Industry News
Process manufacturer celebrates 40 years
Moore Industries-International, a leader in the design and manufacture of electronic measurement and interface instruments for the process industries, celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2008.
[ + ]Automatic identification of robot faults
ABB Australia, a leading power and automation technology group, has announced a service concept for its customers’ robots that will identify and predict problems remotely, then automatically dispatch help.
[ + ]GE Fanuc to resell iPower
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has reached an agreement with Catapult Software to globally resell its iPower product as a standard Proficy HMI/SCADA-iFIX option.
[ + ]Work to live, come home to die
Australia’s official workplace death toll — between 200 and 300 per year — could be just the tip of the iceberg, according to the Safety Institute of Australia.
[ + ]Citect appoints global CEO
Citect, a leading international real-time intelligence and industrial automation software company, has appointed Christopher Crowe as chief executive officer.
[ + ]Beamex receives customer service award
Beamex, supplier of calibrators and test instruments, has received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan award for customer service leadership in the European calibration management software market.
[ + ]GE Fanuc acquires MTL product lines
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms and MTL Instruments Group have announced an agreement for GE Fanuc to acquire the assets of the MTL Open Systems Technology (MOST) product lines.
[ + ]NZ manufacturing in decline
New Zealand’s manufacturing sector has declined in overall activity for the first time in over two years, according to the Bank of New Zealand-Business NZ Performance of Manufacturing Index.
[ + ]Endress+Hauser launches online catalogue
Process instrumentation supplier Endress+Hauser has announced the launch of E-direct, a hardcopy and online catalogue offering a selection of instrumentation for all process industries.
[ + ]Carbon to be the biggest global commodity market by 2012
One of the first companies certified as 'greenhouse friendly' has announced that adapting to the emerging carbon-constrained economy will become vital to business success in the face of increasing regulation and consumer pressure.
[ + ]$5b development for North West Shelf Venture
The participants of the North West Shelf Venture project off the coast of Western Australia have approved a $5 billion expansion to extend the life of the gas and oil operation.
[ + ]Schneider and Fuji form joint venture in Japan
Schneider Electric and Fuji Electric have expanded their joint venture program to include operations in Japan and Asia.
[ + ]READY - Schneider and Fuji form Japan joint venture
Schneider Electric and Fuji Electric have expanded their joint venture program to include their holdings in Japan and Asia.
[ + ]Plant conversion extends life of Whyalla steelworks
A $400 million conversion program at OneSteel’s Whyalla steelworks should extend the life of the operations to 2027, South Australian Deputy Premier Kevin Foley says.
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