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Centroweg is awarded by Brazilian government
Focused on young apprentices, the WEG training centre is recognised by Brazil's Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Ministry as one of the best corporate educational practices in 2008 in the cultural category.
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Endress+Hauser Expands Executive Board
Endress+Hauser AG (Reinach, Switzerland) is reinforcing its top management level and expanding the Executive Board of the Group. “We want to be able to meet the challenges of our expanded company and set the course for continuing growth,” explains CEO Klaus Endress. The Executive Board will more clearly reflect the various divisions of the company.
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HARTING Electric Appoints Two New Managers
Effective as of 1 July 2008, Mr. Sven Holtgrewe and Mr. Hartmut Schwettmann, both staff members of the HARTING Technology Group for many years, will join the management of HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG in the heavy-duty connector division.
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Bulgarian Pulp Mill to Triple Capacity with Digital Automation (27 June 2008)
The Svilosa pulp mill, located on the banks of the Danube near the town of Svishtov in Northern Bulgaria, has announced it will digitally automate an expanded recovery boiler and fiberline with Emerson’s PlantWeb® digital plant architecture.
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Yaskawa Appoints New MD for Europe (27 June 2008)
With effect from 1st of June 2008, Yaskawa Electric Europe GmbH appointed Mr Manfred Stern as its President and COO. The 52-year-old immediately takes on the role of a managing director and at the same time he is responsible for the strategic business of Yaskawa in Europe.
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IPC market: Will DIN-rail PCs with I/O revolutionise industrial PCs? (27 June 2008)
With unit shipments expected to more than triple between 2006 and 2011, DIN rail PCs with incorporated I/O (also known as programmable automation controllers, or PACs) are going to have a lasting impact on the worldwide industrial PC market according to a report by IMS Research.
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American Plants So Safe, They Don’t Need Protection (27 June 2008)
By minimising hazardous atmospheres, American plants have achieved such a high level of safety that a leading engineer there says intrinsic safety protection equipment may no longer needed.
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Paragon Skills appeals for young recruits (26 June 2008)
Paragon Skills for Industry has said it can help tackle the engineering skills shortage with 60 apprenticeships up for grabs in Dorset, UK companies. The apprenticeship training provider has highlighted high wages and wider opportunities in the hunt for young people to join its schemes.
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Webcasts: Networks, cultures converge; plant-floor networking; how to work with IT (25 June 2008)
Based on knowledge of manufacturing and IT cultures, Rockwell Automation and Cisco are holding a series of educational seminars to help organisations implement change by establishing best practices between IT and manufacturing.
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New project: New control platform to increase production efficiency, flexibility (24 June 2008)
PA Resins AB has ordered a new automation system based on ABB’s System 800xA to improve the operations of its phenolic and amino resins plant in Perstorp, Sweden. The new system will reportedly help increase overall productivity, as well as integrate the plant’s production and business systems.
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