Industrial automation leader Rockwell Automation will be showcasing its scalable solutions for the packaging industry at Auspack 2009, to be held in Sydney 16 to 19 June.

Edwin Wakefield, a 70-year-old South African engineer, has just successfully completed a three-month, part-time course in PLCs and SCADA Systems, offered by IDC Technologies.

Champion Compressors has launched an air-compressor service division in Mudgee, central New South Wales.

Yokogawa's Stardom and Centum VP control systems, and ABB's System 800xA extended automation system, are the first host systems to pass the Fieldbus Foundation's Host Profile Registration Process.

Industrial automation and control manufacturer Yokogawa has established a presence in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Vision and robotic products manufacturer ControlVision has signed an agreement to distribute the LMI Technologies maestro and FireSync products throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Invensys Process Systems has received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan South East Asia Industrial Technologies Award for 'Customer Service Leadership for Safety Systems' at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Modern manufacturing methods are stunningly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, consuming from 1000 to 1,000,000 more energy than traditional industries according to a MIT study.

Honeywell has launched www.TheOptimizedPlant.com, a website that delivers ideas, information and tools to help manufacturers maximise plant performance and get the most out of existing assets.

SeaGen, a commercial tidal current turbine in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, runs with bearings from NKE Austria.

The ASCC has released a report that shows work-related injuries and illnesses cost Australians $57.5bn in the 2005–2006 financial year, amounting for 5.9% of Australia's GDP in that period.

Researchers are using the motion-sensing hairs on a blind cavefish as a blueprint for advanced flow sensors.

The world's smallest machined part will be on display at Austech 2009, along with a range of new products and technologies showcased for the Australian manufacturing industry.

Macnaught Australia, a lubrication equipment manufacturer, has just invested more than $1.2 million on advanced technology CNC machining centres at its Sydney manufacturing complex.

Australian OHS pioneer Dr Eric Wigglesworth died on the weekend, days short of presenting a paper to the Safety In Action Conference calling for systemic change to the research into workplace health.