Australia’s largest weighing equipment manufacturer and exporter, A&D Mercury, has become the major shareholder in one of Australia’s leading industrial automation and control companies, TechEng.

Emerson has announced it has acquired TopWorx, a manufacturer of industrial sensors and controls that monitor and manage automated valves and other field devices.

The Highly Commended Award for Australian Industrial Product of the Year has gone to Peacock Bros this year for its innovative indoor vehicle and product tracking solution.

Information and research on water recycling available in Australia will be boosted with the establishment of an Australian division of the influential US WateReuse Association.

Crescent Gold shares have sunk to a 12-month low, after the gold producer suspended its Laverton operation in Western Australia following problems with the processing plant.

Emerson Process Management has opened a process instrumentation technical centre in Bao’an China, creating a fully integrated process control instrumentation facility to meet increasing demand for automation technology.

GroundProbe and Geoforce have announced the signing of an agreement for GroundProbe to purchase the shares of Geoforce and merge the two companies.

AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has been named one of the first four companies to join Beamex’s recently announced Premium Partner Program.

Following on from the acquisition of Controlsoft by Zi-Argus in May 2007, Controlsoft will change its name to Zi-Argus effective 1 July 2008.

Advantech, a global provider of Industrial PC and eAutomation solutions, has been elevated from current Associate to Premier level in the Intel Embedded & Communications Alliance.

Hawk, a global provider of level, positioning and flow measurement technology, has announced a joint venture with MS Instrumentos in Brazil.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has appointed Dave Booysen, a process control expert with more than 20 years' experience in the field, to expand its WA operations.

The PROFIBUS User Organization (PNO) has announced it is drawing up a first draft of a uniform solution for device integration that is fully compatible with both EDDL and FDT technologies.

Industrial motors and drives manufacturer, Bonfiglioli, has opened a new office and warehouse in Perth.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has announced that it has completed the acquisition of assets of the MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) product lines, including the MTL8000 general purpose I/O, intrinsically safe I/O, SafetyNet system and process control technologies.