design Challenge is open for 2014. The Challenge involves a series of process design competitions which recognise young talent from across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). [ + ]
