Protecting high-end smart phone & tablet accessories. - The Brand Protection business of Brady has created a customised product authentication system to protect Element Case high-end smart phone and tablet accessories from counterfeiting.

Design software! - Rittal's latest RPE software can supply the actual current carry capacity (Inc) of all leading air circuit breaker manufacturers, plus the CAD drawings of the ACB connections required to fit within Rittal's Ri4Power modular switchgear systems.

Business boom! - Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) specialist, Autoscribe Ltd, believes that its continued growth is due in no small part to the pricing structure and configurability of its flagship Matrix Gemini LIMS.

Gas analysis portfolio expanded by acquisition - Sterling (Scotland) based Cascade Technologies Ltd., a leading manufacturer of gas analysers and monitoring systems using Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) technology has been acquired by Emerson.

Complacency significantly raises risk of damaging cyberattack worldwide! -

Process controller gains EDSA certification. - The Control Systems Security Corporation Chartered Lab (CSSC-CL) has announced that it has certified a process controller from Azbil - the Harmonas-DEO DOPC IV - to the ISASecure(R) Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) certification.

Compact Hall-effect current sensors for 200 A and 300 A current ranges! - Harting has added two new high-current models to its range of Hall-effect current sensors

Diode pumped solid state lasers. - Quantum Composers, a manufacturer of digital delay and laser technology, has released a series of diode pumped solid state lasers.

High-speed, high-accuracy measurements on reflective targets. - Auto Chassis International uses a custom-built tester to finely measure heat distortion on brake discs. The process is made complex by the fact that the discs rotate at high speed and measured with an accuracy of 0.01 mm must be completed. Keyence's LK-G CCD laser displacement sensor enables stable detection despite the glowing-hot reflective metal.

Compact metering pump - The CHEM-FEED® C-1500N Diaphragm Metering Injector Pumps from Blue-White Industries, are compact and efficient.

Test Product of the Year! - National Instruments VirtualBench, the all-in-one instrument that has introduced a radically practical approach to benchtop instrumentation, recently won Test Product of the Year at the 2014 Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards.

Safety instrumented system to be launched next week! - Yokogawa's ProSafe®-RS R3.02.20 is to be launched in a few days (2014).

Hand-held transmitter for CO2 - A CO2 probe with a measurement range of 0-2000/5000/10,000ppm has been made available for the Omniport 30 hand-held transmitter from E+E Elektronik.

Explosion proof feet & inches panel meters. - The latest ProVu® family member, the PD6001 Feet & Inches 1/8 DIN Panel Meter has been announced by Precision Digital.

A peek at conductivity with PEEK sensor! - The Smartec CLD18 toroidal conductivity transmitter for hygienic applications has been introduced by Endress+Hauser.

PXI high power solid-state switches. - Pickering Interfaces has introduced two new PXI high power solid-state switch modules to its range of PXI switching solutions.

Testing electric bikes! - Test instruments supplied by Yokogawa are playing a key role in the final testing of motors for electric bikes manufactured by Heinzmann in the village of Schšnau in GermanyÕs Black Forest region.

LCM Systems has appointed Stacey Bond as Internal Sales Engineer for its range of load cells and instrumentation.

Modular switch gear busbar solution for Biomass generation plant room - Rittal's Ri4power modular switch gear busbar system helped to deliver the solutions for Nova Controls during their installation of water treatment PLC for a Yorkshire (GB) biomass site that the site demands.

Moisture analyser ensures quality of stored natural gas! - Michell's new OptiPEAK TDL600 moisture analyser's fast response and non-contact spectroscopic measurement principle ensures that gas storage companies are able to meet demand quickly while also satisfying the contractual standards for moisture content when stored natural gas is withdrawn and injected to the pipeline network.

Successful trial for new remote Phosphate monitor! -

Data transmission via Fibre-optic or copper cables! - Optical data transmission offers numerous advantages, particularly for data-intensive applications with a high demand on availability, such as are typical in the automotive industry. Balluff takes this into account with the new push-pull variants of its PROFINET IO-Link master modules.

3 million modules keeping control - HMS Industrial Networks has shipped its three millionth Anybus module to Bosch Rexroth.

Level switch listed for safety! - The proven Baumer CleverLevel LBFS/LFFS level switch has now been listed by the American Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL). Testing of the CleverLevel included numerous safety-related aspects in accordance with UL standards and requirements.

Wireless navigation! - Emerson's Smart Wireless Navigator helps users manage their expanding wireless infrastructure and get the most value from their wireless networks

HMI featuring a high-quality display and more realistic images - Delta Electronics has released the DOP-W Series HMI, which offers sizes of up to 15Ó.

Get a grip! - Expanding on the company's 'inspired by nature' research, Festo's MultiChoiceGripper concept is an adaptive, flexible handling system that employs the concept of opposable thumbs to ensure maximum stability when gripping.

Dr. James Truchard of National Instruments named an IEEE Fellow

Automation authors honoured. - The International Society of Automation (ISA) has published details of the recipients of its 2014 author awards presented annually by ISA's Publications Department.

Testing, testing, one two - Exciting business growth at Cressall, has allowed the firm to launch a new research and development (R&D) department.

