First North-American interoperability meeting was held in Austin, TXThe first North American EtherCAT Plug Fest, hosted by Austin, TX-based National Instruments, featured more than 20 experts from 11 EtherCAT Technology

Fieldbus reduces cabling, simplifies networkingWith features such as high functionality, reduced cabling, simple networking and easy maintenance, fieldbus devices have significant growth opportunities in the process automation market in Europe,

Industrial Ethernet networks can save on wiringFactory automation (FA) networks play an increasingly integral role in the OEM machinery and production lines that typify discrete manufacturing, says a study entitled,

How safe are the nation's industrial control systems?The ISA EXPO 2009 technical conference featured six conference tracks centered on key issues facing instrumentation, automation, and control professionals, including safety, security,

IPSO Alliance IPSO Alliance announces certification and compliance initiative for IP-based "Smart Objects"The Internet Protocol for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance announced a new compliance and certification program to accelerate the

Dairy Crest integrated its plant control system with its Oracle ERP with the help of system integrator, FMA Process Engineering. Source: FMA Process Engineering. The system provides total traceability

Integration allows process control and process safety systems to communicate directlyFor processors who need to integrate process control and safety applications, Rockwell Automation added new capabilities, including integration of ICS