Air respirator. - Duraflow is a lightweight and ergonomically designed Powered Air Respirator from Scott Safety gives complete wearer assurance of respiratory protection to focus on the job rather than the protective equipment itself, in a multitude of hazardous situations and industries.

Cybersecurity in Canada! - The International Society of Automation (ISA) is to participate in the Canadian Cybersecurity Alliance (CCA) /Alliance canadienne sur la cybersécurité (ACC).

US flowmeter approved as heat meter. - Krohne's ultrasonic flowmeter OPTISONIC 3400 is now available with heat meter approval. Target applications include district heating networks, commercial and industrial heat metering applications as well as energy and utility applications in combined heat and electricity generation.

Thermal energy harvesting to wireless products. - Evolving the world’s largest industrial wireless portfolio, Emerson has announced the adoption of advanced thermal energy harvesting as a power source for its wireless products. Power Puck® thermoelectric energy harvesters convert ambient heat commonly released in industrial processes into electricity for powering Rosemount™ wireless transmitters.

Counting in Chinese! - With China proving to be one of the world's fastest growing economies in recent years, Hengstler has added a comprehensive Chinese font set to the firmware of its popular eXtendo range of receipt-type printers.

Acclaimed speakers for Process Control & Safety Symposium. - The best and brightest minds in process industries-including three distinguished keynote speakers-will come together at the 2016 ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium and Exhibition, 7-10 November in Houston, (TX USA).

Next generation freezing point analyser. - The next generation of PAC's ISL FZP 5G2S offers improved productivity with proven reliability and accuracy.

Oxygen measurements in natural gas. - There are many reasons why oxygen is undesirable in natural gas. A new application note is available to download from Michell Instruments' website: Oxygen Measurement in Natural Gas.

High-density multi-conductor terminal blocks. - Phoenix Contact has introduced their PT 2,5/S-QUATTRO terminal blocks. These four-position terminal blocks occupy the same amount of space as the company's two-position terminal blocks. This allows for a high wiring density without sacrificing space across the DIN rail.

Highlighting innovation at major show! - The Enabling Innovation hub, in partnership with Magna International has just been launched. The hub provides a free opportunity for 20 SMEs and innovators to showcase their latest concepts, products and processes to potential partners, investors and buyers from the industry.

Peri-metering pumps for high volume water & wastewater apps. - Proseries-M® M-3 and M-4 NSF 61 listed peristaltic metering pumps, from Blue-White Industries, are designed for use in mid to high volume Municipal Water and Wastewater Treatment applications.

Gas detector has extended life! - The PS200 portable gas detector now available from Tyco Gas & Flame Detection has a new catalytic bead sensor option that provides an increased battery life of up to 80 hours in diffusion mode and 20 hours in pump mode.

Beating the heat! - How providing the correct PPE equipment is essential in reducing the risk of heat stress. Scott Safety invests a considerable amount of time in the development of personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure that they are lightweight and comfortable.

Ethernet switches has been certified by ODVA to meet CIP specs. - Red Lion Controls has announced its latest firmware for the N-Tron® series of NT24k® and 700/7000 managed industrial Ethernet switches has been certified by ODVA to meet the requirements of the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) specification.

High-precision potentiometer input module. - Mantracourt has launched an accurate and reliable high-performance potentiometer input module. The new DSCUSB-PT plug and play USB device has been designed to convert resistance-based input into digital output and, together with their DSCUSB Toolkit software, allows for quick and easy measurements.

DCS migration at polystyrene manufacturer. - Maverick Technologies' DCSNext capabilities allow INEOS Styrolution to avoid any additional downtime during migration and leverage the complete benefits of the latest technology

Leakage current clamps. - The new Fluke® 368 FC and 369 FC Leakage Current Clamps, part of Fluke's Connect system of wireless test tools, help industrial electricians and maintenance technicians identify, document, record, and compare leakage current readings to help prevent problems before they happen, without shutting down critical equipment.

Compact high-tech HMIs - R. Stahl HMI Systems is introducing the new ET-438 and MT-438 Panel PCs. Based on the SHARK device platform, they have been specially optimised for onshore and offshore applications in the oil and gas industry.

Realising the digital enterprise. - Join the annual ARC Industry Forum Europe in Sitges (16-17/5/2017) to learn more about how the digital enterprise will be realised and the benefits that this can bring. Discover what your peers are doing today and what steps they are taking in their respective journeys.

Analytical services for Californian water! - Adding to its fast growing list of customers in the water industry Autoscribe Informatics has won another major order in the USA to supply the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information System (LIMS) to a large Water District that supplies 2.4 million people with water.

Pharma systems builder expands US presence! - Zenith Technologies is expanding its US presence by opening two new offices on the West Coast of the US to meet greater demand for its automation, process control and serialization technology support services.

Multiparameter monitoring with ease! - Endress+Hauser's Liquiline CM44P can measure 16 different parameters from 6 analytical sensors simultaneously, simplifying monitoring of processes such as chromatography, fermentation, phase separation and filtration.

