Automation webinar for theSystem Integrator! - The International Society of Automation (ISA) and MAVERICK Technologies, ISA's Premier Strategic Partner for Systems Integration, will present "Front-End Loading (FEL) for Control System Migration," a free, non-commercial, non-product-oriented, 90-minute webinar on 29 May 2014.

Multi-network connectivity or demanding & high-performance industrial devices - The Anybus CompactCom range of embedded communication solutions from HMS Industrial Networks have provided automation devices with connectivity to any fieldbus or industrial Ethernet network for more than a decade.

Second instrument franchise announced! - Anglia Components has been appointed Britain and Ireland distributor for Pico Technology, award winning manufacturer of PC oscilloscope and data acquisition instruments.

New video explains mission to protect from gas and flame hazards. - Oldham, an IST company, has released this new corporate video to showcases the company's employees, manufacturing facilities, state-of-the-art products and the core values that have sustained the company for more than 100 years.

Measuring temperature for 75 years! - Krohne Inor, the temperature centre of excellence within the Krohne Group, has had major influence on the development of temperature transmitters. Founded 1939 in Malmš, Sweden, Krohne Inor celebrates its 75th birthday this year.

Speeding cable-to-cable connection! - Harting has expanded its Han® B industrial connector product portfolio with the addition of Han® Hood Link: a new locking system that speeds cable-to-cable connection by allowing the connection of two standard Harting 16B hoods while simultaneously achieving an IP 65 degree of protection.

Submersible subsea load cells excel under pressure! - With over 20 years experience designing and manufacturing submersible and subsea load cells Applied Measurements have sensors functioning worldwide, from a few metres below the surface to 10 kilometres underwater (depth or pressure equivalencies).

Robert Morton is new European VP for National Instruments.

Force measurement seminars! - Kistler Instruments are offering a 25% discount on all bookings made before the 31st August for its one day seminars held at two locations in England, on the 7th October Corsham, and the 9th October at Gaydon.

Monitoring nuclear waste legacy ponds -

Video promotion of automation publication for your iPad! - ISA have produced a short and snappy video to extol the virtues and advantages of their Ipad InTech. Enjoy!

Code readers give reliable readings on reflective surfaces using polarisation filter - A new series of camera-based code readers, from Pepperl+Fuchs, now comes equipped with special polarization filter technology, which significantly expands the devices' application area.

Dew-point, moisture & gas analysers certified safe! - Michell Instruments has recently gained IECEx certification for its Exd range of moisture, hydrocarbon dew-point, oxygen and binary gas analysers.

Mag meter for industrial applications! - Badger Meter has introduced the M1000 electromagnetic flow meter, an addition to its accurate, high-performance ModMAG® M-Series® family.

Prototype wireless systems faster, significantly shorten time to results! - National Instruments has announced an integrated software defined radio solution for rapidly prototyping high-performance, multichannel wireless communication systems.

Basic pressure sensors - Basic Board Mount Pressure Sensors, Compensated, Unamplified, TBP Series have just been announced by Honeywell.

State-of-the-art safety upgrade for stainless steel rolling mill - ABB's new safety PLC has provided the platform for Sandvik Materials Technology to add zoned safety guarding to a large cold rolling mill at its Sandviken plant in Sweden.

Cyber-secure experts become partners! - Ultra Electronics, 3eTI, a leading provider of certified, cyber-secure network solutions for critical information systems, infrastructure and industrial automation, is an ISA Promotional Partner.

Fieldbus users event in Britain! - The Fieldbus Foundation UK Marketing Committee (FFUKMC) is finalising its plans for the first of its 2014 schedule of end user events Ð a FOUNDATION Technology Study Day to be held in Stockport on Tuesday 13 May, 2014.

Distributor for enclosures & connectors! - The new Britain and Ireland distributor for Roxburgh, Deltron Enclosures and Deltron Connectors is Anglia Components.

Wastewater treatment plant monitors Greenhouse Gas emissions! -

Portable parameter diversity and spectral accuracy - Hach Lange has developed a new generation device for portable water analysis - the DR 1900 Spectrophotometer.