Advanced laboratory instrument data integration software. - PAC has announced the latest version of its advanced laboratory instrument data integration software, IRIS Software v2.0. IRIS Software provides customers the advantage of connecting their PAC laboratory instruments, locally or worldwide, and managing these instruments, including gathering and analyzing test data, as well as communicating results.

Refined and practical analogue circuit design techniques! - Elsevier has just published Analog Circuit Design Volume Three: Design Note Collection, the next book in the Analog Circuit Design series, edited by Bob Dobkin and John Hamburger.

Promoting Industry 4.0 - Industry 4.0 is a hot topic throughout the industry. Mitsubishi Electric has been actively involved in the development of Industry 4.0 standard specifications in Germany.

Robust connector housing for extreme requirements - The new Han® M Plus range of connectors from Harting incorporates effective protection against extreme environmental influences through the use of an additional polyurethane coating.

One Ethernet hardware - any industrial Ethernet network - HMS Industrial Networks has released "Anybus CompactCom for Common Ethernet" - a communication solution which includes an Ethernet hardware that is loadable with PROFINET, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP or Ethernet POWERLINK.

Peter Whitley joins Stadium as General Manager.

Scheduling and tracking functions for precise control - Emerson Process Management's Syncade™ Suite manufacturing execution system, now provides terminal managers with increased security tools and improved control of material movements and inventory.

Dreamliner soars with safety lifecycle management! -

Dome and line lights! - CCS Inc, has introduced two new dome lights and a bi-directional line light. The PDM and LAV series of dome lights provide uniform diffused lighting by using combinations of diffused, axial and low-angle lighting. The LNIS/LNIS-FN series of line lights provides obliquely angled light making them ideal for the inspection of surface scratches.

Bar codes on steroids in industry! - European Automation has published an industry report about the potential applications of radio-frequency identification (RFID) in industry. An in-depth analysis of the technology, the report looks at how RFID can be used in sectors including retail, logistics and manufacturing.

Connector ranges and contract manufacturing capabilities! - At Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2015 (10-12/2/2015 Farnborough GB), Harting is featuring a number of new additions to its ranges of board-to-board and board-to-cable connectors, as well as a greatly expanded range of M12 connectors for instrumentation and control applications.

New tools for design exploration! - MapleSim&trade, the advanced system-level modeling and simulation platform has been released by Maplesoft&trade.

The performance of a long-range scanner and the simplicity of a sensor. - Taking full advantage of Pepperl+Fuchs' powerful Pulse Ranging Technology (PRT), the R2000 Detection scanner is the ideal solution for demanding field monitoring applications and assistance systems.

Benefits of Extracting Smart HART® Data! - According to the HART Communications Foundation, more than 30 million HART-enabled instruments are installed in process plants worldwide and the majority of process transmitters made today are HART compatible.

Instrumentation on Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) - Souriau has served as a trusted collaborator to the ESA (European Space Agency) and CNES (French Space Agency) by supplying interconnection components 15 years ago for the Rosetta space mission.

Rugged computers in the US - JLT Mobile Computers has announced that the company has formed a US subsidiary with office in Tempe, (AZ USA).

Abstracts sought! - The Program Committee of ISA's 15th Annual Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR)-Fugitive Emissions Symposium has issued a Call for Presenters, inviting authors, innovators, thought leaders and other professionals in the air compliance field to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the conference.

If the operator won't come to the switch... - If the operator won't come to the switch - then the switch must go to the operator. Bearing this principle in mind, steute has developed the RF HB-4CH wireless hand control, to be presented at the SPS IPC Drives for the first time.

What You Need to Know Before Replacing Your Control System! - This white paper has been published by Maverick Technologies. It describes a situation facing many electric utility companies: the advancing age of a distributed control system (DCS) at a generating plant.

Companies co-operate in design of integrated production control system. - Eaton is supporting Yokogawa in the development of its next generation integrated production control system, CENTUM VP R6.01.

Frequency inverter for decentralised motor and wall installation. - WEG has launched the MW500 robust frequency inverter with decentralised design that simplifies commissioning, installation and motor start-up.

Push buttons available! - The latest Full Screen OLED Pushbutton from NKK Switches is now being stocked by Foremost Electronics.

Wireless gateway allows flexible antenna installation - The compact 1410D Smart Wireless Gateway for wireless network applications where gateway installation locations are limited, in difficult safe areas that must connect to distant wireless application networks has been introduced by Emerson.

Software for TCSPC measurements. - A new version of their Fluoracle software for the FS5 Spectrofluorometer has been announced by Edinburgh Instruments.

Protecting LIMS from typing errors! - A result entry enhancement has been added to the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information System (LIMS) from Autoscribe Ltd.

Trash to gas project to help life on Mars! -

Intermateable and interchangeable connectors - Esterline Connection Technologies - Souriau has awarded a dual-source agreement to AB Connectors for the supply of its micro38999 connectors, which are used by many of the group's customers.

Protocol allows higher transmission speed plus! - At the end of October, a CAN-FD-plug-fest took place in the offices of the international users and manufacturers group CAN in Automation (CiA). Participants of fourteen companies communicated in a network with their CAN-FD-products.