Data acquisition system with USB 2.0 connectivity - The new DAQ interfacing unit brings the convenience of USB 2.0 connectivity to the widely used Kistler DynoWare data acquisition system.

21 Years old and still going strong - Foremost Electronics started 21 years ago to provide design engineers in Britain with a reliable source of technologically advanced Emech components and offer a “service with a difference”.

Pressure transmitter uses different sensors - Baumer’s industrial pressure transmitter PBMN achieves maximum precision in measuring both low and high pressures by using different sensors.

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Static earthing protection for road tankers -

DIN rail amplifiers - RDP Electronics low profile DR7AC DIN rail mounted amplifiers are designed to provide excitation and signal amplification for LVDTs and a wide range of other inductive transducers.

DO2 in Thames wastewatwer - Analytical Technology has been awarded a new three-year framework agreement by Thames Water, seeing off eight competitors during the bid process.

In-air motion control by iPhone - Movea has announced its Air Mouse application for the iPhone4 is now available in the App Store. The new Air Mouse app empowers iPhone4 users to transform their phone into an in-air motion controller for home media and presentation uses.

New distribution deals to help manage Italian water - Intellect Water has announced two new distribution partnerships with Italian companies for the highly innovative Intellisonde™ in-pipe water quality monitors.

Ultra low-noise remote charge converter - Meggitt Sensing Systems has announced the re-launch of Endevco® model 2771C-XX, an ultra-low noise remote charge converter (RCC), designed to facilitate even more precise measurements from piezoelectric transducers within mechanical system health monitoring, nuclear power plant/regenerative energy and environmental testing applications.

New open-platform HMIs Offer SCADA versatility, web-based features, and UL certification - Maple Systems has released two new UL-listed Touchscreen Open HMIs -- 7 and 10 inch high-resolution widescreens that run a pre-installed version of Windows CE. These units fit the bill when you need more capability and versatility than a standard HMI, but don't need or have the budget for a full-scale industrial panel PC.

North American sales director
Ashling Microsystems has appointed Mr. Atul Kapur as its North American Sales Director based at the company’s offices in Chantilly (VA US)

New HMI-concept provides realistic user interfaces - iX, from Beijer Electronics Products AB, lifts the concept of a HMI solution from merely being a functional add-on, to becoming an integral part of a user experience by adding the right look and feel with advanced 3D-style graphics, icon based navigation and controls.

Control excellence for nuclear industry - Invensys Operations Management is extending the availability and support of its long-proven Foxboro® SPEC200N analog control system. To prolong the product's lifecycle, Invensys has signed a multi-year agreement with Scientech, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company.

New CEO for Indian leading technology design and systems engineering company - Mistral Solutions has announced the appointment of Sanjay Virnave as its Chief Executive Officer.

#SPS Siemens at the show - During SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg (D) many press releases were issued by many companies. Sometimes there was more than one and we have listed those issued by Siemens Industry Automation Division here.

#SPS Cables for automation applications - Nexans is showing the latest advances in its MOTIONLINE range of cable solutions developed specifically to deliver high-performance and total reliability in a wide variety of control chain, bus, sensor and robotic automation applications. I

New thermal imaging cameras - Testo has launched two new models to add to its range of thermal imagers, the Testo 876 (first in a camcorder design) and Testo 882.

Automation event for Cairo - Automation Technology Egypt 2011, the 5th International Industrial Control and Automation Technology Exhibition and Conference is scheduled from 7-9 May 2011.

New business manager for renewable energy - Siemens Ireland has appointed Mr. Kevin Moloney as business manager for renewable energy for Siemens' Energy Sector.

Linear units - According to Rose+Krieger the new generation of RK DuoLine linear units, which are supplied with a spindle or timing belt will bring greater flexibility to automation.

NDT resources added - As part of its broad range of advanced metallurgical solutions, Keighley Laboratories offers a specialised NDT service for clients in the aerospace, automotive, petrochemical, nuclear, defence, mechanical engineering, construction, civil engineering and allied industries, covering both laboratory and site inspection.

New software engineering framework - The Siemens Industry Automation Division has introduced the industry's first automation software with One Engineering Environment and One Software Project for all automation tasks called the Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal).

