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  • ACE publication is "the leading digital publication for engineers who have a direct purchasing influence on the specification and procurement of process automation, control & engineering products, equipment, systems & services."

  • Automa Trade journal for Automation (Czech Republic).

  • Automated Software Testing (AST) Magazine is geared towards IT professionals involved in Software Quality Engineering.

  • Automatic I.D. News automatic data capture technology

  • Automatie maanblad voor industriele en productieautomatisering, procestechniek en instrumentatie. (NL & B)

  • AutomationWorld - "Intelligence for the business of automation".

  • Automazione et Strumentazione - Automation and Instrumentation, an Italion publication.

  • Automazione Oggi - Automation Today, an Italian publication of automation.

  • ATE (Advanced Test Engineering) now publish The BestTest Newsletter twice a month containing "the most up-to-date Test News - anywhere."

  • Bodo's Power Systems Launched in June 2006, Bodo's Power Systems magazine serves the power electronics markets worldwide for systems design engineers..

  • Cabling Installation and Maintenance Solutions for Fiber and Copper Communications Systems

  • Computer & Automation Automation with electronics and PC technology. (German language publication).

  • Computers in Physics a journal "written by scientists - not journalists" published by the American Institute of Physics.

  • Condition Monitor an international newsletter on this topic. (GB)

    IntegratorGuide.com
    an offshoot of Control listing contract engineering firms that offer their time, talents, and technology for industrial automation and control projects.

  • Control a leading periodical "promoting excellence in process automation."

  • Controls Drives & Automation This magazine is for British decision makers, buyers and specifiers who are looking for products, solutions, technical and best practice advice in the areas of Motion Engineering, Power Transmission and Automation and a new route to market for manufacturers & suppliers.

  • CTA - Modern Automation Technologies is addressed to system integrators, OEMs, end-users from different industrial areas. Russian industrial automation market is developing dramatically and actual or potential users from the area of industrial automation need as much new interesting information as possible. (RU)

  • Current Contents, a multidisciplinary research tool giving subscribers the table of contents pages from the most recent issues of influential journals.

  • Drives & Controls Britain's leading magazine for industrial power transmission and motion control.

  • Drives & Motion Neuer Schwung fuer den Bereich Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik.

  • eDrive - new products, services and technologies in motors, drives, controls, power, electronics, actuators, sensors, ICs, capacitors, converters, transformers, instruments, temperature control, packaging, and all related subsystems and components for electrodynamic and electromotive systems.

  • Elektrotechnik Automation - "Wir schreiben Automatisierung!" (We write automation!) (A Vogel publication - Germany)

  • EMC Engineering is published eight times a year and tackles the issues affecting compatability engineering and the EMC directive.

  • The Engineer on-line - replaces Control and Instrumentation and e4engineering which no longer exist.

  • Fibre Systems News, Products and Applications for Europe.

  • Fieldbus & Networks - An Italian publication.

  • The Flow Control Network, The Global Information Network for the Fluid Handling Industry. This site is maintained by the editors of Flow Control magazine.

  • The HART Book- International guide to HART-based products and services published periodically. Includes HART technical information and product editorial The directory within the book has details of over 500 product families from 110 vendor companies plus worldwide sources.

  • HazardEx is aimed at engineering managers identified as having operational responsibility for their company's hazardous areas.

  • Hot Hot Topics is an e-newsletter published by Flow Research Inc to keep subscriber readers informed about the latest developments in the flow, pressure, and temperature industries.

  • The Industrial Ethernet Book - `Enhancing Automation and Internet Connectivity' which includes technical, market, fieldbus and product insights.

  • ICS News & Reviews is a "WebZine" and a valuable resource in keeping current in industrial computing.

  • ID Systems covers the integration of data acrossthe supply chain. Covering (among other topics) bar code, RFID, printers,scanners, MES, ERP middleware, Warehouse management software, and logistics. (US)

  • Industrial Automation Insider an European based publication with useful information in our industry.

