Europe to experience five-fold growth in installed base of smart meters by 2017 - Increasing competition with Chinese and other Asian companies expected to enter the market in the short to medium term

New Hygrometer aids environmental monitoring - The S8000 Remote Hygrometer from Michell Instruments, provides highly flexible, drift-free moisture measurements for climatic chambers and industrial applications

Ex ia intrinsically safe solenoid operated pilot - ASCO Numatics has introduced an intrinsically safe (Ex ia) solenoid operated pilot that is suitable for all hazardous areas, regardless of the gas zone and temperature class.

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Wireless at Singapore show! - Several major process automation manufacturers joined the HART® Communication Foundation at the CIA2011 exhibition in Singapore (Nov 2011) to display a wide range of interoperable WirelessHART® products—a move that demonstrates united manufacturer support for the HART Communication Protocol and the IEC 62591 WirelessHART standard.

New test & measurement catalogue! - Keithley Instruments has published its 2012 Test & Measurement Product Catalogue. The catalog, which is provided on a CD, offers details and technical specifications on Keithley's general-purpose and sensitive sourcing and measurement products, DC switching, and semiconductor test systems and low leakage switch solutions.

Real-time TOC tightens effluent control at Greencore - In this article Dr Patsy Rigby, Hach Lange tells of how a food manufacturing facility has installed a new continuous TOC (Total Organic Carbon) monitor, 'the BioTector' which has dramatically improved the site's capability to refine and improve the plant's wastewater treatment process. As a result the plant is better able to quickly respond to changes in the influent.

Ultra high speed CPU - The newest addition to the FA-M3 PLC family from Yokogawa is the Vitesse Controller.

Hugh Wilson - RIP - The 1978 ISA President Hugh Wilson passed away late last year. He was 85. A memorial service was held in early January.

New fault current measurement technology shows promising results in trials in Scotland - Knowing the peak fault current on their networks is critical to electrical utilities, as it defines the rating of the components such as circuit breakers required to ensure that they can safely withstand the large release of energy that occurs during an electrical fault. Outram Research's new fault current prediction technology has proven to deliver accurate results during the first stage of field trials with ScottishPower.

Unified gateway station enhanced! - Yokogawa Electric Corporation is to release an enhanced version of the CENTUM(R) VP integrated production control system, the company's flagship product next month.

Versatile transmitter for electrochemical measurement! - Invensys Operations Management has released a two-wire loop-powered intelligent transmitter that, when used with appropriate electrochemical sensors, provides measurement, local display and transmission of contacting conductivity, resistivity or concentration.

Hi-speed USB to Multi-Port RS232/RS422/RS485 industrial adapters - EasySYNC has introduced a new family of rugged, adapter modules. These products present a simple method for allowing legacy serial devices to interface with modern interconnect ports based on Universal Serial Interface (USB) technology.

Bus anniversary - This year is CAN in Automation's 20th anniversary (March, 5th). The nonprofit users' and manufacturers' group with 570 member companies serves the CAN (Controller Area Network) community with marketing and standardization activities. CAN is a serial bus system used in many industries.

AS91000 Rev C Standard approval - The Heat Treatment division of Keighley Laboratories has been certificated to the AS9100 Revision C standard, the quality management system for the aviation, space and defence industries

Process weighing video - The VPG Process Weighing division of the Vishay Precision Group, has unveiled a new video highlighting the features and capabilities of the G4 modular high-speed instrument for weighing and force measurement and control applications.

Optimising circuit performance! - Multisim 12.0 has been introduced by National Instruments with specialised editions for circuit design and electronics education.

Solo flight tracks global Black Carbon - On 8th January 2012 a tiny ultra-light aircraft left Ljubljana in Slovenia on a mission to circumvent the globe using the smallest amount of fuel per distance flown whilst recording ambient levels of Black Carbon (BC) - one of the most important measures of air quality in terms of both human health and climate change.

Greater energy efficiency in data centres - Data centres can account for half the power consumption of a company and on average 37 percent of this is used for cooling. By integrating Rittal RiZone with IBM's MMT (Management and Measurement Tool) a comprehensive energy management solution is available for all parts of a data centre that can monitor, actively regulate and reduce their data centre's energy consumption by more than 10 percent.

Brian O'Connell is E+H new sales manager in Ireland!

Expanding range wireless devices based on #ISA100.11a - Yokogawa has developed three new field wireless system devices and has enhanced existing wireless pressure and temperature transmitters, all of which are compliant with the ISA100.11a wireless standard.

Event expands with support of instrument manufacturers body - The fifth in a series of events that began in 2005, WWEM 2012, the Water Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring event (Telford, GB, 7/8th November 2012) is to be be larger than any of its predecessors and this is due in no small part to the collaborative arrangements that have been established with a number of major organisations, that now includes GAMBICA.

New belt gear for actuators - Thomson Industries has introduced a new, more compact belt gear solution for their T60 Series Precision Electric Linear Actuators.

Intelligent drive - The iPOS line of highly flexible Technosoft intelligent drives has been expanded with a new, micro-sized pluggable servo drive: iPOS3602 MX.

Court case won! - CLIFF Electronics has won a long and complex court case to protect its trademark and products sold in the USA from counterfeiting.

HMI Software wins award! - InduSoft's Web Studio v7.0 + SP1 has received the Engineers' Choice 2012 award for HMI software.

Wireless enhancement - Adlink Technology has released the new Matrix MXE-5300 series of rugged, quad core, fanless computers, based on the high performance 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 processor and QM67 chipset.

Virtualisation technologies for high availability and disaster recovery - Invensys Operations Management has expanded its certification for virtualisation technology, making it the first industrial automation provider to be certified for high availability, disaster recovery and fault tolerance in supervisory control applications leveraging both the VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualisation platforms.