Fieldbus protocols expanded - The VPG Process Weighing division of the Vishay Precision Group has expanded the fieldbus protocols of its BLH-Nobel Weighing Systems G4 family of multichannel weight/force indicators to include the EtherNet/IP open communications protocol.

Field Instruments - Control Magazine presented its readers with five different field instrument questions, and in this video Walt Boyes summarises the findings.

Distance and angle measurement in mobile machinery applications - A new resource brochure that provides a summary of linear and angular feedback measurement for mobile construction machinery, agricultural equipment, and other harsh environment applications is available from Variohm EuroSensor.

Sustainable electronics - On the occasion of the first "Electronics Day" held during the Sustainability Summit Sessions, 2010, On Publishing S.A. announced the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing (SEM) Working Group, a global think-tank involving all segments of the electronics industry, to promote a paradigm shift in supporting a legacy of environmental stewardship.

#SPS Connecting networks - At the SPS/IPC/Drives fair in Nuremberg (D), HMS Industrial Networks has released a major enhancement to the X-gateway family, releasing 10 completely new designed CANopen master (manager) gateways in small slim-line housing.

Low-voltage switchgear! - Rittal has significantly expanded the flexibility and modularity of Ri4Power. Combining Ri4Power low-voltage switchgear with designs 1 and 2-4 to form a single system technology, Ri4Power Form 1-4, allows switchgear manufacturers to fabricate every known form of internal subdivision from one single set of modules.

Submersible displacement transducers ideal for many monitoring tasks - Monitoring of many large structures may often call for displacement transducers to operate submersed, a need met by RDP Electronics ACW and DCW ranges.

Report on OpsManage EURA 2010 which took place in Paris, France in November 2010.

Single- and 3-Phase Non-invasive AC Current Probes - GMC-I PROSyS enables a new level of accuracy and ease-of-use with the introduction of its PRO-flex ACP 3000 series of flexible AC current probes.

Control Solution for power, water, and oil & gas customers - GE Intelligent Platforms announced last week the release of Proficy® Process System 2.0, a highly flexible process control platform ideally suited for Power, Water, and Oil & Gas applications that will help lower customers' total cost of ownership by reducing the costs associated with designing, commissioning, operating, and maintaining their process operations and providing them with a sustainable competitive advantage for their business.

Water certificate - YSI Inc. tells us that following extensive trials conducted by the Environment Agency of England and Wales (EA), the company's Professional Series portable water quality monitors were awarded an MCERTS certificate at WWEM 2010.

Leader under forty recognised - Control Station has announced that Dr. Robert C. Rice has been recognized in Control Engineering's "Leaders Under 40" awards.

Design user-configurable FPGA-based I/O - National Instruments has introduced four new adapter modules for its NI FlexRIO product family, which provides FPGA-based reconfigurable I/O (RIO) for PXI systems, using the LabVIEW FPGA Module software.

Safeguards server rooms and basements from floods - Deeter Electronics have a new Leak Detector intended for raising the alarm in the event of a water leak in data-centres, server rooms and building basements.

Bench top instruments range broadned - The new FCA3100 from Tektronix available from RS for next day delivery RS Components is adding newly released bench top instruments from Tektronix to its Test & Measurement portfolio.

Glass touch screen is IP65 protected - The powerful, all-in-one ETV control panel series from SIGMATEK was expanded by two new panels ETV 0552 with a Glass Touch Screen and IP65 Protected - Small but Powerful: Control Panels with EDGE Technology in 5.7" Format

NDT specialist is sales manager - Leading instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology is delighted to announce the appointment of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) specialist Peter Myatt as its new Sales Manager.

Special interest group for robots - CAN in Automation (CiA) has established the CANopen SIG (Special Interest Group) for service robots. Several Japanese research institutes and companies have participated in the inaugural meeting, which took place in Tokyo.

Precise force measurement - With the high-precision load cells of the DLRx series, Baumer offers sensors with passive temperature compensation for direct force measurement which boast a very low temperature effect of only < 0.005 %/K. Their high precision and positioning accuracy is supported by their very small amount of distortion.

Tools improve engineering efficiency and process analysis! - GE Intelligent Platforms has released Proficy® Machine Edition 6.5, a universal development environment for HMI, motion, and control applications that all share a single workspace and tool set.