  • Industrial Networking and Open Control (INOC) Factory Automation & Process Control. Fieldbus, PC-based control technology, internet and intranet, CIM etc etc. A UK based publication and possibly a world first.

  • The Instrumentation and Control Signpost A digest of links and news on the World Wide Web.

  • I&CS (Instrumentation & Control Systems) which is a PennWell publication.

  • Instrumentation & Automation News is a tabloid for control industry product news.

  • Instrumentation & Control Systems process control magazine

    INTECH E-news sent out by email regularly includes special issues for ISAExpo.

  • InTech ISA's International Journal for Measurement and Control

  • M2M magazine is dedicated to the machine-to-machine communication market. With the goal of helping companies uncover ways to reduce costs and automate processes by networking their assets, M2M magazine helps companies turn data into actionable information.

  • M&T Newsletter the Bullitin of Information of the Measurements and Testing Generic Activity in the Competitive and Sustainable Growth Programme of the European Community.

  • Machinebuilding.net is a focused website where machine builders can find information about products and systems for machinery and industrial automation, and it offers suppliers a free route to market.

  • Managing Automation Technology solutions for progressive managers.

  • MEPCA - Manufacturing Engineering Process Control Automation is a journal, providing advice and solutions for management and technical challenges encountered by Managers and Engineers in the process, control and plant industries.

  • Measurement Quarterly publication of IMEKO.

  • Measurement & Control a paid subscription technical journal, with professional courses, news etc for the I&C community.(US)

  • Measurement Media in Industry & Science a collection of open, free and user-friendly websites providing focused news and directories of resources related to measurement technologies, devices, standards and practices.

  • MessTec Automation Publikation rund um Sensorik, Inspektionsverfahren, Messtechnik und Automatisierung.

  • Motion Control The magazine for motion control applications and technology

  • Personal Engineering & Instrumentation News is a publication dedicated exclusively to the use of personal computers for scientific and engineering tasks.

  • Photonics Worldwide coverage of optics, lasers, fibre optics, electro optics, imaging and optical computing

  • Plant Automation.com, is an Internet community for the worldwide manufacturing automation market. This community is designed to serve the needs of manufacturing engineers, MIS professionals, plant and operations management, IS managers, plant managers, design engineers, production engineers, purchasing managers, systems integrators, production engineers, and providers of services for manufacturing locations in the process of automating their plant operations.

  • Precisionnews.com est un site spécialisé dans la publication d'informations sur les produits de haute précision et utilisés dans les milieux de la recherche et de l'industrie. (Precisionnews.com is a website specializing in the publication of news releases about high precision technology products that are used both in research and industrial markets.)

  • Process Control the leading Dutch magazine for Laboratory technology and process automation.

  • Process Control News is a bi-weekly newsletter from Process Controls & Instrumentation. Process Control News was developed to provide users of their web site and readers of our magazine with up-to-date product information

  • Process Industry Informer - all about the provision of relevant information to the process industries.

  • ProcessWest (CDN) A business publication for Western Canadian processors in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

  • Process Worldwide
    Read-out Masthead Readout Ireland's Journal of Instrumentation and Control. (IRL)

  • SA Instrumentation & Control The Official Journal of the SAIMC

  • SCADA News a web based service for those interested in HMI, SCADA or other MES software and applications.

  • Scientific Computing & Instrumentation "Where Computers and Instruments converge!"

  • Sensors sensors, tranmitters and data acquisition

  • Sensor Technology.

  • SMT Newsletter, from the Standards Measurement and Testing European Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS).

  • Test The European Test Industry Journal.

  • Test and Measurement Online, is an internet source of technical information about the test, measurement, data acquisition, data analysis, and instrumentation equipment industries.

  • Test & Measurement Europe a publication from the Cahners Group. (US and Europe)

  • Test & Measurement World - "the leading publication in the electronic test, measurement, and inspection industry."

