Excelsys Technologies has appointed John Stevenson as Vice President, North American Sales!

Four year guarantee for power supplies - Stadium Power is offering industrial users a wide range of high reliability DIN rail power supplies all featuring up to four year warranty.

New Profibus system connections in PCs and PGs - The Siemens's range of Profibus system connections for PCs and PGs (programming devices) has been incresed to include two new PCI cards.

New sensor factory opened! - Sensor technology company Zettlex has celebrated the opening of its new production facility in Newton, Cambridgeshire (GB).

Highly customizable master solution for EtherCAT, CANopen and Powerlink - The IXXAT Econ 100 is a universal ARM-based platform with a Linux operating system that comes as a standard version already with four Ethernet, two CAN and two USB ports.

Peter Lawford is Air Monitor's Sales Manager in Scotland!

Communications co-operation! - It has finally been formally acknowledged. After many years of co-operation Fieldbus Foundation and HART are strongly considering pooling their resources. Where the proposed merger leaves other standards, particularly ProfiBus remains to be seen.

Security of Industrial Systems under spotlight - Thindustrial13 in Galway in late October (It will be held in various British venues earlier in the month) will show how to increase the security of industrial systems.

Major refinery order in Japan! - Yokogawa has received an order from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (JXE) to execute the front end engineering design (FEED) for a project to consolidate the control rooms and systems at its Mizushima-A oil refinery

New Approval from exida for isolators & splitters - The SSX and SST family of safety isolators and splitters from Moore Industries have been approved by exida for use in a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) up to SIL 3 in monitor mode, where only the input circuit is part of the safety function

Improving cybersecurity - Given the increasing concerns about cyberwarfare and the serious damage cyberattack can cause to industry and national infrastructure, the educational track at ISA Automation Week 2013 will provide practical guidance on how to improve cybersecurity of industrial automation and control systems (IACS).

Market share leadership award - Anritsu Corporation has been presented with the 2013 Global Market Share Leadership Award in Cable and Antenna Analysers by Frost & Sullivan.

Keeping IT out of harm's way - Rittal's new Micro Data Centre Level E provides IT infrastructure with reliable and flexible protection. The security safe is fully compatible with Rittal's TS IT rack and effectively shields servers from physical threats.

CO2 monitors for use in incubation - Edinburgh Instruments tell us that LiCONiC AG (a leading Swiss scientific instrument maker) have selected the Edinburgh Sensors Gascheck IR CO2 sensor for integration into their range of CO2 Incubator products.

10G fibre media converter family - B&B Electronics has expanded its 10G (Gigabit) fibre media converter family with the iMcV-10G-Converter SFP+, featuring 10G speed in an SFP+ (small form pluggable) modular form factor.

Double win for industrial automation partners -

Brewing control! - The Siemens Industry Automation Division has announced the launch of Braumat 7.0 for next year. The new version will be optimized for use with Simatic S7 controls and industrial PCs with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

Investigating aero-engine technologies! - Monitran supports the Oxford Turbine Research Facility in its investigations into future aero-engine technologies

Interactive electrical cable inspection system installed - Olmec-UK has developed a vision system to verify cable assemblies before soldering during the manufacture of instruments for the automotive industry.

Automation represented at US cybersecurity workshop! - Representatives of the Automation Federation have participated in the fourth in a series of workshops organized by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop an initial draft of a national Cybersecurity Framework.

Self-contained digital pH and ORP measurement! - Yokogawa has combined its expertise in pH and ORP sensor technology with integrated digital communications and signal-processing circuitry to produce the SENCOM (SENsor COMmunication) range of self-contained smart sensing solutions.

More than 300 sites Charmed! - Widely adopted by oil and gas, refining, and chemical industry customers, Emerson Process Management’s next-generation DeltaV™ digital automation system, featuring electronic marshalling with CHARMs technology, has provided an engine for the business’ strong growth for the past two years.

SCADA/HMI leader acquired! - Invensys has acquired InduSoft. "This partnership was created to work on the strength of both Invensys and InduSoft to serve customers worldwide, and form a stronger framework for developing and supporting the InduSoft products that you know and love." says a statement from InduSoft.

Installation Tester for Britain - The Robin-Amprobe KTS1625 Digital Multifunction 17th Edition Installation Tester is specifically designed for insulation/continuity/RCD/loop/voltage testing in the British electrical market.

Intrinsically-safe IR thermometer - A new, intrinsically-safe, infra-red (IR) thermometer, designed for electrical and HVAC installation and maintenance technicians and plant maintenance professionals working in hazardous (Zones 1 & 2) gas and vapour environments in process industries such as petroleum, oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical has been introduced by Fluke.