Partners for connectivity - MatrikonOPC™ is partnering with InduSoft Inc. to include MatrikonOPC's full range of OPC Servers into the industrial software developer's InduSoft Web Studio (IWS) v7.0 platform.

Scanning the skys! - Aerotech's engineered motion sub-system is selected for ultra-precision plate scanner at the Royal Observatory of Belgium

Cleanroom & contamination control show makes up foursome - 3C 2011 - show for Britain & Ireland showcasing everything that's new in contamination control & cleanroom technology.

Monitoring wind power - Iberdrola Renewables, the second-largest energy provider in North America has chosen PC VUE SCADA system to monitor it's US wind farms, producing 3,600 megawatts of wind power over 35 independent power plants.

Visualiation and programming projects - The ISaVIEW plug-in from IsaGRAF, provides ISaGRAF 6 workbench users with a simple yet powerful integrated HMI. The ISaVIEW Pages are mapped to the automation project structure.

#SPS IO starter kit at SPS/IPC/Drives - Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe has launched an IO-Link starter kit, which is designed to provide developers of automation solutions with a quick and easy introduction to all aspects of IO-Link as well as support IO-Link communication in both master and slave mode.

Subracks allows myriad options - Rittal's wide range of subracks, all branded under the Ripac banner, provide users with multiple options for housing several printed circuit boards or plug-in modules in a 19" rack environment.

FDT from the Far East to the Mid West -

Mobile radio control - Siemens is expanding its TeleService (remote maintenance/diagnostics) and Telecontrol ranges with three new products for remote access by mobile radio.

Focus to diversify theme of British automation event - "Mtec 2011 is your opportunity to stand out among key decision-makers from as diverse industries as the aerospace, defence, medical, automotive and green energy sectors." Scheduled fopr April 2011 in Birmingham (GB).

Rugged components expand the field of application for RFID technology - Siemens Industry Automation Division is strengthening its RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) product portfolio in the UHF (Ultra High Frequency) frequency range. The newly introduced products include antennas, a mobile reader, and extremely heat-resistant, compact data carriers in the Smart Label format.

High efficiency UPS solution - To ensure the continuity of IT services and reduce risk of downtime caused by power outages, AEG Power Solutions has announced PROTECT Blue, its next-generation 3-phase UPS family

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Wake up video surveilence in remote areas - Video system for pipelines, well sites, pumping stations and other remote applications hibernates until it's needed, then wakes up instantly to record video.

No-nonsence manufacturing exhibition for Britain - Based in the heart of British manufacturing, Midlands Design and Manufacturing, taking placefor the first time on 6-7 April 2011 in Birmingham's NEC. Midlands Design and Manufacturing sets out to provide you a specialist no-nonsense event for lead generation with the next generation of British Manufacturing Industry.

Significant changes for Automation press in Britain -

T & M forum instituted - Applications forum to encourage idea exchange, discussions among users of advanced electrical test instruments and systems from DC to RF.

Slip sliding away - Festo's new EGSL electric precision mini-slide is ideal for applications demanding short and precise moves, and has a repetition accuracy of +/-15 microns. Festo has launched two new series of mechanically compatible precision mini-slides - one pneumatic, the other electric - enabling OEMs and machine builders to mix and match different drive technologies with impunity.

Protect equipment and personnel - IMI Sensors has breakaway safety cables designed to protect technicians and their equipment from being pulled into rotating machinery during route-based vibration monitoring.

Fieldbus training week! - ProfiBusUK's Competence Centre at MMU will be presenting a Certified ProfiBus Training week from 6 - 10th December.

#SPS Programmable automation controller to launch at exhibition - Aerotech will launch its new MotionPAC Integrated Motion and Machine Controller at this year's SPS/IPC/DRIVES Exhibition in Nuremberg on 23rd - 25th November.

Hybrid circuit protection technology - Tyco Electronics has introduced a Metal Hybrid PPTC (MHP) technology useful for high-rate-discharge battery applications at ratings above 30VDC/30A such as cordless power tools, e-bikes and back-up power supplies.

Connectivity for distributed inverters - NORD Drivesystems provides a technology box for integrating motor-mounted SK 200E inverters into EtherCAT networks and the Beckhoff control technology environment.