    Test, Monitor & Control which delivers news and updates about the importance of utilities tracking the condition of their lines and substations to effectively maintain and operate them.
    Information Systems & Automation which monitors the pulse of the information technology and automation that supports power delivery.

  • Transmission and Distribution (part of Penton Media) distribute several e-newsletters (Listed on right).
    Click here to view the most recent issue.

  • Utility Automation Serving Electric, Gas and Water Utilities
  • There are some publicatiosn which do not publish "hard-copy" publications.
  • AMT Advanced Manufacturing Technology is Ireland's longest-serving manufacturing technology magazine.

  • AutomatedBuildings.com an on line magazine and web resource.

  • Automation Inside is a leading global resource for the automation industry, connecting B2B (Business-to-Business) Buyers and Suppliers in the field in one-stop online platform.

  • CEP - Chemical Engineering Progress - a publication of the AIChE.

  • CERN Courier - INternational journal of High Energy Physics

  • CadAlyst "first with new technologies for CAD leaders!"

  • Chemical Engineering (US).

  • Chemical Equipment a publication for engineers and executives in chemical process plants that produce chemicals, refined petroleum, food, paper, and other products. (US))

  • Chemie Technik Anlagen, Apparate, Verfahren, Messtechnik & Umwelttechnik. (German Language).

  • Chemistry & Industry is an international magazine that provides news and features on chemistry and related sciences, as well as on the commercial and political aspects of these subjects.

  • Current Contents, a multidisciplinary research tool giving subscribers the table of contents pages from the most recent issues of influential journals.

  • Desktop Engineering - The complete computing resource for engineers. (US)

  • Electrical Business - the only publication serving the Canadian electrical industry from coast to coast.

  • EDN - Electronics design publication.

  • Elektro Automation - "Fachzeitschrift - Online-Medium - Automation Award" - a german language periodical.

  • Electronic Business - "The management magazine for the electronics industry!"

  • Electronic Engineering Design a British based publication.

  • Electronics Express - The European Source for New ICs, Discrete Semiconductors, Components, Optoelectronics, Instruments and Industrial Electronics.

  • Electronic Design - Technology-Applications-Products-Solutions.

  • Electronic Times - "News from the UK". Elektronik in Nordern is a Scandanavian publication from the same stable.

  • Electronic Production Europe's leading journal for electronics assembly.

  • Electronics Weekly - First for design and technology news."

  • EMC Engineering is published eight times a year and tackles the issues affecting compatability engineering and the EMC directive.

  • The Engineer - "The news magazine for technology and innovation."

  • Engineering Capacity Monthly for buyers of subcontract engineering services in Britain and Ireland.

  • Engineer's Digest.

  • Engineering Review is the only specialised technical magazine in Bulgaria.

  • Engineeringtalk: the web's largest new product information resource.

  • Eureka Innovative engineering design publication.

  • Fibre Systems News, Products and Applications for Europe and the world.

  • Global Design News the international magazine for European product design engineers.

  • Hydraulics & Pneumatics The journal of fluid power equipment and systems.

  • ID Systems covers the integration of data across the supply chain. Covering (among other topics) bar code, RFID, printers, scanners, MES, ERP middleware, Warehouse management software, and logistics. (US)

  • IEN - Industrial Engineering News The only European-based publication reporting exclusively on new industrial products and equipment for the high-tech sector

  • Industrial Networking and Open Control (INOC) Factory Automation & Process Control. Fieldbus, PC-based control technology, internet and intranet, CIM etc etc. A UK based publication and possibly a world first.

  • IPP&T - Industrial Process Products & Technology is a Canadian trade magazine for process plant managers, operating managers and engineers in the process industries.

  • Industrial Technology The magazine for product design engineers and machine builders.

  • Industrialsafetytalk - the website and email newsletter for health and safety engineers and professionals.

