Red Lion Controls has appointed of Jack Lee as President of the company.

Firmware for Thin Clients. - Seeking to further enhance flexibility in process automation, R. Stahl HMI Systems is introducing more powerful new integrated software for series 500 Thin Clients for hazardous and industrial areas.

Power over Ethernet Plus Gigabit Products. - Three new additions to their N-Tron® series of industrial Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) Gigabit products: NT24k-16TX-POE, 1008TX-POE+ and 1000-POE4+ have been announced by Red Lion Controls.

Expansion to support European growth. - Microlease has opened a major extension to its London head office and warehouse giving it an additional 1,500 sq mt (16,000 sq ft) of office, warehouse and laboratory space to support its expanding European business and 225 strong European team.

ICE Box-PC building block system! - ICOP Technology has developed the ICE Box, a new modular building block system with IP67 protection to enable passively cooled standard hardware to be operated in extreme environments.

User group for LIMS success. - Users of Autoscribe Informatics’ Matrix LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) recently attended a busy User Group Meeting in Oxfordshire (GB).

Are you sitting comfortably? - For advanced and sophisticated seat pressure mapping Interface Force Measurements announce the availability of a new range of systems from XSensor. Incorporating the new LX series of capacitive pressure sensors, these systems provide seating engineers with highly accurate, repeatable and durable testing.

Ion Science has appointed Emily Lane and Gracia Scott as Marketing Assistants while Andrew Scott joins as Multi-media Designer.

Hygienic conductivity sensor. - s Endress+Hauser four-electrode sensor measures conductivity and temperature in pharmaceutical, food and life sciences applications requiring hygienic operation.

Boosting sugarcane delivery at Thai plant. - A Control Techniques Unidrive M600 variable speed drive is helping a major sugar plant in Thailand to guarantee the efficient delivery of sugarcane between processes.

Automated temp monitoring! - Testo has supplied its latest temperature and humidity data logging system, Saveris 2, to Stansted Laboratories' facility in Barking (GB). It specialises in microbiological analysis of water and air, with its main income derived from Legionella testing of water and drinking water bacteriological analysis.

Automation training centre for Saudi college. - Industry and workforce development officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are celebrating the October opening of an ISA training centre at the Jubail Industrial College in the country's Eastern province as a major step forward in positioning the region for ongoing economic growth and industrial innovation.

Linearization and Teach! - Thanks to linearised calibration curves and very low standard dispersion rates, the new distance-measuring inductive sensors IR08, IR12 and IR18 from the Baumer AlphaProx family offer easy and reasonably priced analysis of the measurement results without any additional cost or effort for programming.

Platform combines communication and control. - The rugged Graphite® platform has been expanded by Red Lion Controls, to include a new Graphite Core Controller and Graphite Crimson® Control Module that combine communication and control capabilities to reduce cost and ease operations.

Ethernet connection system expanded. - Harting has expanded its preLink® integrated Ethernet connection system with new versions of the preLink® termination block for interfacing with PROFINET, industrial Ethernet and ultra-flexible cables, typically used on robots.

EGM on Coriolis mass flowmeters. - Entrained Gas Management EGM technology is now available for all Krohne OPTIMASS Coriolis mass flowmeters.

Mid range temperature transmitter. - The YTA610 temperature transmitter has been released by Yokogawa. Although the YTA610 is a mid-range model, it has the same dual-compartment housing for the transmitter terminal block and electronics that is used with the company's high-end models, ensuring excellent environmental resistance.

Gas analyser for hydrogen-cooled generators. - Michell Instruments' XTC601 for hydrogen cooled generators has been designed with three phase profiles to cover all of the gas analysis requirements for operation and maintenance.

Multi rotary switch. - The Cyber One multi rotary switch from leading HMI manufacturer ELMA is now available from Foremost Electronics. Cyber One is a splash proof, versatile, force feed-back encoder with push button function and RGB backlit illumination.

Hydrogen sensor. - The Meridian Hydrogen sensor from Tyco Gas & Flame Detection comes standard with two user selectable gas ranges: 4% by Volume or 1% by Volume, and is ideal for Hydrogen detection in environments where Catalytic bead sensor use is impractical, or available power is limited.

AcSoft has appointed Aidan Hubbard (above) as Sales Engineer and Rebecca Lever as Internal Sales Executive.

Software enables faster adoption in expanding enterprise deployments. - R15 is the newest version of Seeq, the application for engineers and operations analysts in process manufacturing to rapidly achieve insights from asset and operations data. R15 accelerates all aspects of the user and organisation experience with Seeq, enabling broader adoption of current deployments in the oil & gas, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, and food and beverage industries.

FID gas analysers distributorship in Britain. - The German manufacturer of gas analysers SK Elektronik (SKE), has appointed Quantitech as its exclusive distributor in Britain. SKE is a leading global provider of gas analysers based on the principle of Flame Ionisation Detection (FID).

