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Graeme H. Donald, president and chief executive officer of UOP LLC, is the ISA 2002 honorary chairman.
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ISA 2002


What happened at previous shows?
Read-out Reviews.

  • ISA EXPO 2000 in New Orleans.
  • ISA 2001 in Houston.


    Exhibitors
    NEWS - NUACHT
    These are details of stands submitted to us for inclusion here..
    Digital Coriolis from Invensys/Foxboro "Best of Show" -
    The winner of the Best of Show Award in the ISA 2002 New Product Showcase is Digital Coriolis from Invensys/Foxboro. Digital Coriolis competed with 15 products displayed by ISA 2002 exhibitors in the New Product Showcase. "In simple terms, what Digital Coriolis does is extend the applicability of coriolis flow meters," explained Michael Jost, vice president, Foxboro Measurement and Instrumentation Division of Invensys. "It solves problems associated with void fraction and entrained air. For any industry where flow is involved - oil and gas, food processing, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, for example - Digital Coriolis will improve productivity tremendously."
    "This is a revolutionary product, something new in what has been a fairly stagnant industry," said John McKenna, president, Foxboro. "And we are pleased to release Digital Coriolis at ISA 2002."

  • Automation Alliance Group
    There's a New Kind of Company in Industrial Systems Integration! Automation Alliance Group puts the power of peer-based knowledge to work in a multi-skilled geographically distributed solution provider. Automation Alliance Group is not just a new company; it is a completely new kind of company. Formed out of ten independent system integration companies, it is a peer-to-peer melding of ten sets of capabilities, combining the resources of close to 600 automation and systems professionals with the local presence so important in ensuring quality and performance on the jobsite.

  • GE Fanuc Automation and GE General Eastern
    - Survivor Wildcat from Computer Dynamics - a new sunlight-readable computer with HAZLOC approvals designed for use in virtually any environment;
    - CIMPLICITY HMI Plant Edition from GE Fanuc Automation, featuring powerful web capabilities and "VCR" playback; and
    - New humidity, temperature, pressure instrumentation and sensors from GE General Eastern.

  • ITAC Systems
    ITAC Systems makes rugged industrial trackball devices, but they also have an excellent selection of productivity trackballs. ITAC's products are currently being used by some of the largest companies in the industry: Invensys/Foxboro, ABB Bailey Controls, Siemens, Intel and several others. ITAC Systems offers a range of upgrade components that can reduce the risks and costs of down-time in your reader's computer systems, whether in the "rough and tumble" of the factory floor or the "soft and silky" of the executive suite. Their advanced ergonomic trackballs allow universal, instant connectivity to PCs through a variety of connectors.

    Mark 21-24 October on your calendar!
    That's when ISA 2002, the #1 instrumentation, systems and automation conference and exhibition, returns to Chicago.
    Past attendees, know the value of attending the largest and most comprehensive event dedicated to instrumentation, systems and automation. Nowhere else will they find the array of products, technologies and services presented by so many of the industry's leading solution providers. Take advantage of two preeminent technical conferences - one focused on applications of existing technologies and another addressing emerging technologies and their impact. Explore the newest sensor and motion control technologies at two dedicated pavilions, and see firsthand the latest product offerings at the New Product Showcase.
    Don't miss these additions to ISA 2002:
    - 8th International Temperature Symposium - cosponsored by ISA and NIST
    - InTech's Tech Update Live
    - Daily Keynote Presentations For more information on ISA 2002, go to http://www.isa.org/isa2002

  • If you wish to be featured send us details of your exhibit. This Form in Word may help in compiling this information.

    KepWare
    Digi International and Kepware Technologies announced a ground-breaking partnership to develop an embedded OPC (OLE for Process Control) server. Since March, the two companies have developed this technology and performrd OPC Server demos at the show. Digi and Kepware's embedded OPC DX server provided interoperable data exchange and server-to-server communications across Ethernet networks.

    ASCO
    ASCO's Next Generation marks an industry-first by delivering a 2 watt DC solenoid valve that provides the same performance as a 17 watt AC solenoid valve. That, combined with its advanced electronics and other features, will establish Next Generation as the most efficient solenoid valve available in today's market.

    Just confirmed...top executives to participate in Dick's Last Retort! - * John M. Berra, executive vice president, Emerson Process
    * Steve Eisenbrown, sr. vice president, Rockwell Automation
    * Sasan Goodarzi, president, IMAPS (Invensys Manufacturing and Process Systems)
    * Dennis E. Wisnosky, founder & CEO, Wizdom Systems, Inc
    * Shuzo Kiahori, President and CEO, Yokogawa Corporation of America
    Don't miss these industry leaders along with Ken Crater,Jim Pinto and Dave Smith in what promises to be one of the most dynamic exchanges of ideas. Plan now to hear this diverse group of insiders examine the latest developments in our corporate community at ISA 2002 in Chicago on Wednesday, 23 October at 11:45 a.m.
    The "Dick" in question is none other than Dick Morley (Pictured), the intrepid Father of the PLC and philosopher extraordinaire of the automation industry.

    Biosphere 2's Chief of Staff to Open Fourth Day of Annual Event Chris Bannon, chief of staff and vice president of operations and facilities at Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center, will deliver the ISA 2002 keynote address on Thursday, 24 October at 8:15 a.m.
    Bannon's address, "Nuts, Bolts and Biosphere 2," focuses on the remarkable history and exciting future of the world's largest environmental laboratory. Conceived in the early 80s as the first large scale, man-made, self contained and self-sustaining closed ecosystem, the 250-acre campus is now a premiere research and education facility for study of earth systems.
    Originally intended to study how complex natural systems interact, the laboratory concentrated in the late 80s on developing the technology necessary to colonize other planets. So began one of the most ambitious, visionary, and certainly controversial, projects of the 20th century. In 1996 the $150 million living laboratory and associated campus came under the management of New York's Columbia University. With a new name, Biosphere 2 Center (B2C), Columbia refocused the mission from planetary abandonment to planetary stewardship


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