  • International Power Generation (IPG) The number one business and technical journal for the electricity supply industry.

  • IT-Times is Ireland's leading subscription IT magazine, covering both infrastructure and information systems used in Ireland's leading organisations.

  • Laser Focus World, The World of Optoelectronics.

  • LAWE - Local Authority Waste & Environment - "The independent voice of the waste sector!" (GB)

  • Maintenance Journal A Quarterly Journal for Maintenance and Maintenance Engineers interested in the maintenance, monitoring, servicing and management of plant, equipment, buildings and facilities.

  • Manufacturing & Logistics IT The European magazine promoting the effective use of IT in manufacturing and logistics applications.

  • Manufacturing Automation is Canada's leading publication covering the application of advanced technology across manufacturing industries.

  • Manufacturing Ireland - a periodical for manufacturing industry in Ireland.

  • Manufacturing Systems Information Technology for Manufacturing Managers.

  • Mechanical Engineering - published by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

  • Microwave Engineering.

  • Microwave Journal

  • Microwaves & RF "for designers at higher frequencies!"

  • MM Industrial Magazine - Engineering and plant.

  • Modern Power Systems Communicating power technology worldwide

  • MPD Microwave Product Digest serves RF and microwave design engineers, research and development engineers, application engineers and engineering managers.

  • New Electronics "The design cycle fortnightly!"

  • Opto and Laser Europe

  • Pharmaceutical Processing, a publication for pharmaceutical professionals responsible for the research, manufacture and packaging of pharmaceutical, biological, biopharmaceutical, cosmetic and toiletry products. (USA)

  • Plant Engineering a magazine for plant engineering professionals responsible for the maintenance, repair, and operations of plant facilities, equipment and systems. (US)

  • Plant Services MRO - New technologies for maintenance, repair and operations. (US)

  • Pollution Engineering. This is a magazine for environmental professionals responsible for external and internal environmental and pollution control in manufacturing industries, utilities and municipal waste treatment works. (US)

  • Power Engineering International Serving the Global Electric Power Market.

  • Pro-4-Pro.com Products for Professionals (D).

  • Process Magazin fuer chemie + technik. (German language also English version though not as frequent)

  • Process Engineering - Strategies for Process Control and Plant Management.

  • Process Industry Informer - "The UK's No.1 Journal for the Manufacturing Process Industries!"

  • Process Industry Match "...addresses the need for better dialogue and communication between investors, engineering firms, specifiers, integrators, suppliers and end users in the industrial process sector!"

  • ProcessingTalk - all the news from manufacturers as it happens.

  • Scientific Computing World

  • Software Magazine - "Field guide for IT managers tackling business priorities."

  • The Software User Newsletter is a newsletter for software users that interface with programmable controllers and open systems.

  • Software Strategies - solving critical business issues in manufacturing.

  • South-East European INDUSTRIAL Market is an industrial products & services journal for the South-East European countries - Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Croatia and Slovenia.

  • Superfactory Newsletter, an e-newsletter dedicated to spreading manufacturing and enterprise excellence information with an aim to improve manufacturing efficiency and productivity worldwide.

  • Technical Insights is a series of publications from John Wiley & Sons to provide intelligence and assess significent technical advances throughout the world. An example is Sensor Technology.

  • Technology Ireland Recording the entrepreneurial spirit and technicological ingenuity of the Irish people since 1969.

  • Trade Channel,,"the world's largest import and export journal". (Hong Kong).

  • Transmission & Distribution World The information leader serving the worldwide power-delivery industry.

  • VerticalNet, Inc. is a creator and operator of vertical trade communities, targeted business-to-business communities.

  • Water & Waste Treatment, an English magazine.

  • What's new in Electronics.

  • WNII - the guide to the latest products and equipment (GB)

  • Worldwide Waste Management Waste management,remediation, monitoring, recycling, detection.

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