The City of Sydney has signed a $100 million deal to build a tri-generation network that will supply four city precincts with low-carbon electricity, heating and air conditioning. [ + ]

OneSteel is changing its name to Arrium in the hope the new tag better reflects its various mining businesses, but is also retaining the OneSteel brand for the group's traditional steel operations. [ + ]

Sullair Australia will provide clean, dry compressed air for the NMW show to assist other companies to demonstrate their technologies. [ + ]

Pentair, Inc and Tyco International Ltd have announced an agreement to combine Tyco’s Flow Control business with Pentair in a tax-free, all-stock merger. [ + ]

After a quarter of a century in Blackburn, Rockwell Automation has moved its headquarters. The company’s South Pacific headquarters are now based at 841 Mountain Highway in Bayswater. [ + ]

Our engineering skills shortage needs urgent attention, Engineers Australia told the Senate Inquiry into the Shortage of Engineering and Related Employment Skills. [ + ]

John Rice, vice chairman of the world’s largest industrial conglomerate, thinks that the Australian Government is “gutsy” to follow through on its pledge to introduce a carbon tax. [ + ]

National Instruments Oceania has established a partnership with Sydney-based Precision Mechatronics to expand its abilities in advanced manufacturing, mission-critical and large-scale deployments. [ + ]

From 8 to 11 May 2012, innovative companies will be showcasing “more than CNC machining” at Austech 2012 in Sydney. [ + ]

SA is now Australia’s largest producer of wind energy, with more than half the nation’s installed capacity last year. [ + ]

A three-month trial conducted by scientists from Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainability and Innovation (ISI) has demonstrated that waste heat can be harnessed to power wastewater desalination. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation has acquired SoftSwitching Technologies, a leading provider of industrial power quality detection and protection systems. [ + ]

Moore Industries has produced a new video showing how its STA Safety Trip Alarm serves as a logic solver that goes beyond what would be expected from a standard alarm trip. [ + ]

National Instruments has released its 2012 Embedded Systems Outlook report, which shares the company’s conclusions about the direction of the embedded systems market. [ + ]

Honeywell has signed an agreement with Magnetrol International Incorporated, a supplier of level and flow measurement equipment. When announcing the partnership, the companies said that Magnetrol’s expertise in safety and compliance will enhance Honeywell’s existing terminal market product portfolio. [ + ]