Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has acquired Arrow Hose & Tubing Inc.

Rockwell Automation has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Pavilion Technologies, a privately held company involved in advanced process control, production optimisation and environmental compliance solutions for process and hybrid industries.

PetroChina became the world’s first company worth more than US$1 trillion on Tuesday, shooting past Exxon Mobil as the Chinese oil producer’s shares nearly tripled in their first day of trading in China.

Adept Electronic Solutions is opening an office in Melbourne and is celebrating with a Machine Vision Open Day on 22 November.

ABB Australia has announced Jarred Spriggs from Deakin University is the overall winner of the National Robotics Innovation competition for university students, launched earlier this year.

The maxon motor Group has announced plans to strengthen its worldwide network in the market for high-precision drives and systems, with the establishment of a new subsidiary - maxon motor Australia - on 1 November.

Finding the right product or service from a local manufacturer will be much easier for New Zealanders from now on, thanks to MarketplaceNZ.com, which provides Kiwi manufacturers with a virtual storefront to showcase their business.

Australia’s Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) have joined forces on research and training for contamination risk assessment and clean-up.

Safety-rated process instrumentation is becoming one of the fastest growing segments of the automation industry, according to a report recently published by American engineering consulting firm Exida.

Carbon emissions can be cut by 90% with new technology incorporated into a $1 billion power station in WA’s Mid West region.

Safety-rated process instrumentation is becoming one of the fastest growing segments of the automation industry, according to a report recently published by American engineering consulting firm Exida.

Unison has shipped an all-electric tube-bending machine to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems’ rotorcraft manufacturing facility in Philadelphia.

A decline in carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions absorbed by land and oceans is speeding up the growth of atmospheric CO₂, according to a paper published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Austrade, the Australian government’s export development agency, is continuing to boost the reputation of Australia’s food and beverage industry in China by organising Australian exhibitions at Food Hospitality China 2007 (FHC).

Biotech firm CSL has just made it into the world’s top 500 spenders on R&D.