Stainless steel cooling units - Rittal now have standard pricing for the stainless steel variants of their cooling units, including those from the TopTherm Generation Blue e range.

Valves & Valve terminals - This paper, from Festo, Quality and an attractive price - the right way to buy valves/valve terminals, advises engineers and designers on how to choose the optimum valves and valve terminals and dispels some of the misleading information in the marketplace.

Wireless gateway handles up to 200 sensors - The Deeter Group has introduced their deeternet Wireless Gateway which offers wireless viewing of data from up to 200 sensors using a web browser.

Ken Johnson is new Vice President of Engineering at Opto22

3-Phase Electrical Energy Logger simplifies the discovery of electrical energy waste - The Fluke 1730 Three-Phase Energy Logger, an intuitive, easy-to-use tool with professional-level energy data gathering capabilities.

Communication processor for telecontrol applications - Simatic CP 1243-1 DNP3 from the TeleControl Professional product range connects the controller to a control center, such as a process control system, via DNP3 (Distributed Network Protocol).

IECEx Standard compliant encoder! - EEx HOG 161 is the youngest Baumer HeavyDuty incremental encoder in explosion-proof design with IECEx certifcation in device category 2 G.

Flow service capabilities - Flow Lifecycle Care provides wide ranging flow services to support Emerson customers around the world.

Website is a first for automation business! - The new e-F@ctory Alliance software webstore is a first for the automation business and offers a huge range of incredibly useful 'approved' automation software and dedicated function blocks available for instant download.

High thrust piston actuators - Emerson Process Management has introduced the Fisher® 685 double acting piston actuator that provides high thrust output for short to long travel applications.

Entry level oscilloscope series expanded! - Tektronix has expanded its TBS1000 oscilloscope series to include three new 4-channel models at 60 MHz, 100 MHz and 150 MHz bandwidth.

Call for papers at analysis symposium - The Program Committee of the 59th ISA Analysis Division Symposium has issued a Call for Papers inviting abstracts for presentation consideration at the conference, which will be held 4-8 May 2014 in Louisiana, USA.

European distributors recognised - Display supplier KOE Europe has presented awards to four of its distributors for their outstanding contributions in delivering new business development, design win opportunities and sales growth in the European marketplace.

Data acquisition software now works with even more devices - Windmill Software are pleased to launch a major new improved version of ComDebug, the free serial communication, data logging and trouble-shooting software.

Mercury emissions monitor draws crowds in Edinburgh - Gasmet unveiled a new continuous mercury monitoring system (CMM) at Mercury 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the 'International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant'.

Miniature, lightweight USB industrial vision camera - Weighing just 12 grams and around 23 x 26.5 x 21.5 mm in size with a robust magnesium housing, the new IDS uEYE XS industrial vision camera from Stemmer combines high quality.

Website launched by Autoscribe - Autoscribe has launched a new combined British and US website to reflect the worldwide nature of their business.

Pushing boundaries for instrumentation monitoring - New mapping functionality enables rich graphical display for Mantracourt's latest T24LOG100 data logging software

Backpressure regulators/relief valves in lightweight, corrosion-resistant titanium! - A new lightweight, corrosion-resistant version of its Fisher® 98 Series Backpressure Regulators/Relief Valves has been released by Emerson.

Successful summit in Crescent City - ISA's 8th Marketing and Sales Summit highlighted the expert-driven strategies and tactics proven to succeed in today's fast-changing automation marketplace

Hydrocarbon dew point! - Michell Instruments have published a white paper which takes an unbiased look at the reasons for carrying out field verifications of hydrocarbon dew point measurements, and the benefits of each of the currently available options.

US manufacturing expanding - Klaus Endress, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group, recently inaugurated two new buildings in Greenwood, Indiana USA

Preliminary spec support wireless standard - Foundation has issued FOUNDATION Fieldbus preliminary specification (PS) addressing fieldbus transducer blocks for ISA100 wireless devices

Electropneumatic controller series - The TESCOM™ ER5000 Series of electropneumatic controllers that bring precise closed-loop pressure control to a wide range of applications across many industries has been introduced by Emerson.

Readers' Choice Award for 13th consecutive year! - Red Lion Controls has been recognised for its industry-leading panel meters by Control Design Readers' Choice Awards 2013. This is the 13th consecutive year that the readers of Control Design have selected Red Lion as the top provider of panel meters in the industry.

