Rockwell Automation has been awarded the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Industrial Technologies Award for Asia Pacific PLC Company of the Year.

Train drivers at Rio Tinto's Pilbara operations are expected to walk off the job for 12 hours this Saturday 11 October, as part of a push by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union to get driver compensation for Rio's planned driverless train system.

Citect has celebrated 35 years in the automation industry this September.

The WirelessHART Communication Specification (HART 7.1) has been approved by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a Publicly Available Specification (IEC/PAS 62591Ed. 1), making it the first officially released industrial wireless communication standard.

Australian compressor technology group Champion Compressors has announced the appointment of Ross McNamara as its NSW state manager.

Gold Coast company Knetic Renewables plans to bring a new dimension to the renewable energy sector, converting waste products and the power of ocean waves to electricity.

Two of ABB's IRB 140 robots were part of the laser welding system that manufactured the two accelerator rings of the Large Hadron Collider, located at CERN on the Swiss-French border.

Rockwell Automation has appointed Twain Drewett as managing director for Australia and New Zealand.

Citect celebrated 35 years in the real-time intelligence and industrial automation industry, and the 21st birthday of CitectSCADA at its sixth annual Citect Connects Oceania User Conference.

Rio Tinto has formed separate alliances with Atlas Copco and General Electric (GE) to develop autonomous drilling and energy-efficient mining solutions.

Employment prospects for jobseekers in the manufacturing sector have fallen considerably as employers cease hiring for the second half of 2008, according to the recently released Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

The costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions are less daunting when the alternatives are considered, according to the Garnaut Climate Change Review.

Rockwell Automation recently held the 9th annual RSTechED event, providing attendees with a valuable educational forum and business networking opportunity.

At the Drill 2008 conference in New Zealand, compressor technology group Sullair Australia explored the crucial role of compressed-air solutions in keeping Australian and New Zealand drillers online.

Australian compressed air specialist Champion Compressors has recently chalked up five years without a ‘lost-time injury’ in any of its workplaces.