Oil Transloading metering for Truck/Railcar unloading/loading! - Yokogawa Corporation of America has released a panel packaged solution for metering truck/railcar unloading and loading based on the FCN-RTU (Remote terminal unit) low-power autonomous controller of the STARDOM(TM) network-based control system.

Space saving dual USB socket - The Unique Dual USB2 connector, from Cliff Electronics, provides two fully USB compliant sockets in a panel space-saving single XLR receptacle.

Connector solutions for medical electronics systems! - A wide range of connectors suitable for use in diagnostic, treatment and wearable medical device technologies is offered by Intelliconnect (Europe).

Powerful solution for hydraulic applications! - The PBM4 pressure transmitter from Baumer rounds out its portfolio for hydraulic applications and also offers an attractively priced solution for hydraulic applications.

Mobile radio modem for small control systems! - The new MD720 mobile radio modem with GSM/GPRS capability from the Siemens Industry Sector integrates Simatic S7-200 controllers into telecontrol solutions for industrial plants.

VeriSens Software 2.4 with new functionalities - The Baumer VeriSens vision sensors now come with latest 2.4 software of the VeriSens Application Suite.

Thickness gauge! - Yokogawa's WEBFREX3ES online thickness gauge is included with FaustelÕs battery electrode coating lines.

Establishing Servomex office in Moscow: Chingis Lalaev joins Servomex as Area Sales Manager for Russia and CIS.

IO-Link master - Siemens has developed a new IO-Link master for its Simatic S7-1200 controller, based on the current IO-Link specification V1.1.

Expansion for Romanian automation plant! - Emerson Process Management is expanding the company's existing manufacturing and engineering services campus in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

One of the world's most compact frequency inverters - WEG has added the CFW100 mini frequency inverter to its line of frequency inverters.

Automation Group lauded for industry advocacy! - Frost & Sullivan's Manufacturing Leadership Council, a global business leadership network dedicated to senior executives in the manufacturing industry, recently recognised the Automation Federation as one of 100 world-class manufacturing companies in its 2014 Leadership 100 Awards (ML100 Awards) program

CO2 sensor module designed for OEM applications! - The sensor module EE893 from E+E Elektronik allows highly accurate and long-term stable CO2 measurements in demanding OEM application

Development package for Profinet Controllers - Siemens has expanded its offer for the development of PC-based automation solutions for series machine manufacturing with a Profinet driver for controller applications.

Identify parts and determine positions - Balluff has developed a new, high-resolution light grid for optical object detection with a width of 50 mm and a range of up to 2 meters.

Seán Fairest is Country Manager for Compressor Technique in Ireland with Atlas Copco

Gesture and multi-touch operation of machines and plants! - Siemens has new flat-panel monitors and panel PCs with industrial standard 19 and 22-inch widescreen displays for gesture and multi-touch operation.

PCI and PXI programmable resistors - Pickering Interfaces is expanding its range of PCI and PXI Programmable Resistors.

Unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches - Harting has introduced two new families of unmanaged Ethernet switches that are optimised for use in harsh industrial environments and offer a choice of compact designs for economy and ease of installation in a variety of customer applications.

Revving up in Stuttgart! -

Particle trouble in Downing Street! - Recently, the British Prime Minister's car was covered by a thin layer of Saharan dust and air quality was suddenly a lead item in the national news. The dust itself does not pose a serious hazard to health in comparison with the finer particles (from diesel engines for example) that travel deep into the lungs, but Jim Mills, MD of Air Monitors, believes that the media attention that this event inspired should have a positive effect on Britain's strategy for improving air quality.

Software helps take advantage of OPC standard! - The MatrikonOPC UA Proxy has just been launched. It makes it easy for companies to take advantage of the next generation Open Process Control (OPC) standard - OPC Unified Architecture (UA) - whilst continuing to use their existing OPC classic architectures.

Temperature monitoring system for rotary kilns! - Raytek has introduced a new generation of CS210 system for non-contact temperature measurement and monitoring of rotary kiln shells. The modular system now integrates up to four infrared line scanners for monitoring long and difficult-to-access kilns.

