Uranium One has received construction approval for its Honeymoon mine in southern Australia, which is expected to be up and running by the end of the year.

The fuel tank inerting system uses air separation modules with patented fibres. The air separation modules generate nitrogen-enriched air by removing the oxygen molecules from its air source and distributing the nitrogen to all the aircraft’s fuel tanks, thereby reducing the flammability of fuel vapours in the fuel tank and increasing the aircraft’s safety.

“This agreement is significant as Wellington’s technology will be in products available through an established, global sales organisation,” WDT managing director Ross Green said.

Dalsa has announced that its IPD Vision Appliance products have been approved for participation in the Rockwell Automation Encompass Program.

Endress+Hauser will be holding two Australian Mining Automation Forums late February 2008 in Brisbane and Perth.

The Regional Roadshows tour will be traversing South Australia this year from 31 March to 4 April, displaying the very latest in industrial automation, instrumentation and process technology.

Pacific Hydraulics has acquired the fluid power business of Engineered Products Group (EPG).

Woodside’s Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) project near Karratha, WA, is on schedule to commence production in 2010 after sealing a contract with Honeywell to provide its integrated control system.

Increased regulatory pressure is forcing manufacturers to improve production agility, enhance reporting capabilities and reduce overall costs by investing in manufacturing execution systems, according to a market analysis by Datamonitor.

German-based Hans Turck, a manufacturer of products designed for factory and process automation industries, has founded Turck Australia in Melbourne.

Quintiq, a global provider of advanced planning and scheduling (APS) solutions, has announced the opening of a subsidiary for the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd has been warned that signing the Kyoto protocol won't be enough to tackle global warming in Australia.

A new Australian biofuel company, Jatoil, has closed its $10 million initial public offering oversubscribed.

Pacific Hydraulics has acquired the Fluid Power business of Engineered Products Group (EPG).

The FDT Group has released addendums for Profinet I/O and Modbus to its specification, which is the next step towards the application of the FDT technology in factory automation applications.