Penquins to fly at Big Bang! - Festo’s famous bionic AirPenguins are poised and ready to fly at The Big Bang Fair 2012 – Britain's largest science, technology and engineering fair for young people.

Valves to meet food and beverage challenges - The limitations of conventional control valve solutions in the control of steam, fluids, gases and aggressive media that play a central role in the processing of food and beverages, have been thoroughly and systematically analysed by Bürkert.

Keeping plant devices & processes running at peak efficiency - Endress+Hauser experts will survey a plant, document all installed instruments and analyzers, recommend maintenance and calibration procedures, and provide the plant with a complete instrumentation support package.

Robot sales grow! - The latest robot sales statistics compiled by the British Robot and Automation Association (BARA), reveal that sales have increased by a dramatic 68% over the last year.

Advancing the 'Automation Conversation' After a search, ISA has named Juliann M. Grant, a veteran in the industrial automation field and social media consultant, to assume the position of social media community manager.

Back on a growth track - Yokogawa Electric of Japan is back on a growth track, after the first half results for 2011, with the business totally focussed on Industrial Automation and Control according to IAI's Nick Denbow!

Cable assemblies for high-speed data transmission - Harting has introduced a new range of high-performance QSFP+ and SFP+ cable assemblies which can support data-transmission speeds of up to 40 Gbit/s.

Wireless telemetry pulse acquisition - The T24-PA wireless pulse acquisition module from Mantracourt, is designed for the collection and processing of pulse related measurements.

Consolidated cooperation marked! - Rhode & Schwarz products to receive a new logo that contains the names of both companies – to further increase the brand awareness and growth of HAMEG Instruments in both the domestic and international marketplace.

New cost-effective TDR level meter - Krohne have introduced the new OPTIFLEX 1100 C level meter for liquids and solids in non-explosive environments

New technical trainer! - Anthony Suddes has joined MCP as a technical trainer covering mechanical, electrical and maintenance disciplines.

Chinese website launched! - Aegis has launched a new Chinese-language website as the latest move in its strategic commitment to the region and to meeting its increasing demand for Aegis Manufacturing Operations Software (MOS) products..

New ZigBee learning platform - New e-Learning platform enables system integrators worldwide to accelerate time to market for ZigBee sensor network projects and applications

Design automation software for rotating requirements - Optimal design solutions to rotating electrical machine requirements can now be created in hours, by non specialists, using a new version of design automation software from Cobham Technical Services.

Moisture & humidity on your phone! - Michell Instruments has launched a mobile app version of its humidity calculator to enable fast calculations of trace moisture, moisture in liquids and relative humidity to be made easily and conveniently.

Monitoring bridges in all weathers - RDP products are frequently used to measure movements in the structure of bridges caused by the weight of traffic, environmental conditions and other factors.

Outdoor Cabinet Installations made easy - Rittal's pre-cast concrete base/plinths for their range of outdoor free-standing enclosures have been developed to simplify installation and eliminate the need to pour concrete on site.

Custom control panel solutions - IGT Industries offers its customers a time and cost saving single source for complete in house control panel design and manufacture. IGT-Industries HMI products are suitable for use in Marine, Aviation, Railway, Medical, MIL, Industrial, Fire, Security, Telecom and most other electronics applications.

Robust box aids mounting of data cabling in industrial or building networks - The new Ha-VIS preLink® AP box from Harting is a robust housing unit that aids the installation of data networks by allowing cabling to be mounted on walls or pillars in industrial or business premises.

Free membership upgrade on offer! - For a limited time, users, vendors, OEMs and systems integrators who want to reach the motion control market can join MMA for free.

Intelligent universal stator - The new Kistler KiTorq torque measuring flange system operates without an antenna ring and has standard flange geometry conforming to ISO7646 for easy installation.

Security in ICS worse than thought! - His latest outpouring, if that's not to strong a word is headed "Time for a revolution" He was heading home from Digital Bond's S4 SCADA Security Symposium in Florida (USA) and mulling over what he had heard and learned at the event.

Forum sponsorship - Siemens is a sponsor of the ARC World Industry Forum due to be held in Orlando, Florida, from February 6th to 9th this year. The theme of the event is: "Transforming Industry through New Processes and Technologies

3-phase power quality analysers - Fluke has introduced the new 430 Series II three-phase Power Quality Analysers, the first tools to use a patented algorithm to measure energy waste and quantify its cost.

Precision power supplies offer wider programmability - Aim-TTi has revised their QL series high precision laboratory power supplies to add new features and extra models. The QL Series II incorporates new functions, higher output power, and enhanced bus interfacing.

Testing WLAN - National Instruments has announced early access support for testing next-generation 802.11ac WLAN chipsets and devices.

Power-quality testing - A Yokogawa DL850 ScopeCorder is playing a key part in tests on synchronised switching devices in power systems being carried out by Harmonizer Power Quality AB: a Swedish company that provides power-quality services for industrial and utility customers.

Power from the waves! - New wave and tidal turbine concept promises clean, affordable energy. Practically infinite reliability was the defining requirement when researchers wanted to run a TorqSense torque transducer under the sea as part of extensive trials of a green energy turbine.

Energy management system for LPG powered ferry - An energy management system for one of the world's most environmentally-friendly cruise ferries is being supplied by ABB. It is due to be delivered to Viking Line in 2013.

Instrumentation blog! - Instrumentation equipment manufacturer Mantracourt has announced the launch of a 'Blog' about specialist electronic measurement devices for sensors, to assist engineers working in the field of measurement and instrumentation.