Smart energy harvesting at Electronica 2010 - Linear Technology and Energy Micro have combined their expertise in energy harvesting power supplies and ultralow power 32-bit microcontrollers to produce a ground-breaking demonstration at Electronica 2010, showcasing the opportunities for smart energy harvesting applications.

European agreement completes global representation deal - RS Components has further strengthened its relationship with Vishay following the completion of a European distribution agreement. The new agreement means that RS now formally represents Vishay around the globe through three regional agreements.

Another busy week in Florida! -

SALES ENGINEER - IRELAND - ABB Process Automation division is seeking to maintain and grow the sale of its complete measurement products in Ireland, both directly and through selected channel partners. They are seeking a results orientated sales engineer to maximise sales, provide front line application support and identify and implement new channels to market.

New modules connect optical and electrical Profibus networks - The Siemens Industry Automation Division has developed new optical link modules (OLM) for Profibus networks.

Level & flow in Russia - Magnetrol has opened a new Representative Office in St Petersburg to support its Distributors in the CIS.

pace-saving PCB connectors are rugged and flexible - Harting's new har-flex connector series is a space-saving, rugged and flexible PCB connector for the widest range of board-to-board and board-to-cable applications.

Submersible displacement transducers ideal for many monitoring tasks - Monitoring of many large structures may often call for displacement transducers to operate submersed, a need met by RDP Electronics ACW and DCW ranges.

Software monitors topology, availability and performance of industrial Ethernet networks - The Siemens Industry Automation Division has developed new network management software that continuously monitors and visualizes the topology, availability and performance of industrial Ethernet networks.

CAN I/O expansion modules - Trio Motion Technology has launched a new range of modular DIN-rail mounted CAN I/O expansion modules that feature switchable TrioCAN I/O and CANopen DS401 protocols to allow use across its Motion Coordinator motion and machine control families as well as providing as a competitively priced decentralised I/O extension system for third party CANopen devices.

Music for musings! - Steve Sargeant, Managing Director of LCM Systems, is giving away a free iTunes vouchers for the most amusing British export story submitted to his new blog A Manufacturers Musings.

IP65 transducer signal amplifiers designed for wet environments - RDP Electronics Ltd's S7 amplifier series is supplied in rugged die-cast aluminium housings with cable glands and seals rated to IP65 meet this environmental protection need and provides effective electrical screening.

Platform lowers risks and enhances disaster recovery! - Invensys Operations Management has introduced AutoSave for System Platform. The Invensys endorsed-partner product unites Invensys' open ArchestrA®reg; technology software platform with advanced MDT AutoSave change-management and version-control software.

Acquisition in India - The Baumer Group, one of the leading global manufacturers of sensors and sensor systems has acquired the majority of Waaree Instruments, one of India's leading suppliers of process control instruments.

Stainless steel tape position sensor - ASM has launched the POSITAPE® family of stainless steel tape position sensors with the WB10ZG series that offers a 6.5 ft. (2000 mm) measurement range in a compact 2 x 2 x 3.3 in. housing.

Accelerometers for implantable medical device applications - Meggitt Sensing Systems has announced the expanded availability of the Endevco® 12M series offering 20 years of proven pedigree for high-reliability acceleration measurements within high-volume, implantable OEM medical device and equipment applications.

Gala dinner at Water & waste event - The organisers of WWEM 2010 have announced that the event's Gala Dinner will be hosted by Malcolm Lythgo, Head of Monitoring, Assessment and Planning at the British Environment Agency.

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Automation congress in Europe - ISA European office and her Technology Partners recently organised a two-day congress on the exhibition floor of the fair Industry and Automation.

Leading worldwide position in DCS - In the newest version of ARC Advisory Group's "Distributed Control Systems Worldwide Outlook," study, ABB retained its leading worldwide market position in this core automation market.

Best in class! - The new AQ6370C from Yokogawa is an optical spectrum analyser offering the world's 'best in class' optical performance combined with excellent functionality and operability for applications including R&D and production testing of optical devices and transmission systems.

Piezoresistive dynamic pressure transducer - Meggitt Sensing Systems has announced the global market introduction of the Endevco(R)reg; model 8510C, a rugged, miniature, high-sensitivity, high resonance gage piezoresistive pressure transducer, ideal for dynamic measurements.