Configure PLCs and machines remotely! - HMS Industrial Networks now introduces Netbiter Remote Access into the Netbiter Remote Management solution. Remote Access is a technology that provides an instant, secure communication tunnel to remote equipment, such as PLCs and machines.

Hyperspectral data acquisition management tools! - Headwall has released its new Hyperspec III application software featuring a powerful set of hyperspectral data acquisition management tools.

PXI microwave switch modules from Pickering! - Pickering Interfaces is improving and expanding its range PXI Microwave Switching Modules.

Diaphragm metering pump - The CHEM-PRO M™ series metering pump, from Blue-White, has the features and attributes industry pros have wanted, but couldn't find in Diaphragm Metering Pumps currently on the market.

Sensor measures film & sheet thickness - Yokogawa has included its WEBFREX3ES online sensor to Faustel's Technology Center. The sensor performs accurate online measurements of film and sheet thickness.

Method of analysing autmotive fuel! - PAC's AC Analytical Controls Reformulyzer M4 fully complies with the recently released revision of the multi-dimensional GC method EN ISO 22854 method, "Liquid petroleum products -- Determination of hydrocarbon types and oxygenates in automotive-motor gasoline and in ethanol (E85) automotive fuel - Multidimensional gas chromatography method", from CEN and ISO

The below product details and applications were released during Emerson Exchange User Group in Stuttgart - (April 1 to 4) full report follows shortly! Greatly expanded market for business critical applications! - Emerson's Pervasive Sensing will more than double the existing $16 billion measurement market by helping production facilities enhance site safety, reliability, energy efficiency and more! Wireless transmitter network with hydrocarbon sensors enables continuous monitoring of tanks, valves and pipelines - BP is using Smart Wireless technology from Emerson Process Management as part of a leak detection system that helps enhance safety at its chemical production centre in Geel, Belgium. Online vibration monitoring of pumps identifies potential problems earlier, enabling planned maintenance and greater plant availability - Emerson Process Management's wireless condition monitoring and prediction system is being used at the SABIC Olefins plant in Teesside in the North of England, to detect potential problems with pumps before they disrupt normal operations. Asset management software update reduces fieldbus device commissioning time by up to 80% - Emerson Process Management's AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager is now capable of commissioning FOUNDATION™ fieldbus devices faster with the new version 12.5 software. Users can bring devices on-line with the features, options and alerts they select - in a fraction of the time it would normally take. Air cooled heat exchanger monitoring solution! - Emerson Process Management has unveiled a new wireless Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Monitoring Solution that expands its already robust Essential Asset Monitoring Suite. Cooling tower monitoring - Emerson Process Management has introduced an integrated Cooling Tower Monitoring solution as the latest addition to its Essential Asset Monitoring capabilities. Dealing with dull, distant, dirty and dangerous locations! - The Pièce de r´sistance of this years Emerson Users Conference in Stuttgart was undoubtedly the introduction of its Integrated Operations Initiative to addresses customers' needs for streamlined decision-making, easily accessible expertise and the safe, collaborative collocation of essential personnel.

Adoption of over-the-top applications stimulates market growth -

Patient leaflet inspection system! - Olmec has designed and installed an end of line patient leaflet inspection system to be used with a new OTC decongestant product. The patient leaflets are hand-inserted into the product carton and Olmec has worked in close collaboration with the supplier to develop an extremely simple user-interface.

Safety product viewed as exceptional by Czech automation professionals - The Invensys Triconex® Safety View solution has been named the 2013 Product of the Year in the Process Control and Advanced Control category by Control Engineering, Czech Republic.

Bench tests instruments for Ireland & Britain! - Anglia Components has signed a distribution agreement for Britain and Ireland with Teledyne LeCroy, the world leading manufacturer of bench test instruments

Self-contained dew-point instrument - The DryCheck from Michell is an accurate and stable dew-point instrument, which includes a built-in simple sampling system. Its compact size allows the instrument to be easily installed in a number of dew point measurement applications, such as compressed air dryers, ozone generators, plastic moulding machines and industrial gas manufacture.