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NI UK and Ireland offers grants for SMEs
National Instruments UK and Ireland is encouraging micro, small and medium sized enterprises in embedded development, announcing a grant programme. The grants, of anything up to £25,000, will cover software, support and training.
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Vendors collaborate for improved pulp mill control
Honeywell Process Solutions has announced it is collaborating with BTG Instruments, a supplier of high-quality instruments for the pulp and paper industry, to help optimise fibreline control in pulp mills. Honeywell will integrate its Profit Controller suite of advanced process control (APC) applications with BTG's line of sensors and analysers.
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ONS innovation awards open for entries
With less than six months to go before Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) in Stavanger, organisers have announced its innovation awards are open for nominations. The ONS Foundation also said the conference programme will soon be in place and exhibition space is almost fully booked.
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Wonderware cements Motorola compatibility (08 March 2010)
Motorola has awarded Invensys Operations Management’s Wonderware IntelaTrac mobile solution with Enerprise Mobility validation, via its Enterprise Mobility Validated Solution Program. The IntelaTrac solution is a mobile workforce and decision support system.
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Non–intrusive flow measurement where it’s really hot (08 March 2010)
KROHNE has added a new sensor variant to its product range of clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters for measuring liquids: the new OPTISONIC 6300 XT for high temperature applications allows for a non-intrusive measurement of fluids with temperatures up to 200 deg C.
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GAMBICA launches inter-connection technologies group (05 March 2010)
Nine GAMBICA member companies have joined forces to form an Inter-Connection Technologies Group. The new group will fall under the UK trade association’s Industrial Automation Sector and will be chaired by Stuart Jaycock’s, from Weidmuller.
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Pepperl+Fuchs acquires the proximity sensor business of Siemens (04 March 2010)
Pepperl+Fuchs agreed to acquire the proximity sensor business of Siemens. The transaction, expected to be completed mid-2010, would enlarge P+F's offering of inductive proximity sensors and photoelectric sensors and strengthens its position in the market for ultrasonic sensor technology for factory automation.
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WWEM announce 2010 details (04 March 2010)
Organisers of environmental monitoring event, WWEM said this year’s event will take place under the title ‘Water Monitoring in the 21st Century’. The conference will be held in the UK at the Telford International Centre, November 10 and 11, 2010.
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Global machine-to-machine communications may get easier with Vodafone, Verizon Wireless, nPhase alliance (02 March 2010)
New integrated wireless platform offers customers an easy way to roll out M2M solutions across Europe and the US, nPhase said.
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5 ABB IRB 7600 robots take the stage with Bon Jovi for band's historic Circle Tour (02 March 2010)
Industrial robots from ABB Robotics dance with Bon Jovi for at least 60 concerts on "The Circle Tour," which opened February 19 in Seattle, USA. Five Robotic Arts RoboScreens are part of the show.
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