Air pressure regulators with 0.1% accuracy - Marsh Bellofram has recently introduced the Type 10 series, a family of high-precision air pressure regulators offering 0.1% output accuracy with very low sensitivity to supply pressure, ambient temperature changes and flow changes, making them ideal for use in pipe and vessel air pressure monitoring, industrial processes, inspection procedures and control and analysis instrumentation applications.

Best in the world - Quantitech has been awarded 'Best World-wide Distributor 2010' by Gasmet Technologies Oy, the world's leading manufacturer of FTIR gas analysers for monitoring process and stack gas emissions.

Exact Measurement of Compressed Air and Gas Consumption - Only by knowing your exact compressed air and process gas costs will you be able to unearth significant savings potentials. Irrespective of pressure and temperature, the EE771 flow meter from E+E Elektronik measures mass flow or volumetric flow in your supply system with the greatest accuracy.

Award in instrumentation & measurement - The IEEE has named Dr. Reza Zoughi as the recipient of the 2011 IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement.

Refinery software enables process modeling and optimisation - ROMeo software leverages proven reactor modeling technology from Invensys Operations Management has released its SimSci-Esscor(R)reg; ROMeo(R)reg; Refinery software solution, which enables refinery-wide process modeling and optimisation as a component of the InFusion Enterprise Control System (ECS).

Detacheable jaw clamp meter! - Fluke has introduced a detachable jaw true-rms AC/DC Clamp Meter.

Shaker level - 4B Braime have launched a new type of rotary level indicator, the RLI "Shaker".

Smart load sensor! - A smart load sensor developed by Sensor Technology provides all the information needed to optimise efficiency and increase profitability of a wide range of industrial operations.

Reach of cyber security benchmark expands - The Achilles Industrial Cyber Security Certification Program Continues To Expand With New Certifications From Sensus, Invensys Operations Management, Emerson & WindRiver.

Condition monitoring software upgrade - The industry-leading System 1 software suite from GE Bentley Nevada, now has Lubrication Analysis Data Import package

Speedy fibre-optic splice termination - LightCrimp splice technology is a new rapid, easy-to-use technique for splicing optical fibres in communications networks. It comes from the Enterprise Networks business unit of Tyco Electronics which is also known for the Amp NetConnect products.

New combined temperature and pressure sensor is world first - With a front diameter of only 1 mm the new Type 6188A combined temperature and pressure sensor is another milestone in miniaturisation of sensors from Kistler Instruments

Diagnostic technology - Emerson Process Management has expanded its Advanced HART(R)reg;reg;reg; Diagnostics Suite on the Rosemount® 3051S Series of Instrumentation for pressure, flow and level measurement.

Latest Process Automation System announced - PlantPAx System Release 2.0 from Rockwell features high availability, device integration and asset management, design productivity, batch and sequencing control, and operations productivity announced for early 2011 delivery.

Hydrogen monitors in refinery - Quantitech launched a new hydrogen detection technology in Britain towards the end of 2007 and Managing Director Keith Golding is delighted to report, "the technology is proving popular in a wide variety of applications and has recently been chosen by BP for process analysis at its Cherry Point refinery in Washington, USA."

Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry - Thermo Fisher Scientific will play a key role in the organization of the 2012 Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry.

Tension and compression load cell is ideal when space is restricted - Flexibility is the key to the TCA series of tension/compression load cells from LCM Systems. Designed in-house by LCM's talented design team, engineers can specify custom sizes and specifications to meet specific application requirements.

Every Jack will find his Jill -

Multi-axis robot - The MELFA RV-2SDB from Mitsubishi Electric is a compact, high speed, high functionality robot with a 2kg (max. 3kg) load carrying capacity and cycle times as short as 0.6 seconds.

Improved durability for low cost level switches - The LS-3 Series of compact, all plastic liquid level switches, from Gems Sensors & Controls, is ideal for shallow tanks, restricted spaces or for any low-cost, high volume use.

Takeover marked in visit to Ireland - Representatives of both R. Stahl and Clifford & Snell recently visited their Ireland agents Douglas Controls & Automation in Cork, the capital of Ireland's southern province