European Standards lab leads the way in calibration services - Yokogawa has recently upgraded its state-of-the-art calibration laboratory which includes wideband and high accurate power-meter calibration systems as well as systems for calibrating oscilloscopes, recorders and optical products, and is therefore capable of calibrating most instruments in the test & measurement industry.

Low profile compression load cell - Their best selling range of low profile compression load cells the CDIT Series is now available ex-stock from LCM Systems.

Take concept to hardware faster - National Instruments has announced LabWindows/CVI 2013, a proven ANSI C integrated development environment (IDE) that features a new industry-standard optimising compiler and the OpenMP parallel programming API.

New cable assembly move completed - Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd. has successfully completed the move of its Cable Assembly Division into new premises at the brand new, state-of-the-art Corby in England.

SCADA or ICS from the Internet - Bob Radvanovsky explains Project SHINE - his effort to determine if the statement, "None of our SCADA or ICS equipment is accessible from the Internet," is fact or fiction. (Tofino Blog)

Managing industrial control groups and projects - A new reference book outlines how to establish and manage industrial control groups, and how to initiate and execute industrial control projects.

Clean vehicles, clean water - innovative M&C technology! - Some 1.5 million cubic meters of waste water are treated every year at Frankfurt Airport. Since last year, airport operator Fraport has been using an emulsion separatingplant in its special-purpose and service vehicle washing system with Siemen's technology which has improved operational reliability and adherence to limit values as well as driving down costs.

Access plant HMI from anywhere! - In response to the increasing demand for access to plant-floor data on the move, SolutionsPT, now supplies Wonderware InTouch Access Anywhere, enabling access to plant HMI securely from anywhere, using any device with full InTouch HMI functionality.

Website relaunch for Ircon pyrometer brand - A new website has just been released for the Ircon pyrometer brand. Sites in German, French, Spanish, and Chinese will follow shortly.

Cloud Computing for SCADA -

Flowmeter has no metals in the fluid path - The F-462N Series flowmeters from Blue-White Industries feature metal-free wetted parts, making them ideal for use in many ultrapure applications where contact with metal could contaminate fluid.

Valve controller with stainless steel housing for corrosive environments - The Fisher® FIELDVUE™ DVC6200 stainless steel housing and sealed construction prevents corrosion damage to components.

Resistors provide heat in space probe - Yesterday we talked about Keeping Cool in heated enclosures so we couldn't avoid mentioning this very different application where the opposite is required!

Next generation analysis for gasoline! - PAC has just released the AC Analytical Controls® Reformulyzer M4 (M4), which provides fast group type analysis of gasoline and gasoline blend streams using multi-dimensional gas chromatography.

Material of choice for tomorrow's offshore enclosure applications - Intertec highlights advanced enclosure materials and fabrication techniques for offshore applications that provide solutions meeting both current and projected future trends.

Discover the latest technological advances in the design & test of RF & microwave systems - National Instruments UK & Ireland and AWR invite engineers, researchers and technicians to discover the latest RF and Microwave technologies, techniques and applications at a free one-day event later this month!

LED power supplies with 5 year warranty - Stadium Power manufactures competitively priced LED drivers for a wide range of indoor and outdoor use in LED based lighting and signage applications.

Keeping cool! - Rittal's range of cooling products includes fan-and-filter units, air/air heat exchangers, thermoelectric coolers, cooling units, air/water heat exchangers and chillers.

Automating Solan Oil Field platform off Scotland - Premier Oil has awarded Emerson Process Management, a €12.9 million (US$17m) contract to automate a new offshore production platform in the Solan oil field on the British Continental Shelf.

iAutomation app fro flow! - Siemens Industry Automation Division has introduced their Sitrans Connection Apple iOS communication application, designed for use with all Sitrans F US clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters. Sitrans Connection enables direct communication between an Apple iOS device (iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch) and any Sitrans F US clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter to enhance all metering functionalities, including programming, operational review, data logging and download.

CAN repeaters reduce wiring costs and increase system reliability - A range of CAN repeaters under the IXXAT brand has been launched by HMS Industrial Networks.

IR Thermometer for high temp environments - Fluke has introduced a new, high-end Infrared (IR) Thermometer with upgraded performance particularly for use in high-temperature environments, such as glass, cement and petrochemical works, in metal refining and smelting, and electrical power production.

High Voltage SCADA systems to standardise assets! - (Most looked at during August!) RWE npower renewables, one of Britain's biggest renewable energy developers and operators, is using High Voltage SCADA systems installed by Emerson Process Management as part of a standardized High Voltage SCADA approach across its wind assets.