Industry News
ADCA Expo
The Automatic Data Capture Association (ADCA), which are a leading reference source for automatic data capture technology in Australia, has announced that a new automatic data capture technology exhibition will be launched in Melbourne during September.
[ + ]Automation show for Sydney and Perth
After successful 2002 seasons in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne, Rockwell Automation Australia's travelling trade show and seminar series, Complete Automation on the Move, is coming to Sydney and Perth in 2003. The two-day free event will be held on May 7-8 at the Sydney Showgrounds at Homebush (Southee Pavilion), and on June 4-5 at the Burswood Convention Centre in Perth.
[ + ]Chinese joint venture
The Fieldbus Foundation has announced that China's state-owned oil company, CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation), and Shell Petrochemicals Company Ltd, will use its technology, Foundation fieldbus, for automation of a new petrochemical complex. The project will be one of the largest Foundation fieldbus installations in the world, interconnecting more than 12,000 fieldbus devices.
[ + ]Experience key to finding an engineering job
High school graduates may be crossing their fingers over 2003 UAC Engineering placements, but recent survey results indicate industry experience is the number one factor in securing a job.
[ + ]Filipino thickener contract
Outokumpu Technology has begun work on a contract won against worldwide competition for 10 high-rate thickeners for the Rio Tuba laterite nickel and cobalt mineral processing plant in the Philippines.
[ + ]BASF and ABB sign global partnership
ABB, the global power and automation technology group, and BASF AG, a world leading chemical company, signed an agreement for the supply of DCS-Systems to BASF facilities worldwide.
[ + ]New distributor for Riken Keiki
Control Equipment Pty Ltd has been appointed as the sole Australian agent for the Riken Keiki brand of gas detection equipment.
[ + ]Schneider Electric sells its nuclear business
Schneider sold its nuclear business, based in Grenoble, France, to Data Systems and Solutions, a joint venture formed in 1999 between Rolls Royce in the UK and Science Applications International Corporation in theUS.
[ + ]Airport contract for Citect
Citect has been awarded a contract worth more than AUD$3 million to upgrade the baggage-handling control system at Sydney airport's international terminal.
[ + ]Emerson launches online PlantWeb University
Two of the most common challenges facing process manufacturing professionals are keeping up with/applying technology and quantifying returns on capital before investing in it. Innovative, proven technologies like Foundation fieldbus can revolutionise manufacturing economics.
[ + ]Vibration analysis training
Industrial maintenance practitioners can enhance their predictive maintenance knowledge with a program of vibration analysis training courses being offered by industrial automation group Rockwell Automation Australia.
[ + ]Amcor sells its US stake
Amcor has moved to consolidate its northern hemisphere closures manufacturing operations, by announcing the sale of its 65% stake of Amcor White Cap LLC for AU$66 million.
[ + ]Sony to build LCD plant in China
Japan's electronics maker Sony will invest AU$148 million in the construction of a liquid crystal display (LCD) plant in China, allowing the company to produce LCDs in China for the first time. The plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, will produce high-temperature polysilicon LCDs for digital, still and video cameras and was expected to start operating by the end of March 2004.
[ + ]Galvanizing industry awards
Three of Australia's leading galvanizing contractors have been recognised in the annual Sorel Awards sponsored by Pasminco Metals.
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