Servomex has appointed Felix Miklitz as Area Sales Manager, Germany South.

Signal routing software for electronic test. - Software from Pickering Interfaces, simplifies signal routing through switching systems and speeds up the development of switching system software. It can be used in NPI labs as they develop test procedures as well as in automated test systems.

Cable-to-cable connector hood. - Harting has introduced a new cable-to-cable industrial connector hood which offers secure moisture protection to the IP67 and IP69K, allowing the speedy installation and easy retrofitting of flexible, food-safe cable extensions to be carried out in the food and beverage industry.

Irish engineering & projects management group expands US operations. - DPS Group has trebled its turnover and employment in the past five years. It has expanded its US operations with a major investment in TRIA, a Boston-based architectural firm with a focus on the science and technology sectors.

Electrical Power Explained training package. - Fluke is offering an offline webcast and reference guidebook Electrical Power Explained (EPE) training package to train end users to become experts on Power Quality and energy measurements and to get the best out of their tools.

Eliza Rawlings has been appointed Managing Director for Festo UK.

Co-operation results in cybersecurity courses. - aeSolutions worked throughout 2015 with the International Society of Automation (ISA) to develop their new ISA/IEC 62443-based cybersecurity training and certificate program.

Synchronising multiple actuators. - Thomson Industries has released an educational video that demonstrates how design engineers can synchronise multiple Thomson WhisperTrak actuators quickly and easily. These products are exceptionally quiet and boast a low sound level of less than 45 dBa, the same as an average library.

Micro-displacement sensor. - A new optical micro-displacement sensor from Omron Electronic Components Europe is capable of resolving just 10 microns – one tenth the diameter of a human hair or the thickness of a coat of paint.

Natural gas liquids plant orders placed! - Yokogawa has received orders from Freeport LNG for its Liquefaction Facility (LQF) and Pre-Treatment Facility (PTF). The total order value is $15M, which currently includes only the first two trains.

Learning about alarms. - This free webinar on Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th August from Process Plant Computing Ltd (PPCL), will demonstrate a new method that leverages the parallel plot to give easy access to historic data in the context of desired plant operation as well as alarm and process limits for hundreds of variables at once.

Pluggable terminal blocks. - Specialist distributors JPR Electronics are now stocking an increased range of pluggable rising clamp terminal blocks from CamdenBoss. The comprehensive range now available from JPR includes plugs and headers with pitches of 3.5, 3.81, 5.0, 5.08, 7.5, 7.62, 10 and 10.16mm.

Chemical metrology packages. - Fluke is customising a package of instruments and HowTo guides for the chemical industry. There are individual packages for maintenance personnel, reliability engineers, instrument technicians, and electrical and mechanical engineers. The guides cover areas like preventive maintenance, safety and power quality.

Versatile device management wizard. - The FieldMate® device management software has been significantly enhanced by Yokogawa. This latest version of FieldMate includes new functions that reduce maintenance workload by simplifying a number of field maintenance tasks.

One of Germany's top 100! - The 23rd Top 100 awards for Germany's most innovative SMEs presented each year and includes Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau GmbH as a member of this elite group for the fifth time

High performance WiFi antennas. - New high performance antenna technologies and systems for a wide variety of applications including both indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi, connected home, mobile computing, telematics and IoT applications has been announced by Antenna Company.

Advanced testing of composites. - A composite testing company in Devon (GB) has expanded its range of services by supplementing laboratory test equipment with specialist rental instruments from Ashtead Technology.

Measure and control flow directly at the temperature control unit. - Huber Kältemaschinenbau offers a variety of measuring equipment for installation in the temperature control circuit in order to measure and control the flow rate.

Major expansion in Americas for connectors! - Cliff Electronics have established a distribution agreement with Newark Element14. The wide ranging agreement will greatly increase the availability of their products in the Americas and showcase their market leading Feed Though connector range.

Stainless steel coupling housing for connectors. - Harting has added a Han® 3A stainless steel coupling housing to its Han-INOX® connector series, featuring premium non-rusting stainless steel which makes it ideally suited for applications involving corrosive fluids.

Brexit woes continue. - This is a short piece from Nick Denbow, in the July Issue of Industrial Automation Insider on the aftermath of the Brexit referendum.

Developing SCADA standards. - ISA's Standards & Practices (S&P) Board has approved a new committee to be designated ISA112, SCADA Systems. This approval follows widespread support for the idea from a survey conducted via ISA's InTech magazine and online media.

Microsoft honours industrial software developer. - COPA-DATA, took away not just one, but two awards at this year's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Toronto (CDN). The solutions for Smart City with the zenon software won the worldwide Microsoft Partner award in the 'Public Sector: Microsoft CityNext' category. As a founding member of the isv4industry software alliance, the Salzburg-based company also reached first place as 'Microsoft Partner of the Year' in Austria.