ABB update: User conference, exhibition, flow, SCADA, wireless
Control Engineering
Updated: Users and specifiers of process, plant and utility automation equipment, software and services gather here April 29-May 1 to discuss successes, business challenges, and technologies, at the ABB Automation World 2008 Users' Conference and Exhibition. Technologies discussed include SCADA (shown), along with wireless, flow, and analyzer technologies (new photo, info added May 1).
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Advantech releases ActiveX controls for I/O
Test & Measurement
ActiveDAQ Pro from Advantech is a collection of ActiveX controls for performing input and output operations used to control Advantech data acquisition cards.
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Industrial controls: Demand rises; expansions proliferate
Control Engineering
Rosslyn, VA, Wuxi, China, and Atlanta, GA —National Electrical Manufacturers Association’s (NEMA) Primary Industrial Controls Index, which registered a 0.6% gain between the second and third quarters of 2007, rose more than 12% over last year. In other growth, General Electric and the Industrial Institute of Engineers announced recent expansions.
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