Ethernet in process automation. - At a joint symposium, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) and NAMUR e.V. discussed the use of Ethernet in the process industry. The goal of the event was to evaluate, coordinate and prioritize the requirements placed on an Ethernet communication system for process automation.

Remote management solution rebranded! - HMS Industrial Networks now offer the Netbiter Remote Management solution under the newly acquired brand name eWON®. Alongside eWON Cosy and Flexy, Netbiter will be one of the three main product lines within the eWON Remote Solutions offering.

Shortlisted for IET award. - Plessey, a leading expert in the manufacture of lighting and sensing products and components, announced today that it has been shortlisted in the Healthcare Technologies category for its imPulse ECG monitor at The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Awards 2016.

Touchscreen gloves. - The Double Layered Touchscreen Gloves has been developed by Mujjo in response to requests from those in colder climates looking for touchscreen gloves with extra insulation. The extra layer, made out of wool, acts as an insulator and doubles as lining, providing enhanced insulation.

SCADA portfolio strengthened! - SolutionsPT has become distributor for Citect in Ireland and Britain. Renowned for the development and application of SCADA and HMI solutions, the Citect brand is owned by Schneider Electric, and its range of products includes CitectSCADA, CitectHMI and CitectHistorian.

O'Neill Industrial has appointed Seán McMahon as Technical Services Manager.

Educational discounts for transducers and instrumentation. - UUniversities, Schools or other Institutions can benefit from educational discounts from Applied Measurements Limited. These apply to their range of load and force sensors, pressure, level and depth sensors, LVDT’s displacement/position sensors and torque sensors.

Special offers for testers. - Until 31st December 2016, Fluke UK is making two special offers as part of their Autumn Promotional Campaign. A Safety Kit consisting of a Fluke 115 Digital Multimeter (DMM) with a Fluke TLK-225 SureGrip™ Master Accessory set of leads and connectors is available at a special price and a cash back offer for any brand of multifunction tester traded-in when purchasing a latest model of Fluke 1660 Series Multifunction Installation Tester.

White smoke at ISA! - The current president of the International Society of Automation, Jim Keaveney, has announced the result of the elections for Society Leaders and Officers held during September.

European HQ relocated in Germany. - Teledyne LeCroy has relocated its European Headquarters to Heidelberg (D). The company's established office in Heidelberg has significantly expanded its premises, doubling its staff and trebling its office space.

Obsoleting old HMI standard. - IDEC Corporation's 4.3" HG1G HMI is one of industry's first display products to take full advantage of the worldwide standard 4.3" LCD screen size.

Martin Hurley has joined Douglas Control & Automation as Business Development Manager.

Solution to boost use of renewables. - A modular and scalable “plug and play” microgrid solution to address the globally growing demand for flexible technology in the developing market for distributed power generation has been announced by ABB.

Dust sensor! - Omron Electronic Components Europe is launching a new dust sensor module, offering four times greater sensitivity compared with other LED dust sensors on the market. The higher performance and greater sensitivity of the sensor will allow tighter pollution control as well as the creation of more effective air purifiers and similar systems.

Not completely normal switches! - They look like "completely normal" compact position switches with standard dimensions according to DIN EN 50047. But the construction details of the light and robust Ex 97 switching devices with plastic housings now available from the steute business unit "Extreme" make these devices unique.

High-speed electronic DC load. - The EL 2000 HS (high-speed) electronic DC load from Intepro Systems is the latest addition to its growing family of power system automatic test equipment (ATE).

Gas detector provids natural gas discrimination. - Tyco Gas & Flame Detection has launched a new portable gas detection device. The Gasurveyor 700 (GS700) is a high-performance IR detector with a user-friendly interface that is suitable for all gas utility applications.

Lynx Software Technologies has named Will Keegan as Chief Technology Officer.

New website for Gas sensor manufacturer. - Edinburgh Sensors has launched a newly designed website edinburghsensors.com. The updated site features a bold and uncluttered design.

Time capsule marks new facility! - HBM has launched a new dedicated production and logistics facility, which is based at its Darmstadt (G) headquarters.

Intuitive rugged handheld communicator! - The AMS Trex Device Communicator, from Emerson, is a handheld communicator delivering an intuitive consumer-quality user experience and a brilliant modern display in a tool built to withstand harsh industrial environments.

Two points of gas detection from one device. - Tyco Gas & Flame Detection has introduced the iTrans 2 fixed gas detector featuring a unique intelligent electronics platform that provides up to two points of detection from a single device.

Best in quality award! - McGrattan and Kenny, based in Dublin, has just been named as the Best Engineering Company in Ireland for Quality Management Systems at this year's National Q Mark Awards.

Non-intrusive wireless corrosion monitoring added to portfolio! - Emerson has agreed to acquire the British company Permasense Limited, a leading provider of non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technologies for the offshore and onshore oil production, refining, chemical, power, pipelines, metals and mining and other industries.