Industry News
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.
[ + ]HMI / SCADA software wins Product Innovation Award
InduSoft Web Studio HMI/SCADA software has been awarded the 2007 European Product Innovation Award for emerging products and technologies.
[ + ]NZ building geothermal power
Mighty River Power (MRP) has moved another step closer to the construction of a NZ$450 million (AU$387.58 million) geothermal power station near Taupo, on New Zealand’s North Island.
[ + ]Unifying renewable targets
The federal and state governments have taken another step towards unifying renewable energy objectives, according to Federal Climate Change Minister Penny Wong.
[ + ]NZ report: Petrol from pines could run nation’s car fleet
Radiata pine plantations could be used as a bio-ethanol crop to fuel all vehicles in New Zealand, according to the NZ state-owned forestry researcher, Scion.
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